Posted on 12/06/2011 7:56:45 AM PST by An American!
We would then do...What?
It would take the people who own the news agencies and the people who decide what goes on TV at 6 o'clock each night to change their views...Not happening.
They're POLLITICIANS. That's what they do.
We need Statesmen to represent us in our Republic.
Newt talks a good game when he isn’t wandering off into the World Of Oz but at heart he is a Big Government guy.
He just doesn’t walk the talk.
If you look at his history and the details of his proposals he generally sides with government control or government “solutions” even while he preaches smaller government and free markets.
His solution to unemployment compensation? A government program to train the unemployed.
His solution to the illegal alien mess? A government program to legalize illegals, complete with another bureaucracy with committees to decide who gets Shamnesty and who doesn’t.
:: Now we are told to vote for Newt or Mitt Romney wins Primary, only to lose to Obi in Presidential election. ::
Although on the narrow topic, I don’t think Obamugabe will use this against Newt in the general.
Newt and Mitt are both very flawed men, who will have a hard time winning. Which is the design. A Bachman or Paul would not follow the agenda.
I wonder what they base her rating on?
No, she is ignored because, despite a very strong start, she has succeeded in proving that she is, in fact, as stupid as the left wants us to believe.
“Lets look at the named contenders agains Mitt and see their grade at getting elected.”
Huh??
If getting elected is what you are rating, none you mention comes close to Rick Perry, he has never lost one.
Well, Newt’s weak on guns, but not horrible. Let’s review the pack:
Ron Paul...............A+ - and a lunatic who’d get us nuked
Rick Perry.............A - and can’t string two sentences together and would be annihilated against Obama
Michelle Bachmann......A - and is about as crazy as the left says she is
Rick Santorum..........B- - good record in Senate, but weak, milquetoast, boring, lost last election by 18 pts, percieved as a Bible-thumper, wouldn’t fight back against Obama and would lose
Newt Gingrich..........C - personal life is shambles, but balanced 4 budgets and knows how to hit back, probably has the best overall record, and might be able to use his notoriety to actually smack down Obama pretty hard
Mitt Romney............D- - weak record as governor, boring
Newt probably wins this contest by default, which is sad, really.
Are you kidding? She is the smartest one on the stage. She is an expert at Foreign policy, tax law, and very many other subjects. I would hardly call her stupid. Now for stupid there is Perry, Huntsman, Romney, and Paul. Newt is a big idea guy that won’t get anything implemented because he is hated so much. Just watch. If he becomes president, there will be more complaining on FR about President Newt than anybody else in history.
There are portions of your post that is spot on. I am still thinking that Bachmann is given a rotten time. If conservatives would back her, she could win. After Newt, she would hit Obama HARD.
OK, I apologize. She’s smart.
I meant to say that the way she comes across makes her appear unintelligent, and crazy. Like the Gardasil comments.
So true. No independent analysis or opinion allowed around here lately.
Maybe I'll start a catalog of all the evidence that Newt does NOT have a record of conservatism. It would be a rather large volume.
But the sheep have made their decision (for this week anyway), and the rest of us are branded as wolves.
Cool. I just want to see her destroy Obama. Sure she might say some off the wall things but so does Obama. She would twist him up so much that he wouldn’t know which way is up.
I think Perry will be the nominee.
I agree that we need to press the issue about this problem with Gingrich, and I do remember what he did back in the 90’s with the AWB...
So I might as well throw this out there and see what the concensus is...
What “if” Newt came out and reversed his position and stated he is Pro-Second Amendment, totally anti-gun control, desires to reverse some gun-control regulations/rules/laws, and enforce the SCOTUS’s Heller decision???
I am in no way endorsing or supporting Newt at this time, I want to see if any of the single issue FReepers out there have any thoughts if he did this...
Because as much as people want to raise this up as a real issue to NOT support Newt for the nomination, I would summize it might be in good standing to point out the more horrible track record of the Republican Party Leaderships’ boy Mitt Romney in this case...Maybe we need to send a message to them to stop forcing an obvious hazard to our Second amendment rights on us...
I would be more concerned about that than Newt at this time...
Just my opinion...
I like Rick Perry:
“There are already guns on campus. All too often they are illegal,” Republican Gov. Rick Perry said. “I want there to be legal guns on campus”
Romney has always been anti-RKBA. Not so Mr. Newt. Yet, he went from "A" in 1994 to "D" a year later as GOA has stated. So what happened to make him change his pos so damned quickly?
“Newt will self destruct soon so it won’t be an issue”
I give him another week.
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