Posted on 07/14/2016 7:24:12 PM PDT by RevelationDavid
Watching Newt on Hannity...NOBODY is as wicked smart as Newt....!! He would keep the focus where it must be! He would DESTROY liberal arguments....
It was a mistake not putting him on the ticket...
sounds like he and Donald would be pea’s in a pod...:)
Pence is very tight with the Never Trumpers including Jeb Bush and the Koch Brothers. He is said to have loathed Trump. Wait until people start coming forward with how Pence played Trump.
Indiana governor, Mike Pence, might be a long shot candidate for the presidency as of 2014, but with the Koch brothers support he is sure to make a big splash in the 2016 presidential election.
Mike Pence attended a recent off-the-record New York dinner party that was hosted by the conservative magazine “The American Spectator”. Pence was seated with David Koch. Koch’s family foundation is one of the largest donors to The American Spectator, which operates as a 501(c) 3 non-profit. Other people seated at the table included Conservative anti- tax czar, Grover Norquist and Thomas Lehrman, the co-founder of the Gerson Lehrman Group and a former George W. Bush administration appointee.
Pence has been shoring up his Conservative credentials by canning the Common Core in Indiana and giving Reagan-like speeches where he espouses the virtues of Conservatism.
“We must demand that renewed Republican leadership… permanently reduce the size and scope of the federal government by restoring to the states and to the people those resources and responsibilities that are rightfully theirs under the Constitution of the United States,” he stated recently.
Pence stated firmly his feelings on big government, “It’s impossible to read the Constitution of the United States without understanding it as a document of a limited federal government that contemplates that there would be those responsibilities and resources—and those functions of government—many of which would be best administered at the state level.” He specifically cited education, welfare and transportation as the areas to cut federal spending. It seems as the Koch Brothers my have found their man in Pence. Recently, Matt Lloyd, a longtime spokesman for Pence during his time in Congress, was recently hired by Koch Industries as their communications director in Washington. The Kochs gave Pence $200,000 for his 2012 governor’s race, and the Koch-backed Americans For Prosperity fought Indiana House Republicans last year when Pence’s proposed income tax cut ran into opposition.
Being a neighbor governor, Iowans will give Mike Pence a long look, but if he brings the kind of negative, big money advertising from 501’s that come with the Koch Brothers candidates, he will find it hard to win the the hearts of the down-to-earth Iowans or the 2016 Iowa Caucus.
http://2016iowacaucus.com/indiana-governor-mike-pence-to-run-in-2016/
Looks like the Koch Brothers won this round. They got their guy in as number 2 and will expect to get their agenda done through Pence, including Cabinet picks, etd.
“..are you always ‘smart’?”
At least I have not coddled Nancy Pelosi and have affairs.
Of course I will support the pick...but I’m just saying that EVERY-TIME Newt speaks i find my self both nodding yes...and wishing that I had his ability to communicate in such a focused and deep way....he is truly a ‘one of a kind’ communicator....
Well, to be fair, Trump uses that word about everyone around him, while Newt implies it about himself.
But, the word choice comment is appropo. Hyperbole wears people out.
Megyn Kelly Ho was not excellent IMHO. I turned her off when she started embracing her muslim fellow gym rat. Insinuating that all muslims are like her friend. A nice woman with 3 kids. How can muslims be bad, bla, bla, bla, click.
How about Pence’s baggage that he was suppose to be Jeb’s VP pick? Or his closeness with Romney? Or that he endorsed Cruz and supposedly loathes Trump? Or that the Koch brothers now have their guy one step closer to the White House?
..careful of your ‘high perch’....it can be a very long fall..
Unfortunately Newt is MORE RANDOM with his statements than even Trump. Trump doesn’t need him...he has himself.
PENCE IS PERFECT - it shows that Trump will use MATURE people that have solid Republican backgrounds.
We all realize that Pence is far from perfect, but considering that his job will be to be a figurehead in the Senate and attend funerals...he’ll be fine in those roles.
Correct. Chief of Staff or Senior Advisor. Sorta like ValJar to Obama.
I said her show ,Gen Flynn was excellent
ON HER SHOW
Yep, he was outstanding tonight.
Agree. Newt’s perspective is of a modern day Founding Father. Such a loss that Trump didn’t’ choose him and instead chose the Koch Brother’s stealth candidate.
Yup, worth a thousand words.
Newt missed his chance, squandered it in fact.
How about we see links supporting ALL of your claims?
True. Newt would have more power as chief of staff.
Who says he’s not on the ticket? We’re still waiting for Trump to announce.
He’s awesome on Hannity. I think he should be Chief of Staff. That’s the right hand man position.
“Unfortunately Newt is MORE RANDOM with his statements than even Trump. Trump doesn’t need him...he has himself.”
More random than Donald??? Donald is more random than the ‘pick six’ balls...lol
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