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Newt Gingrich: Yes, Past Performance Does Indicate Future Results
Red State ^ | March 19, 2012 | Newt Gingrich

Posted on 03/20/2012 4:36:52 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

Rick Santorum makes an excellent point that “past performance really does indicate future results.” I completely agree—but not just “in Mitt Romney’s case.” Rick Santorum became the third-highest ranking Republican in the Senate in 2001 at a time when Republicans inherited balanced budgets, surpluses, and conservative, pro-life majorities. Senator Santorum and his big spending GOP allies proceeded to squander this inheritance.

The leadership of the Rick Santorum Republicans proved disastrous:

* The Rick Santorum Republicans never passed a single balanced budget, after inheriting balanced budgets and record surpluses. They racked up $1.7 trillion in deficits and increased the average number of earmarks by almost 500 percent. The Senator even voted for the Bridge to Nowhere.

* The Rick Santorum Republicans increased the national debt by 12 percent and voted to raise the debt ceiling five times to accommodate it—even while dealing with a president of their own party.

* The Senator voted with Democrats and Big Labor to defeat the National Right to Work Act of 1995. He justifies this vote saying he was representing Pennsylvania where forced unionization is the law but today, PA Senator Toomey is cosponsoring nearly identical legislation.

* The Senator voted with Democrats and Big Labor — repeatedly — to protect Davis-Bacon legislation, an old law on the books that requires the federal government to pay more to its contractors. He was so wedded to big labor that he even voted against waiving Davis-Bacon in times of emergency. By voting to protect Davis-Bacon, the Senator cost taxpayers many millions in higher taxes, deficits, and national debt.

* The Senator sponsored the “Santorum Amendment” to raise the Minimum Wage 21.4%. He supported Ted Kennedy’s proposed hike in the Minimum Wage. And, in a 2006 campaign commercial, he bragged about his support for a higher Minimum Wage.

* The Rick Santorum Republicans abandoned their principles, resulting in the worst electoral defeat for Republicans since Watergate and the loss of GOP Congressional majorities in both the House and Senate. This left Congress in the hands of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. And in destroying the Republican brand of balanced budgets and spending control, the Rick Santorum Republican failure gave us Barack Obama in 2008.

This is not a record of leadership to be proud of, and in 2006 it resulted in a catastrophic 18-point defeat. I fear it would do so again in the fall of 2012 if he were the nominee.

Unlike Senator Santorum, I did not go to Washington seeing politics as a “team sport.” Instead, I set out to change the game, and was willing to fight the forces of the establishment within the Republican Party to do so. The result was the first GOP majority in 40 years and the largest increase in pro-life votes in House of Representatives history. When I was Speaker, we balanced the budget for the first time since the 1920s — and it stayed balanced for four straight years. We reformed welfare, lifting millions of Americans from poverty. We passed the biggest capital gains tax cut in history, helping create 11 million jobs. And we did it all while paying down the national debt by $400 billion.

If you agree with Senator Santorum that “past performance really does indicate future results,” it means there’s only one candidate in this race who can offer the change our country desperately needs.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: conservatism; economy; gingrich2012; leadership; newt2012
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To: bray
Newt’s In-depth Interview with Sean Hannity
61 posted on 03/20/2012 7:37:31 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Happy Rain

What other conservative would that be Kemosabe?

You obviously didn’t read the post. That is the record of a big government moderate at best.


62 posted on 03/20/2012 7:37:39 AM PDT by redangus
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To: silverleaf
Do you really want to play that game?

YouTube Video - 2006 Santorum on “working together in D.C with Boxer, Clinton and Libermann: Wrestling

63 posted on 03/20/2012 7:41:52 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

VP Newt Gingrich and president Romney. I still won’t vote for Romney the liberal. Newt is hurting the conservative cause and has sold out to the establishment. He can now push Rick under 25% and lift Romney to take all delegates. Thanks a lot newt. I was voting for you if Rick doesn’t make it. Not anymore.


64 posted on 03/20/2012 7:42:28 AM PDT by Linda Frances (Only God can change a heart, but we can pray for hearts to be changed)
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To: dforest
I think Newt is smart, but Newt isn’t wise. Something in him gets in the way of that. I won’t say what that may be because I am going to refrain from being nasty as I promised another here yesterday that I was going to stop it.

So, pray tell, who do you see as wise enough?

65 posted on 03/20/2012 7:43:35 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Linda Frances

What path forward do you see for Santorum winning the nomination?


66 posted on 03/20/2012 7:45:10 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: dforest
Newt was telling the truth about Santorum, which is why he will never throw his delegates and support to Santo. He knows Santo all too well, because Newt trained him. Newt does not like the way Santo threw everything he was taught, away in such a short time. Newt also knows what a disaster it would be if Little Ricky wins the nomination.

