Okay, I’m not a Gingrich fan but I think many on FR are being a little silly towards him. He is not a RINO, that is just a stupid thing to say.
He has thirty-five years of a political career to look at. He was a very conservative Congressman from Georgia for a very long time. They don’t elect RINOS. He destroyed Jim Wright, RINOS don’t do that. He along with many others orchestrated the first Republican House majority since Eisenhower, and replaced Bob Michael who was a RINO.
He helped along with Phil Gramm and Bob Walker and others to pass the Reagan economic program in the 1980s. It was Gingrich that began to use Congressional television to nightly present the Conservative message to the country. He was very much responsible for balanced budgets, welfare reform, tax reform etc. while in the House.
Does he have baggage? Sure, but doesn’t Cain and Perry?
This is going to come down to a choice between Gingrich and Romney and to say they are both RINOs is idiotic for one thing and sitting out the election because of that belief dooms our nation to huge deficits, double digit unemployment and weak foreign policy. A high price to pay for the search for the perfect Conservative candidate, a bar that not even Ronald Reagan could have met.
It is time to direct our fire on the real enemy of the country Barry Hussein Obama.
There is no reason at all to claim that “it’s time” to do anything.
The tea party conservative will battle until the end against the establishment RINO.
Newt vs Romney is Establishment vs Establishment. If tea party flirts with supporting Newt, or Romney, one tv commercial will solve that. There still will be a tea party candidate, and this is a good year for a tea party candidate, since they did great ground game last Fall. Cain, Bachmann, Paul are tea party.
“Okay, I’m not a Gingrich fan but I think many on FR are being a little silly towards him. He is not a RINO, that is just a stupid thing to say.
He has thirty-five years of a political career to look at. He was a very conservative Congressman from Georgia for a very long time. They don’t elect RINOS. He destroyed Jim Wright, RINOS don’t do that. He along with many others orchestrated the first Republican House majority since Eisenhower, and replaced Bob Michael who was a RINO.
He helped along with Phil Gramm and Bob Walker and others to pass the Reagan economic program in the 1980s. It was Gingrich that began to use Congressional television to nightly present the Conservative message to the country. He was very much responsible for balanced budgets, welfare reform, tax reform etc. while in the House.
Does he have baggage? Sure, but doesn’t Cain and Perry?
This is going to come down to a choice between Gingrich and Romney and to say they are both RINOs is idiotic for one thing and sitting out the election because of that belief dooms our nation to huge deficits, double digit unemployment and weak foreign policy. A high price to pay for the search for the perfect Conservative candidate, a bar that not even Ronald Reagan could have met.
It is time to direct our fire on the real enemy of the country Barry Hussein Obama”
100% correct. Newt was leading the conservative charge when Perry was still a democrat, Cain was making pizzas, and Romney was doing nothing in politics.
I nominate you for the post of the night. Well said.
One would hope so. Unfortunately, there are a variety of FReepers displaying ignorance and vile hatred towards all the candidates in one form or another.
In the case of this thread concerning Gingrich, they should do some research on his web site. Those who don't are lazy empty suits, content to scream the "BAGGAGE!" mantra.
I will continually believe that minus true rhinos like Romney and McCain, the people that attack genuine conservatives are no friend to conservatism.
It’s folks that think their brand of conservatism will do anything put choke off any practical way to keep it alive. Conservatism is a culture and we’re only one or two judges and one or two terms away from being a minority of that. So in order to leave an impression to last a few generations, we have to control the courts.
Reagan appointed the judge that upheld Obama’s healthcare...so we can’t hope that every judge will be perfect, but we can be sure that we need to have someone trustworthy picking them. I trust Newt, Cain, Perry, et al (except Romney...and DEFINITELY not Obama!).