Someone please tell me the alternative to Gingrich. Please. If he is not our best hope just tell me who is.
I want something better too! Tell me what it is.
I would vote for Palin in a second if she got in. Bachmann self-destructed. Cain acted like a mere mortal. Santorum is not getting traction. Perry acts like he doesn’t know where he is half the time (the other half is pretty good).
We need to win.
For a long time I said I’d rather ‘no’ vote than vote for someone who wasn’t a real conservative. I figured 4 more years of the loser we have now would lead to such civil unrest that things could get set right that way. I still feel that way quite a bit. I seriously doubt that voting can solve the mess we are in.
At the end of the day for me the deal is this - The TEA Party is leaderless but we have some pretty good advisers. Mr. Robinson is one of those. If we’re going to sh!t-out anyways, I’ll follow the advice of a true conservative hero and into the breach I go.
If Newt isn’t the best we’ve got just tell me who is. I’m willing to go down fighting but we might as well try and kick the marxist traitor we have now in the teeth on the way to the ring.
Go with the second half, you will be glad you did. This is true if you are fiscally AND socially conservative.
I have a little different take on your question, I think.
For the most part, the choice seems to be framed as to support or not support Gingrich.
As you pointed out, unless one considers voting for Romney (and, believe me, a lot of people out there are going to be giving Romney a second look over the next weeks and months), there is no choice but Gingrich.
But supporting him as the nominee doesn’t, in my view, mean giving him a pass. He’s got a lot of bullcrap to answer for and I say make him answer for it. Take him to task here, even in our little corner of the world. It’s not chopped liver.
Put it out there that we’re not ignoring his problems, rather we’re well aware of them, they concern us, and don’t take the fact that we’re going to hire you in spite of them as carte blanche to continue these stunts in the future.
IOW, at some point, all we can do as a movement is try to preserve our political and moral authority to hold this man that, in some ways, we have no choice but to support, accountable in a fierce way.
Because he’s a loose cannon.
Some may so “oh, so just tear down our own.” Bull. Talking about what’s gone wrong and WHAT WE EXPECT/DEMAND in the future doesn’t tear Gingrich down. It will make him stronger, actually. And it won’t hurt him a bit in the general election — that’s already it’s own ballgame.