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To: Bigtigermike

Another heated exchange occurred when the American Conservative Union's Donald Devine challenged Gingrich's support of President George W. Bush's prescription drug benefit. "Devine said 'we had the votes to beat it, but then you went to the Republican Study Committee the day before the vote and turned it around. Now we have you to thank for the third biggest entitlement in the budget, so how can you ask us to support you". In response, Gingrich claimed that Sen. John Kerry, would have defeated Bush in the 2004 election had the new Medicare drug benefit not been pushed by the president and approved by a Republican Congress.

In other words, Newt is willing to jettison conservative values in order to win an election.

14 posted on 12/08/2011 12:08:53 PM PST by Alex Murphy (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2703506/posts?page=518#518)

I have no idea if Newt is correct about this or not but I fail to see how deliberately losing to Democrats is ever a principled stand.

24 posted on 12/08/2011 12:19:56 PM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma

Exactly so! Newt will jettison anything and anyone in order to win.

33 posted on 12/08/2011 12:27:55 PM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)

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