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NO THANKS, NO NEWT
boblonsberry.com ^ | 12/16/11 | Bob Lonsberry

Posted on 12/16/2011 6:12:39 AM PST by shortstop

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To: Erik Latranyi
Well, Humpty Dumpty has several cracks that I can't overlook-

He supports BIG government with his BIG ideas

He supports mandated health reform

He believes in global warming

He supports planned parenthood funding

He used his position to consult and advise big government programs.

He is an adulterer, not once but three times

I am still looking for a conservative candidate. Right now Newt is the only clown on the bus that at least talks a good game. When the circus starts again in January 2013 it's just a matter of who the new Ring Leader will be at this point. They are all Beltway Insiders looking to make their fortunes bigger.

61 posted on 12/16/2011 6:56:16 AM PST by not2worry
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To: shortstop

People like you that want to tear down Newt on the “hope that someone else will enter”, or “we will have a brokered convention” ... are doing nothing but working for Romney.


62 posted on 12/16/2011 7:02:16 AM PST by RainMan (Newt - Look at his actual record while in office. Gingrich/Palin 2012)
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To: shortstop

I Love Newt...I like his personality, intelligence, Patriotism, policies, intent...I could go on and on.....


63 posted on 12/16/2011 7:03:33 AM PST by Fawn (NEWT FOR PRESIDENT 2012~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Rutles4Ever

“Romney is going to be the next President whether we like it or not.”

I believe that Romney could be the GOP candidate..but not necessarily that he will beat Bam in the general.

I also agree that there is alot more to be concerned about. Freepers are focused like lasers on the Presidential election. The scary potential of four years of the Usurper is that he will be able appoint as many as four new Supremes: Four more Elena Kagens, people.
Then we lose all chance of a Conservative majority in that branch of government.


64 posted on 12/16/2011 7:04:19 AM PST by Mountain Mary ("My core is not up for grabs". El Rushbo 12/06/11)
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To: shortstop

When you make such strong assertions as Lonsberry, then you ought to deliver substantively. He didn’t! I’m a Conservative. So, generally speaking, my aims don’t align with those of the Republican Party. I, often, wonder what’s Republican about the party? Nonetheless, beyond the usual research I do, vetting candidates for myself; I get impressions from people and they’re usually correct. Regrettably, I get the impression from Romney that he’s not trusworthy. But then, that’s me.


65 posted on 12/16/2011 7:06:27 AM PST by old school
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To: Utmost Certainty

At this point, I hope a real conservative alternative emerges from the back of the pack. Since Pennsylvania’s primary is late, if it comes down to Newt and Mitt, I will vote for whichever one is behind at the time. Our only hope is for a brokered convention where we end up with neither at the top of the ticket.


66 posted on 12/16/2011 7:07:46 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: RobbyS
And the establishment is p!ssed that conservatives aren't buying Romney.

Just a few minutes ago, I just heard Steve Hayes (interviewed by Bill Hemmer on Fox) deliver a blistering attack on Newt. And then went on to say that Romney did well last night.

I usually like Hayes, but his attack on Newt was downright venomous. The GOP establishment is going to try to bring Newt down...just to help Romney.

Go Newt!

67 posted on 12/16/2011 7:09:10 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Gingrich quoting George Washington: ' Victory or Death')
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To: RobbyS
Anyone who does not NOW know why Palin decided not to run? Obviously she was told in no uncertain terms that if she did she would get the Newt treatment, that Romney is the Establishment choice, that they would rather lose than suffer anyone except their choice to be President.

Yup.

Never mind that he is Dewey—Bush 41-Dole—McCain all over again.

Pretty much. Romney is simultaneously a caricature of everything the Left demagogues Republicans as being, AND simultaneously an insecure, defensive projection of everything moderate apologetic Republicans desperately try to proclaim they're not. I've never seen a more hollow, amorphous individual than Mitt Romney. It's beyond pathetic.
68 posted on 12/16/2011 7:09:30 AM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State)
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To: Mr. K
The other "ethics problem" we can expect to hear about was the source of funding for Gingrich's college course.

I remember being amazed at low the democrats had to stoop to come up with the charge, especially following on the heels of the Clinton scandals.

69 posted on 12/16/2011 7:09:55 AM PST by skeeter
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To: shortstop
It's been said many times but still bears repeating: the Tea Party never put forth a viable candidate so we have to choose from what's out there, and there isn't all that much. They're all flawed. Romney is a mega-RINO, Newt Gingrich is wildly unpredictable and, in my opinion, not a core conservative by any means, Rick Santorum is bland and ineffectual, Michele Bachmann comes across as shrill and unfocused, Ron Paul is an aging libertarian with insane concepts of foreign policy, Rick Perry is appealing but inarticulate, too much like George W. Bush in that regard. I supported Herman Cain but he was taken out by dirty politics (false accusations) that could have just as easily been engineered by the Republican establishment as the Obama campaign or the DNC.

