What they don't understand is what the roar means.I think you called it.The roar is passion. The roar is intensity. The roar is pent up frustration. The roar, put another way, is the national mood of conservatives. It is a roar that will demand a fighter. It will demand that those who want our votes must not cower in the face of the liberal template. If fact, it is a roar that demands that we do not accept any liberal templates.
Nice to see that Dickie Morris is still batting a thousand.
BTTT - a darn fine article. The pundits are stunned for the moment, they never will get it.
Prepare for full assault in the coming weeks.
Dead bang right ... finally!!!!!!!!!!
Grrrrrreat article! Hits the nail on the head.
Excellent, excellent article! One of the best I’ve seen!
When Cain exited like a scared little girl, I totally lost all interest in politics (again)
But Newt’s stand in this debate gave me new hope.
Before the SC debate, I was prepared to vote for Newt only because Romney was totally unacceptable, and Santorum does not carry himself very well (no chance against Obama)
I really hope Newt understands and capitalizes on the passion he tapped in on... because now he has won not only my vote with that debate performance, but also my support.
Damn right I want a fighter.
It’s a roar that will hold their candidate accountable on 2nd Amendment rights, shrinking the size and scope of government, and all the other reasons this candidate won the election. Not Newt bashing...just sayin’.
Thanks for posting. C. Edmund got it right. The public craves passion, and the ability to take the fight to the enemy. This trumps the negatives which are old news.
Any comments from the author...?
Most people are sick and tired of being told by the Big Liberal Media how to vote. They ignore Obama’s numerous shortcomings and point the finger at the GOP to blame all the problems. They ignore Obama and his Democrat Team have made things 100 times worse.
Pinging the Freeper author so he can read the (positive) reaction.
Very good article. I was “roaring & cheering” right here at home watching both debates.
Santorum did have a good night Thursday, he had two doubles and a single.
But Newt had two grand slams.
If Santorum had “won” the debate, it would have translated to a big bump above what the polls were showing, but his bump was small, big enough to get him past Ron Paul (for which I am grateful) but not much more....he went from 14% in the polls to an actual 17%. Right direction, but he needs something bigger.
The "roar" may be a newly-discovered passion for liberty among American citizens who now feel threatened by the threatening expansions and intrusions of government into their lives.
Although the enemies of freedom have been working for decades, like termites, at eroding the foundation ideas of our liberty, now, attacks on Constitutional principles are visible, threatening, and demand response from the Constitution's "KEEPERS," (Justice Story).
Gingrich, like Reagan, has studied America's Founders and the motivation and passion which culminated in a written Constitution to protect liberty. His ability, like Reagan's, to frame current issues in the context of the underlying principle of liberty, is connecting with "the People," and arouses a passion which, if cultivated, can defeat the counterfeit ideas of Obama and those who control his agenda.
No lightweight thinker who simply regurgitates familiar phrases about America from poems and songs will be able to conduct a months-long campaign to undermine, expose, rebut, rebuke, and defeat the Democrat opponent. That candidate's ideological basis is firmly grounded in a set of counterfeit ideas about the nature and role of government, complete with a manual of tactical maneuvers to impose that role on America.
Over the next few months, America needs a skilled teacher to help us rediscover our roots in Creator-endowed, therefore unalienable, life, liberty, and rights--ideas which so-called "progressives" have helped to erase from the nation's textbooks.
Once understood by millions of voters, their own passion for liberty will defeat the ideas of tyranny cloaked in Obama's "we're here to take care of you" message which, in the end leads to slavery to government.
The Establishment was hoping to shift votes from Newt to Santorum, clearing the way for a Romney victory, by convincing us rubes that Santorum really won the debate. They really think we’re stupid.
BTTT
Newt points the way to victory...Stand up and fight!
This is exactly right. I knew it after hearing Gingrich on Thursday night as well. I was one of those people cheering in my living room. I don’t want a candidate to tell me that Obama is a “nice guy who is in over his head.” I want a candidate to tell me that Obama is what he is - a dangerous, arrogant utopian statist who is consciously destroying my country, and I want him stopped. I want someone to take it to the media, who protects him and lies about his agenda. I want a candidate who reflects the passion and anger I feel. I don’t see that in any of the candidates except Ginrich at the moment. Santorum has it, I think, but I don’t think he has the ability to draw blood in the contest against Obama when the time comes, especially in debates. It amazes me how out of touch even the conservative pundits are - except for Levin. Everyone should read “Ameritopia” - it states the problem so clearly and perfectly.