This gets tiring. Newt Gingrich has ONLY ever ACTED as a Conservative when in office. ONLY. So either find some RINO examples when he was in office or STFU.
It doesn't matter much what he's said in his private enterprises because he was paid to talk, provide IDEAS, and do so in the capacity as a talking head. Of COURSE he will have espoused, and will continue to espouse many many ideas. Because he's an idea man. BUT WHAT HE HAS SUPPORTED THROUGH HIS VOTES HAS BEEN AS AN AUTHENTIC CONSERVATIVE.
I suggest you take that flag, put it down, and start providing some backing for your stance. Otherwise, you are just another blowhard hiding behind a Tea Party moniker.
You must conveniently ignore the multiplicity of news links and commentary here on Free Republic that exposes Gingrich’s political and personal history for the RINO he truly is.
There is plenty of evidence here to help us all make an informed decision about which candidate would be best served in advancing conservatism in America. So, there really should be no excuse to make a wrong decision on a political candidate that you, your family, or America will one day regret. But, I daresay that this serious responsibility to protect conservative principles oftentimes seems to be quickly forgotten as the easiness of echoing ‘feel-good’ comments of faux-bravado while trumpeting RINO candidates is instead chosen.
I don’t mind disagreement from fellow Freepers, even if it is caustically made, such as yours was to me. Our parlaying of political wit and insight is what makes Free Republic great. And with our contentious debating at all hours of the day and night, you will have the power to vote your conscience come election day. However, how you choose to vote will be a reflection of the words you write on here, an archived legacy of winning...or failing. A ping history of either truths...or lies.
But to be clear, I stand alone with my principled conservative convictions, because this is what the Tea Party is truly about. Those who rally around the Gadsden banner owe no allegiance to a political party, we do not blindly follow supposed Tea Party ‘leaders’, we are individuals who now have finally found our voices and demand to be judged by them. We are the millions and millions of conservative voters who trust that the other Tea Party voters will have our back when it comes to push and shove from RINOs and the Obamanation. I have Palin’s, Cain’s, and Bachmann’s back, and I know they have mine. This is the respect we give to each other.
This is the power of the Tea Party. As a local, state, and nation movement, every single individual who identifies with the Tea Party is united in political ferocity against those that would attempt to silence us.
There is a reason that the Gadsden banner is imprinted with the warning, ‘Don’t Tread On Me’. It is what conservatives are about. It is what I am about. It is what almost every Freeper is about.
This is my evidence, my words of liberty, faith, and love for America, that refuses to bend. Judge my words as evidence for the conservatism that makes me who I am, but know this, I am judging your words, your evidence, that you present, as well.
Gingrich was feeding at the Freddie Mac trough because of his scholarship on the real estate market in the United States? Because he wrote extensively on the relationship between home ownership and economic growth? Paid for his ideas...lol
And the in September when Congress was debating the first bailout, without disclosing himself as a former pitchman, went on Fox News to decry how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had so “many politicians beholden to them” that no one would step up to protect American taxpayers and to argue the bailout should be rejected unless it expressly forbade companies receiving federal money from hiring lobbyists.
It would obviously severely damage conservatism and most likely destroy the Republican Party when the standard bearer of your party profited off of one of the biggest scandals of our time, and of everything that is wrong not just with Newt, but with Washington. That’s what you get when you try to win at any cost and run your nomination process like a reality series.
Let the voter (and listener of his latest talking points) beware.