I’m a republican and more important a conservative one. I’ve listened to the ranting and raving about why each of our current candidates is unelectable.
I’ve heard loud and clear Ann Coulter saying that we should bypass the primaries and rally around Romney. I think I’ve read my last Ann Coulter column folks until she regains her sanity. When it comes to backing a candidate she is almost always wrong.
Three weeks ago, I decided that I’m for Newt. So far, no remorse. Each day I hear something from him that makes me stop and think, and say to myself, “You know, Self... that makes a lot of sense.” Like today he said we need a nation of Lawyers with Christian values. Think about that for a minute. I guess he could have directed this to teachers, doctors etc. but he targeted Lawyers.
You see, it’s making me think, and asking the “why” he said that.
No other candidate for many years now, as long as I can remember, made me think. No other candidate in my life time have I considered to be smarter than me, except Reagan and Kennedy.
Plus I read a brilliant article by Newt that told how precedents have been set to remove activist judges from all our benches. That hit me like a ton of bricks—I thought we were stuck with them till they died. I also think he might truly be a great orator. I hate the lib part of him though. Good gravy, how did we end up in such a mess?
I like Newt and I liked Newt in the 90s too. But female Independents I knew in the 90s hated the guy. A lot of it had to do with the foxhole comments about women in combat but there just seemed to be a visceral dislike that I couldn’t understand. But I definitely think this guy can stand up to the media abuse that is thrown at the presidency. After all, that’s how he kicked off the debates.