[nikos1121]

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303686-1

[Utmost Certainty]

Gingrich Has Most Exceptional Moment of 2012 Election Cycle

[elpadre]

no surprise, he has spent his adult lifetime behind a podium and microphone. The question is: Can he govern a great nation?

[Hoodat]

FRIENDS EVERY TIME NEWT SPEAKS IT'S A TEACHING MOMENT.

That would be because Newt is a teacher by profession. However, his teaching abilities do not translate to leadership abilities. (See: Lecturer Baraq Obama)

[jellybean]

I watched this yesterday. The most inspiring minutes of the forum occur near the end:

You've been told this many times in the past. As Republicans you're constantly told, "Well, you can't really have what you really want because, you know, if you put a real strong conservative up there, across the board on national security and on moral/cultural issues and on economic and spending issues then we'll have a hard time winning. And we need to win."

And who's saying that to you? People who don't share your values. And they want you to compromise your values so they can have their values represented on a national ticket. Don't defer your judgment!

---snip---

I find it really incredible that, and I hear this a lot, and legitimately so, where people say to candidates running for office, "Why do you compromise?" Why do you compromise?" Why do you compromise on this or that?" "Why don't you stand for your pinciples?"

Why don't YOU stand for your principles?

You want your leaders to lead? Lead them!

Watch the entire 6 minutes here.

[onyx]

BTTT

GO NEWT!

[b9]

Thanks, Nikos, for giving this its own deserving thread!