Gingrich is the Big Government statist guy who has been feeding at the government trough all his life. He thinks government can provide the solutions to our problems. He is an inside the Beltway influence peddler who used his position to gain wealth. He supports amnesty. He supports a "robust guest worker program."
Kerry-Gingrich “debate” on Global Warming
At one point, Gingrich said, "We're not arguing over whether it [a plan to fight global warming] should be urgent. We're arguing over whether bureaucracy and litigation is a better way to be urgent or whether science and technology translated by entrepreneurs into products is a better way to be urgent."
Finally, Kerry relented. "I'm excited to hear you talk about the urgency," he said. But "what would you say to Senator [Jim] Inhofe [R-Okla.] and to others in the Senate who are resisting even the science?"
Gingrich didn't hesitate. "My message," he said, "is that the evidence is sufficient that we should move towards the most effective possible steps to reduce carbon loading of the atmosphere." The pro-Kerry crowd applauded.
"And do it urgently?" the senator pressed.
"And do it urgently, yeah," the former speaker replied. "I think there has to be, if you will, a green conservatism," he added.
April 10, 2007
NANCY PELOSI: Hi. I’m Nancy Pelosi, lifelong Democrat and Speaker of the House.
NEWT GINGRICH: And I’m Newt Gingrich, lifelong Republican, and I used to be Speaker.
PELOSI: We don’t always see eye-to-eye, do we Newt?
GINGRICH: No. But we do agree our country must take action to address climate change.
PELOSI: We need cleaner forms of energy and we need them fast.
GINGRICH: If enough of us demand action from our leaders, we can spark the innovation we need.
April 18, 2008
Bonus question: What other Republican candidate has done as much as Gingrich to implement the Reagan revolution?
Keep in mind that Gingrich has since admitted that he was wrong on the Global warming hooey, and IIRC, even confessed that his reasons for supporting Scozzafava were made in error.
Keep in mind Reagans' sage standard -- that if you agree with a candidate 75 or 80 percent, that should be good enough.
Gingrich is far from perfect, and you have never, and will never, see me (or any other Gingrich supporter that I've seen on FR) claiming otherwise.
But LIKE THOMAS SOWELL, one of the finest conservative thinkers in America, I think it's quite clear that Gingrich is far and away the best bet we've got in our pool of candidates.
More important, ROMNEY IS A STATIST and STATISM IS OUR ENEMY. Compared to Romney, Gingrich is an angel.
Yet everything you and many others here are doing, along with the likes of Rush Limbaugh, which is heartbreaking for this long-time fan, is AIDING AND ABETTING ROMNEY, albeit indirectly.
On balance, Gingrich has done ONE HELL OF A LOT MORE GOOD than bad in the halls of American government, and right now, he is the most courageous and aggressive one doing bloody battle to take down Romney, who represents statism, which is our REAL enemy.
Yet because you insist on twisting his attack on Romney's poor business ethic as an attack on capitalism in general -- and YOUR CONSCIENCE MUST TELL YOU your take is disingenuous -- you are paving the way for Romney.
Snap out of it!