Posted on 08/31/2006 6:11:20 AM PDT by PDR
Ex-U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that the thought of California Rep. Nancy Pelosi becoming the next leader of the House and being third in line to the presidency is frightening.
"The prospect of her bringing San Francisco values and a whole attitude on foreign policy that is, I think, an attitude of weakness and appeasement and surrender, I think, would be a disaster for the country," the outspoken Republican said.
Gingrich said keeping power out of the hands of Pelosi, the House minority leader, and other Democrats is one of the reasons he was in South Carolina this week raising money for the GOP.
On Wednesday, Gingrich was at a fundraiser for Ralph Norman, the White House's chosen opponent for U.S. Rep. John Spratt, the 5th District Democrat who is Pelosi's assistant minority leader.
To suggest that "any Democrat is for appeasement is ridiculous" and "shows how desperate the Republicans are," Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly said. "We know we have a dangerous world out there," he said, but "fear-mongering is not helpful to the situation."
The former Georgia congressman said he wakes up every day worried about national security and the potential loss of U.S. cities to nuclear attacks.
"If you think, as I do, that we're in the early stages of an emerging third world war, the world is truly dangerous on a scale that I think, in a worst case, could lead to losing several American cities to nuclear weapons in our lifetime," he said.
Gingrich, who says his decision on seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 will wait until late next year, says there are plenty of reasons to worry about nuclear bombs destroying U.S. cities.
"Start with the North Korean drive to get nuclear weapons and ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles), then go to the Iranian drive to get nuclear weapons, then go to the fact that Pakistan has probably between 50 and 100 nuclear weapons with an unstable dictatorship," he said. Then, look at al-Qaida's willingness to "kill as many Americans as they can find" and Iran's recruitment of suicide bombers, he said.
"If you have active, overt enemies who are religiously different and who believe that killing you would be a good thing in their religious terms and they're willing to die in order to kill you," Gingrich said, "how hard is it to imagine a suicide bomber willing to walk in with a nuclear weapon?"
To deal with the threat, he said, "we want to replace the North Korean regime. We want to replace the Iranian regime and the Syrian regime. We would like to replace them without using military force if we can."
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Would be? I guess she's just a train wreck now?
Wow...I agree with Newt...Now let's see how the Dems paint these words as harsh and despicable. I wonder who will be the first to get Newt?...
If America's vote allows someone like Pelosi to be in a position of leadership, this country will get exactly what it deserves. America will not fail at the hands of a foreign country, but from within.
She's already powerful, and yes, she is a disaster.
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The liberals are getting deperate.... they are afraid america will remember what they are all about.
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Yep! All that "Marines are Cold Blooded Murders," and "We Can't Win" isn't seeming so smart of a thing to have said now that the DEMs see the elections right around the corner...
Too bad for them.... THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS! They have figured that out yet.
I agree with Newt on this one too, but he is sure making it difficult for those running right now with some of his comments.
Another day, another attempt at publicity.
They were isolationist and didn't really care what the nazi's were doing 'over there'.
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| "The prospects of Iran having a deliverable nuclear weapon that can endanger U.S. interests in the region or here in the next foreseeable future is very, very, very low," Biden said. Statement like this are humorous. Democrats run around complaining President Bush is scaring people, yet this statement is designed to make people feel good and calm. The real questions are which is most likely and are either acceptable?
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When have the Dems talked about anything but appeasement?
Adulterer Speaker of the House Livingston has more creds than Adulterer Speaker of the House Newt.
One reason is that Democrats in Washington and their lib allies around the country and world have fought the Administration tooth-and-nail to hamper efforts in the fight!
Give her time - over sixty days to the election yet!
Don't overload your pie hole so that you cause a momentary lapse in the intake of oxygen into your body and consequently to your brain, resulting in a blackout or worse a stroke that incapacitates you and deprives us of your presence here on Free Republic.
Dang, it ain't working... Looks like it's there, then disappears on a refresh... Wish that would happen with the real Pelosi.
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