Posted on 12/02/2011 4:49:13 AM PST by SeekAndFind
No.
Reagan or nothing!
Oh, and SnippMcMittCare can KMA, I will NEVER vote for that scumbag socialist.
I would buy pay per view tickets to see Gingrich destroy Obama in a debate and expose him for the affirmative action idiot that he is.
Sure maybe but the argument that he’s already been vetted doesn’t really apply to all the younger mush brains who don’t remember the 90s much.
****what Obama doesn’t know can hurt us****
Duh!!!
Obama and his sychophants in Congress have already adminstered fatal wounds - killing us NOW!!!!
If this gets down to Gingrich v Romney, there is NO doubt in my mind that we will get far more of REAL reform with Gingrich.
Interestingly enough, I heard something last night on Hannity. He had Sarah Palin on....and it certainly sounded like she was almost pushing Rick Santorum as the most consistent candidate with regard to conservative principles.
I DO like Santorum....for the same reason.
If the idea was to reject Romney based on his past positions, then Newt is unacceptable.
Newt supports individual ObamaCare mandate (”it is constitutional and fine”). Attacking and opposing this issue is one of the most important policy aspects in 2012. With Newt, that issue would be neutralized.
The second most inmportant topic is spending, especially Medicare reform. Here, Newt defended Obama and attacked Ryan’s plan as “radical right-wing social engineering”. Medicare reform would be off the table for years if Newt emerges.
Newt supports amnesty, though dishonestly denies it. Calling it legalization of illegals is the same BS we have been hearing from Washington in this area.
Support for Global Warming scam.
Collaboration with Al Sharpton, Nancy Pelosi and bashing conservatives recently. This is not some campaign time statement 20 years ago. This is 2010 and 2011.
Newt is in line with Romney, probably more liberal than Romney. Unless the real issue with Romney is the religion, I really can’t understand why any freeper would go for Newt.
This time last time Huckabee was nowhere near leading in Iowa. For example, Santorum and maybe even Bachman are still there. Santorum is probably more likely and credible nominee. Anyway, if we are ready to accept Newt, then Romney would be equally acceptable. Everything FR believed would be simply washed away.
“Reagan or nothing!”
That leaves us with Obama.
He’s not brilliant. He’s been wrong many times. He’s simply an arrogant blowhard, and that seems to pass for intelligence (see our current president.) He puts on airs. He affects intelligence. In reality, he’s a bottom-feeding, scamming, low-life parasite. And he will absolutely lose to Obama if nominated.
Newt is a face saving way for tea partiers to completely compromise and still be able to say they didn't vote for Romney, they didn't vote for the establishment pick. Only problem is, Newt would be far more dangerous than Romney as president, and anyway, he stands a much better chance of losing to Obama than Romney.
The ineligible RINO Romney could hardly
be acceptable to America.
He is a dog abuser.
He covered up the BIG DIG as Governor and now LIES
claiming he only worked in the “private sector”. LIAR.
Romney is a serial liar and tyrant. RomneyCARE.
You apparently love RomneyCARE, right?
Nice attempt at a whitewash. But Verum Serum's pieces this week showe how disturbing his work with Freddie Mac truly was. Newt used his influence to defend Fannnie and Freddie, publicaly, on their website no less. This makes a liar of the Newt who claimed as a paid "historian" that he warned them their model was "insane" and a "bubble".
Unearthed: Gingrich Makes the Case for GSE’s on Freddie Mac’s Web Site in 2007/2008
One More Newt Comparison: 2011 vs. 2007
Devastating. Campaign destroying. The GOP just doesn't know it yet.
Not my first choice, but not my last either.
Since I'm from PA, my vote in the primary rarely counts, but this time it may be important.
I've given too much money to Cain, so if I back the Newt it's going to be with lower dollar amounts until the general election.
I was going to vote for Mr. Perfect, huck, but he is so negative that he won't even vote for himself.
All true points on why Gingrich could make a good, even potentially a great president.
However, Newt has a problem Bruce didn’t discuss here: Bad Newt has a tendency, it seems unwittingly sometimes, to be the first to tell conservatives to take it on the chin. And he doesn’t seem to learn. This could be terribly deflating to the conservative movement.
If all of Newt’s considerable skills and knowledge are not comprehensively focused on conservative ends, then we could end up worse off than before. (I am saying this is a fact to be reconciled to, not a ground for not electing him.)
If President Gingrich ticks off conservatives, especially on a fairly regular basis, that would be a disaster for the nation. We are the only ones focused on actual solutions to save the country, and if our next President cannot or will not marshall and deeply *inspire* conservatives, forget about keeping the nation from going over the cliff.
That said, it is what it is. In my view, it seems the only way this is going to work is if conservatives go into this relationship with full understanding that we are going to have to be extremely active in keeping Newt on track, and be willing to keep pounding on him rather than abandon him if Bad Newt shows up.
Of course, that’s all good in principle, but when the shovel hits the dirt, we’ll see.
“He’s not brilliant. He’s been wrong many times. He’s simply an arrogant blowhard, and that seems to pass for intelligence”
Bingo! That about sums it up.
Comparing him with Reagan and Churchill is an insult.
The man has no unifying message. He simple wants to replace the democrats’ big gov. programs with his own “brilliant” big gov. programs. I’ll pass.
I also like Santorum.
I got the impression that Palin’s thinking was along the lines of “take a second look at some of these candidates before you rush into Newt’s arms.”
Again, just my take on her approach. She didn’t say that.
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