Posted on 12/20/2011 11:08:45 AM PST by Servant of the Cross
Newt (and Dr. Sowell) ping.
Gingrich is the Devil no doubt about that...
Like Patton or McArthur.. or Sherman during the Civil War..
Do you want somebody “NICE” or a President?..
Make your choice this is no GAME...
“how much does Newt Gingrich’s personal life matter”?
Not much. Marrying his high school geometry teach is a bit creepy but I’m not too into the personal matters. They count but they aren’t everything.
“In a world where we can make our choices only among the alternatives actually available, the question is whether Newt Gingrich is better than Barack Obama — and better than Mitt Romney.”
Yes. Heck, my neighbors dog is a better choice than Obama or Romney.
I’ve said this before ,so please forgive.
Ted Kennedy killed a woman.
He ran for President and was elected and lionized as a Senator for years.He was a known drunk and womanizer,married,divorced and married again.I know this is not about Ted ,but all eyes averted to the left to let this guy run a public life.
This is not to sanitize Newt in any way.
Dr.T Sowell is wise a wise man indeed.
He lost me right there.
IF it came to Newt or Obama ...?
There it is & there is our nominee. They’ve all been vetted. Let’s close ranks & get the MoJo go’in.
I’m sitting here wondering, if Gingrich is correct and this is “the most important election since 1860”, is Gingrich the best we should do?
Newt’s personal “baggage” has nothing to do with me.
Have heard the statement “It takes one to know one” or “Fight fire with fire”? Well, Newt was one of them at one time and knows how to deal with Washington. He got a lot done while he was Speaker.
He has more creative ideas than any of the others on the stage. We need someone who is not afraid to make a fool of himself every once in a while.
Screw the media.
Yes, but those ideas usually involve the government controlling something NOT the government giving up control of something.
BTW when you fight fire with fire you get more fire
(don't ask me how I know)
All due praise to Dr. Sowell...I don’t choose to choose between Mitt and Newt.
He does.
His choice is better than the only other alternative he presented.
Newt isn’t as bad as Romney. Newt is better than Obama.
Doesn’t address the issue of taming Big Daddy Government. Newt has been on the wrong side of that many times. He says otherwise when it suits his purpose, and even acts otherwise at times, but he reverts back to it, and back, and back.
You totally missed what Newt was saying. It was the strength of FDR not his policy. Better rethink before looking foolish.
***We need someone who is not afraid to make a fool of himself every once in a while.
Screw the media.***
I love your observation - that Newt is not afraid to take risks, make mistakes and take the criticism that is sure to follow.
Regarding the media - if they had any sense - they would want Newt in power. Think of all the material he would provide their sorry butts.
A man who sits on his a$$ gets a fat a$$ - God didn’t put men’s brains in their a$$es for a reason.
What results? He was elected on the Contract With America"
Name one of those 10 contract items that have survived. Just one.
His presidency will be likewise promises made while he preaches global warming and amnesty and expanded government programs like he did with Medicare and TARP.
With only a couple of weeks between now and the Iowa caucus (and the only actual alternative scenario to the above matchup that is being written about involves LRon Paul?!), this would seem to be, imho, denial on your part.
I would suggest that a very credible source, Dick Cheney, gives Newt the credit for the Contract With America.
“and the fact that he made a lot of money running a consulting firm after he left Congress”
I have to disagree with the good Doctor on that point. If you run the numbers the money he made is peanuts in the total scheme of things.
You are correct.
There are other choices besides the moderates polling highest (not running away with are they either?) and a conservative.
By 'other choices' do you mean the crazy Texan who is trouncing his own Governor?
Wasting no time, let's just get right to the strawmen.
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