Posted on 04/05/2009 9:04:31 AM PDT by kellynla
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told Fox News Sunday that he would have disabled the long-range missile before North Korea launched it, saying too many people do not appreciate the scale of the threat that is evolving on the planet.
One morning, just like 9/11, theres going to be a disaster, Gingrich said. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea.
Reacting to President Barack Obamas speech in Prague, Gingrich called the plan for a Global Summit on Nuclear Security a wonderful fantasy idea, saying Russia and other nations cant be trusted.
What are they going to promise, and why would we believe them? Gingrich said. Its very dangerous to have a fantasy foreign policy, and it can get you in enormous trouble.
Host Chris Wallace asked Gingrich: So youre saying that President Gingrich would have taken out that missile?
Gingrich replied: There are three or four techniques that could have been used, from unconventional forces to standoff capabilities, to say: Were not going to tolerate a North Korean missile launch, period. I mean, the worlds either got to decide that North Korea is utterly dangerous Id recommend, look at electromagnetic pulse, which changes every equation about how risky these weapons are.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, appearing with Gingrich, said: In the countryside of South Carolina, at some point, youve got to back up words with action.
There have been a long series of
intentional steps on North Koreas part, and little in the way of actions from the standpoint of either America or the international community.
Your condescending and ridiculous comment to skirt the issue was unwarranted and uncalled for.
If you have information share it, instead of browbeating other posters with your ad hominem remarks.
If you don't have the knowledge, fine.
>>>>> to skirt the issue was unwarranted and uncalled for. <<<<<
What issue am I “skirting”?
I'll TAKE it!
Yes, you may be correct he may have said that then as he left he got the phone number of the young reception and spent the past few days calling her when no one was watching.
Just as possible as your dream!! And probably more likely.
His sin of being an unfaithful husband does not disqualify him for me when our stakes are so high. If he can lead the nation back to being a strong, capitalistic, Christian-based nation, I like him.
>>>>> as he left he got the phone number of the young reception and spent the past few days calling her when no one was watching. <<<<<<
Good thing people like you are keeping an eye on Newt’s 65 year old sex life!
Now that’s committed conservative principle!
You probably also believe he “gave divorce papers to his ex-wife in the cancer ward”!
LOL!
Newts running in 12, theres little doubt.
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He only makes noises on Hannity’s shows but never runs because the money never comes in
A pol without campaign donations is like a stripper without implants
Both should have had more principles.
>>>>> we were trying to vote clintoon out of the office for the same thing. <<<<<<
The way I remember it, Clinton was being impeached for perjury.
But I guess that’s all trivia in the effort to catalog Newt’s sex crimes.
You may be correct, he lied about it, but then newt did worse.
I know all too well that this approaches the level of a pipe dream. But I am a firm believer that the Lord gives America what it deserves, regardless of what it takes to make it happen. We've got Obama because we deserve him in return for letting our school systems abandon all semblance of patriotic education and self reliance over the last four, going on five, decades. Had the education system continued teaching political subjects and an understanding of how our Republic works, along with inculcating a love for America and the men and women whose blood, sweat and tears gave us the greatest nation in history, Obama would have been laughed, or run off the stump in no uncertain terms.
IMHO Newt is as close to what we need to rebuild America as we're going to find. I know that's an opinion not shared by all and I appreciate and honor that difference of opinion. But for me, and for the foreseeable future, I am going to pay attention to him and support him, as well as pray that God will bless America again, as He has for so many years!
I feel quite certain that Newt in the race can't hurt. His ideas and understanding of what made America great are unmatched in today's political world. Even if he's trounced on by the MSM and Lefties a lot of people will hear some very sound speeches about our country.
I saw a big, homemade, sign in a pasture north of Tampa yesterday that said, “God, guns and guts made America great. We support our troops!” Amen!
Go Newt!
My observation of Newt Derangement Syndrome for the last few years is that 90 percent of its victims have a badly concealed obsession with Newt’s marital and sex life.
And can you believe this? Most of those people believe the DNC opposition research and propaganda that “he served divorce papers on his wife in the cancer ward”!
Now aside from the fact that Newt can’t and never could “serve” anything in the state of Georgia, and aside from the fact that he and his wife had been legally separated from months, and aside from the fact that she was in the hospital for followup on a previously successful cancer treatment (and not in “the cancer ward”), and aside from the fact that the “divorce papers” were a few handwritten notes about their pending divorce, aside from all of that.....
Well it’s hard to part with a ripping good yarn and a good seething hatred for Newt.
Yes?
Capability is one thing, will is another.
“He [Newt] will articulate conservative issues as no one else today has demonstrated”
BINGO!
That alone will improve the rest of the field.
But I see him as viable in 2012 in a way that he wasnt in 2008, because of the crying need to get back to conservative roots and the lack of any other leader to take us there.
Hope he doesn’t run and dilute the pool of candidates. He’s great in some ways, but I believe I’ve heard him imply that global warming is “a thing”. Also, with his divorce issue — walking away from a very ill wife, he’ll be crucified by MSM. The dems can be bums in every way and get a pass, but not a GOP candidate.
Thank you for the information. I don’t trust him as I used to.
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