My number one choice for the 2012 Republican presidential nominee was Sarah Palin but she declined to run, much to my disappointment. Unless she changes her mind about running, which is highly unlikely, conservatives just don't have much to choose from. So, we take what we can can get. I'm very suspicious of Newt Gingrich and have always suspected that he had a 'character issue'. However, time is running out and we have to choose a candidate. I won't touch Romney unless he ends up the Republican nominee. Then, I'll have no choice but to vote for him, holding my nose all the while - again. I may not even bother to vote in my state's Republican primary because it's in February and by then, the GOP candidate is pretty much known by virtue of the results in the preceding primaries. However, unless he crashes and burns - which is entirely possible - if I vote in the Republican primary, I'll likely vote for Newt, with grave reservations surmounted only by the sure knowledge that another four yers of Obama, unfettered by the need to secure re-election, will be an unmitigated disaster for America and result in negative changes that may never be undone. On that negative basis, even (gulp) Romney would be better for the country. For that matter, so would Rick Perry. We'll soon find out.

70 posted on 12/16/2011 7:13:35 AM PST by Jim Scott
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To: shortstop

Why is it that every two-bit nitwit with a keyboard has to chime in with his or her GOP bash column. It’s bad enough that the world has to stomach George Will and his ilk, but every Tom, Dick and Dick has to pile on. Geeze. Enough. Let’s get back to something we can all enjoy like Michael Douglas’s wife!!!!!!!!!!


71 posted on 12/16/2011 7:15:16 AM PST by Doc Savage ("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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To: shortstop
First, he is not a nice man. He is shrill, ego-centric, spiteful and vindictive. That is not my observation, it is the report of dozens and dozens who have worked with him. He doesn't have a Napolean complex, he has a God complex. He is a bitter man who, in private dealings with his supposed friends and allies, has no regard for others and their interests.

Sounds like Obama.

72 posted on 12/16/2011 7:18:21 AM PST by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: Utmost Certainty
Sorry, but at this point Newt is the only one left who can hold the pass against a Romney victory. The others can’t: Bachmann’s a desperate psycho, Santorum’s a whiner, and Perry’s ability to articulate coherent thoughts is dubious at best.

Absolutely correct assessment.

The left is afraid of Newt. Let's face it, Obama's short tenure has begun to shake the foundation of the house of cards liberalism has always been.

These people are vulnerable, and the thing they fear most is exposure.

That's why they fear Newt. He's running for Sheriff. He's the one who said Barney Frank and Chris Dodd should go to jail. He's a gunslinger, bursting through the saloon doors firing real bullets while the other candidates are at the bar ordering sasparilla.

Newt's a historian. He can articulate the reasons liberalism has failed, and why Obama's policies are wrong for America. Newt has called Obama an "Alinsky radical". Who else has fired that shot?

Newt said the Palestinians are an invented people. Bang. Newt has said John Bolton would be in his cabinet. Bang. Bang!

Liberals fear exposure and Newt's the one for the job. He will not only put Obama on the defensive, he will put liberalism itself on trial. The left is afraid of Newt because he alone has the weapons to fire at Obama, Obama's policies, and most importantly Obama's liberal (ok socialist) ideology.

73 posted on 12/16/2011 7:21:36 AM PST by wayoverontheright
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To: Utmost Certainty
someone’s tagline on here reads something like, "Conservatives will find a way to get Obama reelected"

Sounds like a Romney ballwasher to me.

74 posted on 12/16/2011 7:22:26 AM PST by j_tull (I may make you feel, but I can't make you think.)
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To: shortstop

You are supporting Romney then.

Grow up and admit it.

It is either Romney or Newt, at this point.


75 posted on 12/16/2011 7:23:38 AM PST by Kansas58
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To: Utmost Certainty
Bachmann’s a desperate psycho

Propping up Newt by castigating others is not the best recommendation. And calling Bachmann, the most consservative candidate in the race, a "psycho" is beyond the pale. The Leftist MSM have tried to portray Bachmann in this light starting with the cover of Newsweak. Your mouthing of this same kind of vicious slander reflects more on you than Bachmann. You certainly aren't a conservative.

76 posted on 12/16/2011 7:24:49 AM PST by kabar
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To: Cringing Negativism Network
Look out Obama...someones got your number!
77 posted on 12/16/2011 7:26:33 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: kabar

Agreed....Calling Bachman a desperate psycho?...Sorry! sounds like a lurking whack leftist to me...


78 posted on 12/16/2011 7:29:02 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Jim Scott

“Rick Perry is appealing but inarticulate, too much like George W. Bush in that regard.”

GW won twice, and Perry is well to the right of GW. Rick Perry will get my vote in the primary.

I would vote for Noot in the general, but if worthless evil bastard Romney gets the nomination, I’ll leave the POTUS slot on the ballot blank.

The rest of the field are just a sideshow of also-rans at this point.


79 posted on 12/16/2011 7:29:53 AM PST by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Erik Latranyi
Well said Erik.

I just plagiarized your response.

I copied and forwarded it to everyone on my email acct. list.

80 posted on 12/16/2011 7:31:08 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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