He’s not “very flawed”? Come on. Take your head out of the sand.
His personal life is a certifiable clusterf*ck. He’s on his third marriage. He cheated with a subordinate while in office, then left his second wife for his mistress. There is still no good answer to the Clinton-era question ... “if his own wife(s) can’t trust him, why should I?”
He had ethics problems in the House — though the details are vague. He did a global warming propaganda campaign with Nancy Pelosi, of all people. He’s made some really weird statements about “right-wing social engineering”, the end of the Reagan era, etc., etc. That’s just the stuff I can think of off the top of my head.
Those are facts. They’re bad facts. They suck. They create vulnerabilities for Gingrich and his supporters ... and those vulnerabilities are entirely the fault of Newt Gingrich. Ignoring them doesn’t help ... opponents and voters won’t ignore them.
The reality of Newt Gingrich is what it is — he is very flawed, has a lot of baggage, but he’s a hell of a debater, and may be the best option available. I’d vote for him without hesitation in the GE, and maybe even the primary ... but he’ll never be the easiest sell.
We can’t pretend Newt Gingrich’s past didn’t happen. It did. We have to acknowledge it, and perhaps help voters come to tersm with it.
SnakeDoc
Wow, talk about head in the sand. You spout nothing but the MSM version of each of the items. I know you have your mind made up by the MSM so I’ll say you need to look into each item yourself sometime.
Although I don’t condone his marital indiscretions he had his reasons, which are his not ours. You probably wont care what they are but at least you’ll have the real reasons and that they weren’t just to find the next pretty thing cause he was tired of the last one.
Unlike your MSM stance on the ethics charges the details are NOT vague but clearly documented and everyone of the charges was considered BASELESS. Look it up if you dare.
His ‘right-wing social engineering’ comment had nothing to do with Reagan (wow are you uninformed) but about Paul Ryan’s voucher system (for medicare) introduced just a few years ago. They weren’t ‘weird’ as you call it but hey, it’s what I’d expect from a brain full of mush. And for the record those two do get along just fine despite what the MSM tells you.
The only thing you got right was about Nancy and the couch and he’s already admitted he shouldn’t have.
Maybe next time before you spout the ‘bad facts’ off the top of your head as you call them (cause they are bad facts) maybe you should not let emotion get the best of you and do some research.
Although we shouldn’t act as if his past didn’t exist at least we should get it right when we talk about it.
JB