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Herman Cain rallies Georgia crowd for Newt Gingrich
WaPo ^ | 11:21 AM ET, 02/18/2012 | Juliet Eilperin

Posted on 02/18/2012 12:05:52 PM PST by Red Steel

CUMMING, Ga.— Herman Cain may no longer be seeking the GOP presidential nomination, but he still has plenty of fans in Georgia.

The erstwhile presidential candidate received a standing ovation at South Forsyth High School, where he introduced former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) at a county precinct meeting.

“You know, I knew I had some friends in Forsyth County,” Cain said, as the crowd cheered. “But we’re here because we believe Newt Gingrich should be the next president of the United States in America.”

“And contrary to what the mainstream, lame-stream, lapdog media want you to believe, he can pull it out,” he told them.

The former Godfather’s Pizza chief executive identified three reasons why his former competitor deserves to be president: jobs, energy and bold ideas.

Referring to the economic plans of Gingrich’s GOP opponents, Cain said, “their proposals continue to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic,” adding that they replace old loopholes with new ones.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: gingrich; hermancain; newt
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To: true believer forever; georgiagirl_pam
Actually, it was from the comments section from underneath the article tbf posted on Feb 11! I thought it was from Newt's website.

So it's actually from some anonymous brilliant person and has now gone viral!

61 posted on 02/19/2012 8:44:56 AM PST by b9 (Newt is substance. The others are talking points)
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To: georgiagirl_pam; onyx; true believer forever

Giving further credit where credit is due, it was actually ONYX who thought it would be a good tag, which in turn inspired your B2FUL sign!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2845551/posts?page=14#14


62 posted on 02/19/2012 8:55:49 AM PST by b9 (Newt is substance. The others are talking points)
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To: true believer forever

I don’t know who was next inline or had seniority for the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee back in 2004.

Who was next should not be too hard to find out, but I doubt that senator would be as liberal as Specter, and if that senator was, he highly likely would have supported Alito or Roberts for SCOTUS.

The salient argument for the Santo defense is if he did not endorse Specter, he could lose, and/or if Toomey won the primary, he would not have won in the PA general election. And as a consequence, the Repubs would have lost the US Senate in 2004 because they had a thin margin of 51 Repubs v. 49 Dems. (It would have been 50 to 50 with VP Cheney as the tie breaker, Rs still in the majority, if the Specter senate seat was lost and the only difference)

But as it turned out, Bush won the 2004 presidential election, and the Republicans increased their Senate majority to 55 to 45. As we know, the Republican kept their majority even if Specter or Toomey would have lost in the general election. Rick is not all that shiny as some here like to think. He has his GOP-E rust spots who has set aside “his principles” for the party.

Here’s the 2004 Senate election results:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2004


63 posted on 02/19/2012 9:03:11 AM PST by Red Steel
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To: b9; georgiagirl_pam; onyx
Brilliant Anonymous inspired b9, and b9 inspired Onyx, and Onyx inspired b9, and b9 inspired georgia girl pam, who inspired all the people who saw her sign at the Newt event, and while that was all going on, I got inspired by all of them and a few days ago, did this... Free Republic, a truly inspired group!!

Newt buddys the choice



64 posted on 02/19/2012 9:13:01 AM PST by true believer forever (Save the Irish Setters - Vote Newt!)
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To: Red Steel
It was Kyl or Cornyn - though cornyn wasn't interested because he had the leadership of another committee... from what I've read in the archives at FR, kyl is an okay guy.

There was also a grassroots campaign to stall Specter, which was talked about here on FR in 2004:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1274088/posts

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=5724

excerpt: "Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter has failed to secure public support from members of the Judiciary Committee, and now even Pennsylvania’s junior senator, Rick Santorum, is officially "undecided" about supporting Specter's bid to chair the Judiciary Committee, according to a spokesman with the Senate Republican Conference, which Santorum leads."

Also, it seems a big claim by RS was Specter was shoe-in for the chairmanship, but that isn't necessarily true, as the rules are senators can vote for whomever they want, by secret ballot. Voting for the next person in line is a tradition and perk in the Senate, but not a hard and fast law.

