One can firmly believe that Thomas Sowell is America’s greatest living intellectual and right about almost everything ... but still say, “Well, maybe, but ...” about Newt Gingrich.
I certainly want Newt to be all Dr. Sowell would wish, but I’m doubtful that he is.
Good article. We are going with Newt.
Gingrich is certainly better than Romney or Obama. The real question is "the alternatives actually available". I see Perry, Bachmann, and Santorum as preferable alternatives to Gingrich.
I posted my two cents on this matter last week, but unfortunately I was backed against the clock having to go offline to free up the telephone for incoming calls, and wasn’t quite as eloquent in the manner I wrote my thoughts, thus the commentary was pulled by moderator, and rightfully so I might say.
I was ticked off at those that want to place our Nation at risk discounting Mr. Gingrich as candidate for POTUS due to some indiscretions of which he has acknowledged with regrets over the years opposed to his vast experience at a time the experience is what we need in the leadership of this country. Experience that is lacking in each, and every single one of the other candidates, and yes even Rick Perry.
Much, but most certainly not all of the negatives we have been subjected to by various sources are disinformation from the war the Left waged against Mr. Gingrich back in the ‘90’s, and many believe those terrible lies especially the one about the hospital visit to his previous wife allegedly dying of cancer, and him wanting to discuss the divorce. It was BS. She lives. It was an operation to remove a benign tumor, and there was no discussion of divorce as reported by their daughter Jackie Gingrich Cushman who was there at the visit with her mom, and her dad.
THAT type of disinformation about Newt Gingrich is rampant on the internet, and is still promoted by his Leftist enemies.
He ain’t no Saint, but he IS a viable, and very qualified by experience leader with the credentials of his past history to prove that.
Thanks for the ping jaz.
Newt’s background definitely matters, but what matters more is the maturity of the electorate, and its ability to comprehend the gravity of the Nation’s state.