Indeed. Same old, same old. These freepers that seem to inhabit every thread spewing angry invective at Newt want a perfect candidate. A perfect candidate does not exist. The contest is now between Newt and Mitt, so there really is no other choice and Newt will do just fine. We know his sins and they are many, but maybe he has learned. He has clawed his way back and I respect that.
There are still many millions of primary and caucus votes to count before the nomination is settled and most of these voters have never heard of FreeRepublic and are influenced by many, many things outside of your control. Deal with it.
Nope. Don't want a perfect candidate, I want a decent conservative. There are many, MANY decent conservative politicians in America, although many of them not running for President. I have said over and over which presidential candidates are decent conservatives but the freepers touting the flavor of the week simply ignore it. Guys like Donald Trump, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich are not on my decent conservative list and never will be. Their fan clubs are apparently upset that their guy didn't make the list so they scream "PURIST!!" if I point out why their candidates suck.
>> The contest is now between Newt and Mitt, so there really is no other choice <<
And last month it was a "two-way contest between Cain and Mitt". The month before that it was a "two-way contest between Perry and Mitt". The month before that it was a "two-way contest between Bachmann and Mitt". Are you seeing a pattern here? Unfortuantely for Newt fans, the election isn't being held today.
>> Newt will do just fine. <<
Not if I can help it, he won't. Perrybots learned that the hard way when they were gloating about their man was THE "anti-Romney candidate" and nobody else had a chance so he might as well get used to the chance that the only choices in 2012 will be Slick Mitt or La Raza Rick.
>> We know his sins and they are many, but maybe he has learned. <<
It's up to God to forgive sins, I don't. And speaking as a lifelong Catholic, I don't buy Newt's "Catholic epiphany" for one second. Newt found religion simply because his third wife is a Catholic and it was to his political advantage to become Catholic, not because of any deep spiritual awakening. Thankfully his third wife wasn't Muslim or he might have "found Muhammad".
>> He has clawed his way back and I respect that. <<
No, he hasn't. He's been out of office since 1999 and remains so in 2011 (and I'm one of the freepers who remembers all too clearly what kind of "leadership" he showed from 1995-1998). He's just remained in the spotlight since that time and fooled people with "American solutions" BS (I had to force them to take me off their phone list a while back because they kept calling and begging me for money after I told them I would never give Newt a cent). I have more respect for combiner dopes like Dennis Hastert who take the hint that their time has past and fade away from the public eye (although he too, continues to back RINOs behind the scenes)
Explain to us, o wise one, how a career politician and establishment suck-up, one who is nearly 70 (Dole/McCain age range), and thrice-married is going to somehow motivate Conservatives and Independents ? How will this same man similarly break the stranglehold by the Democrats on the non-White vote and lead them off the plantation ?
He had an unbelievable opportunity in 1995 to set a new standard for Conservative leadership and he summarily failed after barely a year and became a viscerally unpopular laughing stock who had to quit Congress because he couldn’t even get from his own party enough votes to hold on to a third term as Speaker despite having a majority.
Newt may be a “smart guy” and good debater, but he carries all of that baggage from the public to the private, and basically seems to lack a lot of common sense. I might remind you that those who ignore history, as you are doing in angrily committing yourself to his cause, are doomed to repeat it. Some of us can quite realize that. Hopefully for our party and our country, this uptick of the moment portends nothing more than a flavor of the week.
If that were the case I would go out and campaign for Mitt. In spite of everything.