I have been struggling with this myself....Newt or Rick? But am going with Newt. The deciding factor for me was what Rick said about Rush and the Fluke matter. He should have stood up for Rush.
Newt can sell conservatism, like he did in Georgia so many years ago.
“ATLANTA — It wasn’t so long ago that the Republican Party in Georgia was just an afterthought, and Democrats were in firm control of all the levers of state government. Back then, Newt Gingrich and other die-hard GOP stalwarts ventured across the state with the far-fetched message that Republicans could reverse the tide.
Now with commanding majorities in the Statehouse and control of all statewide offices, Gingrich is hoping his vision for how the GOP could overcome decades of Democratic dominance in Georgia will pay dividends. He sorely needs a victory when his home state votes Tuesday, along with a big chunk of its 76 delegates, to prove his stumbling presidential bid has staying power.
Many Republican figures in Georgia still credit him with championing conservative policies, outlining a framework for what a GOP majority in the state could accomplish and broadcasting talking points to a generation of up-and-coming conservative leaders. He’s also applauded for lobbying conservative Democrats, like then-Rep. Nathan Deal, to switch parties.
“Everyone else was trying to lose as slowly as possible, and to die with dignity at the Alamo. He was talking confidently that the Republican majority in Georgia, in the South and nationally was right around the corner,” said Ralph Reed, a veteran Georgia GOP operative who founded the national Faith and Freedom Coalition. “On the one hand it was crazy, but on the other it was just the most exciting thing you’ve ever heard.”.....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2853676/posts
Santorum is, at his core, just another Huckabee - a pro-life big govt liberal.
Newt’s da man if you are seeking Conservative change.
There has been no question for me Newt is the only one. Romney is completely out of the question, and Santorum acts like he is running for the senate.
“I have been struggling with this myself....Newt or Rick?”
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Same here. I’m voting Newt. His ability to destroy someone in a debate (with facts) is his strongest point. America needs a man that can be ‘cocky’ and not take any crap from libs/RINOS.
Rick comes off as just too nice and way too passive for the challenges we are now facing. America is at the crossroads between FReedom from or submission to Socialism.
It’s Newt all the way.
Romney is a definite NO and in fact if he is the nomination I cannot see myself answering the "GOP Rally Cry." Not this time. And I have the oddest of places from which I historically draw that decision.
For a long time I was thinking Santorum. And if I look at my historical decision making regarding Romney, Santorum is also out.
So, that leaves Newt. I do believe Newt can lead, "We the People." But, can he with his troubled ethics past lead congress? And can we deliver for him a congress that can be lead?
This past week, another FReeper had me looking into a piece of history. A very dark piece of history written by a very dark individual. This piece of literature though highlighted something I had been wondering and missing for some time. What was life like...before WWII? What did the German people miss that caused them to be led so far astray? As I reread this "autobiography" ignoring the racism and the culture warfare...the complaint stood out. The halfhearted efforts of the politicians, theologians, and even the Church that were part of the causes for the ultimate collapse.
And I think this dark person did indeed understand very clearly how and what the difference was between the theorists and the agitators. He took the path of the agitators, but just as easily another path could have been chosen.
Like then the similarities to preWar Germany are astounding. While many here, myself included, have read and dissected "Atlas Shrugged," for the parallels...it is fiction. To combine what we have learned from the fiction that is Atlas Shrugged and the reading of Volume I of Mein Kampf we are at a critical crossroads.
We can choose the community agitator...again. Or we must choose a leader of full commitment to the ideals of a republican form of government. A leader of 'halfheartedness' will be the death of our way of life. It was the "halfheartedness" that made room for the community agitator that was Hitler. Currently our GOP leaders with their compromises and reaching across the aisle attitudes are risking our republic. They are contributing to the marxist way of doing things.
Hitler recognized what the elites were failing to do. His resolutions were wrong, but his observation of preWar Germany were enlightened. He concluded it was the rich Jew etc. to blame. He looked to 'blame' the collapse on someone or something. Failing to fully acknowledge that which he had so diligently observed as the halfhearted nature that had invaded their way of life.
The GOP-E are horribly wrong in their support of Romney. The endorsements for Santorum with his record of 'halfheartedness' is deadly. The election and nomination of either of these two candidates will lead to a result too horrific to consider. Their nomination and election, will lead to a community agitator in 2016 that none will be able to stand against.
And so with history as my guide, I will be voting for Newt on Tuesday.