Me and the little one are in, til Newt’s out.
Posted on 03/23/2012 10:39:21 AM PDT by Cindy of Nashville
I picture Newt Gingrich as an old seasoned sea captain, with the captain's hat and the pipe standing at the helm of the USS America, calmly, with ruthless brilliance righting our ship that has lost it's course. He's the only one who knows where the the reefs and sandbars are and can prevent a ship wreck. If people don't start letting him have the wheel, we're going to all need life jackets.
I agree with you 100%. Let’s drop the baggage stuff. They all have baggage, but the most important thing is to elect the best leader who can lead us out of this mess. Newt is a proven leader, and I am all for him to be the next President of the United States. Go Newt !!
He is a visionary and expresses his visions with savvy.
Good grief. I’d support Newt ... but lets not whitewash. Most of the baggage is true — old, but true.
Newt is what he is ... a very flawed, very smart man who may be the best choice standing. He would be a capable captain, but I’ll not worship him as if he’s something he’s not.
SnakeDoc
Are they serving scozzofava beans on the buffet?
“Arrrr, matey and a girl in every port”
Here is a vision of Newt to keep in mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJaImGbEclI&feature=player_embedded
Me and the little one are in, til Newt’s out.
America needs Newt. He’s probably the only one who can beat obama. If one of the others does happen to beat obama I don’t believe they can or will make the necessary changes in government that are needed, I believe after a brief show and some cuts the spending will resume just a little slower than the democrats and then there will be another big fight about the debt and we will again have the democrats back in power as the Republicans had their chance. We are in dire need of someone with Newts abilities who is also a “Social Conservative” as well as a “Fiscal Conservative.” Oh, that would be Newt.
He’s not pure enough. We’d rather drown.
The ‘People’ are being stupid mutineers who think the fancy pants looking guy can run the ship better. You know what happens to the ship after that.
Verry funny, but very misleading. So much of what you think you know just isn’t so!
Maybe, but it probably won't be a union kitchen.
The way I see it, your subject video shows Newt’s strength in seeking ways to manage bad situations.
Thank you for giving us that view.
Thank you. However, the super intelligent American people do not want a Statesman, they have made it very clear they want a Snake oil salesman or the whining novice, or Dr. Straitjacket.
Newt understands supply-side economics and we need a lot of that to turn things around. He also knows what to do with terrorists and I think it involves killing them. That’s enough to make me happy right there, but he also has this thing called ‘vision’ and that is very important. I don’t see any of these things in his opponents. Santorum and Romney (my dog is on the roof) don’t talk about a 15% flat tax or repealing Sarbanes-Oxley or Dodd-Frank or scaling back the EPA and I don’t think any of these things will happen with either of them at the helm. We really need Gingrich to navigate a very very serious course correction.
I'd gladly support him if he ends up running as a third-party candidate against Obama and Romney.
What’s this “WE” stuff, speak for yourself. You must be lily white pure to cast such a judgement. You can drown if you want, but I think most of would like to fight to keep the ship afloat.
Sure, he was a paragon of marital virtue. If Romney’s past practice can be held against him, as it should, how does Gingrich get a pass?
A bit too dreamy? Don’t you think
Even if you could get FReepers to ignore the baggage, Americans are not. He barely has a positive approval among GOP voters. Polls list him as untrustworthy. He is not going to recover and take off until/unless he can convince more voters that they can trust him. FR contains a small subset of the population. Convincing the rest to change their minds is more difficult.
“You must be lily white pure to cast such a judgement.”
You must be blind to have missed the sarcasm in my comment.
“He’s not pure enough. We’d rather drown.”
I imaginined a Sarc tag and got a good laugh.
Is that how you meant it?
“I imaginined a Sarc tag and got a good laugh.
Is that how you meant it?”
Of course ;-). I voted for Newt in the AZ primary.
At the national covention, all delegates must choose between Romney and Santorum because Newt and Paul do not win at least 5 states.
All Newt and Paul’s delegates should boycott the convention if their candidate’ name is not on the ballot.
Unless birther issue is raised.
A girl can dream, can’t she. You have a dream for Santorum, don’t you. I won’t make fun of it.
I am fairly sure that Newt can get five state delegations at the convention to voice their support for him, so this is not an issue. I thought it was as well, until I got a chance to read the entirety of rule 40.
Sorry Magic, I guess I’m taking things too seriously. Thanks for letting me know I was wrong about your post.
Honey, how does he have any chance any more? I see newt’s flaws but I’d take him over Romney. But I don’t see even the faintest possibility. Please explain. I am so lost with all the fr newt praise at this point.
The same way Saul of Tarsus did. You have a problem with that?
I have seen no apology from romney, nor have I seen any repentance...just more lies and a doubling down on excuses.
Very nice analogy, Cindy Kay. I like it.
Newt is the only one with the toughness, commitment, philosophy, & experience.
Imo his “baggage” is as overblown as his “implosions”. It’s the other 2 who have turned out to be- & continue, to be the ones we were warned about.
I hold great hope for the next 4 months & the convention.
No one should *ever* underestimate our guy!
GO NEWT!!
I see a death row conversion in Gingrich. He knows his last is a problem if hecwants to run for oublic office again so suddenly he finds Jesus. Believe him if you like but every time I hear him invoke the founders “sacred honor” I get a bit nauseated.
Like Deadliest Catch captains????
I hope Newt asks Obama why he is making such a big deal about the Treyvon incident in Florida yet said nothing about the black on white murder recently.
