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Newt Gingrich tells gay Iowa man Scott Arnold:You’re better off voting for Obama
NY Daily News ^ | 12/21/2011 | Aliyah Shahid

Posted on 12/21/2011 6:46:36 AM PST by Responsibility2nd

Newt Gingrich isn't exactly chasing the gay vote.

The Republican presidential candidate told a homosexual Iowa man at a campaign event on Tuesday to vote for President Obama.

Scott Arnold, a Democrat and associate professor of writing at William Penn University, approached the ex-House speaker in Oskaloosa wanting to know how Gingrich would represent him as President, according to the Des Moines Register.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gayvote; homosexualagenda; ia2012; newt; newt2012; newtgingrich
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
The answer should have been that he's going to get the government off his back and treat him the same way as all other Americans are treated.

Witness the subtle double entendre...

41 posted on 12/21/2011 7:10:59 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter
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To: Responsibility2nd

I didn’t read the exact quote but he should have explained how his plans will help all americans. that dividing Americans into groups hurts us.

Now, if the guy had asked for something in the radical gay agenda, then Gingrich should have said that he doesn’t believe in pandering and that his justice department would treat every American equally.

The thng is, his refreshing sense of propriety NOW will lose him the election. It might be refreshing as President, but if Gingrich is going to be a losse cannon NOW he will be perceived as too negative to win either the primary or the general.

There were a million refreshing answers he could have given without telling the guy to go vote for his opponent.

“I dont believe in dividing the needs of Americans by their sex lives.”

“Obama panders to groups, and all it does is increase the divide between Americans.”

“have you stopped to consider that what you are asking for hurts other Americans? Best to treat all Americans the same and give no special treatment unless they are seriously differently abled.”

Etc.


42 posted on 12/21/2011 7:13:53 AM PST by Yaelle (Excuse the mobile device errors please.)
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To: bigdirty

Newt knows that any answer he gave would be used to beat him with. He gave the same answer every target of these people should give.


43 posted on 12/21/2011 7:14:47 AM PST by skeeter
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To: Responsibility2nd

Good for Newt.

Probably less than 1% of gays vote republican or donate to the republican party.

He will not lose any votes by getting into bed with a Gay Professor to get the gay vote.


44 posted on 12/21/2011 7:16:37 AM PST by Grampa Dave (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
“I support Rick Perry. But if it comes down to a Romney vs. Newt battle, then I would support Mitt.”

How could you support Perry ( I also do), but then choose Romney over Gingrich as a second choice?

What do you like about Romney? Is it the queer agenda, gun-grabbing, or murdering babies that you like most?

45 posted on 12/21/2011 7:17:32 AM PST by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: indianrightwinger

More straights that homo’s, he said the right thing.


46 posted on 12/21/2011 7:17:38 AM PST by swampfox101
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To: Responsibility2nd

Nice to see a candidate stand up against the phony “gay rights” thing, vote or no vote.


47 posted on 12/21/2011 7:18:06 AM PST by PapaNew
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To: Yaelle
I didn’t read the exact quote

That would be because the article didn't print it. I'd like to know what the exact quote was, myself, but all we have is a second-hand characterization of what Gingrich said, from a hardly disinterested and unbiased source.

48 posted on 12/21/2011 7:20:39 AM PST by kevkrom (Note to self: proofread, then post. It's better that way.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

This is why Newt is falling. I don’t know if I can vote for Newt or Mitt at this point.

What you tell the guy is you will represent him just as you would every American citizen. What you don’t tell him is that my America doesn’t include you, which is essentially what Newt did.


49 posted on 12/21/2011 7:20:50 AM PST by Zack Attack
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To: Responsibility2nd
how Gingrich would represent him as President

Well, Scott, what you're really asking is how will I support the homosexual agenda as President. The answer is simple: I won't. For three reasons:

1) The President is not a representative. He is an executive. You must be confusing me with your congressman. As the Chief Executive I will carry out my responsibilities under the oath I swear, and that means I will accord you and every other citizen of this country the rights they are vouchsafed under our Constitution.

2) To the degree I am a guardian of the public well-being, I choose to represent the 99 percent of Americans who are NOT homosexual rather than the handful who are.

3) I am not aligned with homosexuality as a lifestyle. It violates the most fundamental relationships between humans and I will not sanction any action that equates it with heterosexuality. I will not advocate extraordinary protections for homosexuals nor will I champion the designation of homosexuals as a victim group.

To reiterate, I will NOT represent the homosexual agenda as President. If that position is inconsistent with your personal and political ideology, you might find a more amenable candidate in my opponent.

50 posted on 12/21/2011 7:22:55 AM PST by IronJack (=)
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To: Responsibility2nd
"When you ask somebody a question and you expect them to support all Americans and have everyone's general interest," Arnold said. "It's a little bit frustrating and disheartening when you're told to support the other side, that he doesn't need your support."

Hey ASS**** what planet have you been living on for the last three years? This is how Obama treats the Republicans!

At least Newt was honest enough to tell you the truth to your face!

51 posted on 12/21/2011 7:25:18 AM PST by Lockbox (`)
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To: Beagle8U

Who said I like Romney? IF I support him - it would be because he is the best option to defeat Øbama and has morals and integrity that Newt never had.


52 posted on 12/21/2011 7:25:21 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
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To: muawiyah
Who said you had to be a ‘Rat to be a lefty turd?
McCain is a leftist sympathizer....along with his buddy Lingsey Graham.
53 posted on 12/21/2011 7:25:26 AM PST by rightwingextremist1776
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To: dynachrome
Already commented. No quotes, no facts, just allegations by a DEMOCRAT voter/gay professor. Garbage journalism from a Democrat news outlet.

That is why they gave Mitt their endorsement. They are a Democrat propaganda organ.
54 posted on 12/21/2011 7:25:33 AM PST by Sudetenland (Anybody but Obama!!!!)
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To: Zack Attack
What you don’t tell him is that my America doesn’t include you, which is essentially what Newt did.

I don't see it that way. The guy already has his constitutional rights like every other American. Gingrich can't give or take those. What he wants is special rights, and for that, he WOULD have to get those from Odumbo.
55 posted on 12/21/2011 7:30:01 AM PST by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 !)
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To: indianrightwinger

I’m not sold on Newt, but I agree with his answer. You can’t please everyone and you can’t please queers who’s political stance is “what’s in it for queers” as it were. Pandering doesn’t work.


56 posted on 12/21/2011 7:30:02 AM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: Responsibility2nd
What remarks are those? The remarks this Democrat activist claims Newt made? I read no quotes in this story. I saw no evidence that this discussion ever occurred. All I read is that some "gay professor/Democrat voter" claims to have asked Newt a question and that Newt, uncharacteristically fluffed him off.

This crap journalism.
57 posted on 12/21/2011 7:30:08 AM PST by Sudetenland (Anybody but Obama!!!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Good for newt. Decency and public health concerns trump deviant behavior and disease vectoring. The deviants have always allied themselves with other deviants (GLBTP) and the demorats—let them remain there.


58 posted on 12/21/2011 7:30:49 AM PST by Neoliberalnot ((Read "The Grey Book" for an alternative to corruption in DC))
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To: Responsibility2nd

Principle over pandering, how refreshing. Romney would have pandered.


59 posted on 12/21/2011 7:32:32 AM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est; zero sera dans l'enfer bientot.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
“.. has morals and integrity that Newt never had.”

Romney has no morals at all. Nothing in his worthless excuse of a life is of any value at all.Romney is no better than Obama, but the damage he would do would be longer lasting.

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60 posted on 12/21/2011 7:34:52 AM PST by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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