~Newt Gingrich
Posted on 03/09/2012 2:33:24 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
JACKSON, MISS ....Hours before Mr. Gingrich arrived in Jackson, Mississippi’s capital, on Wednesday night, Mr. Santorum brought his own campaign there, calling on a vociferous crowd of several hundred to force out Mr. Gingrich and make it a two-man race with Mr. Romney.
“You have an opportunity here in Mississippi to narrow this race, narrow this race to a conservative versus the insider moderate,” Mr. Santorum said. “If we win Mississippi, this will be a two-person race. And if it is a two-person race, we will nominate a conservative as president of the United States.”
.....Mr. Gingrich, who canceled plans to visit Kansas before its caucuses on Saturday, will be spending the next few days wending his way all over Alabama and Mississippi, making four stops daily, in more of an effort than any of his rivals. It is an all-in strategy that worked for him in winning Georgia decisively.
One undecided voter, Troy Towns, who went on Wednesday to hear Mr. Gingrich in Alabama, left convinced by the force of his message that he should vote for him.
“I got up thinking maybe it’s time for Newt to get out,” said Mr. Towns, 49, an optician. “I was in between Gingrich and Santorum until I heard him speak. I believe he’s the right guy for this time and this season.” .....
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Newt Gingrich on Budget & Economy
Don’t bail out Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae; break them up. (Dec 2011)
Dodd-Frank kills small business & small banks. (Nov 2011)
Only leadership can balance the budget. (Sep 2011)
Modernizing government would save $500B per year in waste. (Sep 2011)
No sequel to failed stimulus & job-killing policies. (Sep 2011)
The Fed’s secrecy & power are antithetical to a free society. (Sep 2011)
Put people back to work to raise revenues without taxes. (Sep 2011)
The Super-committee is as dumb an idea as I’ve ever heard. (Aug 2011)
It’s a scandal that the Federal Reserve is secret. (Aug 2011)
Federal government pays at least $150B a year to crooks. (Jul 2011)
Putting people in houses they can’t afford invites disaster. (May 2010)
Microlending efficiently gets money to local entrepreneurs. (May 2010)
1995-97: Pushed for (and got) capital gains tax cut. (Apr 2010)
Bailout combines bad policy with worst of Detroit’s decay. (Jul 2009)
1995 budget: cut taxes, regulations, & spending. (Aug 2008)
Negotiated 1998 budget: first one balanced since 1969.
Achieve balanced budget by 2002. (Jan 1995)
Demand a Balanced Budget amendment. (Jul 2010)
Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate. (Jul 2010)
Supports balanced budget amendment & line item veto. (Sep 1994)
Those of us who have known Santorum for years have been trying to warn folks, he’s not what you think he is.. but of course we are flamed and attacked.
CAIN: You spent a lot of distinguished years in Congress and then you left Congress and started other ventures and you were thinking outside the Washington bubble. What are three things you realized outside that bubble?
GINGRICH: As a business, you don’t get to stay in business unless you wake up every day thinking about how to keep customers. If you don’t earn your pay in business, a business won’t pay you. We need to apply Lean Six Sigma principles to government. In every aspect of the private sector someone is doing something brilliant that could be applied to government to reduce costs, but the Left and the media block this. If you found Best Practices across the country, you would be amazed at how quickly you could balance the budget and resolve the deficit. When I left office as Speaker, there was a swing of 5 TRILLION dollars and we had a balanced budget. CEOs set big goals with tight deadlines, delegate smartly, and don’t let any so-called experts in the room.
Source: Head-to-head debate between Herman Cain & Newt Gingrich , Nov 5, 2011
~Newt Gingrich
Well Ricky is out there yapping again about JFK and separation of church and state so hopefully he will trivialize himself out of the race. He is not the guy for this critical time in history. Newt Gingrich is the only candidate with a plan to hit the ground running on day one to restore the constitutional republic.
You never get to read the other half of the quote because it is usually posted by Santorum supporters, he went to explain how the taxpayer is already paying for everyone’s insurance through ER bills and diagnostics, and many costly procedures done on an emergency basis, which are much more expensive than regular preventative doctor visits, or just in a doctor’s office. the “much more expensive” part was mine.
Marguerite, here are a few of Newt’s other accomplishments, for starters; (santorum’s 2 books are at the very end, one he wrote for his campaign, the other a bio about himself):
GINGRICH WRITINGS:
Nonfiction
Gingrich has authored or co-authored 18 non-fiction books since 1982.
