Posted on 08/03/2007 12:48:30 PM PDT by AfterManyASummer
Gingrich was interrupted with applause once, when he called for an end to the biting partisanship critics say has polarized national politics and paralyzed the workings of government.
"We have got to get past this partisan baloney, where I'm not allowed to say anything good about Hillary Clinton because 'I'm not a loyal Republican,' and she's not allowed to say anything good about me, or she's not a 'loyal' Democrat. What a stupid way to run a country."
No, doofus, you are not allowed to praise Hillary Clinton because (despite whatever minor things you might agree on) she is a dyed-in-the-wool socialist and power-monger who will use your faint praise to further her own radical political ideology and to destroy ours. When will these Washingtonian morons learn that you cannot be friends with these people! These aren't the principled liberals of yesteryear (like Daniel Patrick Moynihan), who were honest about who they were and sincerely interested in the political process (and "may the best idea win"). These are win-at-all-costs, untrustworthy, sleazy, new-liberals who would just as soon stab you in the back as look at you. And every little bit of praise or power or "collegiality" you give them will be used against you!
Newt has become the Neville Chamberlain of partisan politics...
“I do agree that we’re not fighting the war on terror right. We should redeploy our Iraq troops to Pakistan. Find Osama and the rest of AlQueda there, and dismantle their nuke program.”
I’m not big on chasing ghosts.
I’m not 100% convinced Assama is still alive. Every video we see from him is old and some sources have reported his death. There is a good chance that Assama is only as lively as a Al Gore lovemaking session.
So, that being said, why redirect resources away from Islamic radicals who want to fight us right now? In Iraq, we have chosen the battlefield and it’s a WHOLE lot better than the mountainous regions of Pakistan - believe me. These jerkwads are coming to Iraq to die. We don’t have to ferret them out of Tora Bora type hidey holes.
I doubt they are running a “nuke program” in some cave in the mountain. Their only chance of obtaining nukes is to buy one on the black market, and for that, it doesn’t matter where they are - what matters is our ability to detect the thing before it goes off in a U.S. city.
Newt has lost a lot of credibility over the past several years. Shame, really, but he brought it on himself.
Everytime I have ever heard mention of Newt running in ‘08 the first thought in my mind is “are these people on crack?”
I have a number of problems with Newt, chief among which is his rather fungible set of principles, particularly the issue of illegal aliens/immigration. And I used to think Newt was one of the best “possibles”. Too much baggage, now, to the extent that it has become difficult to divine which issue is firm and not negotiable, and which ones may be jettisoned once in office.
We need more “Green Conservatives” like Newt who agree with John Kerry about man-made global warming and the need for urgent action to stop it.
Yeah right, That’s what we need to do. Invade the nuclear armed country of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan [the official name of the country] and its 165 million people and dismantle their nuclear program. It is only twice the size of California in land area. No problem.
Any chance Newt might have had to jump in this race is being destroyed by his menopausal rants of late.
I know he doesn’t have the chance of that proverbial snowball of being the GOP nominee or winning the Presidency if he did; but, he would have made a good VEEP or SecDef if he’d just shut up.
This is vintage Newt. He’s an innovative guy, but he has never had any discipline as far as his mouth and his ego are concerned.
This is exactly why he would be a terrible candidate.
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