Posted on 11/28/2011 5:31:01 PM PST by smoothsailing
November 28, 2011
By Bryan Fischer
Newt is the current flavor of the month in the GOP race for the presidential nomination, and grabbed a coup in New Hampshire with the endorsement of the Union-Leader.
However, Newt has enough baggage with enough rocks in it to drag him below surface again. His amnesty stance on immigration puts him to the left of Perry on that issue, and we now know he took $1.8 million from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac right when they were dragging the housing industry to the bottom of the sea. Newt’s at the bottom of the pile on that one.
We know one of his think tanks took in $37 million from the health care industry so he could hack and flack for the individual mandate, a concept that represents the grossest violation of limited government powers in our history.
He’s flip-flopped as much if not more than Mitt Romney, who, inspired by the musings of James Carville, I have affectionately nicknamed Governor Windsock. Newt’s been horrible on embryonic stem cell research and horrible on man-caused global warming, an exorbitantly costly scam whose credibility is rapidly disintegrating before our very eyes.
In other words, Newt is a consummate Washington insider, a big government Republican, and appears to be almost as much of a panderer as Romney. He’s hardly a genuine conservative; he’s just glib enough to make some people think he is one.
But the truth will out, and that spells trouble for Newt. This is even before renewed conversations about his multiple divorces and admitted affairs while married to his first two wives. His affair with his current wife took place at about the same time Herman Cain was supposed to be harassing members of the opposite sex. If the media attacked Herman hammer and tongs over things that never happened in that time frame, just imagine the scalping Newt will take once they turn the knives on him.
And turn on him they will, as each candidate who has risen to the surface has been shredded by the Ministers of Propaganda eager to do their part to buttress the dimming re-election prospects of Barack Obama.
All this means that Newt will soon start to sink under the weight of his crony capitalism, his abrupt policy changes, and his troubled personal past.
This will create another vacuum, only this time there is no one new to fill it. When Michele Bachmann zoomed into the stratosphere, and then fell back to earth, Rick Perry was there to replace her. When Perry’s star fell over his debate performances and his “heartless” comment on immigration, Herman Cain’s star rose. When the air went out of Cain’s balloon over the false allegations of harassment and the more substantial problem of his lack of depth on foreign policy, the air went into Newt’s tires.
So the question becomes: where does the air go when it leaks out of Newt’s tires? Politics as well as nature abhors a vacuum, and somebody is going to benefit from Newt’s descent. Like an elevator on its way to the basement, a countervailing weight must rise.
Gov. Perry’s star will rise once again. Joe Arpaio’s endorsement and campaign appearances will help repair some of the damage he has done to himself on immigration. And in point of fact, even Michelle Bachmann has staked out a position very similar to Newt’s on rewarding those who have broken our immigration laws the longest. All of which means there is no perfect candidate in the hunt on the immigration issue.
But Perry does well in one-on-one interviews with major media outlets, is very effective on the stump, relates very well to people in the business of retail politics, and has the money to outlast many of his rivals.
An under-appreciated fact about this election season, compared to 2008, is that Republican party rules mandate that delegates in primaries be awarded proportionately rather than on a winner-take-all basis. This will make it virtually impossible for a candidate to sew up the nomination by Florida, as John McCain did in ‘08.
This GOP primary campaign will be marathon, not a sprint, and the advantage will go to the candidate with enough gas in the tank to go the distance, a candidate who has the resources to keep getting his message out and who wears well in personal campaign appearances. That means the smart money ought to be on Rick Perry.
Really? Coming from someone who resides 1500 miles from the border.
Virginia is it? We live it everyday here in Texas.
You may have some migrant apple pickers, but we down here are under siege by criminal illegals.
My brother finally sold his ranch down in Corizo Springs cause he couldn't keep the damn Mexicans from breaking in and stealing everything that wasn't nailed down.
So, with all due respect Mr. Virginian, leave the border talk to the folks who know a lil bout the subject.
