Club for Growth Blasts Gingrich for Bain Attacks

National Review Online ^ | January 9, 2012 | Patrick Brennan

[Saundra Duffy]

In a press release this afternoon, Club for Growth criticized Newt Gingrich for his attacks on Mitt Romney’s career at Bain Capital, calling them unbecoming a “Reagan Conservative.” Club for Growth’s statement:

Yesterday, Gingrich said “Those of us who believe in free markets and those of us who believe that in fact the whole goal of investment is entrepreneurship and job creation…we find it pretty hard to justify rich people figuring out clever legal ways to loot a company, leaving behind 1,700 families without a job.” Gingrich’s attack was echoed that same day that by the Democratic National Committee, which also attacked Romney for his job creation record at Bain Capital.

“Newt Gingrich’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital are disgusting,” said Club for Growth President Chris Chocola. “There are a number of issues for Mitt Romney’s Republican opponents to attack him for, but attacking him for making investments in companies to create a profit for his investors is just wrong. Because of the efforts of Bain Capital, major companies like Staples, Domino’s Pizza, and the Sports Authority now employ thousands of people and have created billions in wealth in the private economy. Attacking Governor Romney for participating in free-market capitalism is just beyond the pale for any purported ‘Reagan Conservative.’ Newt Gingrich should stop his attacks on free markets and apologize to Governor Romney for them.”

[Diogenesis]

Romney CANNOT be trusted, as we all know,
except to lie and to hurt people and dogs for himself.

Romney makes Obama's ineligibility MOOT.
THAT is why the DNC wants him.

Romney makes Obama's ObamaCARE/RomneyCARE MOOT.
THAT is why the DNC wants him.

Romney makes Obama's IAG issues MOOT.
THAT is why the DNC wants him.

Romney makes Obama's Sharia issues MOOT.
THAT is why the DNC wants him.

Romney makes Obama's 911 Victory Mosque MOOT.
THAT is why the DNC wants him.

Romney makes Obama's RomneyMarriage/Gay Marriage issue MOOT.
THAT is why the DNC wants him.

Romney makes Obama's bad governmental history MOOT.
THAT is why the DNC wants him.

Romney makes Obama's AGW issue MOOT.
THAT is why the DNC wants him.

Romney makes Obama's liberal judge issue MOOT.
THAT is why the DNC wants him.

[Diogenesis]

Saundra Duffy:
"Gingrich is engaging in class warfare, side-by-side with the democrats."

No he is not.

Mr. Gingrich is protecting America from the pro-Sharia,
pro-911Victory Mosque, pro-TARP, pro-IAG, MITT ROMNEY.

We all know what a backstabbing, liar Romney is, so Mr. Gingrich
is acting like a true patriot.

[PENANCE]

Sure, And your still supporting him. AFTER he comes out with comments and an ad which reveal him (NEWT) to be ANTI-CAPITALIST!

I'd say that this rather clearly reveals Newt supporters as Anti-Capitalist/Communist/Statists.

Looks like the DNC and OWS have infiltrated to pressure others to vote for Gingrich, using typical irrational Leftist tactics.

(e.g., http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/)

[PENANCE]

This place is lost, man.

"free" "republic" my hairy white ass!

Last refuge of Leftist and Anarchist propagandists and sowers of dissent and disinformation.

[Tribune7]

I agree, the Bain attacks are lame & wrongheaded.

OTOH, bad karma gets you lame & wrongheaded attacks.

[not2worry]

Free trade is a political heist that can be colored pro business or pro union. IMHO, it is a political platform instituted by politicians to control and enforce favoritism.

My business doesn't entail direct overseas marketing. I don't buy or sell goods. We sell services and we do it very well.

If I take Newt's Bain commercial and apply it to my business over the years Newt would have me look like a bad guy. I built my business from nothing. I employed good people, trained them well and paid them well. After 30 years in the business I had an opportunity to sell my business to a large NYSE business. I was approaching my early 60’s, the economy was again tettering and I wanted to retire and spend time traveling with my wife and family. I sold the business and in the process knew that people would be let go and my organization restructured into the acquiring entity. People were laid off and offices reduced in size or closed.

So, what does that make me? A Bain Capitalist? I created wealth for me and my family. I provided jobs for more than 30 years to my employees. I provided training for many that left and started similar successful businesses.
I paid millions of dollars in capital gains taxes.

What kind of “monster” am I in Newt Gingrich's eyes? When I saw this anti-capitalism add it made me furious. It still does when I think of that short 30 second shot.

Newt has relied on the United States Government for his clients. I didn't. From what I can tell, Newt's fortunes were made on the backs of taxpayers. Mine didn't. It took 30 years to make my American Dream come true. Newt accomplished his in almost half the time with luxury offices in DC and a full staff. I started working in small rental office in the suburbs.

I apologize for not answering your free trade question. However, I feel better getting this off my chest. I won't watch anymore debates. I am not going for the Anyone But Obama Ticket.

[sickoflibs]

Club for Growth is right.

Once again Newt fires and hits another bystander : Capitalism. Newt's the 'shoot from the hip' kind of guy and you never know what he will hit.

