I would like everyone who knows me to understand this.
With Sarah Palin out of the picture, and Cain’s body proverbially drug behind the MSM’s news truck, I am a Rick Santorum supporter. Unfortunately he has not been able to get past the snub of the MSM, which has basically blackballed his campaign. The MSM has not covered Rick, other than mentioning his name in passing as a contender.
As my second choice, I am supporting Newt Gingrich. To me, Gingrich’s record speaks for itself. Very few politicians have a more conservative voting history than he does. In my 55 years on this planet, only a handful of politicians have done as much for the conservative movement while in office as Newt has.
There will be those of you who will inevitably bring up a time or two when Gingrich supported a leftist belief WHILE he was in a position of power. To you i will just counter with a time when Ronald Reagan himself had similar moments while in a position of power when he supported, or signed into law, legislation that would make many Freppers demand he not get the nomination today.
I will readily admit that Newt has made a full out ass of himself in the last 10 years with some of his leftist comments and or stances. However, if I am to believe that Romney, Paul, and Perry have all had an epiphany about what is right for America and saw the light about their questionable past, then I must also believe Newt has come back to his senses also. At least Newt has a VOTING track record we can all proudly support.
That being said, I pray that Rick Santorum has a surprising win in Iowa. As for Michele Bachmann, I believe she needs to back off and run against the leftist, Amy Klobuchar, for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota. She will do more good for America and conservatism there than she will by running a losing campaign for the Republican nomination.
However, if Rick cannot pull out a win next Tuesday in Iowa, then I will begin to unabashedly support Newt Gingrich with a vengeance come January 4, 2012!
I appreciate your thoughts about Gingrich. I just can’t bring myself to trust him. He’s Floppety Flip to Romney’s Flippety Flop. Maybe we’ll get lucky and he’ll trend right, or maybe he’ll get back in bed with his futurist lefty buddies. With Newt you just don’t know.
In November I’ll vote against Zer0 but that’s all I can promise.
So far we live in a free country. I would hope you would would dig a bit deeper. Newt Gingrich is no conservative OV.
What if Perry wins Iowa, Santorum finishes third, and Gingrich finishes fourth. Will you still be backing Newt on Jan 4?
All the power to you. I will not be as enthusiastic for voting for Newt. I will do it if I have to, but I won't be excited, especially since the newly minted President Newt will have his new global warming book hitting shelves as he is sworn in. I am still excited about Santorum though and really think he can do something in IA.
This pretty much says it all. As far as I am concerned Santorum and Palin are the ideal conservative candidates. I agree with them 90-95%, but as my BIL pointed out Newt articulates the conservative message better then just about anyone. I also beleive that he has the chops to take on Barak "The One who needs telepropmtor to speak to 5th graders" Obozo in a live debate.
I’m also willing to pull for Gingrich, but only because I believe he’s conservative at his core. He’s made some mistakes, but who hasn’t?
1. Newt Gingrich
2. Rick Santorum
3. Michele Bachmann
4. Rick Perry
Rick Santorum is a child in an adult body.
Its called arrested development syndrome, and is primarily a spiritual disease (a demon?).
God help us if he or another like him were to be elected. He would be a paper figure led by elite power brokers at best, or whatever.