[StoneWall Brigade]

Pretty good job by Newt

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

HH: …some of those state amendments that have gone in have also barred civil unions. Do you support that?

NG: No…it depends on how you define civil unions. I certainly do not believe anything which resembles marriage should apply to anyone except a man and a woman. But I do think that a number of contractual things, if you want to designate somebody for your pension, or you want to allow somebody to come visit you in the hospital, I think there are specific kind of patterns of affection that we should not be inhumane about.

Wimpy. What is this "patterns of affection" business? No one should get anything as a reward for being immoral. Period. Hospitals decide visitation rules so it is not a gov't thing. Heck, My married brother's girlfriend was allowed back in intensive care at a Catholic hospital, so don't give me this nonsense that it is an issue. And you can draw up a contract and leave your estate to whomever you please. If there are more taxes because you are not married then tough. Either let everyone inherit without paying taxes or don't. But don't give special tax breaks to people just because they like to have unnatural sex. If "love" is your standard, then let friends leave their pensions to friends if they choose. Immoral sex should not advantage anyone.

[geo40xyz]

Newt! you had your chance, you blew it big time. I like a lot of your ideas BUT not as a President. Give it up and keep your pants zipped:-()

[Rummyfan]

Newt needs to either sh*t or get off the pot. Is he running or not? It's easy to appear on Hugh Hewitt aand offer solutions, quite another to re-enter the fray and fight to actually accomplish something. What's the deal Newt? Running or not?

[Tolik]

...

Hugh Hewitt: Mr. Speaker, if the United Kingdom feels obliged to use force, if diplomacy fails to get their people back, will you applaud?

Newt Gingrich: I think there are two very simple steps that should be taken. The first is to use a covert operation, or a special forces operation to knock out the only gasoline producing refinery in Iran. There’s only one. And the second is to simply intercede by Naval force, and block any tankers from bringing gasoline to Iran…

...I would literally do that. I would say to them, I would right now say to them privately, within the next week, your refinery will no longer work. And within the following week, there will be no tankers arriving. Now if you would like to avoid being humiliated publicly, we recommend you calmly and quietly give them back now. But frankly, if you’d prefer to show the planet that you’re tiny and we’re not, we’re prepared to simply cut off your economy, and allow you to go back to walking and using oxen to pull carts, because you will have no gasoline left.

HH: I agree with that 100%. Would your recommendation to the United States President be the same if Iran seized our forces?

NG: Absolutely. I mean, the reason I say that, it is the least violent, least direct thing you can do  ...

 

 

Nailed It!

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[Ancesthntr]

And say to the Iranians, you know, you can keep the sailors as long as you want, but in about 30 days, everybody in your country will be walking.

A good one-liner (if polished up a bit), and a good policy.

Right. I just think, you know, if you said to me would I feel comfortable if my next door neighbor had a 50 caliber machine gun, I would say no.

You blew it there, Newty. There are likely several hundred full auto .50s on the NFA list, owned by people like your neighbor (unless your neighbor is a convicted felon, lunatic or drug addict). BTW, in the entire 73 year history of the NFA, only one registered full auto was ever used in a crime - and that case involved a police officer. Case closed - people who legally own full autos are law-abiding, probably LOTS more than your average person.

[fwdude]

Newt lost major points with me on at least two issues - ok, maybe three.

HH: …some of those state amendments that have gone in have also barred civil unions. Do you support that?
NG: No…it depends on how you define civil unions.

What a wimpy, used-to-be-conservative response.

HH: Do you think we should force deportation of those who won’t do that? Or should we ever allow…
NG: I think we should dry up the jobs for people who do not have the legal right to have jobs. And if you focus on the employers, the employees take care of themselves.
HH: So not a lot of deportation?
NG: I think they would…what are they going to do? They would have to go home in order to file to get the certificate to work in the United States. And if you had an enforceable procedure, if the employer thought they were a good employee, they’d make sure they had the money to get home and apply. But this nonsense baloney that somehow these folks…and listen, I am not anti-worker.

Why should this be such a hard question to answer!?

[EternalVigilance]

NG: And I realize that for a purist, that probably means I’m a squishy on the 2nd Amendment. But I do think there’s a line of practicality here. I’m also not very much in favor of them buying M-1 tanks just because it amuses them.

Hey Newt! The guys who signed the Constitution owned every kind of military weapon that was available in their day, up to and including warships.

[Pistolshot]

I think you are reading a little too much into the .50 caliber argument. His comment, was he would feel uncomfortable, but his intent(from how I read it) is about things strictly military, like an M1 Abrams.

I would like to see some clarification about that.