His rhetoric feeds perfectly into the 'bail out the auto industry' argument that Obama is using for re-election.

[montag813]

Yes, it is a crappy attack to make, vis-a-vis Capitalism. But Romney MUST be f-ing destroyed, by any means necessary. Wreck his campaign, leave him in disgrace, make his wife and children sob in despair. I do not care. No more f**king McCains!

[rbmillerjr]

1) Aligning corporate raiding to supply side growth economics is an insult to Reagan, Kemp, and Laffer.

2) If Mittens can’t defend his record on his own Obama will kill him in the general.

Defeat Mittens Kittens.

[sickoflibs]

RE :"1) Aligning corporate raiding to supply side growth economics is an insult to Reagan, Kemp, and Laffer. 2) If Mittens can’t defend his record on his own Obama will kill him in the general."

It's OK with me if Newt wants to play the Obama-surgate and test Romney against Obama-style leftist arguments currently being made on MSNBC, even bringing him down that way is OK with me.
However Newt making their arguments so passionately isn't going to convince me or many others that Newt is sincere when he says he believes he 'made a mistake teaming with Pelosi on Climate change' and his other recent liberal adventures.

[Hawthorn]

>> I think of bald guys talking about going swimming and picking up young women. <<

And the trouble with that is _____ ???

[Hawthorn]

>> If elected I will institute a local community board that will determine if the poor man does in fact deserved to be fired. <<

A fantastic idea! Just what we need to solve our unemployment problems -- let's elect a community organizer for President!

Oh, wait . . . .

[Hawthorn]

>> want to see Newt debate Obama? <<

I think the TOTUS’s handlers wouldn’t let him debate Newt. They’d find some disingenious way to explain their decision, and the MSM would back them to the hilt.

[rbmillerjr]

“It’s OK with me if Newt wants to play the Obama-surgate”

Since Mittens is Obama Lite anyway, the surrogate things shouldn’t bother him.

To view how Romney savaged Gingrich in Iowa and expect anything less is to stick one’s head in the sand.

I think it is Romney who said it best, “it’s not bean bags”

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Since Mittens is Obama Lite anyway, the surrogate things shouldn’t bother him. To view how Romney savaged Gingrich in Iowa and expect anything less is to stick one’s head in the sand.”

You mean those ads that pointed out how Newt teamed up with Pelosi to make that climate change video together?

There is one difference, most of those ads went after Newt for his liberal adventures. They were not exactly the same attack approach that Obama will take. Newt is playing the Obama-MSNBC surrogate here testing Romney with the arguments they (Obama) will use. He will have trouble getting that liberal mud off his hands, but he might help Santorum move up against Romney.

[Hawthorn]

>> Gingrich has committed political self suicide <<

Yep, but it's more like a suicide bombing, where the perp kills not only himself and his target, but also injures a lot of innocent bystanders -- like you and me.

[jpsb]

It does not surprise me in the least that you do not see the problem of attacking capitalism as an economic model. CINOs are really outing themselves on this issue.

[rbmillerjr]

Actually I was referring to the liberal interpretation of sme events listed by Romney...

Like “Gingrich was ousted by his own”.

Very True...Boehner,Delay....Scarborough....to name a few, who went on to spend us into oblivion and ruin the Republican brand.

But you don’t get to respond to 11 million of ads and if you do, you are off message...

No problem.

Now Mittens can defend himself, with support from people like you btw and all of the Establishment pukes and their hypocritical indignation at the ads.

FUMR

[denydenydeny]

The prime corollary to the Eleventh Commandment is: Thou shalt ESPECIALLY not attack another Republican FROM THE LEFT.

[rbmillerjr]

Nobody is interested in your Ron Paul lies and cult.

[jpsb]

Well at least Ron Paul is not out there attacking capitalism. He is out there defending capitalism.

[sickoflibs]

RE :"Actually I was referring to the liberal interpretation of sme events listed by Romney... Like “Gingrich was ousted by his own”."

He was. That is not 'liberal' that is a fact.

The fact that Newt didn't want Iowa Republicans to know that (until the general election) is not very inspiring. He keeps bragging about all his successes 20 years ago in congress but a real success won't resign under pressure.

You don't think Democrats would try to get the next Republican POTUS to resign? They would play nicer than the ones in the 1990s?

[Art in Idaho]

>> want to see Newt debate Obama? <<

I think the TOTUS’s handlers wouldn’t let him debate Newt. They’d find some disingenious way to explain their decision, and the MSM would back them to the hilt.

Bad idea handlers. If you do that, Newt will win in a landslide. My guess is the whole anti-Newt push is a coordinated effort of Romney/Obama.

[rbmillerjr]

Neither is Gingrich. Palin attacked Crony capitalism and Gingrich is attacking Corporate Raider capitalism via Mitt Romney.

You have no idea what you’re talking about, you’re a PaulBot robotron with little brain.

[rbmillerjr]

“He was. That is not ‘liberal’ that is a fact.”