Really.
But if Sheriff Joe Arpaio is endorsing Perry, I think that’s a statement that Perry is acceptable on immigration. I’d rather vote for Perry than Romney because I think Perry will combat the Establishment.
LOL, well said SS!
I'll bet he can make some really neat knots from his days as a Eagle Scout. Who wouldn't support that?
That’s right Normy. Give the a-hole brigade the hell they deserve!
[You may have a point. :( ]
Yes, and I’ve posted the forum rules before too. It seems to have little effect. Thank you.
Have you had a chance to catch any of his face to face interviews? He does very well. I've saw him with Cavuto, Hannity and on the hot seat with the Fox News round table crew and he's done extremely well in all three cases.
Many times, as well as seeing him on the campaign trail and even a fundraising dinner with him back during his last run for governor (and about 200 others so nothing special). His debate performances were highly out of character.
You don’t think RINO Cowboy Rick, the La Raza Kid can stay sober long enough to recover from revealing his positions?
Go shit in your hat, doofus.
Mr. Edd living up to his name as a true Horse’s Ass.
Wilbur !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
My momma taught me to be gentle with the slow folks. :)
You see every border governor is doing what they can. You can't blame Perry no more than you can blame Brewer. Perry sends police to the border to support Border Patrol. Brewer uses police to assist after they have come in. Both work as well as they can.
Herman Cain is a complete novice with no idea how or where to begin in securing the border. Neither does Bachman, Santorum, Gingrich or Mitt.
Are you mad because you think Perry shut out Palin? Well if Palin wanted it she could have still jumped in, where would she be now if she would have?
I hope so.
I know he did. He was never in this to do any more than sell books.
It killed property values up in the Grimes county area for several years.
No one wanted to buy anywhere near this monstrosity. Sinister? It was sinister.
The largest outpouring of citizens against any one project in Texas history, yet for years, Perry forged ahead.
I don't hear anyone talk about Perry's toll road debacle either. Perry pushed and pushed for massive toll road projects throughout the state....is it a tax? Or is it a fee?
I dunno, he says he’z conservative, but executive orders for forced injections, multiple projects that favored Mexico, business tax, toll roads, tuition for Mexicans, lethargic support for anti-sanctuary city bill, lies about running for POTUS when he knew full well he would.
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Yes, I’m a Virginian. I don’t recall Rick Perry or any other Texan claiming that the border is secure and safe. In fact, Perry has said it isn’t. If you’re serious about it then we best do as you suggest: elect someone who knows something about it. I think Rick Perry is tops on that list.
Yes, I am. In my corporate days, I found and got rid of them, ASAP. Empty suits in leadership roles are toxic to companies. Their damage is insidious and long lasting. The relative success of Texas has more to do with Texans than with the empty suit in the Governor's office.
I have to give Obama some credit. He's not as bright as advertised, but he is smart enough to accomplish his goal of destroying the USA as we know it. People like Perry do it by accident.
I bet he can take his energy plan to Washington and begin us on our path to energy independence.
Hey if the pilot of Air Force one gets sick he can land the plane too.
I can't wait for all my countrymen to begin to enjoy the prosperity we have here in Texas. I want all my brothers and sisters in the USA to prosper and I want America to be what it was always meant to be, the shining city on a hill.
I also want to see Obama defeated.
You're looking really, really stupid. Perry can't cvut their pay and never said he would. He said he'd have his pay cut and then work to cut Congress's pay and make them part time. Governor Perry is very well acquainted with Constitution. Perhaps you two would benefit by doing a little research to see what the man has actually said and what he's actually promising to work for.
In case you didn't know the President also can't:
Improve the economy
reform the tax code
create jobs
pass a budget
pass a law
build a border fence
or any other damned thing on his own. All a President can do is STAND FOR SOMETHING and use the bully pulpit to encourage the American people to force Congress to do what they want them to do. So shut up and grow up!
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