Posted on 12/04/2011 2:07:57 PM PST by rabscuttle385
Six GOP hopefuls joined a policy forum on Fox News Saturday night to push their conservative credentials, with Newt Gingrich seeking to reassure voters and vowing that he would reject "big government approaches" if elected president.
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Gingrich who has risen to the top of many GOP polls after a series of strong debate performances and stumbles by his rivals faced questions about his past support for government policies addressing climate change and in favor of a healthcare insurance mandate.
Gingrich pledged that conservative voters could "trust that a President Gingrich will not advance these sorts of big government approaches."
The former House speaker said his past support for a mandate had been consistent with what other conservatives had believed at the time. "Every conservative has in fact left that kind of a model," said Gingrich.
Gingrich also faced tough questioning from the panel on immigration policy and stood by his recent proposals to allow some families of undocumented workers to remain in the country.
“I’m suggesting that this only apply to people who’ve been here a very long time, who have a real tie to the local community, and we’re exploring the idea that they’d actually have a family sponsoring them,” he said.
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Compared to Gingrich.
May I bring my dogs? :)
Thanks Jim....feels like I’ve lost a FRiend when I can’t communicate here!
Thanks Jim....feels like I’ve lost a FRiend when I can’t communicate here!
He’s the Beau Brummell of German Shepherd dogs. :)
I don’t see any signs of Sarah Palin being drafted or even a signal from her that she’s willing, which leaves me ready to go all in for Gingrich in order to defeat Romney first and then the Marxist.
I won’t vote for that insult to our men and women in uniform, Ron Paul either.
Life is first with me, just like it is with you, and SCOTUS is high on my list too. I trust Gingrich to nominate strict Constitutionalists and I trust Gingrich to take the fight to the Marxist better equipped than his rivals.
I continue to pray for all of our conservative candidates and for our Republic.
As much as I would like to scream that sentiment from the housetops I believe it would be a disservice to this country and Sarah Palin and her family. God gave Sarah a special needs child for a reason and it’s not to be all but abandoned due to Presidential responsibilities.
Also this country is in deep trouble. The world situation is not going to allow us to get out of that trouble in one short term of a conservative President. A totally conservative President would be blamed for not turning this country around. An almost conservative like Gingerich would get things rolling but may well set up the atmosphere for a more conservative the next go round. He has the knowledge. He’s bull dog enough and he does have the inside working knowledge of many of those who are still in congress. If Sarah were elected and this doesn’t turn around conservatives would be out for good.
Check this out: http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/how-ron-paul-could-win?CID=examiner_alerts_article
OMG. Of course the libs want Newt. . . he cannot win. Smart but smarky. When is everyone going to realize that the libs want to pick our candidate, and they ‘ll do it by hook or by crook.
Palin. Done.
Cain.Done.
Santorum. No Threat.
Bachman. No Threat.
Huntsman. No Threat.
Paul. No threat but could be.
Perry. No threat but could be.
Romney. Threat. Major Threat.
And guess what. . . Hillary is growing her hair, had her eye lift, soon to put on the pearls again. Don’t count her out.
“Gingrich . . . stood by his recent proposals to allow some families of undocumented workers to remain in the country.”
Then I stand by my proposal not to vote for you.
You’re welcome to your position, Neut, and I’m welcome to mine.
Perry has been my choice since he announced. Some of you are on your third choice. My lazy way is easier.
Now why would I want Ron Paul to win? So Iran can be free to nuke Israel as they’re threatening daily to do? No thanks.
I don’t want to go where Mitt Romney wants to lead and I don’t want to go where Ron Paul wants to lead. Romney and Paul are dead to me.
lol. I’m not on my third. I have been waiting to see who the media doesn’t want most desperately. So far they’ve told us.. . .2 down. But they’ll be happy with Newt.
Do you support the Heritage Foundation, one of the premiere conservative think tanks? You realize that Newt didn’t just come up w/ the individual mandate by himself. He worked in conjunction w/ the Heritage Foundation.
Is the Heritage Foundation not worth supporting either because of trying to come up w/ solutions that ultimately failed? Most great thinkers have as many bad ideas as they do good. It’s ferreting out between the two where the great ones flourish.
I’m sure glad I don’t have others trumpeting all of my failures & bad ideas on a regular basis. I’ve accomplished a great deal in my life thanks to creative thinking. Not all the thoughts were great, but they ultimately to the great ones, because I was at least willing to think & take risks in the laboratory of life.
I hear the belly acher’s about Newt’s thoughts on individual mandates & the like (not implimitation mind you) & even though I disagree vehemently w/ the premise, I applaud the effort, something that his detractors are seemingly so unwilling to do. They bash Newt but have no answers themselves. Do you? What are your answers to healthcare?
Finally some sense to this madness. Process over. Time to turn the political guns on Obama and the socialists...
I wouldn’t support an individual mandate if Ronald Reagan suggested it. We HAVE to get government out of our lives or we’re doomed and I don’t believe that Newt is 100% on board with that.
You’re right, everyone makes mistakes and we need to accept that for all candidates but forcing American citizens to participate in yet another doomed-to-fail program is no small error.
Just sayin’
The point wasn’t whether you supported the mandate, I think very few, if any here do. The question was whether you support the Heritage Foundation regardless of some of their foibles.
Newt has said one of the first things he will do as POTUS is get rid of Obamacare & by virtue of that, individual mandates. If you don’t believe he’ll do that, that’s one thing, but if you believe, as I do, that Newt doesn’t say one thing & do another, then this is really just a red herring. His record is clear as to doing what he says he’ll do. That’s not always a good thing, but it IS who he is. I can deal w/ known better than the unknown.
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