So what seems to be emerging is a picture where, if Specter had lost to Toomey, things wouldn't have been so awful as predicted by Santorium; and after having endorsed specter, Santorium wouldn't even announce he was voting for him... Rick thinks his my hands are clean if you don't look between my fingers tack is going to win the day... that can't be allowed...

65 posted on 02/19/2012 10:43:49 AM PST by true believer forever (Save the Irish Setters - Vote Newt!)
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To: true believer forever; b9; onyx

Awesome EVERYBODY! Go NEWT!


66 posted on 02/19/2012 11:00:40 AM PST by georgiagirl_pam (Step One: SECURE YOUR DOOR! (it will give you time to get your gun!) mysafedoor.com)
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To: true believer forever

Fantastic, tbf, and beautifully designed.

Hope it gets lots and lots of use.


67 posted on 02/19/2012 11:16:40 AM PST by b9 (Newt is substance. The others are talking points)
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To: georgiagirl_pam; true believer forever; onyx

There’s such a one-mindedness among Newt’s supporters.

He inspires the best of the best, he really does.


68 posted on 02/19/2012 11:27:06 AM PST by b9 (Newt is substance. The others are talking points)
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To: true believer forever; b9; georgiagirl_pam
PREFECT ©

69 posted on 02/19/2012 11:52:31 AM PST by onyx (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
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To: georgiagirl_pam

70 posted on 02/19/2012 11:54:57 AM PST by onyx (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
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To: onyx; true believer forever; b9

Jackie Cushman (Newt’s daughter) saw the sign yesterday and gave me the thumbs up. I tweeted her yesterday to remind her and she just re-tweeted it! We might see that slogan be used by the campaign yet!

NEWT GINGRICH- SUBSTANCE, NOT TALKING POINTS!


71 posted on 02/19/2012 12:37:27 PM PST by georgiagirl_pam (STEP ONE: SECURE YOUR DOOR (it will give you more time to get your gun!) mysafedoor.com)
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To: georgiagirl_pam

Pam, that’s wonderful.

You lifted them! I’m so happy. “;^)


73 posted on 02/19/2012 12:53:53 PM PST by b9 (Newt is substance. The others are talking points)
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To: true believer forever
Regular CONSERVATIVE voters help, too..
74 posted on 02/19/2012 1:04:07 PM PST by CainConservative (Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
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To: georgiagirl_pam

I went to the rally in Cobb County yesterday. Herman Cain
was there also. He was my first choice, but Newt has my
support and check now. Herman would be great in Newt’s
cabinet.


75 posted on 02/19/2012 1:23:16 PM PST by jusduat (on the mercy of the Lord alone.)
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To: Red Steel

Look at his tax plan. Same old sh!t. Changed wording but the outcome after 8 years will be the same. Power to the government.


76 posted on 02/20/2012 2:13:17 AM PST by liberty or death
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To: onyx

Nice Newt ads:

http://www.newt.org/news/video-message-newt-gingrich-american-energy

http://electad.com/videos/winning-our-future-ad-prosperity/

http://electad.com/videos/winning-our-future-ad-bold-conservative/


77 posted on 02/20/2012 4:32:03 PM PST by lahargis (Newtomorrow!)
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To: conservativejoy
Two good men, Newt and Herman.

By some measure, I'm sure you're right.

Some of their wives and girlfriends might agree, too.

78 posted on 02/21/2012 10:48:35 AM PST by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson)
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To: newgeezer

I appreciate Newt and Herman for their accomplishments, brilliant minds, political solutions, and leadership abilities.

I’m not preoccupied with their sex lives, but please, don’t let that stop You from obsessing.


79 posted on 02/21/2012 2:24:28 PM PST by conservativejoy
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To: liberty or death

Santorum’s “ Tax Plan” scored a D+. Of course, the number #1 Issue on his website is “War on Pornography”, so I guess he hasn’t gotten around to thinking about all the unimportant stuff like the Economy,Cutting Spending, Balancing the Budget, Energy, National Security, Immigration etc. I’m sure he’ll get around to it though.


80 posted on 02/21/2012 2:35:54 PM PST by conservativejoy
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