http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71336.html
Newt Gingrich: I crossed the line
kinda leaves the defenders redfaced
I keep a close watch on this mouth of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time.
I keep my ears out for the best of lines
And now I pine
I crossed the line
Not this defender. For me, it reinforces one of the few reasons to support Newt, with all his flaws -- have you EVER heard Romney admit to being wrong? (Or Rush, for that matter!!!?). Romney is still BRAGGING about his RomneyCare and doing his damndest to spin it as "conservative," though it is the very antithesis of limited government conservatism.
At least Gingrich has the humility and grace to admit his goofs. Not "flip-flops," as in saying one thing one week and blithely saying the opposite the next while pretending the former stance never existed, ala Romney, but "I was in error before, and I've seen the light."
At this point, it's pretty obvious (and I'm in company with Thomas Sowell here) that Gingrich is our best bet in terms of primary candidates. He's not perfect, but he's a whole helluva lot closer to it than Romney. Romney is a proven and committed statist, the ENEMY of liberty. For Rush not to START SAYING, as Sowell HAS, that between Gingrich and Romney it's NO CONTEST regardless of Newt's flaws and goofs, is perplexing and disappointing.
If anybody should be redfaced at Newt's admission of crossing the line, it should be his attackers.