* The Government’s Role in Solving Societal Problems, Associated Faculty Press, Incorporated. January 1982 ISBN 978-0-86733-026-7
* Window of Opportunity. Tom Doherty Associates, December 1985. ISBN 978-0-312-93923-6
* Contract with America (co-editor). Times Books, December 1994. ISBN 978-0-8129-2586-9
* Restoring the Dream. Times Books, May 1995. ISBN 978-0-8129-2666-8
* Quotations from Speaker Newt. Workman Publishing Company, Inc., July 1995. ISBN 978-0-7611-0092-8
* To Renew America. Farrar Straus & Giroux, July 1996. ISBN 978-0-06-109539-9
* Lessons Learned The Hard Way. HarperCollins Publishers, May 1998 ISBN 978-0-06-019106-1
* Presidential Determination Regarding Certification of the Thirty-Two Major Illicit Narcotics Producing and Transit Countries. DIANE Publishing Company, September 1999. ISBN 978-0-7881-3186-8
* Saving Lives and Saving Money. Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, April 2003. ISBN 978-0-9705485-4-2
* Winning the Future. Regnery Publishing, January 2005. ISBN 978-0-89526-042-0
* Rediscovering God in America: Reflections on the Role of Faith in Our Nation’s History and Future, Integrity Publishers, October 2006. ISBN 978-1-59145-482-3
* The Art of Transformation, with Nancy Desmond. CHT Press, November 29, 2006, ISBN 978-1-933966-00-7
* A Contract with the Earth, with Terry L. Maple. Johns Hopkins University Press, October 1, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8018-8780-2
* Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works, Regnery Publishing, January 2008. ISBN 978-1-59698-053-2
* Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving Our Energy Crisis, with Vince Haley. Regnery Publishing, September 2008 ISBN 978-1-59698-576-6
* 5 Principles for a Successful Life: From Our Family to Yours, with Jackie Gingrich Cushman, Crown Publishing Group, May 2009 ISBN 978-0-307-46232-9
* To Save America: Stopping Obama’s Secular-Socialist Machine, with Joe DeSantis. Regnery Publishing, May 2010 ISBN 978-1-59698-596-4
* A Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters, Regnery Publishing, June 2011 ISBN 978-1-59698-271-0
Fiction
Gingrich co-wrote the following alternate history novels and series of novels with William R. Forstchen.
* 1945 Baen Books, August 1995 ISBN 978-0-671-87739-2
Civil War Series
* Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War Thomas Dunne Books, June 2003 ISBN 978-0-312-30935-0
* Grant Comes East Thomas Dunne Books, June 2004 ISBN 978-0-312-30937-4
* Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory Thomas Dunne Books, June 2005 ISBN 978-0-312-34298-2
* The Battle of the Crater: A Novel Thomas Dunne Books, November 2011 ISBN 978-0-312-60710-4
Pacific War Series
* Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th Thomas Dunne Books, May 2007 ISBN 978-0-312-36350-5
* Days of Infamy Thomas Dunne Books, April 2008 ISBN 978-0-312-36351-2
Revolutionary War Series
* To Try Men’s Souls: A Novel of George Washington and the Fight for American Freedom, October 2009, ISBN 978-0-312-59106-9
* Valley Forge: George Washington and the Crucible of Victory, November 2010, ISBN 978-0-312-59107-6
Films
* Nine Days that Changed the World, Gingrich Productions, April 2010[186]
Santorum Writings:
# Rick Santorum (2005). It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good. Intercollegiate Studies Institute. ISBN 1-932236-29-5.
# Rick Santorum (2005). Rick Santorum. Monument Press. ISBN 0-9769668-0-8.
Rick’s thoughts on Government and conservatism:
“This whole idea of personal autonomy, well I don’t think most conservatives hold that point of view. Some do. They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do, government should keep our taxes down and keep our regulations low, that we shouldn’t get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn’t get involved in cultural issues. You know, people should do whatever they want. Well, that is not how traditional conservatives view the world and I think most conservatives understand that individuals can’t go it alone.” source: http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/rick-santorum-v-limited-government/
“What was my vision? I came to the uncomfortable realization that conservatives were not only reluctant to spend government dollars on the poor, they hadn’t even thought much about what might work better. I often describe my conservative colleagues during this time as simply ‘cheap liberals.’ My own economically modest personal background and my faith had taught me to care for those who are less fortunate, but I too had not yet given much thought to the proper role of government in this mission.” –Rick Santorum, p. IX It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good (2005)
“I suspect some will dismiss my ideas as just an extended version of ‘compassionate conservatism.’ Some will reject what I have said as a kind of ‘Big Government Conservatism.’ Some will say that what I’ve tried to argue isn’t conservatism at all. But I believe what I’ve been presenting is the genuine conservatism our Founders envisioned. One that fosters the opportunity for all Americans to live as we are called to live, in selfless families that contribute to the general welfare, the common good.” –Rick Santorum, p. 421 It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good (2005)
“If you’re a conservative, there really is only one place to go right now. I would even argue farther than that. If you’re a Republican, if you’re a Republican in the broadest sense, there is only one place to go right now and that’s Mitt Romney.” –Rick Santorum, 02/1/2008 [source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/rick-santorum-mitt-romney_n_1009725.html?ref=mostpopular
Check out his brochure, 50 Things You Didn’t Know About Rick Santorum, where he proudly defends food stamps, increasing minimum wage, stem cell harvesting, college tuition subsidies, bloated school funding, working with Bono to fight world poverty, etc. http://mediacdn.reuters.com/media/us/editorial/pdf/50Things.pdf
Also see his disturbing voting record for more doozies: http://www.redstate.com/erick/2012/01/09/what-a-big-government-conservative-looks-like-2/
That’s a good list. People should go back to reading, starting with:
To Save America: Stopping Obama’s Secular-Socialist Machine
They also should watch this:
“Marxism in America, brought to you by Obama” by Lt. Gen. (Ret.) W.G. Boykin - OAK
“people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do”
That’s EXACTLY what president Reagan said.
