We haven’t nominated an actual conservative since Reagan. Gingrich would be certainly more conservative than any President since Reagan, though not as conservative as Ronaldus Magnus himself. George W. Bush, like his father, had a vendetta against the conservative wing of the party, while cynically casting himself as a conservative to win our support. I think Newt is a move in the right direction for us, because it might help get the Bush’s fingers off the GOP establishment.
You are so correct about that.
It was the Bush faction that went after Newt when he was Speaker Of The House. Newt became frustrated with the spineless jerks like rent Lott, who undermined his Contract With America and the impeachment of Slick Willie in the Senate.
Shortly after that, they (The GOP) threw Newt under the bus.
Newt is not at all an establishment RINO. He never was.
If we nominate Newt, we still will not have nominated a conservative since Reagan. I stand amazed at how he has managed to whitewash so much of his past and his actual record. I still wonder if a man sleeping around while impeaching a sitting president for sleeping around (in the public eye) can truly win.
“We haven’t nominated an actual conservative since Reagan. Gingrich would be certainly more conservative than any President since Reagan, though not as conservative as Ronaldus Magnus himself. George W. Bush, like his father, had a vendetta against the conservative wing of the party, while cynically casting himself as a conservative to win our support. I think Newt is a move in the right direction for us, because it might help get the Bush’s fingers off the GOP establishment.”
ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY!!! The conservative movement that led to the Reagan years was utterly dissipated and subverted by the kinder, gentler, compassionate big government Bush machine during the past 23 years. We are almost back where we were in in 1980. The only bit of headway we had after “New World Order” Bush was briefly in Congress - under Newt.
Newt is imperfect, but he is certainly an improvement. And, dear God, what kind of woodshedding will golf caddy Boehner get from Newt on how the job -should- be done?