Posted on 01/24/2012 7:46:35 PM PST by tatown
The attacks by both Drudge and Beck on Newt are about as vicious as I've ever seen by either of them even on Obama. I turned off Beck some time ago due to his extreme doomer act and I'm starting to get to the point where I avoid Drudge as well. I understand that they might not be Newt fans but the force of their hatred toward him is stunning.
I had the same reaction. My concerns were allayed when he went back and amended his remarks. What he was saying was that he would be equally opposed to the implementation of a plan by Republicans if it were imposed onto the American people against their will the way the dhimmicrats had imposed Øbamacare.
I think that Paul Ryan is proud to be considered an "extremist right-winger" (as am I).
Every single recent headline about the GOP race has been anti-Newt. You will be hard pressed to find a single anti-Mitt story on Drudge, in spite of the fact that there are many stories out there to choose from.
Drudge is doing everything he can to knock Newt out. While I don’t agree with Newt on everything, he is freaking Winston Churchill compared to Mitt.
Without Obama in office both Beck and Drudge will have a lower number of readership and subscribers and make a lot less money.
22 months isn't "close" in politics. That's a geologic era. He resigned after there were losses in the 1998 election. Yes, it's probably true they were going to vote him out, but it was again because of a bad showing in the election year. The media had smeared Newt relentlessly. Remember, this was the era of spin defending Clinton...that brought us O'Reilly's No-Spin Zone. The idea that his fellow Republicans would have defended him against a media onslaught when it was easier to make him a scapegoat and throw him under the bus strains credibility.
Drudge did not WRITE these headlines and articles. He linked to them. Interpretation by you that what he thinks is newsworthy about Newt or any other candidate is biased against new isn’t a proof-positive conviction.
I understand one’s aversion to headlines not sympathetic to their candidate; I can recall equally dubious LINKED ARTICLES that diminish ROMNEY, SANTORUM, CAIN, OBAMA, et al....I don’t buy the indictment, frankly.
Personally, I’ll vote for Newt in the March Georgia Primaries, but please don’t insult my intelligence by claiming that Newt is the equivalent to Winston Churchill; that comparison is ludicrous.
Agreed. If anything, he shows a slight preference for Ron Paul.
I completely disagree with you about Drudge. Sorry but every single hit piece article has been about Newt, not Romney.
Wonder why this isn’t getting play on Drudge?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2837589/posts
Maybe because it is a hit on Mitt and not Newt... If this article is true, it is simply the biggest moment of the entire primaries yet Drudge conveniently ignores it, while highlighting attacks by Pelosi and Rubio on Newt.
As far as Winston Churchill goes, I’ll stick with my characterization of Newt being Churchillian compare to the POS Mitt Romney.
He links today to a story about Rubio saying something against Newt. Exactly how is this a predilection for a story that specifically targets Newt. Rubio, for all intents and purposes, has been the darling of Free Republic in many respects. I’m sorry, I still don’t buy your dissatisfaction with bad Newt News as intentional Drudge manuevering.
As for the Churchill thing, I liken any comparison, even loosely connected ones, as equivalent to Obama’s self-assessment that he’s Lincoln, FDR, Teddy, and Reagan all-in-one. Best thing to do is stand on your own merits, not invite discourse over still-ludicrous comparison.
Comparing Newt to Romney is pretty much akin to comparing him to Obama. In both cases, Newt is Churchillian by comparison.
Did you read the thread I linked to you? What if the hell would that article not be a headline on Drudge?
I, like many other freepers, see what Drudge is doing. If you want to ignore it go ahead but Drudge’s actions are no different than those of Beck and Coulter.
We aren’t going to agree. You are totally invested, and I’m only settling. I won’t trash Newt here, but I won’t go against logic and reason, either. I’ll vote for him here in Georgia, but I’m not going to lock-step with people like you because he’s ‘better than Mitt’ and call it Churchilian......
Mitt Romney’s advisor say’s he WON’T repeal Obamacare...Drudge won’t touch it and instead posts smear after smear about Newt, yet you say there is not anti-Newt bias??? LMAO!
You are right, we won’t agree. Compared to Obama and Romney, Newt is f*cking Churchill.