Santorum is against individual freedom, the cornerstone of the American Republic.
* Rediscovering God in America: Reflections on the Role of Faith in Our Nation’s History and Future, by Newt Gingrich. Integrity Publishers, October 2006. ISBN 978-1-59145-482-3
Rick Santorum doesn’t have a corner on the market in believing there is a place for faith in the public square. I am pretty sure what santorum knows wouldn’t make a half-chapter in Newt’s book. WAKE UP SANTORUM SUPPORTERS! WAKE UP!!
Santorum: “I’m such a conservative”
Romney: “I’m a severe conservative”
Newt: “Here’s what we’re gonna do”
I am already there. Santorum is never going to get my vote.
I want a president, not a preacher.
GO NEWT......
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He said INDICATE that they’ll be held accountable for covering their own health care costs. Sounds good to me. His discussion of the requirement for insurance was just kicking around ideas to a difficult problem. Let’s focus on the health care solutions he’s finalized and posted on Newt.org and not every little topic that came up in a long brainstorming discussion.
oops, March 12th debate - NOT March 1.
Dee Dee Benkie, an Indiana Republican party official, said on FOX News this week that Rush and Newt were "he-man woman haters." So you're definitely right that there's a strong streak of RINOs in the party that are coming out in force and showing their true colors for Mittsky.
It’s hard to see Health Care Savings Accounts as a realistic solution to people being unable to afford medical costs. Those are based on you saving up money to spend on your health care in the future, right? That’s simply not going to help most people pay serious medical bills.
Personally, I don’t see a clear-cut fundamental conservative/liberal divide on issues like health care. The mandate could easily be converted into a tax that does the same thing, in which case we might be able to debate this issue on its practical results rather than on a constitutional basis. Would it be fair to tax everybody, while offering a deduction if they buy their own insurance, and put that money into a pool that would be used to reimburse medical facilities who treat uninsured people? I think that is unquestionably a better situation than we have today where we have freeloaders gaming the system and forcing medical facilities to drive their costs up to cover their losses on those people. Those costs being driven up only affect people with insurance or who pay their bills, not the freeloaders. At least a tax would collect money from the freeloaders along the way too. And again, if you buy insurance, you should be able to deduct that cost and essentially not pay the tax.
Newt Gingrich’s “baggage”:
Education
PhD, History, Tulane University, 1971
MA, Tulane University, 1968
BA, Modern European History, Emory University, 1965
Political Experience
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1979-1999
Speaker, United States House of Representatives, 1995-1998
Chair, Republican National Convention, 1996
Republican Whip, United States House of Representatives, 1989-1994
Professional Experience
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, present
Founder, Center for Health Transformation, 2003-present
Honorary Chairman, NanoBusiness Alliance, 2000-present
Founder, Gingrich Group, 1999-present
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1999-present
News and Political Analyst, FOX News Channel, 1999-2011
Guest Professor, Kennesaw State College, September 1993
Professor, History and Environmental Studies, West Georgia College, 1970-1978
Distinguished Visiting Scholar/Professor, National Defense University
Organizations
Chair, American Solutions Political Action Committee, present
General Chair, American Solutions for Winning the Future, present
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member, Committee on the Present Danger
Advisory Board Member, Common Good
Co-Founder, Conservative Opportunity Society
Member, Terrorism Task Force, Council on Foreign Relations
Honorary Member, East Cobb Rotary
Advisory Board Member, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Editorial Board Member, Johns Hopkins University Journal, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism
Board Member, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Founding Member, Project Vote Smart
Founder, Young Republicans Club, Emory University
Former Chairman, GOPAC
The issue is there IS already a mandate in place, a mandate that hospitals treat people who show up at emergency rooms. But it’s an unfunded mandate. So the funding for that is the missing piece in the equation that has not been addressed, and puts an unfair burden on hospitals and their paying customers.
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