But we aren’t comparing to the hypothetical strong-on-illegals candidate anymore. We are comparing to the guy that called Romney’s lip service to fighting illegals “anti-immigrant”.
Santorum would likely be better on immigration than Jeb Bush.
There are no perfect candidates, and if our criteria is primarily “who can stop Romney”, and then only secondarily “who can beat Obama”, I think our field of possibilities is much larger than “Newt Gingrich”, who I unfortunately still do not believe can do the latter, and I’m not sure can do the former anymore. Although I hope I’m wrong, or that we find someone who CAN.
I am constantly trying to accept Newt, but every time I try, there’s another story with actual facts which puts me back on my heels, not that I’m going to post any of them here because I really like being a part of FR and it’s pretty clear that we aren’t supposed to create articles that attack Newt. Not that those articles don’t exist, just that we can’t talk about them here.
Which is too bad, because I find many times that the good Freepers here can put context to the articles, and soften my opinion of them. But I’m afraid to ask them to answer these; and nobody else is posting them either.
He simply didn't have the time to do all of that.
A very large percentage of them made it to the House ethics committee ~ where they were investigated and rejected.
Given the criminal proclivities of his first two wives, I don't believe anything they have to say.
“I am constantly trying to accept Newt, “
That’s where I am, too. He’s smart, but repulsive, and I don’t see him winning in a contest between himself and slick Hussein. Most swing voters are idiots and base decisions on appearance and presentation.
Another hold-your-nose voting year, ‘cause I’ll vote for Newt before Romney, and will vote for either of them over Hussein.
Of course, there’s always a chance, slim though it may be, that Hussein experiences a come-to-Jesus moment before November, becomes a born-again Christian, repents, falls in love with America, etc., who knows? (I know; and IF my aunt had a penis she’d be my uncle.)