I don’t know — you are calling me a Newt-basher, but I have virtually avoided any thread that was about Gingrich.
This is a Santorum-bashing thread. And people in the thread are bashing Santorum, including you. I answered your argument by pointing out that the groups you claimed were attacking Santorum were not — it was just people who worked for them. And I pointed out that the groups you claimed were attacking Santorum had also attacked Gingrich.
That’s not “bashing” Newt, it’s pointing out how he fares under YOUR stated criteria. The only time I say anything “negative” about Newt is when I show that arguments that the Santorum-bashers have just said against him applies equally to Newt.
That’s only bashing if you believe your own argument. I never said I agreed with your argument; I just pointed out how Gingrich measured up under your argument.
You completely ignored my response to your point the first time you made it and simply restated your original point. We’ll go in an infinite loop if you keep doing that because you just force me to reiterate my response again in the hopes you won’t ignore it this time.
You are NOT using “my argument” in reference to Newt, you’re making up a completely different argument and trying to pin it on me erroneously. I am talking about Santorum’s POLICIES, not his CAMPAIGN ADS. In Santorum’s case, those groups are talking about HIS PROPOSED POLICIES AND LEGISLATION. In Newt’s case, they’re talking about A CAMPAIGN AD that proposes no policy or legislation whatsoever. That is a massive world of difference and manifestly NOT the “same criteria” as you try to say. I’m not here discussing campaign minutiae and rhetoric, I’m discussing the proposed policies these people will put in place as president.
Your trying to distinguish between the foundations and the “people who work for them” is LUDICROUS. Those people are going on record representing their organizations. They would be fired if they did that and states something the organization didn’t believe. They are spokespeople for those organizations and their views represent the views of those organizations.