[Perdogg]

This why I will never vote for Newt in a primary.

[Always Right]

Captain Obvious alert.

[Pukin Dog]

"We need candor, we need directness,"

Careful Newtie, a couple of your ex-wives might have said the same thing to you. Watch it.

[mtairycitizen]

Too late, the door is open and we cant go back.


Why did Newt have to leave again?

Did he serve divorce papers on his sick wife?
Or was that JOhn Kerry?

[Seruzawa]

That Gingrich! Always with the jokes. Everyone knows that Bush and the Republicans are not responsible for their loss. They were done in by those insignificant Libertarians. That little snob, Medved, says so.

[Paloma_55]

Newt is the LAST guy who should start pointing his finger around.

Seems to me like the LEADER of a movement is not the person who should start blaming people for that movement failing, when THEY were forced to resign for unethical behavior.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

Gingrich is right and it's what I've been saying. Bush and Rove are to blame for squandering this once in a lifetime Republican control of congress. With that being said, it's time for the GOP to clear out the hacks running it now and bring in people with vision who can bring back the magic that Gingrich and others brought back in 94.

Too bad James Rogan isn't in congress. He'd be the ideal minority leader.

[Vision]

Right on Newt.

[beaversmom]

So many screw ups. It's like the Titanic, if any one thing had been different, it may not have been the disaster it was. I hadn't thought about McCain and his role in the 2006 disaster, but Hugh Hewitt's column reminds us what part he played as well.

[ilgipper]

Sounds like fairly accurate observations. There was zero accomplished in this last term. A simmering Iraq situation that did not appear to be improving (with poor communication of the fact from the GOP), no economic accomplishments, and a less than popular stance on immigration. It looked like those in power in the House were more interested in enjoying the power than pushing an agenda.

[DoctorMichael]

Rush has repeatedly said over the last few years, and in the last few days, that there is no 'Conservative Leadership' coming from the White House.

But then again, this is FreeRepublic, so who cares WHAT people like Rush and Newt have to say, given our possession of keyboards and internet hookups.

[roses of sharon]

A big duh!

Newt would do well to stop lecturing on the obvious and begin to SMASHMOUTH the MSM/DNC/OBL party.

But of course this is the new Conservative Emotionalism, let's self flagellate instead of crushing the MSM the Dems and the Islamic Cults.

[mcshot]

..."We need to understand the threats we faced with are so frightening and so real, the danger that we'll lose two to three American cities so great, that we cannot play games with each other, cannot manipulate each other, we have to have an open and honest dialogue, and I found yesterday's statements at the press conference frankly very disturbing."...

I agree with this part and am praying for family in Baltimore.

[skinkinthegrass]

..monday morning football???? ...etc. :/

[WriteOn]

Newt's right. Defending Bush on this point is dumb.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Conservatives engaged in their favorite sport: the circular firing squad.

[Ronin]

Newt!!!!

Sorry sucker. You betrayed us once. We don't give second times.

[BibChr]

Really? Not philandering, fat, power-happy old gasbags?

[Stars&StripesNE]

Gingrich is right on target. He says what I have been thinking since the defeat the GOP was handed on Tuesday.

The GOP eared their losses. They strayed from their conservative principles and values. They went on a spending spree and their power went to their heads. They became the antithesis of what conservatives stand for.

You can all criticize New Gingrich - how soon you all forget that he brought the Republicans into power in Congress.

Et tu brute?

[jackv]

Hey newt, how original of you to come out and trash Bush after the loss. I cannot believe the Bush-hate I have been reading from freepers as well.
Wow...no wonder they call this the stupid party.