Posted on 01/25/2012 1:03:29 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Our Florida Chapter is there and will be posting first hand reports and photos!! Go, Florida!!
Kristinn says there's a huge crowd forming and lots of media trucks.
Go, NEWT!!
Go, tea party!!
Rebellion is here!!
Join, or die!! --Ben Franklin
Yes! I hope there were young people watching it too. They need this.
And the Fox "All Stars" are delighted that "Newt's momentum is slowing in Florida." So I guess he's going to win by 10 points.
Can't wait for Thursday's debate, when the proletariat will be allowed to applaud.
Congrats...Literally I just found out an hour ago Im going to be a grand dad!
I can remember watching Alan Shepard's launch into space in 1961 on TV, as a as a 14 year old kid. I wrote to NASA for information on the the whole mission and they sent me a huge tome That had every radio transmission between him and all the ground controllers transcribed. I read it and read it. Not knowing a lot of the terms they were using. I became a rocketeer and discovered Estes Industries - they were making model rocket motors. I learned about center of gravity and center of aerodynamics and the mathematical relationship between them in making a rocket fly. Great times for a kid my age! I was no longer playing in the dirt, but launching rockets into the air!
The impression I got from the debate was that he would gut the space program even more.
As a space worker, I’m thrilled that he’s enthusiastic about space. But I don’t agree with his plan to disband the NASA structure and give it all to private companies. It’s fine to give some work to the private companies (as those companies are now developing craft to space station), but NASA has a purpose to ensure safety of the vehicles going to space station. Also NASA is running the space station now. I’m assuming he wouldn’t change the current structure to give management of space station to a private company. The overhead would be too great.
Here’s the low down.....Couple of thread on FR on it too. Please pass the information to as many people as possible.
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/what-really-happened-gingrich-ethics-case/336051
Those history tapes where what the congress used to trump up the charges against Newt....Hard to believe isn’t it but true.
This is going to be a very good year, my first grandbaby, Charles Hanly will be born in May.
Spaceworker here. I was reacting to what I heard, but once I listened to it, I thought what he said was perfect.
Go Newt!
Congratulations to us all!; May The Lord Bless and guide our future generations continually.
I agree. Perry’s recommendation meant something to me, but Santorum’s would not.
Newt certainly turned the grandiose tables on Romney.
Grandiose is now officially in.
I met Newt Gingrich after the speech on the ropeline and was able to relay JimRob's FreeRepublic.com endorsement in person and that there is a lot of support for him on the website. Newt politely thanked me as we shook hands. He then stepped away, stopped, turned back, looked me in the eye again and emphatically repeated, "Thank you," as if it took a second for him to assess what was said and he wanted me to know he understood.
The event itself was packed, perhaps a thousand in the room and another thousand outside. I barely got in and was in the back a few rows before the press riser. More people were given standing room behind the riser.
I saw Fox's Carl Cameron and ABC's Jonathan Karl among the media. Print reporters and still photographers were brought to the front just before Newt arrived.
The crowd was revved up and waiting to cheer Newt. The speech was well received, as you saw on C-SPAN. While there were reports that leftists would infiltrate the crowd, there were no disruptions. The Q&A which was scheduled for after the speech was ditched. Newt lingered inside the room, Callista by his side, shaking hands, posing for pictures and giving autographs. He did the same when he went out the back of the Holiday Inn Express convention room on the way to his campaign bus. It was almost 45 minutes after the speech ended before he left for his next event.
I met FReepers 3D-Joy and mcmuffin after the speech. They were out sign-waving before the event. 3D-Joy made a special 'FreeRepublic.com supports Newt Gingrich' sign.
I think other FReepers were there, but I didn't see them in the crowds.
Thanks for the update, will you be going to the debate in JAX and do you need tickets and if so is there a cost etc?
Thanks for the AAR and for conveying our support.
Not going to Jacksonville. Don’t know about tickets. This event was free and open to the public.
Like.
Thank you for the info and ping.
OK thanks, I called the GOP and they gave no info out about it on the phone and I would love to take a drive into JAX and get to this debate and you can be sure if Newt says something good I will clap regardless of what Coulter, MSM the establishment or Romney wants.
If you ever hear anything could you please let me know.
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