Posted on 12/04/2011 7:31:58 PM PST by raccoonradio
BREAKING: Sources tell FOX 5 News that Herman Cain will endorse Newt Gingrich Monday for the GOP Presidential Nominee
Thank you for sharing that information. It’s good perspective.
So let me see if I understand this correctly. They jump the gun and report that Cain will endorse Newt tomorrow, based on unsourced information, not an official statement by anyone in the Cain camp. And then, when someone else from the Cain camp tells them something different, they have to eat their premature words, and they blame it on the Cain camp.
Do I understand that correctly?
Has any journalist heard of verifying and reporting based on facts, getting corroboration and witnesses, citing your sources, etc.?
I guess they don't teach any of that in Journalism School these days.
I didn’t mean “returning the favor” in that “good ol’ boy” way. I just meant I hope Newt picks Cain as VP.
This blame thing could be a go for the first attack and begin the entire week off. Seen this before. We all have.
“Very disheartening that we can’t get a real conservative”
Wake up... there is no such thing. Because conservatives set really high standards.
That man made me a believer in free markets and strong protection against the same. The boneheads on here have no clue about him. I was young in 1976 and his presence was powerful at the RNC. He is a very good legacy for America and the morons trying to fracture America will be rudely interrupted by me.
Aren't you a little old for fairy tales? ;p
Have YOU ever looked upon a woman with lust?
The press has got to have some kind of story for Monday and since Cain is such a huge trender on social media, tag, he is it. Every Monday pile on Cain.
So now twits are top notch journalism? Soon this TOOLS will be replaced by scraper bots... JOURNALISM IS DEAD!
That RINO crap is just nonsense. By whatever imaginary standards you have in your head, Ronald Reagan was a RINO as well.
Let's get back to reality. You have no other choices. It's either Romney or Gingrich at this point. Period. There is no white knight. Which one is it going to be?
Old news.....here’s the present....
On Global Warming/Cap-and-trade:
Newt will continue to oppose the Democrats’ destructive cap-and-trade and carbon tax proposals,... continue to support expanded domestic oil and gas drilling,... and continue to fight for a fundamental replacement of the job-killing Environmental Protection Agency with an Environmental Solutions Agency.
Further....Newt has supported pro-market, pro-entrepreneur, innovative solutions to our environmental challenges, which he believes are superior to the liberal pro-bureaucracy, pro-tax, pro-regulation approach to the environment.
On the Individual Mandate:
...... In the 1990s, Newt and many other conservatives, such as ‘the Heritage Foundation,’ proposed a mandate to purchase health insurance ‘as the alternative to Hillarycare’. ... However, the problems (outlined on Newt.org)... caused Newt to come to the principled conclusion that a mandate to purchase health insurance was ..unconstitutional, ..unworkable and counterproductive to lowering the cost of healthcare.
Newt believes it is an unprecedented and unconstitutional expansion of federal power. .. It is a serious and unconstitutional infringement of individual liberty.
On so called Limited Amnesty:
Newt is opposed to amnesty and has a clear record of vigorous opposition to the Bush era amnesty legislation. Newt opposed the DREAM Act..... However, he did agree with part of the legislation which allowed those who came to the United States illegally as children to serve in the U.S. Military to earn their citizenship, just as foreign nationals are today allowed to do the same.Newt has proposed giving local communities the authority to allow those with long established roots in the neighborhood a legal residency status, but not citizenship.... Newt believes ‘local communities’ are at a better vantage point to determine if those there illegally should stay or go.
..... Under this system, we will send home those who are not self-sufficient, who have no family or community ties and quickly deport those who have committed criminal and other destructive acts, while providing minimal disruption to families and communities.
On Tarp:
Newt was appalled and disgusted at the amount of dictatorial power that Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson tried to grab for himself at the outset of the financial crisis.... However, he reluctantly supported a scaled-down plan after Paulson told the country that the world financial system was going to collapse without this emergency support.
Newt believes that the reckless, secretive and opaque way in which the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department administered the bailouts has been an affront to democracy. The Fed was picking winners and losers, using several emergency lending facilities to make all types of loans to connected parties, including to a bank owned by the Libyan government.
This is why broadly scaling back the role of the Federal Reserve and repealing the Dodd-Frank bill are two of the central pillars of Newt’s 21st Century Contract with America. The Fed will be fully audited and made more transparent to ensure the events of 2008 are never repeated.
Ryan’s plan “Right-wing Social Engineering”:
In response to the host’s hypothetical question.... of whether Republicans should change Medicare even if there is public opposition,..... Gingrich’s response was no you should not..... One of Newt’s basic governing philosophies is that government should offer a better alternative to existing entitlement programs that seniors can freely choose. ....Gingrich is opposed to ANY political party imposing dramatic change against the consent of the governed. ... Newt regards Paul Ryan as one of the biggest innovators in Washington, D.C. and he deeply admires the seriousness and boldness of his historic Path to Prosperity budget.
Scozzafazza over the conservative Doug Hoffman in NY23.:
The Conservative Party candidate whom Scozzafava was running against, ‘Doug Hoffman’ recently remarked about Newt’s endorsement of his rival,.... “I would advise other conservative republicans Don’t hold this against him.”
Newt will almost always back the nominee of the Republican party and not back an independent candidate ‘in a race against a Democratic candidate.’
Newt still believes in this principle, however, he has admitted it was a mistake to back Dede Scozzafava, the Republican nominee in the 2009 NY-23 special election. Although she was the Republican nominee, the problem was that Republican primary voters did not pick her, the local party leaders did, otherwise her liberal views would have prevented her from becoming the nominee.
I fully support Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich. I am most assuredly not an idiot. JimRob says he’ll support Rick Perry if it comes down to a choice between him and Obama/Romney. JimRob is also most assuredly not an idiot either.
What’s with FReepers launching personal attacks against fellow FReepers based solely on choice of candidate? It’s very unFriendly.
Love the way you put that. Made me laugh out loud, which startled my dog and set him to barking.
So thanks for the chuckle. A good note for me to leave on - got an early morning deadline for my column, the subject of which is still rambling around in my head. Wish I could edit and email it from there.
Got linky?
Yes, suspending a campaign is usually equivalent to ending it. They suspend because they need time to legally end it. There is much federal paperwork, etc. to be done to close down shop.
Newt lives in virginni
Newt will be the new Reagan!
Sure he lacks some charisma, but he will unite
the country and un-do the all damages that 0 has done,
and then some more: new energy policies, innovation,
and a whole new ballgame.
Give Cain a good job....give the VP nod to Col. West.
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