Posted on 1/4/2012, 5:32:16 AM by Libloather
In Iowa, Newt Gingrich Can't Shake Nancy Pelosi Global Warming Ad
By David Anderson | Yahoo! Contributor Network – 11 hrs ago
COMMENTARY | If Newt Gingrich goes on to lose his fight for the Republican presidential nomination, he may look back at his decision to co-star in a 2006 global warming television ad with Nancy Pelosi as the moment that doomed his campaign.
Gingrich, who served as House Speaker from 1995-1999, fielded yet another question about the ad during a New Years Day campaign event at LJs Neighborhood Bar and Grill in Waterloo, Iowa. His answer was captured on video by C-Span.
"The question I was trying to reach was can conservatives be in the middle of an environmental debate and represent a conservative solution to the environment?" Gingrich responded. "Because I taught Environmental Studies. I think the environment does matter, and I think conservatives ought to be pro-environment in the broad sense that all of us want to have clean air and clean water. And we want to have national parks. And we want to have diversity of species."
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Newt. That was a dumb move and cost you the Presidency. Sorry but nobody forced you to do that. Your baggage is too much for the American people to take. President Santorum has very little baggage and is in great shape to take out Obama.
how about SC(the first real primary)?.. can he shake it there?
Methinks you count your chickens far too soon before they are hatched.
Wait for the Santorum/Hillary commercials. They will come now, you will see.
Santorum couldn’t even get re-elected.
it was his association (whatever that really was) that blew him up in iowa. his numbers went south when the MSM (and romney) hit that theme repeatedly.
Huckabee won Iowa in 2008. He went on to his own TV show.
I hope Santorum goes on to become Governor of Pennsulvania. It will look terrific on his resume when he runs for President in the future. I doubt this win will sprout legs.
This is a little different than 2008. First of all not everyone trusted HUCKSTER. Everybody trusts President Santorum. Big difference.
We shall see, won’t we.
He is in fine company then. But he was never forced out of office.
He is in fine company then. But he was never forced out of office.
I remember clearly thinking at the time I first saw the couch ad...and at the time I thought Newts’ chances of returning to *any* political office were precisely zero...”why the hell would he make such an ad? What was he thinking?”
If Perry drops, Newt’s in heaven.
Now THAT is a Muahahahaha mug if I have ever seen one!
My 12 year old son likes his smile.He also likes the “I’m coming for you romney” post.
My 12 year old son likes his smile.He also likes the “I’m coming for you romney” post.
My 12 year old son likes his smile.He also likes the “I’m coming for you romney” post.
How could you vote for the non 1st place conservative? That’s just a vote for Romney?
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