Is Newt Gingrich a True Reagan Conservative?

Newsmax ^ | Thursday, 19 Jan 2012 06:09 PM | Newsmax Wires

[RedMDer]

A newly surfaced video shows Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is a true Reagan conservative. The video, called “The Ronald Reagan Legacy,” recently made its exclusive debut on Newsmax and is already making an impact in political circles.

Is Newt Gingrich a True Reagan Conservative? Watch ‘The Ronald Reagan Legacy’ and Decide for Yourself!

The video couldn’t have come at a more perfect time for Gingrich, whose critics have been questioning the relationship he actually shared with Reagan. Mitt Romney is now taking a lot of heat for leading what many are calling a “smear campaign” against the former House speaker.

[harpu]

"Is Newt Gingrich a True Reagan Conservative?"

Does it matter if he's the ONLY candidate that will take OBozo's miserable record on durng the campaign!

[jospehm20]

I agree. Newt doesn’t need to be a Reagan. He only needs to be better than Romney.

[southphilly]

If Regan was running now, he would be called a Rino on this forum..

[TheOldLady]

Great thread, Red! Bump for Newt and Florida!

[RedMDer]

Thanks!

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GO NEWT!
GO FREE REPUBLIC!!!

[Captain Peter Blood]

Newt is not Reagan or a True Conservative. All of the candidates on both sides are corrupt and there will no real change regardless of what happens next November.
There have been no real credible plans put forth to deal with the debt or deficit.
No political will or leadership to honestly tell the American people the truth and what really needs to be done, i.e. immediate across the board spending cuts of 50% for starters.

[Drew68]

No political will or leadership to honestly tell the American people the truth and what really needs to be done, i.e. immediate across the board spending cuts of 50% for starters.

Such a candidate could never get elected.

[RedMDer]

Newt Discusses the Facts and Florida With Greta

[RedMDer]

What Kind of Man - Mittens will say anything to win an election. (Newt Ad)

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I guess Gingrich's record in the 80s and 90s comes close to that of a Reagan conservative. The argument against him, though, wasn't that he represented one ideology as opposed to another, but that he was too erratic and unreliable, that over time he's too easily distracted and ineffective.

It's a bum rap to paint Newt Gingrich as anti-Reagan. There's some bad faith and deception, perhaps deliberate, involved there. At the same time, Newt was always hard to pigeon-hole into the kind of categories that other politicians accept. Something about him was always expanding in ways that broke the old ideological molds, and that makes some people distrust him.

FWIW Maybe it's a minor point or something personal, but the "Rockefeller Republican" thing still amazes me. If you ever were a Rockefeller Republican yourself, as Newt was himself, you can't attack others and apply that label to them without some self-awareness or irony. If that irony or awareness isn't there it's not a good sign.

[RedMDer]

I believe that now is the time for a true leader with vision. Please take a look at the video interview with Greta here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2839158/posts?page=29#29

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House Minority Whip Gingrich and 7th District congressional candidate
Brenda Fitzgerald throw mock tea crates into the Chattahoochee River on
April 15, 1994, as part of a "Taxpayer's Tea party" in Roswell, Georgia.
GO NEWT!
GO FREE REPUBLIC!!!

[Jim Robinson]

Great video excerpts. I even ordered the full video ($4.95 for a subscription). I really appreciate what Newsmax did for us by buying a top of the page banner ad on Drudge on bloody Tuesday to tell the truth about the coordinated attack on Newt. Must’ve cost them a small fortune.

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Repeal ObamaCare. Repeal Dodd-Frank. Repeal Sarbanes-Oxley.
Reform the federal bureaucracy drastically reducing government and regulations.
GO NEWT!
GO FREE REPUBLIC!!!

[RedMDer]

Go Newt!
TEA Party On!

[Jim Robinson]

er, bloody Thursday.

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[Jim Robinson]

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[itsahoot]

No, but neither was Reagan. But he has the ability to change the direction of this country more profoundly than Reagan could ever dream, because the sleeping tiger is awake.