Posted on 01/26/2012 9:11:01 AM PST by Nachum
The entire GOP establishment has unleashed on Newt Gingrich this week, and it looks like it is slowing his momentum in the polls. Almost all of the anti-Newt Gingrich material hitting the media is coming from conservative institutions: National Review, The New York Sun, and the Washington Times. Just look at the Drudge Report from last night and early this morning.:(Snip for graphic) The number one news source for many populist and conservative readers, looks like an anti-Gingrich pinboard. There are twelve anti-Gingrich links leading the site, with video of Gingrich trashing Reagan,
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The establishment might well pick my candidate for me but they can’t make me vote for him.
Perfect-That makes everything so much more clear and so much easier!
It’s about as cut throat as it can get. I was for having a long primary, but I’m getting to the point where I just want all this crap to be over. Then when a candidate is settled on, that’s when the real fun will begin. Not looking forward to the lead up to November at all.
The “conservative” establishment will destroy itself in the process.
Oh, the irony of these same outlets who decried the MSM giving Obama a pass during the 2008 election.
The Dems don’t want Gingrich. The GOP has been solidly infiltrated and polls are “mind games”.
If they want to drive the conservative grassroots into Newt’s corner, they’re doing a good job. There’s nothing I want more than to see the GOP establishment RINO elites crash and burn. If it’s going to take shoving Newt down their throats to do it, then so be it. Bring it on!
“The establishment might well pick my candidate for me but they cant make me vote for him.”
Perhaps Romney thinks he can pick another Sarah Palin for VP and all will be well again.
When the GOP establishment is now so far to the left that they WANT Romney......I am clearly no longer wanted in that party.
Makes me want to vote against ROMNEY in the General Election (if he claims it) just to PISS off these people!~
J.S. (At least I am tempted to, now). If the establishment want to play ~scorched earth~ they may get more than they can chew (aka losing the house and senate by pissing on conservative grassroots, and others)!!
I was a republican my entire life until that Trent Lott hijinx around the turn of the century.
A lot of my friends have gone libertarian too.
I am looking forward to the “If you don’t support Romneycare in November, you are no conservative” trolls.
You wanna war?
FR is a conservative establishment. We certainly are not trying to harm Newt.
Newt just said in Florida that he’s running against the establishment.
Since the approval rate for congress is lower that the rate for MSM. I’d say Newt should wear their lack of support as a badge of honor.
Mr. niteowl77
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