Posted on 10/24/2011 6:17:21 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
Newt can actually win.
Perry took a dive with his immigration policies.
Cain’s 999 plan wont work, and it will not get passed. Even if it did pass, adding a new tax, adding a national sales tax while continuing to keep the income tax is a bad idea.
Michelle is really running either for 2016 or she is running for the US Senate. It is almost impossible for a sitting House member to win the presidency.
Ron Paul can’t win.
Romney is not going to help us.
Nobody else currently running can even get noticed in public.
I sent him something after the last debate.
If this fails, he can always become a spokesman for Geico.
“Newt is not presidential material. Smart? Yes. Presidential? No. He needs to serve in a cabinet position”
Newt is enormously more qualified than any Community Organizer.
Unfortunately he has a past history of self destructing and doing the dumbest crap at the wrong time. It's a problem for him, it may be his character or some kind of jinx, but one thing for sure, if he rises to the top, he could self destruct in a hundred different ways. I think he could be a great VP candidate, but lord help us if he were to get strong enough to win the nomination.
I really like Newt,,,he could give Romney some competition.
I have an idea!
As you know many, many people have said that they would pay their hard-earned money to see Newt debate Obama because they “know” he would annihilate him in such a debate. Indeed Newt himself has said that if he is the nominee he would challenge B.O. to several three-hour Lincoln-Douglas-type debates...just him and B.O. without a moderator. He said he would even allow B.O. to use his teleprompter.
Unless Newt can gain more traction in this Republican race, we will never get to see any such debates.
Here’s my idea, which I think would FORCE Obama to respond and gain HUGE attention to Newt:
Newt should do an on-going series of fairly short You-tube videos in which he would illustrate to the public just how those debates between him and B.O. would go. Newt would debate a stand-in for Obama who would be using Obama’s own words in the past which demonstrate his positions (and world-view) on just about any policy position Newt wants to debate him on. This stand-in for Obama would read his debate responses to Newt directly off of B.O.’s teleprompter. Newt would be facing the camera, the stand-in for B.O. would have his back to the camera with the teleprompter and the words he is reading from it in full view of those watching the video.
I think You-tube videos of these “debates” would immediately “go viral” and force B.O. to try and deny that he would answer Newt the way his stand-in is. In effect, he would have to disavow his own past statements to do it, and would give Newt the opening he needs to force a one-on-one back and forth with B.O., himself.
What do you and other FReepers think?
PS: I am a Cain supporter (while hating his sales tax idea unless we first repeal the income tax)-—but would love to see Newt “debate” Obama....ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. :)
Most people I talk to during and after the debates says they like Newt first and Cain second.
woops: “says” s/b “say”
nope,cant vote for Newt or Romney.Newt for breaking his promise in his original contract with americs,and Romney for Romneycare.If either of them is on the ticket I wont vote.
You’re right...very well done.
Anyone but Mitt Romney.
Anyone but Jon Huntsman.
Anyone but Ron Paul.
Gingrich remains a contender.
I’ve been amazed at his comeback, thought he was done in July. Regardless of the outcome, I just hope we can utilize his knowledge of history and his political intelligence to help get the country back on track.
He could make a meaningful contribution as an adviser to a strong president with his/her own agenda and enough smarts to recognize those times when Newt has lost his way.
No one who has made some of Newt's bone-headed statements and mistakes in judgment should be trusted with power.
I like 9-9-9. It has bold, powerful ideas but that alone isn't enough.
Newt & Cain would make a great team.
This article makes it clear Newt lives in Virginia now so there's no impediment to those two on the same ticket with Cain in Georgia.
There's plenty of agreement between them. Moving to the Chilean Model on entitlements, for example, along with bringing business world best practices to reforming and restructuring the executive branch. They agree on the Fed moving back to a single charter focused on sound money.
Honestly, it would be a nice victory of lower key, more fiscally efficient primary campaigns won out against big money boys. Success running that way will be more important in the general anyway because the GOP nominee won't match Obama's fundraising.
Here is Newt’s latest newsletter entitled:
Tax Simplification
Dear [Matchett-PI],
A significant amount of attention during this campaign has focused on simplifying the tax code. There is no question that our tax code has become a burden to the American people and must be reformed. In our 21st Century Contract With America, we address tax simplification in a way that is both bold and pragmatic. As Speaker of the House of Representatives, I led the effort to reform welfare, resulting in 66% of those on welfare getting a job or going to school. So I know what it takes to actually pass historic reforms. The 21st Century Contract With America has a tax simplification plan that I am uniquely qualified to pass through Congress. Here is the plan you have helped us develop:
All tax filers would be given the option to pay their income taxes under the current income tax provisions or choose to pay income taxes under a lower single rate of taxation of 15% or less with limited deductions.
This optional flat tax reform could save taxpayers more than an estimated $400 billion in compliance costs each year such as record keeping, paying for tax advice, and filling out complicated tax returns. This savings doesn’t even account for eliminating the countless hours of aggravation and worry and the sheer complexity of tax compliance. These tax compliance savings are the functional equivalent of a permanent, pro-growth tax cut and will provide a substantial boost to our annual growth rate.
This faster, flatter, fairer tax structure would also be simple: tax returns could be done on a single page. Subtract from your income a standard deduction and deductions for charity and home ownership, multiply the result by the fixed single rate of taxation of 15% or less, and the process is over. Gone will be the stressful hours spent figuring out whether you qualify for this or that deduction. No more headaches trying to determine where estimated tax payments go. Tax preparation fees could be money spent on something more rewarding.
Such an optional flat tax system would create a new standard deduction, which would be above the established poverty level, meaning an optional flat tax would not unfairly target the poor. And because the flat tax is optional, it does not raise taxes on a single person or unfairly impact seniors or lower income workers.
Once we combine these pro-growth tax reforms with my other reform proposals for welfare reform, social security, and lower spending contained in the 21st Century Contract with America, we will experience a stunning and swift turnaround in the economy.
It is realistic proposals like this that are causing this campaign to surge. This is a campaign based on big ideas and grassroots support. I remain honored and humbled by your continued support of this historic campaign!
Sincerely,
Newt Gingrich
Post Office Box 550769
Atlanta, GA 30355
Cain’s 9-9-9 does “add a new tax” it replaces the existing corrupt failed system.
“Here’s his recent campaign ad ..... Newt Now
Excellent video, Newt is the best choice of those running.
The “perfect” candidate isn’t running.
It does not broaden the tax base thus leaving the current system of payers and payee in play for future political exploitation.
It maintains the current focus on taxing income instead of consumption thus punishing the producer at the expense of the users.
It leaves in place the current ability for trust funds and the massively wealthy to avoid paying any tax by structuring their payouts in forms other then income.
It does nothing to tap the underground off the books economy.
So while Newt's Flat Tax is a massive improvement over the current system, it is merely rebuilding the existing tax code on the same corrupt, flawed foundation.
Of the two, Cain's 9-9-9 is the better plan.
And .... remaining Newt staffers ... if you're lurking ... have him definitively and clearly recant the "brain fart" with nan on the couch ... once and for all.
He's made a great start with these but a full renunciation is needed ...
Since that appearance, Gingrich, who once ran an environmental studies program at a Georgia college, has called for the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency. He's also spoken out against a Democratic bill that passed the House in 2009 that would have limited emissions of greenhouse gases and created a market for pollution permits to be bought and sold.
"The planet used to be dramatically warmer when we had dinosaurs and no people," Gingrich told The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph last week. "To the best of my knowledge the dinosaurs weren't driving cars."
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