The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarters Expenses?
Posted on 11/19/2011 1:39:18 AM PST by MN_Mike
Especially since Mr. Gingrich was never a natural Freddie antagonist anyway. As big-government libertarian, he rather liked the idea of subsidizing homeownership. He also collected millions from health-care interests, and he supported a version of the individual health insurance mandate. These were once respectable ideas in GOP circles. Yet the inconvenient fact remains: Mr. Gingrich had placed himself, from the perspective of 2011, on the wrong side of the housing policy debate.
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WSJ, paid for by the DNC and elect Romney Campaign
While I am not sure about Gingrich, Limbaugh made an outstanding point today when he said Gingrich has come out and apologized for or stood up to criticism for his bad choices—it doesn’t clean the slate for me, but at least I can think about that.
Romney, on the other hand, denies he ever did anything wrong, and talks around his past decisions (Romneycare, abortion flip-flopping, guns, etc.) like a politician who wants to wait and see which way the wind blows next election day, so he can say “See? You like Obamacare, well, I was so far ahead of things with Romneycare that they came to ME to figure out how to do it!” or “Romneycare is NOTHING like Obamacare!” depending.
As big-government libertarian,......
You just can’t start and article with such a contradiction in terms and leave it hanging like that.
If we are going to get rid of the Kenyan Usurper, conservatives will have to get used to the idea that perfect ideological purity cannot exist betwixt me and thee.
Pick a good candidate. Stick with him. Stop tearing every other candidate apart and doing the media's evil work for them.
Lowered taxes and spending.
Better than the Bush years with a GOP house and Senate.
Do you or Jenkins have some inside information that you’d care to share with us to contradict Gingrich’s claim that he had advised Fannie Mae to end their disastrous policies?
“Especially since Mr. Gingrich was never a natural Freddie antagonist anyway.”
I wonder if Mr. Jenkins’ reasoning is on a par with his writing.
WSJ is on a decline.
Lol! Writing skill and thinking are both on a low level in this article.
Jumped right out at me, too. But when you think about it, that’s Newt. Almost every thing he does or says is contradictory.
IMHO “big government libertarian” describes him to a tee. It’s why he can take so many sides of a given issue and sound thoughtful.
It’s also why he would be a disaster as president. The best presidents brought clarity and consistency to the job. Of course, this only possible with moral underpinnings. Newt is devoid of that commodity.
Newt is nothing more than a political profiteer, no different from Pelosi, Reid, Schumer and Obama. His couch sitting session with Sweet Nancy advocating the global warming alarm represents everything you should know about this man. Flee from this chameleon!
Yes, then he went over to the dark side. Do not be swayed by his intelligence...the founding Constitutionalists warned us of leadership lacking moral conviction and clarity.
The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarters Expenses?
No, that's called "intelligence." If you can only see and articulate one side of an issue you don't really have anything very much to offer.
And yet Gingrich is still lying about his role in Freddie Mack. He was a "historian" remember? He even changes political positions on issues mid-sentence. You can believe this guy on the basis of what you WANT him to be, but not on the basis of who he IS.
And even better when you can take credit for both positions and still convince people you are honest.
And even better when you can take credit for both positions and still convince people you are honest.
But which of the many sides of an issue Newty can articulate does he believe?
I take it you are of the opinion that all sides of an issue are equal? That there is no one side that is more correct or different than any other?
that’s funny!
newt was getting paid to stop a housing bubble.
his actions did not do much!
newt got angry in the debate when he was asked about it—which shows he’s spinning the issue.
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