Newt a “RINO among Rinos”?

Legal Insurrection ^ | Friday, April 27, 2012 at 8:05pm | William A. Jacobson

[Josh Painter]

You have got to be kidding me. This trashing of Newt by Erika Johnsen, who apparently just started blogging at HotAir, is so over the top:

"Newt Gingrich’s decision to wait a week to officially drop out of the presidential race was kind of a non sequitur (but then, it fits with Newt’s normally quizzical attitude of 'you need to get on my level' pomposity, so… wash)…."

"Here’s what you can do to help the Republican party, Newt: don’t. You overstayed your welcome in the presidential race by a long shot, frequently looked absurd, and constantly undercut the GOP’s credibility. I lamented about this when it happened, but the day that the 'true conservative' Newt Gingrich committed the one unforgivable political sin — throwing free enterprise under the bus — was among the most disillusioning I’ve yet experienced (but… I’m still young. I’m sure I can look forward to plenty more of that in the future, womp womp.) While I’ll admit that he had several shining, brilliant moments of insight when even I cheered, the conservative cause should be all too glad to see the back of him…."

"With ‘conservatives’ like Newt Gingrich, who needs liberals? If he does continue to act as a conservative voice in an attempt to ‘help’ the Republican cause, let’s hope he uses his wonkishness for good and keeps the damaging blather on lockdown."

[Fightin Whitey]

I don’t know this Carmen guy.

Maybe he’s a punk. But there’s lots of history out there between Reagan & Gingrich, not all of it good.

Could be the point is you can hang anybody by something he said at some point in his life.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/27/newt-gingrich-betrayed-ronald-reagan/

[redhead]

Sure wish we could get a nationally-supported “Draft Sarah” movement going. It won’t do any good to write her in if there aren’t enough of us to make a difference...