Posted on 12/24/2011 6:08:27 AM PST by SeekAndFind
With the holidays approaching, families gather to share their love, support, and traditions. American Thinker interviewed one of Newt Gingrich's daughters, conservative columnist Jackie Gingrich Cushman, about her dad. She was honest, forthright, and in admiration of her famous father, who is currently running for president.
What three adjectives describe Jackie's father? Jackie answered that he is persistent, cheerful, and tenacious. "Persistent" applied especially after Newt lost the election for Congress in 1974 -- the next day, he started preparing for a run in 1976 and lost again, but he eventually won in 1978.
Jackie commented to American Thinker that the lesson she learned from Newt was that "[h]e did not just give up.
Everybody fails. He has always told me if you fail, you need to get up very rapidly and learn what happened. You need to move forward to incorporate that learning in whatever you are doing."
Regarding "cheerful," Jackie cited Newt's motto as speaker of the House: "cheerful persistence. Sometimes it is hard for people to see that about him. Today, when he is out on the campaign trail, I ask him how is he doing and he responds, 'having a ball.' He is glad to be out there, glad to be with people. I am trying to pass down this same cheerfulness to my children. There are so many things to be thankful for, but we tend to focus many times on the challenges in our lives instead of focusing on our blessings."
And Newt is tenacious because he desired to have a "Contract with America," becoming an advocate to make America better. Jackie feels that Newt accomplished this by doing what he promised, voting on all the items in a short period of time.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
With his “baggage” I tend to believe that if he has a daughter’s support, it is likely that he isn’t the ogre or SOB that folks try to make of you. I like him more now.
Oh and daughter wouldn’t benefit at all if Daddy became President? Puhleez, these people are in it for one thing and one thing only, self interest.
How many elections did Abe Lincoln lose?
And you know this about these individuals ... how?
To you and 0811
Newt is one of the “ruling class”, no spine, will simply continue the culture of corruption.
I though this part of the article was good:
“Dad believes in individual people and what they can do for America.” She explained that President Obama’s belief is the direct opposite, with big government being the answer to everything. This is exemplified in her quotation from the book written by her dad, To Save America:
“We were told to vote for change we could believe in and found we had elected people who wanted to change what we believe.”
Jackie commented directly that “President Obama wanted to change the basis of our country: life, liberty, and happiness.””
To CHANGE WHAT WE BELIEVE, indeed! Obama really doesn’t know “squat” about traditional American beliefs ... and hopefully next year he will discover how committed we are to keeping them.
Again ... HOW do you know this?
Where were you when he was the active Speaker of the House?
I am talking millions maybe billions of dollars that can be skimmed off of various taxpayer funded projects and bailouts
I was in flyoever country the part of the country that “doesn’t matter”
So, what were you doing then? Were you paying attention to what was happening in DC?
“We were told to vote for change we could believe in and found we had elected people who wanted to change what we believe.”
Eggggsactly!
Thank goodness they interview Newt’s “brother” again....
You’re talking out your @ss ‘cause your mouth knows better.
How does that translate into "benefiting" by her father being president?
RE: Thank goodness they interview Newt’s “brother” again....
I don’t get it... who is Newt’s “brother”?
Gee I wonder
you like ghetto talk, huh
Ask Candace Gingrich-Jones what people don’t know about her older brother, and she’ll tell you about his lighter side.
“Like a lot of folks, Newt has a public and a private persona,” she said in an interview with ABC News. “He can be a pretty fun person with a fun sense of humor, and the ability to be irreverent.”
But when it comes to politics, Gingrich-Jones — a gay rights activist — isn’t laughing.
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