Posted on 12/21/2011 11:40:08 AM PST by true believer forever
Yeah and Boehner is such a “fighter”
as Speaker...... :)
Boehner and his ilk were terrified that Gingrich would actually stand up to the libs instead of folding like a cheap suit as we have seen all year form the so called ‘leader’ of the pubs....
Perhaps if you want to be President you have to stand out as a leader, Gingrich has and has advanced conservative positions and gotten conservative agenda items though congress, the rest haven’t accomplished ANYTHING beyond flapping their gums and batting their eyes.
If you go to his web page other than perhaps his immigration approach there is noting there that isn’t solidly conservative.
>> In simple language why was Gingrich tossed out? <<
Simple reason no. one: The colleagues who knew him best thought he was a jerk.
Simple reason no. two: The colleagues who knew him best thought he was a poor manager.
Simple reason no. three: The colleagues who knew him best were appalled by his hypocrisy in carrying on an adulterous affair with a staffer while leading the charge against Clinton for the latter’s similar offenses.
Simple reason no. four: The colleagues who knew him best were appalled that his ethics violations were so severe as to warrant a $300,000.00 penalty.
You pays your money and you takes your choice!
I like that too! Sound leader!
Newt may be a jerk, but the main reason they don’t want him is because he would want to take charge. Boehner and McConnell are quite confortable doing what they are doing. I don’t think either one of them thinks were are in a crisis. A forceful leader of the House would have taken Ryan’s budget and made it the basis of the negotiations. IF we are in the midst of a crisis, the last thing we need is generals who are fighting the last war.
Or generals who don't believe we're in a war. Or don't believe that it's necessary to win.
noot crewe shavin more points i see...everyday Im more convinced that hes sold out for a seat at the trough, for a consultation fee, of course...
Speaking of wars, I have sadly concluded that Bush didn’t realize that he had to win in Iraq until toward the end of his term. I was astonished that after his re-election, he turned to domestic issues rather than bring that war to a conclusion. Lord knows how he really saw things. I doubt we’ll ever know. We still don’t know what Harry Truman was thinking about the Korean War in 1951.
Thanks
Interesting observations. We really don't know these things, do we?
We can only speculate. And my speculation with regard to Bush and Iraq is that the administration was politically paralyzed by the Democrats' opposition to the war and their unbelievable claims that they'd been misled -- which were given credibility by the MSM.
Bush was, at bottom, a good natured man who, I believe, was mystified by the Democrats' despicable tactics -- which bordered on sedition, even open treason. It was a continuation of the naivete of his "new tone" attitude.
Things like the endless (and baseless) Joe Wilson/Valerie Plame Affair sucked the energy out of the administration. The failure of the Republican legislative leadership to come forward in his defense didn't help either.
After the 2006 election, Bush displayed many of the aspects of a defeated man -- just marking time until he could step down. It was at his time, though, that he marshalled all his political resources and conducted the decisive "surge" -- finally bringing the war to a successful conclusion.
Personally, I will never forgive the Democrats for their insufferable behavior at this point in the nation's history. But, at the same time, I do wish that Bush had been a more stalwart and assertive leader. But I appreciate the fact that he was essentially standing alone against the Democrat and Media onslaught.
It had to be a painful experience...
Agree with ever word,although, as you say, we can only speculate. History is so often like a description of a battle. Because of the fog of war, no one can ever say exactly what happened, at this time and place, or why. Even those in the field in their after-battle reports will just make up stuff rather than admit, they just didn’t see what happened. The guys who make up the best stories tend to get the medals.
Newton does cause fear in the hearts of many. “Fear Strikes Out” is an old Tony Perkins film. It applies to so many today.
Newt is the one person most responsible for stopping the momentum of Ryan's budget in its tracks, by going on tv and TRASHING it as "right-wing social engineering."
Newt completely undermined the conservative agenda with his loose talk.
Thanks, Newt.
That’s not true. Newt caught heck for making that statement. It was one of the things that caused his campaign to bottom out last spring. I am just speculating, but Ryan has been bucking the tide all along. The guys on top did not want to make room for him at the table. He got the chairmanship, but his plan was too bold for guys who think they get paid for running around the same old circles. They copped out when the Dims started talking about Ryan throwing old folks over the cliff. Remember the town hall meeting where those folks got up and gave him heck? They had only one thought in mind: I have terrified by the thought of losing my government pension, because I put all my eggs in that basket. Never mind what the reality was: the Dims played played them like harps.
Well, it is my hope that you are right. Newt is an sob, and we badly need one right now. Bush let them walk all over him. All this gentlemanly stuff about being too proud to fight.
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