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Was it capitalism for the aforementioned to bailout banks in the face of 75% of Americans who said that capitalism commands that the banks should fail.
Capitalism when Bush spent more on government programs that any other president in history?
Capitalism when Fed gave free money to global conglomerates so that these institutions can play the carry trade- and make RISK FREE BILLIONS at the expense of Americans who tthen suffered inflation, higher energy costs, higher food costs, the devaluation of the dollar- and the ruination of the equity in their homes?
Capitalism when those same institutions, profiting from the free money, give unconscionable bonuses to their executives? What are you people defending?????
The Romneys/McCains/Bushs don’t give a damn about you– they don’t care if you live under socialism, communism or a dictatorship– as long as they are rich and in power. They chant “Free Markets”– yeh, free for them!
What everyone should now understand is that we are being played by a Big Lie- propaganda that would have you believe that you have freedom and liberty and can live the American Dream under Republicans– when in fact, we are nothing but slaves to the oligarchy that controls the country. And worse, those in the commentariat who we thought were on our side, are nothing more then tools of the Establishment at the ready to intimidate any who would rise up in protest.
None of them will tolerate a candidate who represents constitutional American– Bush 1 was quoted as sayinng something like- ‘if the people actually knew what we were doing, they would lynch us from the nearest tree.” – And so it is.
I admire what Newt is trying to do here- he's picking up the Palin/TeaParty message. Newt, an insider, is now a whistleblower. They HATE him- and for that very reason, I support him.
And, imo, Sarah should step in quickly- If not, all that she built will be for naught, now and in the future.
Newt, shut mouth before you make things even worse.
You may be interested in this: it is what has me concerned about Romney.
Yes well Newt and Perry are finding out what happens when you let sunlight hit VAMPIRES. All H breaks loose.
One should remember that the fictional Dickens character, Ebeneezer Scrooge, also operated wholly within the law.
Just because it’s legal does not mean it’s good.
The golden rule of “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” seems to find little favor among some business people. It is replaced in their hearts by “Business is Business!”
Socialism is evil, capitalism is good. I firmly believe this.
Taking $$$$$ from FM/FM is crony capitalism at its worst.
VinL, I agree with you. I admire Newt too for standing up and taking the hits. He is amazing when he stays on message like this. I know not everyone likes Newt though he has my respect since there is no one else trying to stop Romney/i.e. the same old system Bush/Rove legacy/allowing corruption to be protected. I wish he would sign a pledge for bringing up term limits and reforming the current tax code. I am praying for Newt.
What kind of capitalism involves a failed GSE paying $1.6 million to hire a "historian."
This election is going to go down in history as a huge missed opportunity. We might as well plan for another $7 billion added to the debt.
Please, nobody tell Obama what comes after a "trillion."
Interesting how we see how many closet Romney supporters were waiting in the shadows onthe Board. Reminds me how the GOP operatives came outof the wooodwrok to saboutage Miller, O’Donnell and Angle.
Newt admitted on tape yesterday that this gambit of attacking Mittens was ill advised, then ten minutes later, says he said no such thing. It appears that even Newt is upset with the way he is on a bizarre, anti Capitalism tear. It just depends on what time of day you ask him.
I am shocked but not surprised that the Repubs in congress had so little to say about this.
We have stimulus and bail-out moneys gone who-knows-where, and we have the Fed sending trillions to bail out Euro banks and no one aside from Paul and Beck have had much to say about it.
Fannie Mae collapsed with its inner circle pocketing multimillion dollar bonuses and again, no one in congress has had much to say about it.
Trillions have been flushed away. No one went to jail, in fact no one said boo.
So, thank you Newt. Late to the party, but better late than not at all.
US taxpayers gave Newt $1.6 million, to act as “historian” consultant, to justify Fannie and liar loans, and he criticizes anybody else, grabbing money at the government feeding trough?
He’s merely one of them.
Newt is actually offering a rational alternative to Ron Paul with this. It is times that we are living in that brings a groundswell of populism, because we truly are in this mess together and we truly need Newt’s brand of conservative reform to face off against Obama. This is the truly vital discussion. We know that the establishment Republicans, such as the ones left running the congress when Newt left in ‘99, together with an establishment president (W’s domestic policies) just ran us into the ground. All what was left was Pelosi, Reid and Obama to build the landfill on top! Some of the worst abuses of the public interest came to us in W’s last couple of years.
Sarah Palin was right that we should not simply disregard Ron Paul and his supporters. If anything we should embrace the sane aspects of his domestic policies and reclaim them for conservatism. The elitists will see us out all in the name of capitalism. It is times such as these that remind us that the constitution is for all of us, not just the establishment moderates and liberals.
We love ya' Newt.
Newt is finished, done, over and so is Rick Perry. One by one, all the promising conservative candidates have shot themselves in the foot and have made themselves undesirable and unelectable. Romney is the last man standing. But he is just another RINO, a McCain Jr., and I doubt he is even willing to take on Obama or bring real change to Washington. Obama has screwed up so bad, this election was for GOP to lose, it offered best hope for conservative to take the WH. But so far, it has been so sad, I hope some miracle happens.
His climate change rhetoric from a year or so ago makes me shudder.
Newt really needs to move on from this, especially given his dealings with Freddie Mac.
So says the pot-bellied socialist who pocketed millions from Fannie/Freddie.
I hope he keeps it up though, as he is forever damaging Romneycare.
And in the end, it will leave Santorum as the only viable conservative.
Again, for such a bright guy, there's the problem, using Rat, Marxist, OWS talking point words.
Newt is smart enough to have said: "I think when you have the Fascism of politicians taking care of their friends, that's not free enterprise, that's just backdoor socialism in which government selected insiders get all the money and the rest of us get left, get left with all the debt,"
More accurately identifying the problem, and not trashing all "capitalists" and "rich". Few average citizens understand that "crony capitalism" is not capitalism at all.
Interestingly, Newt can be classified as "capitalist", "rich", an "insider" and a "crony capitalist" (FM consulting). He could not, on the other hand, be successfully classified as Fascist, excluding himself from a properly worded comment.
NOOT IS NUTS!