“Newt is too smart. The public hate intellectuals.
“He is too combative, they hate people who will fight for what is right.”
This is the way I see it:
We haven’t had a smart president in a long time. I think many of us would be excited beyond words to have someone with the intellect of Newt.
We also haven’t had a combative president, one who fights for our constitution rather than for the private interest groups while giving the middle finger to “we the people.” The newness of this is going to take the country by storm.
“He is too conservative, and will be rbanded a right wing zealot which is worse than being branded a homosexual zealot.”
A tad far fetched. It is obvious to me you are not a Newt person but prefer one out of the stable of weenies running for president.
But that is your choice, and this is America.
""..It is obvious to me you are not a Newt person but prefer one out of the stable of weenies running for president. .."
wrong. I do like Newt. I voted for "Contract for America" and would support him for President, depending on whoelse was in the race.
But he cannot win. He is not a likeable kinda guy.
Since JFK the Presidency goes to the sexiest, most, telegenic, most personable person in the race.
Nobody thinks clinton won office because he was the best material to be President. He won because he was a darn sight more attractive than Bush.
Bush Jr was better looking, and marginally more likeable than Gore or Kerry.
Reagan was a heck of a lot better looking and personable than Carter.
This IS the problem when women are given the vote. I am dead serious.
The vast number of women have no idea why they vote for who they vote for. Polls all consistently show that they simply vote on emotion and rarely can tell any facts about the person they voted for.
The same is true for men, they have little idea what the candidate is about, but they are not as heavily influenced by the looks or sexual attractiveness of the candidate. They tend to try to have more intellectual reasons for their votes.