Posted on 01/29/2012 3:22:38 PM PST by Earthdweller
LUTZ, Fla. (AP) Newt Gingrich on Sunday called GOP president rival Mitt Romney a "pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase liberal."
Gingrich made the comments outside a megachurch in Lutz, Fla., two days before the pivotal presidential primary.
Gingrich is trailing Romney in Florida and has been labeling the former governor a Massachusetts moderate. Now Gingrich is moving his 2012 rival even further left.
He also criticized Romney's campaign tactics during two television interviews Sunday morning, decrying his opponent's "basic policy of carpet-bombing his opponent."
One of the ads being run by Romney suggests that Gingrich is exaggerating his ties to Ronald Reagan. Gingrich chafed at that, noting that the former president's son Michael was joining him on the campaign trail Monday "to prove to everybody that I am the heir to the Reagan movement, not some liberal from Massachusetts."
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Ah I see. Next time I’ll check first. I think I jumped the gun too. Thanks.
Ah I see. Next time I’ll check first. I think I jumped the gun too. Thanks.
No problem..the thread is now pulled. That’s what I love about FR..the truth is always what counts.
I have worked at not denigrating any of the Republican candidates but must admit I have slipped a bit lately regarding Romney. I don’t believe he has any core beliefs or principles and if he does they are apparently of a nature he chooses not to divulge and he and his supporters are liars and keep repeating the lies even after they have been disdproved, they have to know they are lies and distortions. I have always avoided these kind of attacks during a primary. It is much easier to to re-group after a primary loss if you haven’t been denigrating the candidate you are now going to support and vote for. Mr. Romney is putting many strong Conservatives in a very bad situation, but maybe he thinks I’m as un-principled as he is.
Good for Newt! He should have started this 3 months ago as should have Cain, Bachmann, Perry, and Santorum!
[I wondered why he called him a Massachusetts moderate.]
Because to Newt MA moderate = socialist.
Why not call him a “socialist” then? Why sugarcoat it?
I wish he would.
I think it was a “pun” because John Kerry called himself a moderate. Most people didn’t get the connection, unfortunately.
Newt has to realize he only has one chance to get it right. Romney is a pretty sophisticated operator and the way to beat him is to go directly for the ‘kill.’
http://romneyfacts.com/issue_tax.php
Romney is another RINO like McCain. May God help us if he gets the nomination.
I saw a post earlier that said it was difficult for a conservative to get excited enough to vote for a weather vane. I wish I could give credit to the original author but I don’t know who said it. I will have a hard time holding my nose to vote for another RINO if Mitt gets the nod.
Its "PROGRESSIVE". His record screams "PROGRESSIVE"!
Obama-lite. Exactly.
Not around here.
“Rock Hard” credentials? At whom is that endorsement targeted?
Yes.
My dog would be better than Ubama.
“Gingrich tags Romney with ‘liberal’ label”
Newt didn’t have to. Slick Mitt’s actions as a politician in MA already tagged him with that label.
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