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Posted on 02/20/2012 7:07:25 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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Dave, I read some place today that the auditorium holds 11,000 people. It sure looked to me like more than 4,000.
Just listened to the Oral Roberts townhall ...brilliant as always — his answer to the question of why we consider Iran as an agressor was doubly awesome.
I think Newt is gearing up big time for the upcoming debates.
I felt the very same. Can't get excited about Santorum. He reminds me of a pastor who is angry at tmes. He will not be getting my vote- I am done with Bushie big government spender as he. I will do a write-in.
We used to use words like "greatest", "effective", "glamorous", "charismatic", and "far-sighted" in a sentence like this.
Now we use the word "dangerous" to describe the President. How far, how far, this country has fallen. These are perilous times, indeed...
Me, too, Christie.
Santorum was a smiley, babbling mess on Hannity tonight. Even Hannity couldn't make him focus, much as he tried.
This speech at ORC was just grand... Again noticing the ease in which Newt speaks ..without notes...and with conviction and belief in what he is saying..... He's not dancing circles around people telling them what they want to hear....he's telling them what they need to hear concerning our country, this election and his specific plans in what he will do...and how.
Worth a listen for all.....especially those who have yet to determine who they want to vote for. And for those of us who are supporting newt.
Am so glad people are seeing Santorum does not have a firm grasp on his talking points...let alone specific plans for what he intends to do for this country in the peril it is in.
He is not going to do well with Obama at all. He doesn't have the conviction of what he is saying with the exception of his social issues, but even then he has difficulty defending these when under pressure.
I think he struggles and babbles so because he does have a temper and he has to keep that constrained. He wasn't called a bully here in PA for nothing...and i don't mean that in a favorable light as one might think of someone willing to fight....rather he could not handle criticism and still can't.
Having negative things repeated again and again does make a person stressful.
The difference I see between the two: Newt took a step back, turned what he could over to his legal team, Reorganized and will be back in the game full force.
Don't think Santorum has that intestinal fortitude to do the same.
His temperment won't allow him to IMO. We saw that in Pa. and the things he's saying now and his reactions have not changed much...the more pressure the more chance he'll either loose it or start his bullying. And he'll certainly be babbling as he does that.
Look, there are things I like about Santorum...but his delivery and how he formulates what he wants to say are far from being what he'll need to get congress to act....but Obama will undoubtedly cut Santorums knees out from under him if they debate. It's not hard understand Obama will be watching how Santorum operates and will go for the jugular that would make him crack.
His temperment won't allow him to IMO. We saw that in Pa. and the things he's saying now and his reactions have not changed much...the more pressure the more chance he'll either loose it or start his bullying. And he'll certainly be babbling as he does that.
Look, there are things I like about Santorum...but his delivery and how he formulates what he wants to say are far from being what he'll need to get congress to act....but Obama will undoubtedly cut Santorums knees out from under him if they debate. It's not hard understand Obama will be watching how Santorum operates and will go for the jugular that would make him crack.
I'd say Santorum is around 120. He doesn't see the large picture and can't formulate an entire page at one time. Goes sentence, by sentence....paragraph by paragraph. Hoping to bluff his way through.
In contrast Newt has to be well above 140. He not only sees the page but the entire book. He is able to edit it, making the points he want to make fit into the time he is allowed to present the material at an intellectual level his audience understands.
“I think he struggles and babbles so because he does have a temper and he has to keep that constrained. He wasn’t called a bully here in PA for nothing...and i don’t mean that in a favorable light as one might think of someone willing to fight....rather he could not handle criticism and still can’t.”
I think that his position is unsustainable:
One just cannot ask for freedom of faith and its practice, which is completely legit, and trying to impose his own morals on others, which is NOT.
I don’t know how much time has Santorum spent on foreign policy, jobs and economy, or energy policy, but personally I’m sick and tired of hearing him carping about other people’s sexuality, private life and personal choices. All that is not the bloody business of the government, my neighbor, a candidate or the president.
Newt has already decided what to do, and sticks to it:
1) Repeal Obamacare bill entirely (no ifs, buts or waivers) on THE FIRST DAY in office (all NDH orders issued from it becoming obsolete, including the one concerning contraception in religious institutions and hospitals)
2) Annul all Obama’s executive orders, which contain any trace of anti-religious bigotry.
PERIOD.
We don’t have to spend hours upon hours upon hours talking about minutia.
Paging Captain Obvious?
What I find very offputting is that Santorum has taken to using almost all of Newt’s solutions and putting them out there as his own - and I don’t think there is anything that can be done about that... without sounding petty or confrontational. but it is getting worse as he gets more air time. I really wonder how this coincides with his principled character. I have to believe, I have faith, who he is will eventually be seen with its despotic and judgmental elements... I am beginning to see this election, in one sense, as the pharisee vs. the sinner redeemed by grace and used by God mightily... Pray for Newt.
Newt is relying on supporters and grassroots to do a lot of the footwork for him...
You can download & print these handouts to give out in your community at local GOP, Tea Party, & 912 meetings, or at community events like fairs and parades.
http://www.newt.org/volunteer/docs
Thanks for the report.
GO NEWT !!
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