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Gingrich Says Run for President Possible
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| Oct 13 11:52 PM US/Eastern
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Posted on 10/14/2005 5:27:55 AM PDT by .cnI redruM
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Thursday he might run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 _ unless some candidates promote his ideas.
"There are circumstances where I will run," Gingrich told a news conference before a speech at the University of Mobile.
Earlier this year, in an interview with The Associated Press, Gingrich said, "Anything seems possible."
Asked under what circumstances he would enter the race, Gingrich, 62, said he plans to continue traveling the United States talking about the issues.
"My hope is that five or six candidates are going to jump up, steal all of my ideas, and I will be able to relax and go golf," he said.
The former Georgia congressman said if nobody picks up on the ideas and the country thinks they are significant, a campaign is possible. But he added that's "so far down the road and so much less important than my two grandchildren."
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; charactercounts; gingrich; gop; healthcare; hillary; hillarycare; newt; newtgingrich; rats
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Newt's version of a 'listening tour'.
To: .cnI redruM
I wouldn't give this boy the time of day.
He used to be my representative. Some good ideas, but he frittered it all away because he couldn't keep it in his pants.
A man who will betray his wife will betray ANYbody, especially taxpayers he's never met.
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:29:19 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: .cnI redruM
I prefer him over McCain.
To: .cnI redruM
Draft Newt! He's our last best hope for an Originalist Supreme Court!
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:30:29 AM PDT
by
Lunatic Fringe
(North Texas Solutions http://ntxsolutions.com)
To: .cnI redruM
Gingrich Says Run for President Possible
No its not. D@mn few conservatives are going vote for a man who had divorce papers delivered to his wife while she was prepping for cancer surgery.
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:31:06 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
To: Lunatic Fringe
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:33:31 AM PDT
by
dawn53
To: .cnI redruM
The Liberals have already beaten him once and ran him out of town. He couldn't even hang on to the Speakers job.
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:33:50 AM PDT
by
kcordell
To: .cnI redruM
No.He has good ideas but backed down.
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:36:39 AM PDT
by
CindyDawg
To: .cnI redruM
Surprise, surprise.
Newton McCain Gingrich, just what we needed.
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:36:57 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
To: .cnI redruM
[Snicker]
Sure, Newt.
Run.
Why did you leave politics before, Newt? Oh, yeh, ethics violation and 'zipper' problems.
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:37:00 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: AnAmericanMother
He should try the senate first. If he could even get elected in Ga.
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:37:51 AM PDT
by
Ron in Acreage
(It's the borders stupid! "ALLEN IN 08")
To: .cnI redruM
Newtie should just go away.
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:38:41 AM PDT
by
cynicom
To: Little Ray
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:39:17 AM PDT
by
dawn53
To: .cnI redruM
The only one out there right now worth the time and effort is Dick Cheney. I could see Lynn as First Lady. Everyone else being bandied about pale in comparison. (IMHO). Perhaps Rice as a VP? Not sure about that one. Definitely not President Newt, Guiliani or McCain. Not even Allen.
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:39:34 AM PDT
by
maxter
To: .cnI redruM
Behold, the power of self-delusion.
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:40:02 AM PDT
by
Ace of Spades
(Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: AnAmericanMother
My family knew Newt and Marianne quite well....My kid's called him Uncle Newt....What he did to Marianne was wrong.....
He is a great man with wonderful concepts, however, he lacks the character to be good president.
NeverGore :^)
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:40:39 AM PDT
by
nevergore
(“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
To: Ace of Spades
Newt's a legend in his own mind...
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:41:54 AM PDT
by
.cnI redruM
(Because change is not something you talk into existence.)
To: maxter
The only one out there right now worth the time and effort is Dick Cheney.That's how I see it. FWIW.
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:42:29 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: maxter
>>>>>The only one out there right now worth the time and effort is Dick Cheney.
You dislike Helen Thomas THAT much! :)
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:42:52 AM PDT
by
.cnI redruM
(Because change is not something you talk into existence.)
To: .cnI redruM
Gingrich's pic with Hitlery and his "healthcare plan" are all that's needed to wreck any hopes he has in a Republican primary. So long Newt.
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posted on
10/14/2005 5:43:04 AM PDT
by
saganite
(The poster formerly known as Arkie 2)
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