That has been proven to be incorrect.
There is two ways. Get A plurality of 5 States unbound delegates before the convention starts or Survive the first rounds of ballots in tampa. Then all Delegates are unbound and anyone can jump in if the get the same plurality of ballots.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/gop-rule-wont-block-gingrichs-chances/
Has a brokered convention ever happened.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokered_convention
Sort of a group etch-a-sketch thing, right? Gingrich has a better chance of getting on the men’s Olympic gymnastic team than he has of beating the Kenyan.
This a sad place the nation has got to. We have four (5 if you count the Martian gynecologist) of the worst people ever running for the most important job ever.
All I know is the Kenyan is the worst choice but the rest pretty much suck too.
Newt is the only one that can do the course correction, and we only have a small window of time to do the correction or we will truly be another Greece...
Newt is the only one that can do the course correction, and we only have a small window of time to do the correction or we will truly be another Greece...
No problem Cindy, I appreciate your reply. It’s just that sarcasm sometimes loses its punch when it’s labeled as such (kind of like saying “here comes a joke, get ready to laugh”). I understand you taking things seriously, though...we’re in a serious situation.
I don’t know if he will pick this battle, but he could.
Don’t forget the situations last year with “flash mobs” beating seniors at a mall (I want to say in Colorado) & there were incidents in Pennsylvania & other places. I don’t recall if anyone was murdered, but numerous people were injured & robbed. It got so bad in California (I want to say the BART trains in San Fran), they actually shut down cell phones to try & stop them.
Interestingly, in hindsight, OWS seemed to overtake (drown out) the reporting on that & it “just went away”. (I kinda doubt that)
I’m sure you’re aware that we are all ultimately responsible for protecting ourselves & our families. Know your candidate’s record on gun control & our 2nd Amendment rights.
Wow, he likes two things in a thousand plus page document and you give the impression he’s all for it.
I bet even you would find something of worth in the document.
By the way Newt still wants to REPEAL the whole thing in case you still have blinders on.
JB
The claim is correct MOST of the baggage is false and he’s not ‘very flawed’.
Nice try though. It’s clear your getting your info from the MSM or Mitten’s camp cause if you’d looked anything up you’d see the truth.
JB
He’s not “very flawed”? Come on. Take your head out of the sand.
His personal life is a certifiable clusterf*ck. He’s on his third marriage. He cheated with a subordinate while in office, then left his second wife for his mistress. There is still no good answer to the Clinton-era question ... “if his own wife(s) can’t trust him, why should I?”
He had ethics problems in the House — though the details are vague. He did a global warming propaganda campaign with Nancy Pelosi, of all people. He’s made some really weird statements about “right-wing social engineering”, the end of the Reagan era, etc., etc. That’s just the stuff I can think of off the top of my head.
Those are facts. They’re bad facts. They suck. They create vulnerabilities for Gingrich and his supporters ... and those vulnerabilities are entirely the fault of Newt Gingrich. Ignoring them doesn’t help ... opponents and voters won’t ignore them.
The reality of Newt Gingrich is what it is — he is very flawed, has a lot of baggage, but he’s a hell of a debater, and may be the best option available. I’d vote for him without hesitation in the GE, and maybe even the primary ... but he’ll never be the easiest sell.
We can’t pretend Newt Gingrich’s past didn’t happen. It did. We have to acknowledge it, and perhaps help voters come to tersm with it.
SnakeDoc
Wow, talk about head in the sand. You spout nothing but the MSM version of each of the items. I know you have your mind made up by the MSM so I’ll say you need to look into each item yourself sometime.
Although I don’t condone his marital indiscretions he had his reasons, which are his not ours. You probably wont care what they are but at least you’ll have the real reasons and that they weren’t just to find the next pretty thing cause he was tired of the last one.
Unlike your MSM stance on the ethics charges the details are NOT vague but clearly documented and everyone of the charges was considered BASELESS. Look it up if you dare.
His ‘right-wing social engineering’ comment had nothing to do with Reagan (wow are you uninformed) but about Paul Ryan’s voucher system (for medicare) introduced just a few years ago. They weren’t ‘weird’ as you call it but hey, it’s what I’d expect from a brain full of mush. And for the record those two do get along just fine despite what the MSM tells you.
The only thing you got right was about Nancy and the couch and he’s already admitted he shouldn’t have.
Maybe next time before you spout the ‘bad facts’ off the top of your head as you call them (cause they are bad facts) maybe you should not let emotion get the best of you and do some research.
Although we shouldn’t act as if his past didn’t exist at least we should get it right when we talk about it.
JB
Unfortunately, those you half-a$$ listen to Fox News, a little Huff and Drudge are going to be just as misinformed as SnakeDoctor, Steelfish, dforest and others.
The worst part is that the majority of those who call themselves conservative and republican will think and vote for the “American Idol” candidate just like we were forced to do in 2008...and I dread that the outcome will be the same.
I can see it now ...Obama wins on November 3rd with every diabolical plan going forward ... and unless there is a Republican house and Senate to curb him, we are in store for unseen horrors in this country.
And yet, at the same time, it will be SO great that we conservatives will watch these election returns and just be SO proud and SO relieved that we avoided Newt — the ONE guy who could have beat this jerk, and all his “baggage.” :rollseyes:
The Establishment has this thing down to a science. They do it EVERY time — run their pitiful candidates. . ..and we fall for it. This year was different ...We had Newt, and we as a nation could have made a difference in how these elections turn out. But we worried about .....baggage.
15- year old baggage.
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