Newt Gingrich in Elgin: Obama attacks Catholic Church, appeases radical Islam

Chicago Sun Times ^ | Marcy 15, 2012 | ABDON M. PALLASCH

[Cincinatus' Wife]

GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich courted Christian voters in Elgin Wednesday as he resumed his tour of Chicago’s northwest suburbs. He started at Barrington High School and is moving to the Christian Judson University on the banks of the Fox River in Elgin.

At what was billed as a “Hispanic Town Hall Meeting with Newt and Calista,” about 300 mostly white Christian college students jammed a campus chapel and applauded when Gingrich slammed President Barack Obama for what Gingrich called “Obama’s attack on the Catholic Church and other right-to-life institutions.”

...Contrasting that with Obama’s apology to Muslims after reports that copies of the Quran were burned, Gingrich said, “Appeasing radical Islam whole while crushing Christianity and Judaism strikes me as exactly what’s wrong in America today.”

The chapel erupted in applause.....

Standing against a backdrop of organ pipes and an American Flag, Gingrich did briefly mention why Hispanics should vote Republican.

“How can we find the common ground between Latino-Americans and the Republican Party?” Gingrich asked. “Family, jobs, take-home pay…”

Gingrich said Latinos had plenty of reasons to become Republicans and to support him, including because they would benefit from lower gas prices he says his policies would bring.

...“I’m staying in the race because I think Proverbs was right when it said that ‘Without vision people will parish,’ ” Gingrich said. “This is also part of the reason I’ve decided to stay in the race: I think we need a visionary leader.”

Eligio Marin, 64, a Vietnam vet laid off from his job at the State Treasurer’s office, said after Gingrich’ speech that he hopes Gingrich stays in the race.

“They want him to get out. This is nonsense. He is the most experienced. I hope we have a brokered convention,” Marin said.

[gitmogrunt]

You are so right on ! My wife and I are in tears. You are great with words. I have my doubts about our fellow Americans. They just don’t see what we see. ............Churchill among us now.

[hinckley buzzard]

Chamberlain ALWAYS gets no credit.

That may be true but it is also due to the fact that the sellout was a cynical and knowing betrayal of eastern european democracies, leading to the murder of millions. Chamberlain died a broken man soon after, and for good reason. He knew what he had done.

It is also true that Churchill was right for years before, ignored and ridiculed for it. If the West had listened to him in 1936, when the German Army was a ragtag bunch straggling unhindered and unopposed into the Rhineland, no better than the British Army and far weaker than the French, there would have been no WWII, at least in the European theatre.

We at least have the oppportunity of not ignoring Gingrich untill it is too late and the cost too high. Whether we will seize the day is looking doubtful.

[EnglishCon]

Good point, and I won’t be disagreeing with you.

The problem is hindsight is 20:20 vision, foresight is looking through mud with one eye closed and the other squinting. He had to make time for us to build and equip our forces. A hard choice. One I would hate to have to call.

Churchill saw what was needed, both in ‘36 and in ‘45, and both times no one believed him. The failure of the allies to listen to Churchill in ‘45 killed far more than Chamberlain did.

I pray every single day that America will not ignore Gingrich. The guy with an actual plan, written out for all to see, to get out of the quagmire. It just is starting to look less likely to actually happen.

[teeman8r]

Without vision people will parish...

or perish...

i wonder if he meant that without vision more people would go to church...

it’s hard to say what he meant...

i have no visi______________aaaaargh...