Posted on 11/23/2011 3:41:40 PM PST by TBBT
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is an interesting candidate because he has been around so long and is only now topping a recent Gallup poll for the Republican nomination. And yet as a candidate, he comes pre-packaged with his own dirt. No need for investigative reporting here. Usually a candidate has to top a poll or two before some dirt comes out about him.
And some of the dirt is pretty ugly. When his first wife was recovering from surgery, he showed up to discuss terms of their divorce (an episode attempted to be revised by Newt's daughter Jackie). And during the late '90s Clinton-Lewinski scandals, Speaker Gingrich admitted to his own extramarital affair while married to his second wife. This affair and others may be included in the "moments of regret" he has confessed to in his personal life. Then, when he left the House in 1999, he faced a $300,000 fine from the House Ethics Committee for various ethics charges. There are other skeletons, but you get the picture. Nothing too huge, but generally pretty obnoxious.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
But there is a lot to say for the Gingrich candidacy. He has been around in Washington longer than any of the other Republican candidates, 1979 to 1999.
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give me a break.
no newt.
And you can bet that, should Newt become the nominee, the Dems will exploit every wart in his background.
Only fools cast the first stone. Ever hear he without sin cast the first stone. Oh, I get it, Christians never forgive but just hold crap forever.
We have had Presidents who have practiced cavalier sex before, we have had liars,and now we have a Muslim.
I know I dont have to tell you, but politicians often say one thing but do the complete opposite -- especially if they think no one is looking.Describes the slimy POS pretty well.Newt Gingrich is the poster child for these sort of flexible principles.
Ive been around the block a few times (Im about to start my 20th year as a gun rights lobbyist) and dealt with literally thousands of candidates and politicians, but no Republican politician has managed to support and vote for anti-gun legislation and still proclaim that he is pro-gun more effectively than Newt Gingrich. Dont be fooled by his rise in the polls; Newt Gingrich has a long history of supporting gun control ...
... and he has blatantly refused to return his National Association for Gun Rights Presidential Survey.
With more than three decades as a public figure, Newt is the quintessential political chameleon, shifting his views to reflect whatever is popular with the Washington, D.C. chattering class.
Make no mistake, while Newt may talk a solid conservative game, his record is that of a typical Inside-the-Beltway politician who will cut ANY compromise or make ANY deal with anyone for his own political or personal gain. P> While Newt used the institutional gun lobby as a mouthpiece to convince millions of gun owners nationwide that as long as he is Speaker, no gun-control legislation is going to move in committee or on the House floor, he was working behind the scenes to pass gun control.
In 1996, Newt Gingrich turned his back on guns and voted for the anti-gun Brady Campaigns Lautenberg Gun Ban, which strips the Second Amendment rights of citizens involved in misdemeanor domestic violence charges or temporary protection orders - in some cases for actions as minor as spanking a child or grabbing a spouses wrist.(1)
Gingrich even called the anti-gun measure reasonable, and predicted that it would sail through his Republican-controlled House of Representatives with little trouble.(2)
The Lautenberg Gun Ban is one of the Congressional Republicans' worst betrayals of gun owners, and those complicit in its passage deserve nothing but contempt from gun owners.
This gun control measure ranks right up there with the Brady Registration Act as the most aggressive gun control in America, denying hundreds of thousands of would-be gun owners the right to self defense.
Gingrich also stood shoulder to shoulder with Nancy Pelosi to pass the Criminal Safezones Act which prevents armed citizens from defending themselves in certain arbitrary locations. You and I both know that Criminal Safezones dont protect law-abiding citizens, but actually protect the criminals who ignore them.(3)
As you can see, Newt Gingrich is no friend of gun owners, or small government conservatives. He simply cant be trusted, and his record reflects his contempt not only for the truth, but his own integrity and the integrity of the very people hes asking to vote for him to be the most powerful man in the modern world.
This is the same man who railed against the Obama bailouts of Fannie and Freddie Mac while receiving more than $1.5 million from Fannie Mae as a consultant(4) while his firm also raised $37 million to pass healthcare insurance mandates.(5)
Hes also the same man who sat next to Nancy Pelosi and insisted global warming was a man-made problem in need of a government-mandated solution. Now that hes running for the Republican nomination, he doesnt believe in global warming and calls the TV ad he did with Pelosi inexplicable. Please click here to watch the video.(6)
Im concerned, though, that Newts snake-oil act is catching on.
Its time for gun owners and liberty-minded, small government activists to hold Newts feet to the fire.
Thats why I need you to call the Gingrich campaign headquarters right now at (678) 973-2306. Demand that Newt Gingrich apologize for his past support of gun control, and make a dramatic turnaround statement of support to repeal the gun controls hes supported.
Tell his campaign that you expect Newt to not only apologize for his past support of anti-gun measures but also to reveal where he stands on international gun grabs like the UN Small Arms Treaty and domestic anti-gun schemes like the banning of .50 caliber rifles.
Demand he quit stonewalling gun owners and return his National Association for Gun Rights Presidential Survey -- at once. You and I both know that election season, when theyre begging for the votes of gun owners, is one of the best times to lobby candidates and politicians.
With Republican presidential primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina mere weeks away, its vital that gun owners know where the Republican candidates for President stand on important Second Amendment issues.
Newts record is as crooked as a dogs hind leg. With a horrible voting record on Second Amendment issues, gun owners just dont know which side Newts on.
Please call the Gingrich campaign headquarters right now at (678) 973-2306. Demand that Newt Gingrich apologize for his past support of gun control.
I’ll take Newt’s experience against Obama’s experience regardless of their respective “baggage”. Sure, open Newt’s baggage (again), but this time lets take a real look at Obama’s baggage!
I want to know where the heck the conservative candidates are?
No Newt is a political chameleon.
I totally agree. Brilliant column
me, too!
Isn’t this column also on napawhinecountry.com?
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