Posted on 12/09/2011 7:12:10 AM PST by maggief
It's not just the Mitt Romney camp keeping up the hits against Newt Gingrich. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, the son of the presidential candidate, takes to the pages of the Des Moines Register to attack the former House speaker as an influence-peddling "Rockefeller Republican":
Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich supported the outrageous $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, bailouts — “one of the most unpopular government programs in American history,” even according to President Obama’s own Treasury Department.
Both Romney and Gingrich have been outspoken and unapologetic supporters of the individual mandate. This is the heart and soul of ObamaCare. …. Continue Reading
Gingrich is not from the tea party. He is not even a conservative.
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It can be construed as “pimping for Daddy”, I suppose, but the fact is Newt is a far cry from a Constitutional Conservative, no matter what the circumstances regarding the leveling of those accusations. Newt will break the hearts of all of us longing for an electable “not Romney”.
Gecko is not the guy we want at the top of our Ticket.
Neither is Romeny, neither is Dr. Paul...
Were it not for Ron Paul's positions re Israel and the border, I'd be with him.
Rand Paul is a true conservative. Impeccable. Gingrich on the other hand.......
I don’t believe he’s ever run for president.
Rand Paul has been the single best voice to the Tea Party in Washington since January 2011, even better than Jim DeMint. I’m truly disappointed with the treatment he’s getting in this thread.
Gingrich is not a conservative. He’s not Tea Party. He’s on the payroll of Freddie Mac as a self professed historian? My goodness.
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