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Thomas Sowell: I’ll Take Gingrich over Romney
NEWSMAX ^ | Wednesday, 21 Dec 2011 06:05 PM | NewsMax

Posted on 12/21/2011 7:34:38 PM PST by RedMDer

Economist and conservative author Thomas Sowell says voters should disregard Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s “baggage” and support the former House speaker because defeating President Obama in 2012 is crucial to America’s future.

Sowell cites Gingrich’s solid record of “concrete accomplishments,” which he argues makes him a stronger candidate than former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who pushed through one of the liberal healthcare programs in the nation.
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He concludes: “Those who want to concentrate on the baggage in Newt Gingrich’s past, rather than on the nation’s future, should remember what Winston Churchill said: ‘If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost.’ If that means a second term for Barack Obama, then it means we’ve lost, big time.”

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KEYWORDS: 2012; gingrich; nevernewt; newt
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To: maine-iac7

I don’t want ObamaCare, and I don’t want GingrichCare either.


61 posted on 12/21/2011 9:26:31 PM PST by Hoodat (Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
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To: RedMDer

Maybe so Thomas, but I don’t have confidence in either guy. And seems some people like Nikki Haley and Monica Crowley are going with Romney. So that isn’t good either. I guess I have to go with Gingrich if he wins... or you know what the choices are....On election day in November I’ll see what the choices are.


62 posted on 12/21/2011 9:32:00 PM PST by Mozilla
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To: risen_feenix
"There’s a reason why I always loved Thomas Sowell. "

He's gotten my attention, more than once.

63 posted on 12/21/2011 9:38:21 PM PST by matthew fuller ("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." Winston Churchill)
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To: RedMDer
Both Mitt and Newt are not really good conservatives. But if it does come down to the two, Newt at least has a record standing on conservatism that Romney cannot boast.

I do not understand why ANYONE can buy Romney's line that “well, I had to talk like a left wing nut job in Mass to win the election for governor” as okay. It's a MASSive disqualification.

Who says he's not lying now? His track record, by admission, is one of saying anything to anyone to get elected. That's nothing but a power grab by an egotistical maniac.

Newt is closer to 60% of that attitude now but I believe can be controlled IF we can send (and we should, 2012 is more ripe than 2010 to defeat the left) more conservatives to the House and Senate.

Romney would look for compromise as president while with more conservatives I believe (just my opinion) that Newt can be brought back to the “good side of the force” and start dismantling this massive leviathan.

64 posted on 12/21/2011 9:45:26 PM PST by Fledermaus (I'll vote for Mitt Romney when Hell freezes over. He'd be as bad as Obama.)
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To: Bobalu
Your post made me throw-up, just a little bit, in my mouth.
65 posted on 12/21/2011 9:45:28 PM PST by Prokopton
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To: stormhill

Learned the hard way that if you click once and leave your finger on “send” too long, you’ll get multiple posts.


66 posted on 12/21/2011 9:53:51 PM PST by ntnychik
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To: maine-iac7

Please use the photo in any way you wish.

I wish it or something similar was the first thing one saw when entering this site. Not because I made it...it’s a very simple graphic, anyone could make it. It’s just so important that we unite behind the one man who can take it to the democrat media and Obama. Yes! He’s flawed, but who else has a reasonable shot? I think he is the extraordinary man for this important task...warts and all.


67 posted on 12/21/2011 9:59:01 PM PST by Bobalu (even Jesus knew the poor would always be with us)
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To: Bobalu

I commend all four of your choices, but I would have selected General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson instead of Gen. Grant.

http://www.civilwarphotos.net/files/csos.htm


68 posted on 12/21/2011 10:00:51 PM PST by matthew fuller ("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." Winston Churchill)
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To: RedMDer

I’m with Sowell.


69 posted on 12/21/2011 10:00:59 PM PST by Dapper 26
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To: matthew fuller
He was indeed an amazing fellow!

I just didn't feel he was flawed enough for the list of flawed but extraordinary gentlemen :-)


70 posted on 12/21/2011 10:10:16 PM PST by Bobalu (even Jesus knew the poor would always be with us)
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To: Bobalu

yes - The Man and the Time have met -

Let’s hope American has woken up sufficiently enough to know everything rides on getting him in....

This is our one chance to turn the tide and sweep the Socialists and the Establishment Cabal into the dustbin of history and bring back our great country and freedoms for many generations to come.


71 posted on 12/21/2011 10:16:01 PM PST by maine-iac7 (A prudent man foreseeth the evil,... but the simple pass on, and are punished. Prov 23:3 KJV)
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To: matthew fuller

That is indeed a fine tagline my FRiend!


72 posted on 12/21/2011 10:18:06 PM PST by Bobalu (even Jesus knew the poor would always be with us)
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To: Bobalu
"I just didn't feel he was flawed enough for the list of flawed but extraordinary gentlemen :-)"

I agree with that also. I'm not aware of any of his flaws, just amazed at his leadership and battlefield skill.

73 posted on 12/21/2011 10:20:01 PM PST by matthew fuller ("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." Winston Churchill)
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To: ez

If Thomas Sowell says so, I will take it under close advisement!


74 posted on 12/21/2011 10:40:48 PM PST by ArmyTeach (Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain ... USS Iowa BB 61)
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To: ArmyTeach

Bookmark


75 posted on 12/21/2011 10:54:23 PM PST by Publius6961 (My world was lovely, until it was taken over by parasites.)
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To: ez; All

Here’s a link to the original article by Dr. Sowell and thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2822390/posts


76 posted on 12/21/2011 11:08:45 PM PST by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: Michael Barnes

But we badly need to oust BHO from our WH as well. Just having House and Senate isn’t enough. For one thing, there’d still be a lot of RINOs there, and for another, what BHO’s increasingly doing with EO’s to bypass Congress is nothing compared to how he’ll do this in an unbridled second term.


77 posted on 12/21/2011 11:13:39 PM PST by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: maine-iac7; Bobalu

SWEEP SOCIALISM INTO THE DUSTBIN

78 posted on 12/22/2011 1:04:51 AM PST by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: PhilDragoo

I like!....I like! :-)


79 posted on 12/22/2011 1:08:28 AM PST by Bobalu (even Jesus knew the poor would always be with us)
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To: Bobalu

Character does matter. But it requires examination in context and our drive by media does a horrible job may that be because of their ineptness or personal bias.

Ultimately the reasoned and measured voter takes experience, education and the macro level guiding philosophy of the candidate as the primary measurements when evaluating. Unfortunately, this substance or “function” is only secondary as far as most voters is concerned, with “form” being the primary driving force behind the voters decision: name recognition, appearance (weight, height, hair, etc), demographics (sex, age, race), eight second sound bites that contain a feeling and reaction of the candidate (perfect example is Nixon vs. Kennedy), and simple party association. We have degenerated to the point where experience is a liability and the dark horse candidate such as Cain or Obama have the advantage since words can be pure but a record never is. Most voters that do some sort of research or analysis on determining how they vote simply look at the candidates through the “single issue” lens, i.e. gays, welfare bunnies, the enviro types. Essentially, reality no longer matters, the candidates are recreated for us (Kerry in 2004 is the consummate example of this) and the voter votes based on a feeling. Gingrich is an old, gray haired, white man with a geeky voice and who doesn’t walk with a swagger nor has the Hollywood/pop culture and news media seal of approval. What he has accomplished, his greater philosophical approach to security, economics, liberty, all this matters little for most voters. That’s the scary reality.


80 posted on 12/22/2011 6:48:59 AM PST by Red6
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