[Cobra64]

There are a lot here that love to use the "BAGGAGE" buzzword. Reminds me of the liberals whose mantra is, "Bush's Fault!"

[LWalk18]

There are a lot here that love to use the "BAGGAGE" buzzword.

The reality is that running for President is not just about whether you are right on the issues, but whether you have the right temperment, personality, and character to handle the job. A person's "baggage", which you dismiss, can sometimes shed light upon whether a candidate is fit. Gingrich's main "baggage" happened well into his adulthood, while he was in public life and in fact was Speaker. To think people should just forget about what he did then is unreasonable, IMO.

[LWalk18]

There are a lot here that love to use the "BAGGAGE" buzzword.

The reality is that running for President is not just about whether you are right on the issues, but whether you have the right temperment, personality, and character to handle the job. A person's "baggage", which you dismiss, can sometimes shed light upon whether a candidate is fit. Gingrich's main "baggage" happened well into his adulthood, while he was in public life and in fact was Speaker. To think people should just forget about what he did then is unreasonable, IMO.

[TheLion]

"There are a lot here that love to use the "BAGGAGE" buzzword. Reminds me of the liberals whose mantra is, "Bush's Fault!"

I am so tired of people coming on these threads about possible candidates and trashing them because they are not the person they want to run for president. How stupid can freepers get.

Newt is one of the most brilliant conservative minds of the last couple of generations.

When freepers trash Republican candidates, they trash us all. I'd like to see some decent comments about what the man stands for etc.

[BW2221]

"Reminds me of the liberals whose mantra is, "Bush's Fault!"

After the last election, his comments on it being easier to pass a "comprehensive' immigration policy and sacking Rumsfeld after the election, it's the mantra of many conservatives too.