Posted on 12/04/2011 6:04:20 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
On Friday, I suggested that Republicans “could pull a name out of a hat and find a more consistent and personally stable conservative” than Newt Gingrich. Many smart conservatives seem to agree. (VictorDavisHanson points out that with Gingrich as the nominee the GOP would forfeit the “crony capitalism” issue; No one has been a bigger crony than he.)
The latest and perhaps brightest warning flare to the right is sent up by GeorgeWill. There are too many delicious lines in his column from which to choose a favorite. (e.g.,“There is almost artistic vulgarity in Gingrich’s unrepented role as a hired larynx for interests profiting from such government follies as ethanol and cheap mortgages”; “Gingrich, who would have made a marvelous Marxist, believes everything is related to everything else and only he understands how.”) George patiently explains to those who think the conservative movement began with the Internet and is defined by those who can burnish the most withering rhetoric: “Conservatism inoculates against the hubristic volatility that Gingrich exemplifies.” Yes, Gingrich is what conservatism aims to save us from.
Now, George would choose TexasGov Rick Perry or Jon Huntsman. RameshPonnuru would take MittRomney. There is also RickSantorum to consider. Reasonable conservatives differ on the alternative, but other than sheer contrarianism and temporary amnesia it is hard (for those who want to maintain the ideological health of the conservative movement and win the WhiteHouse) to justify embracing Gingrich. That he is more “gregarious, upbeat” than he used to be is no reason to choose him as president or to declare he has turned over new leaf.
For those conservatives who are not systematically averting their eyes, Gingrich every day gives Republicans further reason to conclude there is no “New Newt,” only the same disorganized egomaniac who drove his House caucus to revolt.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
The latest and perhaps brightest warning flare to the right is sent up by George Will.Yeah, George Will. He's certainly a beacon of wisdom, isn't he? Right up there with David Frum and Charles Krauthammer.LOL!!!
The Three Stooges of Token Conservatives in The Media.
70% of Republicans don't want Newt, either.
Yes...people taking advice like that being given in this article.
BUT, just because Jennifer Rubin and George Will say so, a consensus this does not make....Would it change your mind if you knew that Karl Rove was in agreement with them?
BS. Not true, Prove it, you scum.
If Perry had Newt's brain power, he would have won this in a landslide. Newt has one gold-plated presidential qualification: Irish ancestry. It's remarkable the number of US Presidents that do, Barky, Clinton, Reagan, Kennedy, Woodrow Wilson, McKinley. God had to invent alcohol to keep the Irish from taking over the world.
What the heck makes you think he is going to escape the brutality of the
MSN now!!!!! Newt will be CAINED mark my words and it is going to be
UGLY!!!!!
That being the case, I doubt that a "not Newt" consensus will emerge, except maybe at the best tables in Georgetown.
If Newt can get Rove and Frum to come out against him, it will be just about over.
DITTO!!!!!
Marital infidelity would be a problem - if it was 1950 - but reality is what it is. Our ‘family values’ have been devalued for 50 years. In politics - its ‘live and let live’.
All of Newt’s dirty laundry has been exposed to sunlight - by Newt himself.
None of Obama’s has.
That is why we need equally ethical ‘right-wing’ journ0lists; with no skeletons.
More on George Will and his very political insider wife’s connections. FWIW
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1156
A picture is worth a 1000 words.
LOL
That one about says it all.
[I’m going to need to take up drinking, I guess.]
Not quite.*
*The most recent national polling has Gingrich as the only one to beat Obama in the general.
You slandered me. What’s taking you so long to man up? You’re worthless, you make purely false claims.
You should be ashamed!
That guy has some mean hair!
Why is he in drag?
They’re all going to get CAINED. Michele is a dummy for mixing up John Wayne with John Wayne Gacy...they will convince America she is a ditz. Perry will be slammed for hiws evangelical tendencies and America will be convinced he is too religious. Santorum is a pro-life nut, Paul is batshit crazy, Newt is an egotistical time bomb...it goes on and on...the only candidates they wont slam are the ones they want in there...Romney or Huntsman. You prepared to lay back and take one for the team and let Romney or Huntsman have it?
Of course they won't succeed, but you can bet that the MSM is watching these threads intently, to get insight into how to best attack and destroy Newt.
Our best attribute going for us, is Newt himself. He has the ability to turn any attacks made on him, into an advantage. This is the sole reason that the harder he is attacked from both sides, the stronger he gets.
The line Newt gave Hannity the other night illustrates it well. When asked how he will handle the 1 billion dollars worth of media smears to be used against him, his reply was; “You underestimate the intelligence of the American people. A Billion Dollars worth of lies, is still, a Billion Dollars worth of lies.”
Oh, sure. Right up until Myth gets the nomination, then she'll visciously turn on the Mormon, diverting our attention away from the failures of the empty suit in the White House.
Myth Romney is NOT my guy, ever, never, nada, nyet, no way. I'm proud to align, foursquare, with the owner of this forum.
Yeah, they seem to aim at whichever candidate is closest or in from of Romnivic.
Do you really think Newt could serve under anyone? Love or hate him, I can't see him playing second banana. Of course, I would have said the same about Hillary ...
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