[WayneS]

‘Freddie Mac’ without an historian is like a fish without a bicycle.

[MNJohnnie]

Newt is the GOP’s Bill Clinton. Don't look at the substance, just worship the style.

[Skeez]

[sodpoodle]

Historical perspective? Institutional memory? Before the computer and before policy & procedure manuals - employees with seniority were valued for their ‘institutional’ memories. IBM cards without the holes.

[dirtboy]

Now here he is in Iowa this week defending Freddie Mac. Quote: “Every American should be interested in expanding housing opportunities.”

Newt, did you pay ANY attention over the last fifteen years? Or are you just trying to perform some damage control?

[BunnySlippers]

No pass for Newt. I won’t vote for him.

[DeaconRed]

All they have to do is ask Bwarney Fwrank:
He can tell them more than they need to know. Like whether he likes being the receiver or the sender. Who does who etc. etc.

[dirtboy]

Newt’s chutzpah knows no bounds, though. Back during the 2008 presidential campaign, he told a Fox News interviewer that then-Senator Obama ought to return contributions he had received from Freddie Mac and its sister racket, Fannie Mae. Just last year Newt brought out a campaign book in which he argued for getting rid of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Now here he is in Iowa this week defending Freddie Mac. Quote: “Every American should be interested in expanding housing opportunities.”

OK, Newt defenders, defend this Romney-grade flip flopping and situational ethics.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I don’t want Newt as POTUS. Yes I understand she was incredibly brave with an incredibles knack for survival against the Aliens, but Ripley had a big hand in that don’t forget. When Hicks said “Why don’t you put her in chaarge?” I don’t think he was taking about POTUS. Plus Newt (aka Rebecca) is still too young for the office.

[jessduntno]

“Isn’t that what we want in a candidate, valuable insider understanding of governmental affairs?”

That’s what I want. Someone who has shown us how to ramrod a balanced budget, help create jobs, know where to cut government jobs, cut welfare, kick ass and take names. You know, useless shit like that. Things they have already demonstrated IN THE OFFICE OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

Or we could disqualify them for what they have allegedly done OUTSIDE the office they held.

Orrr...we could let someone have a few years of OJT. And hope for change.

Cripes.

[Josh Painter]

John Derbyshire... Isn’t he the pro-aboprt guy who supported Giuliani in ‘08 and is an admirer of Ron Paul?

http://www.johnderbyshire.com/Reviews/PoliSci/derbvsramesh.html

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/274681/appalled-paul-john-derbyshire

Well whaddya know, he is! But I’m sure he has no agenda. /sarc

[Josh Painter]

Look at all the Mittwits coming out of the woodpile to hate on Newt.

[MNJohnnie]

I know, don't bother the Cult of Newt with inconvenient facts.

It merely annoys the Newt Cult to have any hint of reality interfere with their worshiping at the Shrine of St Newt

[org.whodat]

Not voting for newtie, would be no different than voting for willard,maybe worse.

[LibLieSlayer]

ALL of the remaining candidates are horrible... they are all crap... romney is absolutely a non starter... a third party guarantee... so outside of mitt... who no Conservative would actually vote for... republicans yes... but no Conservative... so which turd that is left will we nominate... because we will be voting for a hunk of feces next November... regardless.

LLS

[Steamburg]

I absolutely see no problem for Newt the citizen. If we are stupid enough to elect politicians who rush to give our (Not Theirs) money away. Why should citizens not participate. The amount of money Newt received over 8 years is less than a weeks wages for the Democrats (Gorelick for example) who were not producing anything except more ways to fleece us.

I can’t see why Ron Paul isn’t institutionalized.

[Bernard Marx]

Fred, there you go again. Your hate-Newt campaign is becoming desperate. You're sourcing a guy whose Wiki profile says:

"Derbyshire has differed from his fellow writers at National Review on many subjects. For example, Derbyshire supported Michael Schiavo's position in the Terri Schiavo case, ridiculed George W. Bush's "itty-bitty tax cut, paid for by dumping a slew of federal debt on your children and grandchildren", has derided Bush in general for being too sure of his religious convictions and for his "rich-kid-ness", dismisses small-government conservatism as unlikely to ever take hold (although he is not unsympathetic to it), has called for immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq (but favored the invasion), opposes market reforms or any other changes in Social Security, is pro-choice on abortion, supports euthanasia in a fairly wide range of circumstances, and has suggested that he might (in a time of international crisis) vote for Hillary Clinton as president."

[bobk333]

I am a hardcore Tea Party member who was prepared to go all-in to support a Palin candidacy and then switched to Cain when she decided not to run.

I have been following Newt Gingrich for a long time and am dismayed by how many Tea Party members are so easily fooled by him.

Newt Gingrich is not what you think he is.

He is telling you what you want to hear without really meaning it.

He is the ultimate insider.

Why didn’t he say anything about the insider trading by Congress?

Newt has a long history. Please do your research. Please do not support him only because “he seems smart in the debates.” Please do your research.

Newt is totally wrong for the Tea Party.

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[Georgia Girl 2]

He’s not getting a pass. Consulting is what Newt has been doing for years now. He has American Solutions and another think tank organization. Consultants get paid big bucks. He has not charged any higher fees than the average. If there was anything to this the MSM would be all over him. There isn’t.

[Dr. Thorne]

Derbyshire is a Romney troll. NR has become a small political action committee for Romney and they are doing everything in their power to destroy all other contenders.

Bill Buckley is rolling in his grave. The National Review is no longer conservative.