Posted on 11/16/2011 9:24:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Might want to hold off on the coronation of Newt. Seems he is now in the smear machines cross hairs.
Let see how well he weathers it.
Say what you want about Newt and his past and his ‘baggage’, but he IS the most intelligent man in the room almost all of the time,
AND
He almost single-handedly organizes the GOP takeover of Congress in 1994
AND
He almost single-handedly balanced the federal budget by the year 2000 (Forcing Bill Clinton, of all people, into a corner)
All fine and dandy, but the left will still use the
“debating 0bama is racist”
argument.
What I keep thinking about at this point in the primary season is that Gingrich is taking the same historical perch that McCain took last time around. If you think about it, Gingrich IS the establishment GOP candidate in the race. More so than even Romney. This cycle could turn out to be a blueprint of the 2008 cycle. We had certain candidates that had their day in the sun, but eventually the Washington insider candidate rose to the top.
I don't really want that to happen if we can help it.
Great a choice between a former ACORN employee and a RINO who has co-endorsed a candidate with ACORN, who cuts commercials with Pelosi, and is in favor of a national mandate.
Let's further suppose he gets the questions and is able to prepare in advance while Newt must deal with hypothetical questions which may or may not be asked. This probably is normal enemedia operating procedure.
Is there any doubt that the final result wouldn't look something like a final result of a football game between the Green Bay Packers and the last place team in your local Pop Warner league? Is their any way the Packers or Newt wouldn't be hated by the audience for even agreeing to such a mismatch?
And if the presidential baloney won’t march into the Gingrichian grinder? Well then, the grinder will come to the baloney...
Good one!...
The guy did not come through with Contract with America.
I do not consider stating facts as smears.
Just SOME of Newt’s inconvenient Facts:
>> Criticized Paul Ryan’s plan saying social engineering from the right is bad
>> “We are not going to deport 11 million people”
>> “Era of Ronald Reagan is over”
>> For healthcare mandates before he is against it!
>> For man made global warming before he is against it!
Newt was actually FOR Cap & Trade!!
>> Partnering with Al Sharpton on Obama’s education reform.
>> Partnered with Hillary Clinton to advocate health-care legislation.
But Newt of all the candidates refused to criticize other Republicans, repeatedly challenging media libtard questioners who posed nonsensical scenarios. I remember him saying "Any one of these governors has done a better job of creating jobs than Barack Obama." And on and on.
Newt isn't my first choice, but he's an easy anti-Romney choice. And so far, of all the candidates, he's the one who really gets that the enemy is Obama, not another Republican. That message hasn't changed.
Actually he didn't. A whole lot of people were involved in that. Including a guy name Rush Lijmbagh. Newt has just been the one most self promoting claiming he was responsible.
He almost single-handedly balanced the federal budget by the year 2000 (Forcing Bill Clinton, of all people, into a corner)
Again, no he did not. John Kaisch, JC Watts and the Republican freshmen of the 1994 class had more to do with that then Newt. Newt was pretty much a John Bohner typle "get along" leader who was smart enough to hook up to, rather then fight, the tea party style congress people of the GOP class of 1994.
RE: The guy did not come through with Contract with America.
Which part of the Contract did not come through and whose fault is it?
Delegates, by CampaignCampaign Projected Delegates ***UPDATED Color-Coded Map***
Delegates, by CampaignCampaign Projected
Cain 986
Romney 283
Gingrich 66
Perry 45
*** http://beta.hermancainexpress.com/activism/polling.aspx
his verbal indiscipline, the strange mix of God and Mammon that is Newt Inc
I once posted that Newt has ADD on his ideas- I mean this seriously... I read that his aids in Congress were critical of his inability to reflect on new ideas, just blurted them out (laptop for Kids, sit in back of the Air Force 1). I thought that Newt would be disciplined in the race but he immediately made the RYAN social engineering gaff. I thought, same ol Newt. Since then, he has been very disciplined. He is controlling his ADD, and not by avoiding interviews and contacts. I think he has learned to balance Newt the Think Tank vs. Newt the revolutionary politician.
BTW, I am still a CAIN guy, Newt is two. I just hope they both do well because one of them is getting the nomination.
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