>> Gingrich is crony capitalism >>
With due respect, your post is exemplary of the mind numbed knee jerk anti Newt reaction. You post a legitimate article on Newt and crony capitalism. So how do you frame it. You over shoot and say Newt IS CRONY CAPITALISM.
That is false. If you want to say he has dabbled in it, that’s fine. But to think that in the scheme of Solyndra or even Fannie and Freddie for the most part that Newt’s part was significant is totally out of proportion. To ignore his history of accomplishment as speaker is to render yourself useless in any legitimate intellectual discussion.
I’m willing to look at both sides of the record, and have in fact for almost 20 years with Newt. Too many are looking only at one side.
You all are giving way too much credit to the large population of uninformed voters by hoping that Newt could win. They are not analyzing policy as you are and they never will.
Me too, except I've been actively involved in politics since 1979 when I started to go past just voting to working on the campaign for RR.
I was making big bucks [just an evil capitalist in the leasing business} and with interest rates in the high teens and low twenties, it was very hard to do business.
We still did business but jimah carther was murder on the economy.
Even back then, Newt was working for the conservative movement.
Newt is far from perfect, was not my first or second choice, but given where we are, he has become my choice for President in 2012.
I will not hang my head in shame, I will not apologize for his past sins nor his future screw ups, I will donate and work for Newt, knowing that he is a true American patriot and not a communist dupe.
barack huessein obama has proven by word and actions that he is at best a national socialist and at worst a communist with strong leanings toward the mooselimbs.
Thank you for your thoughtful post.I appreciate this a lot more than just people calling me a troll.I supported Gingrich up until a few days ago.DC is dangerous and one big crony game on both sides of the aisle.(Look at the phoney bill they tried to pass to cease insider trading within DC) Newt is an insider I have decided.I don’t know if any political candidate can stop this train wreck but I see Bachmann and Perry as a slightly better chance.Possibly even Santorum.I sadly see this entire primary as Romney in the end and am sad to the depth of my soul that people like Bachmann were dissed all because of someone that didn’t run.I am not at this time willing to settle for Gingrich.
I also think Paul and or Trump will split the vote.In the end I pray this does not happen and everybody all comes together around one candidate. I am not saying I would not vote for Gingrich I am just not sure how this will all play out yet.A lot could happen.