Posted on 12/23/2011 9:12:10 AM PST by greyfoxx39
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest GOP candidate of the them all? This seems to be the daily battle being fought in the news media. By the looks of things, I’d say Gingrich is the fairest in the land.
His lead in polls may explain the Washington Post running multiple articles daily tearing down his candidacy despite the fact Republican voters favor Gingrich over Mitt Romney as their guy. The tearing down of Gingrich by the left wing media makes you wonder if this is a one big set for Republicans to lose in 2012 if Romney is our nominee.
(Washington Post’s December 14th edition ran these negative leaning articles on Newt: , A The disrupter, , Newt Gingrich commits a capital crime, Revisionist History, blah, blah, blah!)
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No matter how hard the so-called Republican establishment, including the likes of George Will or conservative publications like the National Review anoints Romney as the GOP’s inevitable candidate, conservative voters are rejecting his candidacy. The trouble with Romney is he’s too busy trying to be the perfect candidate, as Wall Street Journal reporter Peggy Noonan described, that is passion for the job is failing to break through.
As far as Gingrich’s baggage is concerned, I don’t think his three marriages or consulting work with Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae is troubling voters, who keep flocking to his candidacy because he’s a credible candidate. In contrast, few if any in the Republican establishment are talking about Romney’s baggage. Yes, Romney has baggage. Romney and his fellow Bain Capital alums made handsome profits bankrupting companies and killing jobs. Mr. Clean Mitt looks a lot like a rich guy, who thinks he’s owed the job of president because he comes from a political family and failed at nabbing the GOP nomination in 2008. Never mind his failed Senate bid against Ted Kennedy in 1994.
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Perhaps as this contest draws out, Mitt will be forced to reveal his true self to Americans rather than his stage persona because Americans don’t need moderation, we need leadership.
Ping
Once RINO Romney hits the spotlight where the rest of America is paying attention, he will be utterly eviscerated. He stands ZERO chance of winning against Obama. He is out of touch and slimy and wears it like a badge of honor.
But ... the GOP elites just keep roiling him right along.
Can’t remember the last time I refused to vote for a GOP candidate but it’s Third Party for sure this time if things continue as it seems they are.
King Id: "Mirror mirror, on the wall: who's the greatest king of all?
Mirror: "Kong...."
Is Santorum going to close any cabinet departments?
Mirror replies, They either decided not to run or dropped out because of bogus accusatioons. Good Luck Newt.
Gingrich is the smartest one, he is the best communicator, but he is a liberal in many if not all the important beliefs. My opinion is he was planned from the beginning of his career to be thought of as conservative when he isn't. Check out his true history. Yes, he balanced the budget once during Clinton's time in office, but he fell from power quickly. He is good friends with Clinton and the Radical judges. He is smart enough to feel he might be as God to America.
He is a master of deceit.... just ask his wives and the people in Congress that have worked closely with him. They do not trust him, period..
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So, he’s not going to cut spending and the deficit?
LOL. I’d appreciate if you could point out where I said that.
:) Thanks in advance.
I would just add to the discussion that balancing the budget does not necessarily imply smaller government or less spending.
Rick didn’t make the ballot in Va.
He is not serious.
That’s nice and all, but I care about him getting rid of Obama, whom I know for a fact are all of those nasty things.
We’ll see.
He’s not the only candidate who didn’t - by design or otherwise.
There may be a very good reason the judgement call was made that way.
Let’s not attack our own candidates m’kay?
That’s sort of a liberal thing. Like James Carville.
Is he going to cut the budget?
“I would just add to the discussion that balancing the budget does not necessarily imply smaller government or less spending.”
Maybe you could tell me what else will?
A real leader is often pushed to the front by those behind them, and I just don’t see Newt or Romney with a crowd pushing them hard enough.
The only momentum I see is gravity in there path ahead.
Dunno.
I’m not from his campaign, like I explained upthread, I’m merely jumping to promote him because I found out (ironically on a thread intended to be for “free trade”) that Santorum appears to be the only GOP candidate intending to stand for America in trade policy.
As some on this board are more or less one-issue on some topics; RKBA comes to mind. I’m one-issue on a pro-American trade focus. Before we collapse. I could easily support Trump for this reason.
Now I find out, Santorum is an alternative to Trump. That’s good news, and I’m all over that.
As for his budget policies:
You could look at Santorum’s website.
(just a helpful suggestion)
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