I will “Root for Newt” until someone officially has the republican nod. After that, tough decisions ahead on whom to support.
It really, really irks me that more voters can’t look past Newt’s personal history, see through the absolute lies that have been spread about him by the MSM, lib/progressives, and yes, Mitt Romney and the GOP-E. I fear it is a sign of the lack of seriousness of today’s voters to study the issues.
To me, Newt is the ONLY candidate that states the obvious problems we face today, unashamedly promotes common-sense conservative solutions, while the other candidates simply ignore these pressing problems or propose band-aid solutions.
A prime example is in the huge media coverage this week of the SCOTUS arguments for & against Obamacare. The obvious question arising from this huge decision, and one that is NEVER asked by the MSM, is “How did we allow ourselves to morph from a republic of free people into a judical oligarchy?”
The answer is “judical activism” that simply allows the judiciary to “amend” the constitution without the lib/progressives having to argue their positions, convince a majority of the voters, and go through the arduous constitutional amendment process. Liberal/progressive judges have effictively made the amendment process superflous.
Newt is the ONLY candidate to address this problem, and propose a detailed, historical, constitutional, common-sense solution. His reward was to receive nothing but guffaws and put-downs from the liberal/progressive/media cabal, as well as from the squishes that inhabit the GOP-E and Romney (but I repeat myself).
God bless Newt, and I pray he will find some way to win this nomination.
As Newt told the GWU audience this week: ......"“The greatest frustration I’ve had since leaving the speakership is the denseness of Washington in accepting new ideas,” Gingrich told the Georgetown crowd. “We are surrounded by a news media that is cynical, and by consultants who are cynical, and by lobbyists who are cynical.” They think big ideas are “silly,” he complained.
“I haven’t done a very good job as a candidate because it is so difficult to communicate big solutions in this country,” he said wistfully near the end of his talk. “The entrenched structure of the system is so hostile to it.” The students nodded; some clapped. Gingrich didn’t pause. He didn’t smile. He wasn’t looking for a cheer. For what it’s worth, he was trying to make a point." Source
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Re Newt's judicial reform platform:
Combating Judicial Activism "The revolutionary idea contained in the Declaration of Independence is that certain fundamental human rights, including the right to life, are gifts from God and cannot be given nor taken away by government. Yet, secular radicals are trying to remove “our Creator” – the source of our rights – from public life. Newt has an aggressive strategy to defend life and religious liberty in America."
And:
Principles to protect life and religious liberty
* Nominate conservative judges who are committed to upholding Constitutional limited government and understand that the role of the judges is to interpret the law, not legislate from the bench.
* Combat judicial activism by utilizing checks on judicial power Constitutionally available to the elected branches of government. (Read an extended white paper on restoring the proper role of the judicial branch here.)
* End taxpayer subsidies for abortion by repealing Obamacare, defunding Planned Parenthood, and reinstating the “Mexico City Policy” which banned funding to organizations that promote and/or perform abortions overseas.
* Protect religious expression in the public square such as crosses, crèches and menorahs.
* Protect healthcare workers right to conscience by making sure they are not forced to participate in or refer procedures such as abortion.
* Protect the rights of home-schooled children by ensuring they have the same access to taxpayer funded, extra-curricular educational opportunities as any public school student.
* Protect the rights of teachers to use historical examples involving religion in their classroom. Nor should they be discouraged from answering questions about religion or discussing it objectively in the classroom.
* Protect the frail, infirm and the elderly from the state’s arbitrary decision to terminate life.