Romney told outright lies about Newt and destroyed him at a critical time, which Newt could not refute due to the lack of funding. Santorum emerged out of pure luck, having been in the right place at the right time. Also, the fact that Santorum was considered as so far out of the race, nobody saw the need to fully investigate him, or vet his past.

Santorum rose out of blind desperation, as the last “Not Romney” candidate, after all the others failed or had been destroyed, bot because he is some amazing and dynamic savior of the country like his followers claim.

67 posted on 03/20/2012 7:45:50 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I was looking for a conservative path. I thought newt and Rick would both beat up Romney the liberal. I wanted to see a newt Rick ticket. Now newt is handing Romney the presidency. He’s apparently made a deal with the GOP and establishment. VP, sec of Ed.....he sold out the base.


68 posted on 03/20/2012 7:49:22 AM PDT by Linda Frances (Only God can change a heart, but we can pray for hearts to be changed)
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To: silverleaf; Cincinatus' Wife

After the polls and the maps and the delegates to date, factor this:

In Illinois, Santorum’s Chance at Nomination Is Slipping Away (Rick’s last stand)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2861360/posts

Newt’s fault?

That we are even here at this point is arguably Santorum’s call, for not doing what Perry and Cain did and backing Newt after the Romney onslaught that drove Newt’s numbers into the dumpster.

Right now polls show Romney will take IL big. Very big.

That’s not Newt.

Did Newt hang around after the Romney destruction machine flattened him? Sure. Would you put your tail between your legs and run, after millions in lying ads flattened you, or would you stand up and move foward?

And if you’re Newt, you’ve got even more reason to stand up and move forward. You’re not exactly throwaway material.

Many of us said Rick didn’t have the juice against Romney, long haul.

And before you do it, before you say, oh, but Rick has a better chance than Newt, just look at polls and maps and such, I’m not saying Newt can beat Romney now. Once, he could have. Rick make sure to help take that opportunity away. I’m saying neither of them can win it outright.

At the convention, it doesn’t look good either right now.

Given that sad fact, I’m glad Newt is there to rage against the beast.


69 posted on 03/20/2012 7:50:32 AM PDT by txrangerette ("HOLD TO THE TRUTH...SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR" - Glenn Beck)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

There are plenty of truths about Newt also. So who is Newt going to throw his support behind? That small government guy Mitt Romney?

The only other one on the horizon would be Obama because Newt has no chance of getting the nomination. It is over.


70 posted on 03/20/2012 7:55:31 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Linda Frances
....He’s apparently made a deal with the GOP and establishment. VP, sec of Ed.....he sold out the base.

Right......

Newt to Obama: This is What a Drilling Platform Looks Like

Newt’s Visit to an Alabama Gas Station

71 posted on 03/20/2012 7:55:44 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Linda Frances

You are kidding me. Where did you hear this news? I can believe it after reading this piece.


72 posted on 03/20/2012 7:57:59 AM PDT by dforest
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To: silverleaf
Santorum’s 2006 campaign video ad: Brags about raising the minimum wage
73 posted on 03/20/2012 7:59:28 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“Hail hail, the gang’s all here”.


74 posted on 03/20/2012 8:00:51 AM PDT by txrangerette ("HOLD TO THE TRUTH...SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR" - Glenn Beck)
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To: txrangerette

:)


75 posted on 03/20/2012 8:02:23 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

In my lifetime, only Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich have bent the the Federal Juggernaut to their will-and ultimately to the benefit of We the People.

In the absence of these two on the public stage, in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s...America would have been where it is today over 25 years ago.

It is why the Federal Juggernaut will never allow Newt to darken the door of the White House.


76 posted on 03/20/2012 8:02:23 AM PDT by mo (If you understand, no explanation is needed. If you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Dead on.


77 posted on 03/20/2012 8:02:46 AM PDT by txrangerette ("HOLD TO THE TRUTH...SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR" - Glenn Beck)
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To: dforest

I’m sorry I was wrong. It’s secretary of Energy.


78 posted on 03/20/2012 8:15:05 AM PDT by Linda Frances (Only God can change a heart, but we can pray for hearts to be changed)
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To: mo
The GE Years: What Made Reagan Reagan (Good article about Reagan; Newt said this book explained Reagan's leadership)
79 posted on 03/20/2012 8:16:31 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Linda Frances

Post the proof where Newt has made a deal with the GOP-e.


80 posted on 03/20/2012 8:55:43 AM PDT by Bailee
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