Posted on 02/10/2012 11:23:22 PM PST by GVnana
Newt Gingrich knows how to play to the base.
At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday, the GOP presidential hopeful said that, if elected, he would wipe out much of President Obama's legacy on his very first day in office.
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He said that "by the time President Obama lands in Chicago we will have repudiated at least 40 percent of his government on the opening day."
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"For the Republican establishment, managing the decay is preferable to changing the trajectory," he said. "This is the year to reset this country in a decisive, bold way. We are determined to rebuild America, not manage its decay."
Gingrich aligned himself the Tea Party and Ronald Reagan, which he said represented the "conservative movement" versus the "Republican establishment."
The Republican establishment, he said, doesn't "have the toughness, they don't have the commitment, and they don't have the philosophy necessary to build a majority in this country."
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
--Newt Gingrich, CPAC, February 10, 2012
Newt has. He was for the individual mandate before he was against it.
I surmised you would show that you are just a whiny poster. Grow up.
Unlike the other candidates, Newt’s got some experience doing this kind of thing.
Typical response from anyone who can't refute facts.
Indeed he does.
” This is why Newt, despite his negatives, is the guy to take it to Obama.”
Right you are! This surge by Santorum made me take a closer look at him. No thanks, Newt’s warts are not near so bad as those on Santorum. And Newt has a fire in his belly that’s absent with Santorum and totally lacking with Mittens. Plus Santorum says that there’s no place in the GOP for Libertarians. Ron Paul makes a lot of sense on a lot of issues. The GOP would do well to listen to him as well, instead of belittling and trashing him. Of all of them, he’s the one who has principles, something that is sorely lacking in politics today.
I must say to you BSF... I love Newt’s boilerplate...not so much your hissing.
-- Soon-to-be-President Newton Leroy (Newt) Gingrich
You cannot grasp the facts - they go over your head. Like I said, grow up and stop your whining.
Took generations to get to here...Would take generations to get back to where we, as a Nation, should be...
Eliminating the czars and executive orders will be like taking aspirin for terminal cancer...
Only heroic surgery, as surgeons are wont to say, will offer any chance at restoring freedom & liberty within the framework of the former Constitution...
Now we know why he is still in office.
Amazing, first executive order seals his personal records. Wait a minute, that is unconstitutional.
Funny we have never heard about this.
Not much of a fact. You’re basically calling Newt a liar when he states he will repeal Obamacare, including the mandate, and that he himself has repudiated it.
This is all the Santorumbots have at this point, since their candidate, as exposed in that simple flier, honestly has no vision for the country. He is a tepid conservative with a tepid platform. But, woe to he who questions the integrity and value of Saint Rick!
Snarkiness from CBS as usual. Newt’s crowd was very enthusiastic.
The one who was underwhelming (that the MSM will never own up to) was Mittens. He just isn’t as good a fake conservative as BHO was a fake moderate.
The “conservative tradition” in our state of Pennsylvania for Republicans like Rick Santorum comes from the Pennsylvania Manuracturers Assocation.
They supported protectionism back in the 1920’s with tariffs on foreign made products that were made in Pennsylvania.
“Getting rid of the czars is not 40% of the damage, as was advertised.”
The czars dismissal was only one facet of it, if you listened to the entire game plan, starting after the election.
But the czars control a staggering amount of power and taxpayer dollars.
“The next President doesnt have the power to cancel laws that were passed by Congress unilaterally.”
He never said that - he talked about enlisting Congress (hopefully more conservative House and Senate) to repeal those laws.
I think GeronL has selective hearing.
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