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Newt Waiting To Be Called
Jeff Gannon - A Voice of the New Media ^ | 11/15/2006 | Jeff Gannon

Posted on 11/15/2006 8:39:52 AM PST by ConservativeMajority

Now that the 2006 midterm elections have almost all been decided, political observers are turning their attention toward the presidential sweepstakes in 2008. It will be the first race since 1952 that doesn’t have an incumbent president seeking re-election or vice-president looking for a promotion, leaving the field in both parties wide open. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and John Kerry top the list of about a dozen Democrats considering a White House run and Mitt Romney, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani are the names most frequently talked about for the Republican nomination.

With the official end of the 1994 Republican Revolution coming just a week ago, some have been openly wondering if the architect of the Contract With America will return to the political stage to once again lead the conservative movement with a bid for the White House. After attending an event with Newt Gingrich last night, it appears that the former House Speaker is not running for president - he’s waiting to be asked to serve.

Gingrich was interviewed by a restrained Chris Matthews and revealed the depth and breadth of his knowledge of American history. Gingrich, once a college professor, lectured the audience about how leaders like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt might deal with today’s problems and political environment. Woven into his responses to the over-matched talk show host, was an unmistakable affirmation of conservative principles that were abandoned by the Republican Congressional leadership just deposed.

More striking was Gingrich’s outlook for the upcoming presidential campaigns. He suggested that the current lack of effective leadership in both parties is the result of negative campaigns that appeal to the lowest common denominator. Gingrich believes that real leaders will emerge when “things get bad enough” for Americans to stop responding to the politics of personal destruction and seek candidates with a strong, defined, inspirational message. The underlying premise is that those who seek power will be turned aside in favor of someone who seeks to lead a nation.

It is clear that Gingrich believes he is such a man, as do I. He’s not running for anything, but it seems that he is waiting for his country to call.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: newtgingrich; nonewt; saynotonewt
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To: zarf
He's divorced; unclean. Christ would never approve of him running. /s?

Your allegation is without base. Reagan was divorced, and many social conservatives voted for him. My concern for Newt is that he address (1) his work as Speaker in which he presided over a very poorly run 1998 campaign which let Clinton off the hook; and (2) his difficult personal life, well beyond his divorce.

I would never describe anyone as unclean, because with Christ all can be clean.

161 posted on 11/16/2006 8:24:17 AM PST by Zack Nguyen
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To: ConservativeMajority
I think that Newt has unique qualifications for leadership and effectiveness if put in the right slot. The tough work in politics is done below the presidential level. I do not think that Newt is presidential timber based on his quixotic temperament as well as past demonstrations of repeated marital unfaithfullness. Character is important when considering the level of responsibility a person can be trusted with. Being the leader of the free world, i.e, President of the United States of America, not only requires a high level of intelligence, but fidelity to the job, and self sacrifice beyond the ordinary. Newt is no more a sinner than any of us, but he has fallen short in areas that IMO disqualify him for the task of leading this great country.
162 posted on 11/16/2006 8:24:29 AM PST by mountainfolk (God Bless President George Bush)
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To: zarf

I should also add that I don't demand that my candidate be a professed Christian to gain my vote.


163 posted on 11/16/2006 8:26:15 AM PST by Zack Nguyen
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To: Red_Devil 232

As I already explained, there's a difference in appointment positions and elected positions. Running Newt again would show that we want to repeat the same mistakes we've made in the past. Rummy was not elected.


164 posted on 11/16/2006 9:25:12 AM PST by ilovew (Rummy...the best Secretary of Defense ever.)
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To: TUX
...took Madison County, Alabama for Goldwater.

I was at Davis Hills Elementary and still remember how depressed we all were that he lost. That was the first time I was aware of politics and began understanding that I was probably a Republican.

165 posted on 11/16/2006 10:47:55 AM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: RockinRight

yeah well, maybe we nominate a 'moderate'...

Republicans got shellacked this month not becaude conservatism is dead-it was because they strayed so far from it...

Newt represents me more than Hastert or Frist or Guiliani or certainly) McCain


166 posted on 11/16/2006 12:07:04 PM PST by Former MSM Viewer ("We will hunt the terrorists in every dark corner of the earth. We will be relentless." W 2001)
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To: Kellis91789
Against Hillary, it would be an interesting skeletons-in-the-closet contest. With all her baggage, I don't see why anybody thinks she is a credible candidate.

The main difference is that a person with a conscience feels guilt and often communicates shame when someone brings up their past misdeeds. The sociopath, however, denies they ever took place; or if they did, that they really hurt anyone. Just making the comparison...

167 posted on 11/16/2006 12:38:38 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: DogBarkTree

LOL!!!


