[Hoodat]

Newt said he did it just to show that conservatives can care about the environment, too. He has later apologized for this ad and said it was a stupid move on his part.

It goes far beyond making a stupid move. It really brings into question his judgment especially when it comes to leadership. At the time that Newt got all cozy with Pelosi, she was engaging in one of the worst scorched earth policies against conservatives that this nation has ever witnessed. As Speaker, she literally shut Republicans out of the legislative process. She completely abandoned civil discourse and waged a continuous rhetorical attack against the Republican minority, and especially against the TEA Party patriots. The vileness of her words against conservatives was reprehensible. And it was during this time that Newt thought it would be a good idea and join forces with her to attack the one thing that boost our economy the most - cheap energy.

Newt shouldn't be in a position of apologizing (but only after he was made to realize it would hurt his election chances). Newt should have shown conviction then and made the decision not to validate the words of the enemy.

"In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit."

-John Galt-

[Utmost Certainty]

We can just as well scrutinize every candidate for actions like this.

Let's see, Santorum endorsed pro-abortionist Arlen Specter—directly contradicting Mr. Santorum's principles.

Here Santorum brags about:

1) Teaming up with Hillary Clinton against video game violence
2) Working with Barbara Boxer to write environmental regulations
3) Joining with Joe Lieberman to give money to the poor for college