You mean like the fact that you are a Romney supporter.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”You mean like the fact that you are a Romney supporter.”

I am a TRUTH supporter.
I don't just pick a ‘favorite’ candidate like you do and then deny (call them ‘lies’) facts so obvious that anyone can find them on the internet in a few minutes, as I am sure Iowa Republicans did before voting. That is called KOOLAID and a recipe for disaster,..

[Godzilla]

Duffy’s carring water for the mittster now eh?

[rbmillerjr]

You are a supporter of Romney...you sit on the couch of Romney and defend Romney.

That is a FACT.

[WalterSkinner]

..watching Newt's townhall meetings, I am convinced that he is trying to win

Going nuclear on Romney IS payback for Iowa, BUT I believe he is in it to win it...

[Godzilla]

So cheers Duffy.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”You are a supporter of Romney...you sit on the couch of Romney and defend Romney. That is a FACT.”

You are a KOOLAID drinker. You deny facts that are so obvious that anyone can find them out in a few minutes on the internet, as did Iowa voters did about Newt before the vote much to your distress.

You defend MSNBC maddow and Schulz's current socialist/progressive arguments just because 'your guy' is making them.

[rbmillerjr]

Gingrich will win South Carolina and then the real game is on...he will also win Florida.

[svcw]

Gingrich is making a mistake here.

[colorcountry]

Saundra Duffy, a Mormon, schilling for Mormon Mitt Romney - Surprise, Surprise!!!

Oh Saundra, how far you’ve fallen from the conservative in the trenches that you were, to a toe-the-line-mormon-over-and-above-all cheerleader. It would be embarrassing if it wasn’t so sad.

[ejonesie22]

You think Mitt would be a good President.

Really that says all we need to know about your opinion...

[ejonesie22]

You think Mitt would be a good President.

Really that says all we need to know about your opinion...

[sickoflibs]

“Asked whether Romney’s corporate takeover experience at Bain Capital would be a liability, Santorum said: “I’m not making it a liability. I believe in the private sector.”
Rick Santorum declines to hit Mitt Romney on Bain

Unlike Maddow, Schultz and you-know-who.

[rbmillerjr]

I’m not distressed at all. I said a year ago that it would either be Palin or it would be Romney.

I pray I’m wrong...but Gingrich is the only conservative that can beat Romney and it is a long shot, but it is our best shot.

If Santorum comes out of SC and Florida a winner then I’ll support him, but I don’t see it happening. Gingrich is only a few points behind Romney in SC and he will win there.

Quit supporting Mitt Romney, this is a conservative website. Get off his couch.

[magritte]

Class warfare comes to the Republican Party now. Newt has become Pitchfork Pat. Whatta shame.

[RedMDer]

[Salvation]

The truth in this says what?

[Tennessee Nana]

Candidates or family members serving in the US mlitary

Rick Perry...Served

Ron Paul...Served

Rick Santorum...Father served

Newt Gingrich...Father served

John Huntsman...TWO sons serving now

Williard Mitt Romney... BLANK...Draft dodger..

No Romney for generations right back to the original arriving in the US has ever served in the US military

This is UNUSUAL for an established American family...

The Romneys never served in

the Spanish American War,
the First World War
The Second World War
Korea
Vietnam
Granada
Irag
Afghanistan

The Romneys cannot be called “patriotic”

[WalterSkinner]

..though we are supporting Santorum right now, I can’t deny what I have been seeing the last few days—Newt is rolling...

[ejonesie22]

Don’t confuse Paulitards with facts, it confuses them and wastes your time...

[sickoflibs]

RE :..this is a conservative website. “

Really??
If you know that then why are you making the same progressive/socialist arguments that the leftists at MSNBC are making ? Is that what you wanted Palin to do if she had any interest in running?

[rbmillerjr]

So the basis of your argument is Gingrich is attacking Romney from the Left (which I would deny)

But you are attacking Gingrich from the Left with Mitt Romney as your conduit, since he is a RINO progressive.

It’s laughable. If you think about, you’d agree it’s laughable.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”So the basis of your argument is Gingrich is attacking Romney from the Left”

More specifically Newt is showing too much comfort while using OWS progressive socialist anti-capitalist arguments for his own ends.

“Asked whether Romney’s corporate takeover experience at Bain Capital would be a liability, Santorum said: “I’m not making it a liability. I believe in the private sector.”
Rick Santorum declines to hit Mitt Romney on Bain

Unlike Noot apparently.

[sickoflibs]

RE :" I said a year ago that it would either be Palin or it would be Romney"

There's your problem right there. She has too good a gig at FNC to muss herself up fighting with RINO's like Romney. At least noot is giving it a shot.

[rbmillerjr]

LOL, I knew you weren’t a Mitt supporter.

I was making a point, and it is a valid point. You are attacking Gingrich from the Left and accusing Gingrich of attacking Mitt from the Left.

Why not just espouse Santorum’s positive points.

After Florida, and preferably SC, one of them has to get out, or we get MF Romney.

[sickoflibs]

RE :"LOL, I knew you weren’t a Mitt supporter."

SHHH, that's our little secret LOL