Why would you impugn the ideology of Newt's FReeper fans? They clearly think he's conservative. I have my doubts, but do you seriously believe they're backing him because they secretly want a progressive candidate? That's nonsense!
I am sorry. I could choose words better.
There are two reasons to choose Newt:
1) He is a better debater (whether that matters or not seems irrelevant these days)
2) He is a progressive conservative
It can’t possibly be that he is a good standard bearer and a strong advocate for conservative principles.
So, I get (am getting) agitated. Especially when FReepers pass him off as our next messiah.
no other Republican candidate can come close to matching his record. It is also one that older voters in particular — with whom Mr. Gingrich performs extremely well — may be inclined to appreciate. Those older voters may have a keener sense of history and would have remembered that the House of Representatives had been dominated by Democrats for their entire adult lifetimes until Mr. Gingrich came into power.
I grew up with a House and Senate absolutely dominated by democrats. You can say all you want about Newt Gingrich, but one thing you can't say is that he sat on his hands.
He got in there and changed things and made a conservative difference. No way you can say that about any of the other candidates still in this race. I like Perry, but he inherited a conservative Texas. Same with Bachmann, but she has yet to accomplish one thing in the House. Santorum was a great warrior, but he rode the conservative wave; he didn't create it. Paul ran as a Libertarian about the time Gingrich was changing things. And Romney is a flat out liberal.
You’re right. Rush talked on Tuesday about conservatives who ignorantly say they’d let BHO have a 2nd term to “teach America a lesson”. He said how ridiculous, because a 2nd term would destroy this country and any of our people would be infinitely better than BHO.