Posted on 10/27/2009 6:26:13 AM PDT by CyberRBTmail
Last night on Fox News, Greta Van Susteren interviewed Newt Gingrich regarding his support of Dede Scozzafava over Doug Hoffman in the NY-23 congressional race. Defending party over principles, Newt proclaimed his continued support of pro-abortion, pro-Stimulus, Daily Kos candidate Scozzafava. He also scolded national conservatives and attacked conservative independent candidate Doug Hoffman.
Video: Newt Gingrich Defends Voting Party of Principles
Like McPain, you will soon the the Dah-Ling of the Lame Stream Media, but the bane of true Conservatives.
Lets see how that works out for you!
Though I admire many of Newt’s IDEAS....his thinking on this is just plain wrong.
What can he do? He has to defend party candidates. What if she wins without the Republican backing? She bolts to the democrats.
He should be pushing to field conservative republicans for office.
I was done with Newt when he posed with Pulosi on Globull Warming.
She's already a freakin' democrat ... what the hell difference will it make.
Newt needs to find a new job. This one, of working inside to elect RINO’s isnt working out so well for him.
“What if she wins without the Republican backing? She bolts to the democrats”
What if she wins WITH Republican backing? She votes with the Democrats.
“What if she wins without the Republican backing? She bolts to the democrats.”
I doubt that she will win. As for bolting to the Democrats...she’s already a “Democrat.”
Send $$ to Hoffman! ;-)
I think Newt is taking the stance that he must take. Palin taking hers. If Hoffman wins, it sends a huge message to Newt and the others, that you better not put our party in the position of fielding liberal candidates.
I hope he wins. I wish we had some accurate polling thought. That idiot who took Rush’s place yesterday says that Hoffman is ten points down with NO CHANCE. NADA of winning.
Here is what the NY Post had to say:
“obscenely corrupt political bargain by GOP bosses that sells out their party — and New Yorkers generally.”
They are talking about you Newt!
I wasn’t happy with that one either.....but I will still listen to his good ideas.
“I think Newt is taking the stance that he must take.”
WHY must he take that stance?
Rick (Tyler - Newt’s Spokesman),
I saw Newt on Greta’s show last night and I have something to say about his comments about the 10th amendment that the speaker left out.
The people of New York were no more asked for their consent to the choice of a couple of party leaders than the voters of Florida were for the US Senate race in 2010. Almost immediately after making his announcement to vacate the Governors seat to run for the Senate, Charlie Crist was “anointed” by the NRSC as their man. Never mind that an accomplished rising star in that of Marco Rubio had announced months earlier of his campaign to seek the seat. With the primary vote still more than a year away at the time, the NRSC was making the primary decision for us. So where does the NRSC fall on Newt’s argument of the 10th as he articulated on the show last night?
The overriding message that everyone in DC needs to be waking up to is that party label politics has taken a huge shot to the jaw in their propensity to say one thing on the campaign trail to doing just the opposite once they enter the ring of hell called the beltway. You can thank the Republicans who dithered away the trust that the voters gave them with the stunning results of the ’94 elections. The Contract With America slowly went from a brilliant piece of history to a footnote of promises that were not adhered to for much more than the first half of the 104th Congress. What we the voters saw was more and more principled representatives being seduced by the Georgetown hobnobs and a stupid desire to throw away their principles for the faux adoration of the media class.
Then last year, a political newcomer came upon the scene promising all sorts of “Change”. It was a message full of all kinds of flowery speeches and bombastic assertions that fed upon the discontent many outside the beltway were hungry for. To most the feelings of hunger were too strong to over ride the logical question of what that change is composed of. There were those of us who tried to warn those who were thinking with their stomachs but their mistrust of the political class was strong enough to tune us out. Now just one year later, that hunger has turned to starvation and the reality that promises alone are not going to fit the solution. The only thing left is principles and those with a record of principled conservative values that brought us the Reagan years are being sought out as a means to turn the tide.
Then came the bail-outs under George Bush. Almost immediately, the vast majority of the people were against it and stayed that way even though the political class were calling for it, to include Newt. Even when the details showed plainly it was a bad idea, the speaker continues his support all the way through passage. It was only after the election and during the stimulus debate did anyone with the R label begin to question their support for the bail-outs. We The People were speaking loudly and the political class did not listen. So are we stupid again?
