Posted on 11/13/2011 6:54:05 PM PST by fightinJAG
[snip]Gingrich is perhaps best-known for his foibles, including his spectacular fall from power in the late 1990s. ... Gingrich also holds some views that do not fit the conservative mold. He has partnered with Hillary Clinton to advocate health-care IT legislation, with Al Sharpton and Arne Duncan to promote President Barack Obama's education reforms, and with Nancy Pelosi in an ad stressing the importance of taking action on climate change.
Gingrich angered Republicans by criticizing Paul Ryan's plan to reform Medicare, prompting the American Conservative to accuse him of never really having been a conservative in the first place. [snip]
A self-described "ideas man," Gingrich is the author of 23 books....His earlier books are filled with rapid-fire streams of ideas for bettering society, often without details about how to implement them.
"Gingrich's vagueness was always a problem," wrote Ferguson. "But the books show something more: a near-total lack of interest in the political implementation of his grand ideas—a lack of interest, finally, in politics at its most mundane and consequential level."[snip]
Gingrich is also known for having had a six-year affair with his now-wife, then-House staffer Callista Bisek, while he was married to his second wife, Marianne Ginther. Esquire has an interesting profile of Gingrich based on interviews with his second wife. Ginther describes how Gingrich told her about the affair right after giving speeches about family values, and says that he initially asked her if she could just tolerate the affair.
Gingrich also runs the Center for Health Transformation, a for-profit group whose members are health insurers and drug companies. According to the Wall Street Journal, the companies pay big membership fees, and "in return, they get access to Mr. Gingrich, interaction with other group members, and marketing and research support."
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Why do we NEVER see such articles on Romney ... maybe he’s the new Messiah?
Well, at least you stopped being disgreeable! ;)
I’ve been here through several presidential election cycles and the issue has always been about coalescing around a conservative candidate.
The bottom line is there’s nothing that can be done to make that happen, if it’s going to happen. Sometimes the divisiouns remain until the nominee is picked; then the division becomes betweren those willing to vote for the nominee for the larger goal of defeating Obama and those unwilling to vote for the nominee.
Sure, it’s not wrong to make the argument. I’m just saying it’s counterproductive to argue that people should simply dismiss someone who’s high in the polls because you are of the opinion that he’s unelectable.
Everybody thinks they’re opinion is “reality.” That’s why we often say, “this is how I see it [i.e. reality].” But, again, at this point there’s just as much objective reality backing up the take that Cain can keep going and win.
We’ll know more shortly.
Cain is ATTACKED by the Elite and mainstrem media.
The people have sided with the outside Washington candidate. Although Obama had been in Washington less than 2 years as a Senator.
Yes they both had a rise in their campaign. Think this is do to all the media and press attention to the candidate.
Obama spoke with Clarity. Cain speaks with Clarity.
Cain is the real deal.
1) He is a Stage 4 Cancer survivor. How come no one mentions this?
2) He got his Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and did missile Ballistics for the U.S. Navy. Thus, he is a real rocket scientist.
3) Cain has held real jobs unlike Obama.
People TRUST Cain and DO NOT TRUST Newt, Romney and Obama.
I know what the candidate is going to say - some version of “it’s not a problem!”
May well be true, but what interests me is how the base is regarding various things about the candidate’s record. Even more interesting is how the candidate’s supporters are viewing the record.
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