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Newt Gingrich.. do you care about his past or America’s Future?
American Spectator ^ | December 28, 2011 | Peter Ferrara

Posted on 12/29/2011 4:42:59 PM PST by true believer forever

Gingrich's rebellion against Bush's 1990 betrayal of Reaganomics was his finest hour. That leadership is what led to the House Republican takeover in 1994. If conservatives and supply-siders do not rally around Gingrich now, and allow the Bush crowd to win with Romney, Reaganism will have been routed out of the Republican Party. Undoubtedly, John Sununu will pick Romney's budget director (remember his pick of Supreme Court Justice David Souter over the conservative alternative that would have given conservatives a firm majority on the Court). The first thing Romney will do if elected is exactly the reprise of the 1990 tax increase budget deal for which the Washington establishment that will run a Romney Administration is always pining. That will require another round of Democrats in the White House before conservatives can even get a chance at winning again, which America cannot survive at this point.

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To: true believer forever; org.whodat; seenenuf
To forgive ones brother is indeed the Christian thing to do when they (ATTENTION: key word in use here) ask for forgiveness but that doesn't require that I as a Christan nor my non-believing brother's and sister's to ever forget their sinful deeds or ways. So therefore I didn't say to not forgive our errant brother but only don't forget where thine brother has been. My belief requires me to forgive (when asked to) but doesn't require me to EVER forget as the only other man to live a perfect life ended up on the cross.

Man is known all down through time to be a sinful being who sins over and over. Newt is no different. Nor are you and I brother so get off your holier than I high-horse and walk among us lowly sinners who strive to walk in His path daily. Newt is as big or maybe even bigger a sinner in this regard than any of us here. Get over it and yourselves. Newt is not Jesus resurrected from the grave you want to believe so much in.

21 posted on 12/29/2011 5:41:08 PM PST by Ron H. (Social conservatism is the only way!)
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To: hinckley buzzard
Only if "other things being equal." Which they rarely are, which is why dubious nostrums like this one seldom help predict anything much at all.

So you say. I say that's a load of......

22 posted on 12/29/2011 5:42:46 PM PST by Ron H. (Social conservatism is the only way!)
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To: org.whodat

FR cared VERY much about Rudy Giuliani’s similar past. It was all over FR.

NO Newt!


23 posted on 12/29/2011 5:46:42 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Ron H.
oh my gosh - where did that come from? Can you point one statement I made that was holier than thou... I am a sinner being saved by grace, just like I believe Newt is, and I relate to someone not being allowed to be a new creature in Christ Jesus... that was my point.

As far as we should never forget another's sins, the Lord does forget - thankfully and blessedly He forgets:

Hebrews 8:12NLT “I will forgive their wrongdoings, and I will never again remember their sins," says the Lord.”

...as far as saying I consider the Newt the Risen Lord, that is not only offensive, it is blasphemous to me. How could you even say something like that to someone you don't even know, whose heart you've never seen? Oh my gosh...

Matthew 6:14-15 NIV
For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Matthew 18: 21-22 NIV
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, " Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times? " Jesus answered, " I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times."

Numbers 14:19-20 NIV
In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now. The Lord replied, " I have forgiven them, as you asked."


John 8:7 NIV
When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."


Acts 7:59-60 NIV
While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, " Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." Then he fell on his knees and cried out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep.

Luke 17:3-4 NIV
So watch yourselves. " If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says , 'I repent,' forgive him."


Ephesians 4:32 ESV Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Colossians 3:13 ESV Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Proverbs 19:11 ESV Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Matthew 18:32-35 ESV Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. (33) And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ (34) And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt. (35) So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

Colossians 2:13-14 ESV And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, (14) by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

Romans 4:7-8 ESV “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; (8) blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”

Mark 11:25NLT  “When you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

Colossians 3:13NLT “You must make allowance for each other's faults and forgive the person who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

Hebrews 8:12NLT “I will forgive their wrongdoings, and I will never again remember their sins," says the Lord.”

Matthew 6:14-15NLT  “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.“

Ephesians 4:32NLT  “Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.”

Luke 6:37NLT  “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.”

Matthew 6:12NLT  “And forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us.”

Luke 18:9-14 NIV  The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector

 9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

   13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

   14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Luke 6:42 NIV  “How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.”

24 posted on 12/29/2011 5:57:12 PM PST by true believer forever (First, they came for the rich.)
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To: true believer forever
Newt is ideal, really.

He has a proven record of reform.

He has been through the media gauntlet, endured negative political attacks and maintained a composure that reminds me of a president.

He has the communication skills to trounce Obama in the debates.

The liberals hate him and for good reason. He has the political skill circumvent and defeat their harebrained ideas.

He is going to make positive changes from day one.


25 posted on 12/29/2011 6:44:55 PM PST by garjog
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To: true believer forever

Great quote from article:

“Gingrich’s rebellion against Bush’s 1990 betrayal of Reaganomics was his finest hour. That leadership is what led to the House Republican takeover in 1994. If conservatives and supply-siders do not rally around Gingrich now, and allow the Bush crowd to win with Romney, Reaganism will have been routed out of the Republican Party.”


26 posted on 12/29/2011 6:57:14 PM PST by garjog
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To: COgamer

Don’t worry, he’ll do what Pelosi tells him to do.


27 posted on 12/29/2011 7:02:58 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Gator113

Newt has my money and my vote. Supporters go to newt.org and donate money.


28 posted on 12/29/2011 7:04:42 PM PST by Marcella (Newt will smash Hussein in debates. Newt needs money.)
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To: Ron H.

BS, you forgive the child molester and say may god have mercy on your soul, then you pull the switch. I forgive him, but I am not required to kiss his ars.


29 posted on 12/30/2011 1:14:56 AM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Newt, Willard, Perry and nervous supporters.)
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To: org.whodat

You vote democrat? ; p Might as well.


30 posted on 12/30/2011 1:54:32 AM PST by Rick_Michael ( 'REAL' Conservatives who witch hunt their own, are no better than Obama.)
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To: Rick_Michael

Me and about 70% of the voters care to much to vote for noot. I think you have a little problem understanding those poll numbers.


31 posted on 12/30/2011 4:21:11 AM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Newt, Willard, Perry and nervous supporters.)
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To: org.whodat

Lets see...no newt for you, no romney for almost all of us, no perry...no cain by default. hmmmm...no one with any real cash to compete. Alright, so you’re still saying Obama...?

You don’t have to say it chief, I understand... you have ‘principles’.


32 posted on 12/30/2011 10:37:28 AM PST by Rick_Michael ( 'REAL' Conservatives who witch hunt their own, are no better than Obama.)
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