Posted on 06/30/2007 10:11:13 PM PDT by GhostSoldier
Newt Gingrich might be too huge to be president.
Not in the physical sense -- though, at 64, he has taken on ballast since his frenetic phase a decade ago as speaker of the House, and he's moving these days with a purposeful waddle. But the conceptual framework of the presidency seems, well, just a tad limiting.
"The presidency is a minor post on the scale of change I'm describing," Gingrich, still the history professor, declares with a dismissive wave.
"You get to appoint a lot of ambassadors. It isn't 50 percent, it's 5 percent of the whole process. I want to make sure by the time we're done that in 511,000 elective positions" -- apparently the whole of U.S. officialdom -- "there are people who understand the 21st century, understand American civilization, and have fundamentally changed government at all levels."
He adds with a puckish grin: "And if, in that process, I become president -- that's fine."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
As for former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson, expected to announce a run for the presidency this week, “I think he becomes the establishment alternative,” Gingrich says. “I’ve been fond of Fred ever since ‘The Hunt for Red October.’ I think he was totally convincing as an admiral.”
What about Thompson’s reputation for being the opposite of a workaholic? “I don’t think it’s a matter of working all that hard and being all that intense if he can put together a fairly bold, Sarkozy-like program,” Gingrich says, referring to the just-elected center-right president of France. “Fred is not Ronald Reagan, but he could be Dwight Eisenhower.” But could he have organized D-Day? “No,” Gingrich chuckles, “but Eisenhower couldn’t have been in ‘The Hunt for Red October.’ “
This man is a gray little troll. A pug faced fat man. Too unattractive for the electorate.
This man is a gray little troll. A pug faced fat man. Too unattractive for the electorate.
I don’t think Newt slighted Fred . I also don’t think Newt should get in this race as it would only serve to help Rudy and/or McPain .
However , Newt is absolutely right about Sarkozy, and that our candidate will have to model his campaign like Sarkozy’s . Running as a candidate of change and against the status quo will be a must for the Republican candidate to win . The Dims will focus all of their efforts on tying our nominee to the current administration .
| GOPUSA Poll |
| Which candidate has the best chance of winning the 2008 Republican presidential nomination? |
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Sam Brownback Bill Frist Newt Gingrich Rudy Giuliani Chuck Hagel Mike Huckabee Duncan Hunter John McCain George Pataki Condoleezza Rice Mitt Romney Tom Tancredo Other Total Votes: 14051 |
| GOPUSA Poll |
I just saw him give a speech in DC. No way he’s getting in. He’s way too out of shape. He’s just pumping this for free publicity.
That poll is six months old.
What, are you an idiot?
Newt head.
The desperate, new media. Let’s try it out -
Hillary might be too huge to be president.
Not in the physical sense — though, at 58, she has taken on ballast since her frenetic phase a decade ago as first lady, and she’s moving these days with a purposeful waddle.
This man is a gray little troll. A pug faced fat man. Too unattractive for the electorate.
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this man kicked democratic butt hard where it hurt.
As for big ass in your face unattractive. The dems are poised to nominate hillary.
This was the ‘diss’ mentioned on Drudgereport earlier. Newt’s a brilliant man, but it’s not the Newt States of America, much as he’d like them to be. A president with an ego is fine for other nations, but the people’s house, the White House, isn’t big enough to hold his.
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this is happy talk. But if your point is that you are better looking, less willing to make enemies and more collegiate than Newt ...I would tend to agree. Most republicans are.
However, these are not the terms by which we judge the merits and capabilities of a would be president.
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