168 posted on 11/16/2006 12:40:44 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: Former MSM Viewer

I love Newt, but the guy has a LOT of personal baggage. He almost makes Clinton look like an expert in maintaining a good marriage.


169 posted on 11/16/2006 12:45:28 PM PST by RockinRight (The loss is temporary, hopefully we learn from our mistakes.)
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To: ConservativeMajority

Newt belongs to CFR! I like him, but as far as I'm concerned, that's a huge reason to "just say NO to Newt." ;o)


170 posted on 11/16/2006 12:47:07 PM PST by NRA2BFree (THOSE WHO LIVE BY THE SWORD GET SHOT BY THOSE WHO DON*T!)
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To: Cobra64
As for has beens, what do you think of this guy?


Hint: He was a radio announcer, grade B movie actor, card carrying democrat, and president of the Screen Actors' Guild.


And he was the oldest person ever to enter the office of the President, at just shy of 70, and served for 8 years!

171 posted on 11/16/2006 12:50:03 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: spintreebob
When Condi Rice's name is added, she is always #1 with every faction of Republicans, including those factions that disagree with her position on their favorite issue.

I would love to see Condoleezza Rice as president. However, as a resident of the Socialist Republic of Maryland, I was deeply shocked and horrified to see the treatment of the excellent Michael Steele in the last race, particularly the snubbing and ungracious behavior by other blacks, who regard conservatives as turncoats. It wasn't pretty.

It made me rethink whether our nation is really capable of doing the mature thing. I have newfound doubts, after seeing what was done to Steele, about Rice's candidacy in the strategic sense -- whether she has enough fire in her soft-spoken presentation to be regarded as a war leader and savior of a wobbling republic, as was the "iron lady" Margaret Thatcher.

172 posted on 11/16/2006 12:58:54 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: Blogger
And there is never forgiveness in our ranks? Nobody knows what he went through in that relationship but Newt; and even if he was a selfish pig, does he ever get forgiveness and can he ever move on?

Certainly, there is forgiveness in our ranks, as our election of former frat-boy Dubya clearly showed. It is the forgiveness of the swing voters that is the problem in such a divided electorate. You can be sure there will be no forgiveness from the Enemedia.

173 posted on 11/16/2006 1:01:32 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: RexBeach

Sitting and waiting and the senior prom is about to begin.


174 posted on 11/16/2006 1:03:04 PM PST by RightWhale (RTRA DLQS GSCW)
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To: BlueMondaySkipper
I think that the problem with perceived "baggage" on the Republican side is more aptly described as a problem that Republicans have defending themselves. If it were me and I were getting attacked like some of them have, I would turn the table and point out that while yes, I did fall out of love with my wife and into love with a staffer, at least I never drowned her.

LOL!!!


175 posted on 11/16/2006 1:07:58 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: Democratshavenobrains
In politics, nobody moves on. Heck, the Dims are still whining about what Bush did or didn't do in the National Guard over 35 years ago.

Yeah, and how about the Dimwits recycling George McGovern, Ramsey Clarke, Jimmy Cawtuh, Hill & Bill, Joan Baez, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry? About the only new faces on their radar screen are Osama Obama and Cindy ban Sheehan.

176 posted on 11/16/2006 1:13:31 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: Sen Jack S. Fogbound
I guess you don't believe in forgiveness at all.

See post 173.

177 posted on 11/16/2006 1:19:22 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: finnigan2
I'd support anyone (including Newt) who has demonstrated the communication skills and killer instinct to bring the House Republicans into line and strike terror into the hearts of leftist slugs like Pelosi and Murtha. Newt understands how the system works and can get results. For a time he was so powerful he even had Slick licking his boots instead of Monica's dress, until the press deemed him a threat to the Dems agenda and hounded him out of office.

That's what everyone on this thread needs to understand. It's not enough to be good at the job: a viable candidate must be able to manage the Fifth Column effectively.

The press is operating like a third political party; they will never back Newt. Reagan was extraordinary in his acting-honed ability to override them at their own communications game. It would take another person similarly gifted. Intellect is not enough; presentation is very important. This is where Bush could not measure up, much as I love the guy and understood his verbal shorthand. He and I are from a similar walk of life and have a compatible frame of reference. Other ethnicities and subgroups simply could not understand the man.

178 posted on 11/16/2006 1:25:14 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: ConservativeMajority

With names like Newt, Trent and Lamar floating around...it's starting to feel like Groundhog day.

This is not a good sign.


179 posted on 11/16/2006 1:26:30 PM PST by pollyannaish
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To: Arizona Carolyn; LC HOGHEAD
"He's divorced; unclean. Christ would never approve of him running /s"
WHAT???????? Who are we to judge anyone in that manner.

The original post contained a "/s", which means "sarcasm" in FReeperspeak.

180 posted on 11/16/2006 1:30:16 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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