Posted on 11/20/2006 12:05:27 PM PST by do the dhue
Newt's ego apparently hasn't suffered.
I saw him giving a speech on C-SPAN several weeks ago where he advocated having the Govt give cash awards to students who get good grades in math & science. Somehow, that didn't strike me as small govt.
New contract time ... yeah I'd vote for him.
Newt has my vote in a sceond...
You really think socially conservative women are going to vote for him? Frankly, I think he will set a new record for how many votes he WON'T get from women. I think there's also going to be more than a few men who won't vote for him either.
What's more morally reprehensible to you? A married man screwing an intern, or having an affair and leaving your wife while she is recovering from cancer? I can tell you which one I find more repulsive, and it's not the first choice.
Past skirt-chasing is no longer a major issue in the General. Even if he doesn't get either the nomination or the White House in '08, his ideas will be a powerful force......and set him up for 2012, perhaps.
I don't care. Newt likes girls, good for him; it's actually kinda refreshing. He has far and away the best, and most cogent view of the next fifty years.
I am for him. At the least, he isn't McCain.
21st Century Contract with America.
I.
Defend America and our allies from those who would destroy us. To achieve security, we will develop the intelligence, diplomatic, information, defense, and homeland security systems and resources for success.
II.
Transform the Social Security system into personal savings accounts that will enable every worker to have higher retirement incomes from their own work and avoid the need for financial support from their children.
III.
Recenter on the Creator from Whom all our liberties come. We will insist on a judiciary that understands the centrality of God in American history and reasserts the legitimacy of recognizing the Creator in public life.
IV.
Establish patriotic education for our children and patriotic immigration for new Americans. To achieve this, we will renew our commitment to education about American citizenship based on American history and an understanding of the Founding Fathers and the core values of American civilization. We will insist that both our children and immigrants learn the key values and key facts of American history as the foundation of their growth as citizens.
V.
Meet the triple economic challenges of an explosion in scientific and technological knowledge, an increasingly competitive world market, and the rise of China and India by implementing:
1. A new system of civil justice to reduce the burden of lawsuits and to incentivize young people to go into professions other than the law.
2. A dramatically simplified tax code that favors savings, entrepreneurship, investment, and constant modernization of equipment and technology.
3. Math and science learning equal to any in the world and educating enough young Americans to both discover the science of the future and to compete successfully in national security and the economy with other well-educated societies.
4. Investing in the scientific revolutions that are going to transform our world—particularly in energy, space, and the environment.
5. Transforming health care into a 21st Century Intelligent Health System that improves our health while lowering costs dramatically. In the process, American health care will become our highest value export and foreign exchange earning sector.
VI.
Work to include every American in a system of patriotic stewardship so every person has a real opportunity to pursue happiness as their Creator endowed. Prepare for the aging of the baby boomers and their children so we can have active healthy aging with the best quality of life, the longest period of independent living, and the greatest prosperity. We will:
1. Develop a system in which those who wish to stay economically active are encouraged and incentivized to do so because active people live longer and healthier, have a greater opportunity to pursue happiness, and are less of a burden on their fellow citizens;
2. Develop a system of independent living and assisted living that increases the years in which people can be on their own and in most cases enables people to live their entire lives with freedom and dignity;
3. Develop a new model of quality long-term care in which both the care and the quality of life are compatible with a twenty-first century American expectation of progress and innovation;
4. Use the new technologies and new scientific knowledge to turn disabilities into capabilities and change government regulations and programs to help every American achieve the fullest possible ability to pursue happiness.
VII.
Change the mindset of big government in Washington by replacing bureaucratic public administration with Entrepreneurial Public Management so government can operate with the speed, effectiveness, and efficiency of the information age.
VIII.
Balance the federal budget and insist on a lean government, low tax, low interest rate economy to maximize growth in a competitive world.
IX.
Insist on congressional reform to make the legislative branch responsive to the needs of the 21st century.
X.
Ensure an election process that is honest, accountable, accurate, and free from the threat of illegal votes or subsequent litigation.
If we insist on these goals and insist on electing leaders at all levels dedicated to these goals, we will be able to leave our children and grandchildren an America of safety, health, prosperity, and freedom that would make our parents and grandparents proud. We too will have done our duty to our country and our achievements as citizens will be worthy of the America we inherited
How has he "done the right thing" in his personal life?
Newt is so brilliant he understands that his ideas are more important than he is. He understands that he is likely unelectable, especially against Hillary.
This is not about Newt. Newt is NOT RUNNING.
It's Newt's IDEAS that are running. Newt is running around trying to get people to latch onto his ideas as a platform.
Find a suitable candidate to run with Newt's ideas and you have newt pleased as punch.
So, folks, let's help Newt out: Forget about Newt the Personality, and focus on Newt's IDEAS.
He's a smart one, Newt. He senses the huge need for a real 'ideas' person in politics right now. He is absolutely on target.
Love our Prez, but it would be some relief to have a real thinker and debater for our side this time around. I'd vote for Newt.
I would vote for Newt. I won't vote for McCain, or Guliani, however.
The choice of evangelical women in 2008 is going to be....Obama.
Have you heard about his Oprah performance? He's going to dominate that demographic.
Now, among those evangelical women who are a little more deeply committed to the socially conservative agenda, they won't vote for Obama b/c they know he's a fraud. Problem is, though, they won't vote for Giuliani, either.
I don't know what we have to do in 08 to win. But I know this: Giuliani loses to Obama; Giuliani beats Hillary (narrowly); McCain loses to Obama; McCain v. Hillary is a toss up.
Not sure yet how Romney or Newt would fare against either Hillary or Obama.
All I know is that we run some very real dangers in 08 and we could really use a good nominee...and one who is a conservative. As of today, that is asking for something not on the horizon. Which is very scary.
The original Contract with America was genius because it was simple yet provided some level of detail. Perfect for an age of soundbites & low attention spans.
If that's Newt's new contract you posted, it is none of those things.
Newt would have my support.
Newt is so brilliant he understands that his ideas are more important than he is."
I agree with that 100%. And, sadly, he is the only candidate, er, non-candidate, who is serious about ideas, at least as of today. I also agree that his approach is preferable than the approach of candidates who run and then try to cobble together enough ideas to get elected.
And...cough cough....that sucks.
You said "A married man screwing an intern" who was that? Now there was POTUS, who was screwing and receiving another form of sexual gratification in the Oval, or was the Oral office, is that the guy you mean? You soft peddled Pres Willie activities didn't you?
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