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Republicans aghast: Has Newt gone rogue?
SFGate: Politics Blog ^ | 1/4/12 | Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer

Posted on 01/04/2012 4:33:07 PM PST by SmithL

Former House Speaker Newton Leroy Gingrich, what happened — to Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment, to that (fleeting) vow to “stay positive” in your GOP 2012 presidential campaign

Here’s Sacramento-based GOP consultant Rob Stutzman on Gingrich’s latest moves:
“Newt has put on a vest strapped with C4 and he’s running into the middle of New Hampshire to pull the ripcord. It’s a murder-suicide — because it don’t think he’ll grow his category there.”

Tough words, but Stutzman (always a great quote machine) isn’t alone in likening Gingrich to a dangerous character these days.

That’s because the former Speaker has wasted no time drop kicking the Reagan mantra (“thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican”) as soon as the Iowa caucus results were announced Tuesday — putting Mitt Romney in his sites in a way that, well, Democrats can only love.

Gingrich raked Romney as a “moderate Massachusetts Republican, to the left of the majority of Republicans,” who has “very limited appeal” to the party as a whole.

Ouch.

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gingrich; iowa; rogue; romeny
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1 posted on 01/04/2012 4:33:13 PM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

So he told the truth and that is speaking ill?


2 posted on 01/04/2012 4:35:20 PM PST by Paperpusher
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To: SmithL

The establishment has no idea just how much we AGREE with Newt’s statement there.

I mean, AGREE in caps with a few “!!!” after it.

Hard to rake him over the coals for being negative when he’s just telling it like it is. We need that. Enough is enough. It’s end game anyway. If Mitt or Paul get the nod, the Republican party is done for. We will fracture because there won’t be anything left to lose.


4 posted on 01/04/2012 4:36:19 PM PST by Advil000
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To: SmithL

I am hoping Freddie Newt goes Medieval on Romulus.
It will backfire on Freddie Newt and Santorum will benefit.


5 posted on 01/04/2012 4:36:34 PM PST by tennmountainman
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To: SmithL

Go Newt! Let the napalm begin morning noon and night.


6 posted on 01/04/2012 4:37:04 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather ("Kick The Communists Out Of Your Govt. And Don't Accept Their Goodies"-Yuri Bezmenov-KGB Defector)
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To: SmithL
Former House Speaker Newton Leroy Gingrich, what happened — to Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment....

That question would be better put to Romney. Newt is just answering back.

7 posted on 01/04/2012 4:37:10 PM PST by Proudcongal
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To: SmithL
Newt has put on a vest strapped with C4 and he’s running into the middle of New Hampshire to pull the ripcord. It’s a murder-suicide

So there ya have it.

Newt is a terrorist on a suicide mission.

8 posted on 01/04/2012 4:37:37 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: SmithL

“Sacramento-based GOP consultant” = RINO


9 posted on 01/04/2012 4:38:23 PM PST by Arm_Bears (Journalists first; then lawyers.)
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To: SmithL
The Romneys are cowards and snake oil salesmen.

Its unconscionable that they en mass have forsworn fighting this nations foreign wars, and he should be disqualified for national office based on that alone.

His father didnt serve either, and the rest of the clan were busy hiding in Mexico where they could practice muslim style polygamy.

He has also taken a firm stand against illegal immigration, which is somewhat ironic, as the evidence suggests that Romney's own grandfather came to America as an illegal immigrant.

His great-grandfather, a devout Mormon in a time when his church encouraged polygamy, fled the US with his multiple wives in 1884, when American law could strip polygamists of the right to vote or serve on juries.

Romney's grandfather and father were born and raised in Mexico, and Romney's father was a child when his family left Mexico at the height of the Mexican Revolution, in 1912. Romney's father's and grandmother were American citizens under the law at that time, and came to America on a train, while his grandfather crossed the border northward in classic "illegal immigrant" fashion, entering US territory on a long walk over barren desert land.

10 posted on 01/04/2012 4:38:26 PM PST by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: SmithL

Good for Newt, Stutzman can KMA. Republican “consultant” my butt! Sleazeball Romney is letting his PAC’s do his dirty work. Mith is the Republicans answer to Algore.


11 posted on 01/04/2012 4:38:37 PM PST by vette6387 (Enough Already!)
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To: SmithL
what happened — to Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment

That only matters if someone is attacking your chosen candidate.
12 posted on 01/04/2012 4:39:16 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: SmithL

“stay positive”

So if you report someones record you are not “staying positive”.........only the loony left and the loony good ole GOP’s boys would use that line.
Screw um I say! You keep reporting the truth Newt!


13 posted on 01/04/2012 4:40:29 PM PST by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: SmithL

I love the smell of Rino Napalm in the morning! Let the games begin.

Pray for America


14 posted on 01/04/2012 4:42:19 PM PST by bray (Ride Santorum back to Sanity)
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To: SmithL
That’s because the former Speaker has wasted no time drop kicking the Reagan mantra (“thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican”) as soon as the Iowa caucus results were announced Tuesday — putting Mitt Romney in his sites in a way that, well, Democrats can only love.

Telling the truth and calling a six faced liar a liar is speaking ill of a Rino?

Good, We need more of it to weed those fake conservatives out!

15 posted on 01/04/2012 4:42:43 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: SmithL
Isn't that copyrighted?

Or maybe it's a hint of things to come?

16 posted on 01/04/2012 4:42:47 PM PST by McGruff (Ron Paul and Howard Dean both finished 3rd in Iowa. Hmm?)
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To: dragnet2

Well, as long as he doesn’t make and add with Romney’s face in crosshairs. That would be over the line.


17 posted on 01/04/2012 4:43:28 PM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: SmithL
Newt-er Obama Romney in 2012.
18 posted on 01/04/2012 4:46:54 PM PST by JediJones (Newt-er Obama in 2012!)
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To: Kent1957

Consider the freakin’ *source* people! These people don’t know how to report a balanced story.


19 posted on 01/04/2012 4:47:08 PM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: blueyon

Fox news quoted the nonpartisan tax center to bash Newts tax plan. The center said it would take 35% from govt. and it was..”mind boggling.” Newts daughter told Fox that Art Laffer approved his tax plan and that was good enough for her. I looked up the nonpartisan tax center and lo and behold, they are liberal. These are the sources Fox is quoting to take Newt out.


20 posted on 01/04/2012 4:47:22 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather ("Kick The Communists Out Of Your Govt. And Don't Accept Their Goodies"-Yuri Bezmenov-KGB Defector)
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