~Cheers
Hey, the South doesn't get all the credit. Newt is a Pennsylvanian at heart, having been born and raised in Harrisburg, PA for his first 10 years. He's proved to be one of our finest exports. :)
EGGSactly Batman. And newt is making it sound like he balanced the budget 96 through 99. First the budget didn't show a surplus until 98 and kept doing such until 2001 BUT Newt wasn't in Congress in 1999 thru 2001. (Though the Budget for 1999 would have been passed in his last year.)
Now if any of us wish to be honest the Budget got balanced IN SPITE OF CONGRESS IN THOSE YEARS. The kept on increasing their budgets but the economy was roaring along and for once the Tax Revenues outpaced Congress's spending spree.
Why Politicians always want to stretch the Truth is beyond me. Newt and his candidacy for POTUS would be better served if he stated the facts (He presided over 2 years of Budget Surpluses produced by American Businesses!)
And there is exactly why Newt is not a grade a Conservative! Conservatives CUT THE BUDGET! The Repubs had control of Both houses from 95 to 2000 and STILL INCREASED THE BUDGET AND EXPANDED GOVERNMENT. So until Newt actually makes government smaller and CUTS THE BUDGET he isn't a bonified grade a Conservative he just plays one on TV.
BUT as Candidates for President go, NEWT is the Most Conservative Candidate we have had Since Reagan. And this is why I say we must Hold Newt's feet to the fire and make him understand we are done with talk. WE WANT ACTION!
Impatience and the imagination of ills unfolded are the bain of the inexperienced...give it time. Bye
they accused Newt supporters of being like the mob!
Here is a quote from another Freeper who heard it as well.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2837545/posts?page=81#81
"LOL, are you hearing this? The two of them are saying that Newt supporters at the debates who chant “USA” are “the mob” and are straight out of her book, Demonic. Beck says he gets death threats from Newt supporters. I am speechless."
The funny thing is Drudge has barely had any headlines about Romney at all since NH because there’s been no good news to report, all bad. LOL. It’s truly remarkable but if you only followed Drudge, you wouldn’t even know Romney was running for the last 2 weeks. He’s playing the same game the MSM did with Obama, just keep as quiet as possible about Obomney so no one finds out how horrible he is and he just squeaks through. You would think Newt was running against himself going by Drudge. His latest nonsensical smear on Newt just made it to the top of the news.
If you want a candidate who other Republicans will hold his feet to the fire, Newt is obviously the only choice. If he wins, the entire GOP-E will be desperate for him to do something wrong so they can justify all their opposition to him and discredit him. He’ll have to be on his best behavior. If Mitt gets in, the GOP-E will be covering him for everything he does, for fear of making themselves look stupid for endorsing him.
Don’t complain about news, make it. This caterwauling about Drudge would be seriously funny if it weren’t so pathetic.....Why not bitch at the MSM for the million plus biased stories they spew? Rubio is today’s headline.....Rubio at one point here (FR) was the darling of conservatism...now he’s personna non grata? (or Drudge is for ‘reporting’ it)....grow the hell up, people.
Support Newt where you can and vote for him like I will, but don’t stretch all else beyond reality.
Get a brain or stop talking about things you are uninformed on. Drudge is in the tank for Romney as much as Ann’oying Coulter is. His site has without question been operating as a pure propaganda arm for Romney for at least the last few weeks. There have been almost no links to any stories about Romney while constant unflattering photos and every tiny negative minutiae anyone can dig up on Newt makes the top headlines of the site. Chris Christie’s bashing of Newt makes the site but Sarah Palin’s bashing of Chris Christie doesn’t. If you can’t see the bias in Drudge then you must think The Huffington Post is fair and balanced and that Brit Hume and Ann Coulter are giving Newt a fair shake.
“You’d think except Beck was for Bachmann, now Santorum is his guy. Beck on Romney “Romney scares me”
I heard him say that to Coulter today. But the second part of his sentence was, “And I don’t know why...it’s nothing specific, I just get a feeling.” Beck is good on research but he is very selective about it. If he can’t come up with a specific reason WHY Romney is scary, then he’s an idiot or being deliberately obtuse.
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