Going for the “label” in Maine resulted in Snowe and Collins. Gregg in New Hampshire, Jeffords in Vermont, Chaffe in Rhode Island, McCain in Arizona, Martinez in Florida and the list goes on and on for career politicians for the R label who strive only for bipartisanship over principle. Do we ever see or hear about any meaningful bipartisanship over principle moves by their “friends” on the other side of the aisle? Nope, just the now common sport of typical Potomac Back Stabbing.
The “label” mentality has ruined the manufacturing base of our country as evidenced by the malaise in Michigan and other steel belt states. We have given the career R politicians the benefit of a doubt and now that benefit has run out. All we are left with is doubt that anyone with an R behind their name is going to fight to bring this country back to the left of tyrannical rule as formulated by our founders of a limited government beholden to the people. Instead we are seeing nothing more than a good ole boys network that has slowly moved continually left of center to a people beholden to an ever powerful and oppressive government.
I will continue my registration as Republican as it is the only means I have in effecting any changes to the party, but if the party continues to move away from me just as the Democrat party did in the middle 70’s, options are still there to be drawn upon. Until then I will contribute to candidates and not the party.
Best personal regards,
Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich Commercial on Climate Change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6n_-wB154
I think there are a few old party hacks that don’t yet realize the import of the tea party message. The numbers of independent voters are growing because voters are leaving one of the two parties. We (I for certain) are not going to vote for anything but small government, fiscal conservatives.
Rino season will open with no bag limit in the 2010 primaries.
Party of principles? Os that the GOP? GOP’s principle is “We’re nor quite as bad as the other guys, yet. But don’t worry we’re working to catch up.”
I hope Hoffman wins, too. I think the RINO’s need to be aware that conservatives can tell the difference. I can’t imagine just voting ‘the party’ when ‘the party’ has failed us so drastically.
The ‘old boy’ network in the GOP needs to retire if they want ‘the party’ to survive. I will vote ‘the man/woman’ every time regardless of ‘party’ affiliation.
In Texas, I can’t vote for either Kay or Rick. They are absolutely worthless.
This Hoffman thing is great. It’s revealing who really cares about power, vs who cares about the country. Newt is losing my respect.
Because he’s backing the republican candidate whomever it is. ONce that person is on the ticket, he is backing them.
His opposition should be to not get them on the ticket in the first place.
Every district is different. I don’t know. Maybe the 23rd district is more liberal.
Let’s hope Hoffman wins or puts on a strong showing. I don’t think the republican has a snow ball’s chance.
Kudos. Kudos. Kudos. Well said!
He should be pushing to field conservative republicans for office.
She has already considered "bolting" to the dems, she checked out the possibility before being "selected" by the Republican committee(notice there was no real primary?)to be the party nominee. BTW, Hoffman IS a conservative republican who is running as an independent because a**hats like Newt voted for scuzzi to be republican candidate.
Also, Newt could show some guts and tell the party that conservative principles outweigh party loyalty. Palin, Bachman and others have no problem doing it.
On Newt’s website, people are letting him know that they are disappointed.
Pray for Hoffman and send him $$. ;-)
That fool was apparently basing his opinion on an October 15 poll by Daily Kos that preceded the heavy run of endorsements for Hoffman. However, he didn't even give his listeners the courtesy of the date of the poll or what there might be in the way of later polls, which seem to be running strongly in Hoffman's direcdtion. See:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371900/posts
This was inexcusable since “Real Clear Politics” reported the first of the two pro-Hoffman polls at 12:30 p.m. EDT yesterday, see:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/politics_nation/2009/10/ny-23_hoffman_leads_new_poll.html
Rush should never again have that dingelberry on, especially because the creep was trying to nudge conservatives into supporting Scozzafava.
Anyone here who hasn't contributed to Hoffman ought to, RIGHT NOW!!
Why weight until the person is on the ticket. ONce on the ticket he supports her. He should have fought to keep her off and put Hoffman on.
How is that different from the scenario where she wins WITH Republican backing and STILL bolts to the democrats? She is actually further left than the democrat candidate.
I can't stand Gingrich.
Ever since he went on MSDNC and attacked Rush Limbaugh as "irrational" because Rush wants Obama's hostile and dangerous policies to fail.
Gingrich is one of the larger reasons why I refuse to give any money to the RNC.
Let her bolt. Once someone is on the ticket I think it’s hard for Newt and Steele not to support them. I mean why put them on the ticket in the first place?
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