Posted on 03/07/2011 8:44:57 PM PST by NQuisitive
Newt Gingrich was the major attraction at an Iowa social conservative confab Monday night, telling a packed house that President Barack Obama is beholden to the "secular, socialist left" and that a change must come.
Gingrich, the former House Speaker who told the audience at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition forum here that he's "exploring" a run, insisted the political climate across America is "fundamental to the nation's future."
He slammed the president for his use of executive orders, accused him of being soft in his support of Israel, and hit other tea-party favored themes.
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Of course Obama must go but that isn’t my main concern with these elections. Obama isn’t the problem, the Washington DC culture is the problem. Replacing him with another “inside the beltway” elite from either party and we still have the same mess. We need true outsiders going to Washington to begin to clean up the Elites’ mess.
Your thinking is part of the problem. Gingrich is culpable in the destruction of our free republic as much as anyone in Washington. Electing him changes nothing.
Newt is a political insider. We need a game changer in DC, a real leader in the tea party vein.
The fact is that the John Birch Society is a crack pot outfit. They are not a legitimate place to find disagreement with Gingrich.
I happen to beleieve that virtualy any Republican would have and would be a better alternative to Obama.
Gingrich in particular would be a very good foil to Obama. He is sharp, well spoken, and has done major good works for the conservative movenment through his organizations. However, he would be a tough sell due tothe baggage both self made or that foisted upon him by the MSM.
Obama would be easy to beat is it whre not for the MSM. However, with all their still substantuial weight behind him, we need all participants in the Party pulling in the same drection to get him out of power.
I would crawl naked over brokemnn glass to votae for anybody that runs against Obama. Gingrich would probablty do 80 % good stuff while in office if he won.
The article at the link no longer bears much resemblance to what you posted. It’s now a rundown of all the major addresses at the event.
There’s still the line about the secular, socialist Left, but Newt’s way behind the curve on that. Weird how he picks up a toy of an idea others have been playing with for months and seems to think he invented it.
Newt. Where were you when we needed you?
Newt is a political insider. We need a game changer in DC, a real leader in the tea party vein.
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Newt is a loser and the last thing we need is him. The only game changing he does is to change wives and sides.
He’s amoral and serves hemlock while he sips tea. He’s a faker.
This picture is all it will take to beat Newt. It illustrates his complete lack of principle and his bad judgement.
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Right... What wimps... Newt, Mutt and Huck - three losers. IMHO.
I'll vote for them when pigs fly...
My war cry, Newt must go.....he love’s the democrats and liberals too much...conservative when its time to vote...hypocrit...........
Sorry, just trying to picture the NEWT shouting a WAR CRY????
What most people will care about is that Newt crusaded against Bill Clinton's indescretions while secretly doing the same thing. Most Americans remember Bill fondly, and exhuming this bit of history will recast Bill as more sympathetic a character, and Newt more villainous. No doubt the Clintons will spend every waking moment and every ounce of political capital they have to illustrate Newt as a skulking hypocrite. The actual conditions of Newt's indiscretions are dazzlingly unflattering, and he's never really had to account for them in the public arena. If he thinks that it's 'old news' he won't have to deal with 24/7 as a candidate, he's mistaken beyond measure.
Sorry, Newt, but between your personal hypocracies and your political hypocracies (which are many), you've exceeded your baggage allowance for this trip. You'll never achieve orbit under such weight. The left and the right will gun you down in the street of public opinion, and the middle will consider your bullet ridden body radioactive.
Any Newt supporters should take note. Largely speaking, the hard right won't back him because he's a sellout of his own ideals, the center right sees him as merely the lesser of two evils, and the soft right sees him as damaged goods that won't survive contact with the enemy. All three are correct, and that can't be squared successfully.
Well stated and Bumping it!
ROFLOL, I sure that is the way newt views it. He is his own worst joke.
“The article at the link no longer bears much resemblance to what you posted. It’s now a rundown of all the major addresses at the event.”
Unbelievable! I just checked — they completely changed the article, including the title.
Go Newt! And, take obama with you!
Well-stated; LOL; good thread.
Newt and Obama must go.
Pelosi and Scuzzafava....enough for me.
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