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Newt had his chance, but he blew it: Why Gingrich won’t earn the 2012 GOP presidential nomination
NY Daily News ^ | 11-23-11 | SE Cupp

Posted on 11/23/2011 5:22:45 AM PST by MNJohnnie

I was only 15 in 1994, when Newt Gingrich experienced his last great moment. (Well, before this one, where he’s surging in the polls, with his campaign having figured out how to run for President.) So I don’t really remember Newt’s glory days.

I have interviewed him on many occasions, however, as far back as 2006 and as recently as last month, and every time we talk, I’m struck by how smart he is. Despite that, I can’t get past the nagging voice in my head telling me that no matter how good he would be at running the country, he doesn’t deserve to.

Call me a square, but Newt’s past mistakes occupy both columns: character and politics. From his ugly romantic entanglements to his flirtation with environmentalism to his questionable relationship with Freddie Mac, bad decisions and lapses in judgment have been too frequent for a man of such obvious intelligence.

And yet, for all his mistakes, Newt remains startlingly unembarrassed, which makes those mistakes even less palatable. Though arrogance and a lack of shame characterize Capitol Hill, I’m suspicious of a guy who’s had so many public errors, and is so untroubled by them.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012; campaign; freddie; gingrich; hitpiece; newt; newtgingrich
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To: hinckley buzzard

Exactly! Good post.


181 posted on 11/23/2011 6:35:44 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: rintense
As I said...a jingo-istic wet dream.

I'll make it easy on you...just detail exactly what will happen after you have "captured" five to ten million illegals and nobody will let you deliver them.

Please include how you will house them, where you will house them (segregated by gender and age or will you keep families intact?).

How long do you intend to keep them in your relocation/deportation camps...a year? five years? twenty years?

What force will be required to guard them?

Who will keep them safe from the criminals and gang-bangers in their midst? Who will pay for that? (Oh, I know --- we can create another federal agency with guns).

What pressure will be exerted on the home countries to take them back? What will be the FP ramifications of that?

And that's just one part of your carefully considered plan.

Nope, none of what you propose is do-able in the real world. But, reality has never been your strong suit...

182 posted on 11/23/2011 6:56:09 PM PST by moose-matson (I keep it in my head)
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To: y6162; All
Another picture with SE Cupp on the right.



Oh, and as this picture proves, she is a FOX!

183 posted on 11/23/2011 7:22:18 PM PST by Syncro (Sarah Palin, the unofficial Tea Party candidate for president--Virtual Jerusalem)
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To: TitansAFC
>> “Hey, guys......someone else is in the lead now who’s not Cain....DESROY THEM!!!!!!” <<

Is it Bachmann or Santorum? I would be fine with that. We only go after backstabbing establishment hacks who con voters into believing they are "tea party" conservatives. No Trump. No Perry. And definitely NO Newt.

184 posted on 11/23/2011 8:12:22 PM PST by BillyBoy (Illegals for Perry/Gingrich 2012 : Don't be "heartless"/ Be "humane")
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To: presently no screen name

Why the hell should I do the homework for an ignorant fool like you? You don’t even know what the person you allege to support has said on the subject and you blame others for your own ignorance?? Laughable.


185 posted on 11/23/2011 8:28:27 PM PST by rintense (ABO is not a winning strategy.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Not sure that “local boards” could make fair assessments. They’d be under tremendous pressure to let everyone stay..


186 posted on 11/24/2011 6:23:45 AM PST by ken5050 (Support Admin Mods: Doing the tough, hard, dirty jobs that Americans won't do...)
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To: Nifster

“Not the Contract for America-— in fact that propelled him to the leadership. He resigned before being kicked out due to his questionable ethics.”

So tell me exactly why his ethics were suddenly so much more questionable?

After the Contract with America? Which fundamentally threatened the DC power structure?

Of course there’s a connection...in the absence of such a move...his “ethics” were quite constructive to DC’s ends.

In fact...all that happened to him in that setting tells the world exactly HOW DC continues to grow despite the intent of We the People. Congress critters’ ethical lapses are routinely leveraged to DC’s ends.

You are not yet quite cynical enough, grasshopper...


187 posted on 11/24/2011 10:53:54 AM PST by mo
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks MNJohnnie.
From his ugly romantic entanglements to his flirtation with environmentalism to his questionable relationship with Freddie Mac, bad decisions and lapses in judgment have been too frequent for a man of such obvious intelligence. And yet, for all his mistakes, Newt remains startlingly unembarrassed...
Actually, that's a great trait for a politician. Not so much for a politician one wants to elect. We've got us a bunch of potential running mates, and yes, Newt is one. He's a bulldog in debates, just what one wants in a second. And any, literally any, criticism the left might consider using on Newt will excoriate their own ugly political party and personal lives.


188 posted on 11/26/2011 9:04:37 AM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: hinckley buzzard

I prefer someone who is not a slick politian who changes positions when the wind blows. I remember Newt’s willingness to work across the aisle and all pf the things he supported that came out of the Bush so called conservative presidency


189 posted on 11/28/2011 5:32:07 AM PST by Nifster
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To: mo

Newt is a CLinton style politian. He is slick and bendable. He is changeable with the winds. I will vote for anyone but the dufus in the white house currently. I do not have to do so in the primary season and will work against the likes of Newt and Mitt


190 posted on 11/28/2011 5:34:22 AM PST by Nifster
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