Newt is NOT going to run... give it up.
Today Show pact-with-the-MSM-devil ping.
Interesting. Thanks for the briefing.
In order to get MSM face time a Rep must attack W or the Party.
John McCampaign does it all the time!
Nice job and thanks.
The people of America will NEVER elect a first lady named Callista..
Mr. Newt is really off the mark here.
So now I know why Brit Hume said yesterday on his show that "Washington is buzzing with words that we cannot win the war in Iraq". Is Mr. Newt creating some trouble here?
Anyway Brit had General Scales on his show yesterday to rebut this lie that we are losing the war in Iraq. General Sacles made a very compelling and very strong case that this insurgency is doomed to lose because it has a support of a small minority of the Iraqi population (a minority among the Arab Sunni who are minority to start with). He said that the urgency does not have the geographical depth, they do not have the leadership, they do not have a defined plan and cause. He said that their is a lot of over exaggeration of the power of the Sunni insurgency, that many people are using the word of insurgency very loosely when it realy does not aply in Iraq, and that things in Iraq are no way as bad as the media is portraying.
This is the same as saying we cannot win the war on terror so we should appease them so they won't hit us again.
Newt will go over very big in France!
It wasn't just yesterday that Newt pretty much wiped out any good he might have done. This is icing on the cake.
The old media would LOVE to see Newt run for the GOP nomination -- and win the nomination. They know he can't win in a general election. The old media would sing Newt's praises up through his nomination, then they would turn on him and tear him apart.
Somebody needs to sit down and tell Newt that although his ideas and input are welcome, he doesn't have the "right stuff" to win the presidency and that his criticism of Bush will alienate him from the base.
This is a true sign of his character, that nothing has changed.
Betrayal seems to be a large part of his character.
Newt needs to wake up. Why did he leave his political position? It wasn't because HE wanted to. He was coerced out due his own ethical problem.
Newt, like Gary Hart (Dem) and many other ex-politicians, is 'damaged goods'.
Hey, Newt, buy a clue; write your next book about the Presidency. That's about as close as you will ever get to it.
HTF does Newt think that people could ever be duped into voting for a jerkwad who quit his post in Congress right after being re-elected, saddling the voters of Georgia with an appointed Dimocrat?
And for that matter, how does he ever imagine Americans electing a President named after a small amphibian reptile?
I understand your concern - but - it would seem that Newt gave the only acceptable answer to the question posed! Obviously the CinC is ultimately responsible for the conduct of the war. His statement that President Bush would likely concur is also sincere.
I'll withhold judgement for a while, but would appreciate any new info you find on Newt especially if he indeed DOES start taking swipes!
Sure, Ms. Couric wasn't going to miss an oppotunity to get Newt to criticize the Administration but...THEY NEED CRITICIZING!
Hindsight being 20/20, the US should NEVER had allowed Saddam's army, especially the Republican Guard to melt back into civilian life.
In their zeal to appeal to favorable world opinion, we did not bomb and kill their troops during the long build-up phase of the invasion of Iraq.
Newt correctly states that this mistake is the reason for the somewhat successful insurgency and roadside bombs, etc., which are killing Iraqis...but escuse me for suggesting...more importantly, Amercian soldiers.
The reason Saddam and his MINORITY party status didn't have an insurgency problem is because he was a ruthless killer, and had a plastic shredder and 2 crazy sons (not necessarily in that order.
He killed his enemies by the tens of thousands..which is no different that any successful conqueror throughout recorded history.
Of course President Bush couldn't conduct mass executions...but Allawi sure as hell can. But President Bush should have leveled Tikrit and Fallajah, and salted the earth in those locations...to hell with their populations.
I'd rather have the MSM screaming we are killing innocents for a year than have them screaming everytime an American soldier gets blown up by suicide bombers, etc..
Further, as usual it is all about how allegedly smart he is and his many novel ideas. He is a typical college professor looking to influence the student body with sermons from the shining city on the hill. He won't be accepted by the majority of Republicans and virtually none of the conservatives.
Here's a link to a 1999 Newsmax article and accompanying FR thread on Newt's probably being blackmailed by the Clintons and its impact on his actions as House Speaker:
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a37b457b15697.htm
He's not a man we want to have anything more to do with.
I wonder, what were Gingrich's usual remarks about Iraq before he came on the Today Show?
As an aside, I'm sure it doesn't surprise you to know there are conservatives/Republicans opposed to our actions in Iraq.