Posted on 07/25/2010 3:25:32 PM PDT by Clintons-B-Gone
Ditto. I bet there are a lot of people who did the same out there.
And they have been disconnected from the grassroots for years, and as they continue to stay disconnected, they're going to continue losing in states that have been solidly GOP for decades because they think that by emulating the left people will vote for them. They really need to get rid of the fool who runs the GOP. He's been everything I knew he would be, and that's why I didn't support his nomination.
I'm not aware that the Heritage Foundation is a scam by Romney but I'll be sure to stay on the lookout!
Bob Dole, Wendel Wilkie( more of a ‘selection’ then turn ), Dewey( New York establishment candidate...)
As opposed to the likes of the Tafts, Reagan, Goldwater...
The GOP. American’s other established Rip Off Party.
Gingrich is unelectable. His personal life has ruined any electability he might have. Do I think he’s conservative...yes. Do I think he’s electable....no.
If anyone is naive enough to think this won’t be huge, bitter, and frequently mentioned in a campaign, then think again.
This is what is said by the leftstream media about Gingrich’s divorces:
In 1981, Newt dumped his first wife, Jackie Battley, for Marianne, wife number 2, while Jackie was in the hospital undergoing cancer treatment. Marianne and Newt divorced in December, 1999 after Marianne found out about Newt’s long-running affair with Callista Bisek, his one-time congressional aide. Gingrich asked Marianne for the divorce by phoning her on Mother’s Day, 1999. [Source: New York Post, July 18, 2000, Newt’s Ex Wife Aiming to Pen Book by Bill Sanderson, available on lexis].
Newt (57) and Callista (34) were married in a private ceremony in a hotel courtyard in Alexandria, Va. in August, 2000. Here’s a fuller description, from a commentary by Doug Sanders of the Cato Institute published by the Copely News Service on August 21, 2000:
“Gingrich’s misbehavior goes back years. Fidelity was apparently never his strong point. After marrying his high school math teacher, Jacqueline Battley, even he admits: ‘’In the 1970s, things happened.’’
“As a congressional candidate, he conducted an affair in 1977, a year before enlisting Jackie to write a letter attacking his opponent for planning to leave her family in the district: ‘’When elected, Newt will keep his family together,’’ declared one unintentionally hilarious campaign ad. Gingrich ended his 19-year marriage shortly after his victory.”
“He famously visited Jackie in the hospital where she was recovering from surgery for uterine cancer to discuss details of the divorce. He later resisted paying alimony and child support for his two daughters, causing a church to take up a collection. For all of his talk of religious faith and the importance of God, Gingrich left his congregation over the pastor’s criticism of his divorce.”
“Soon thereafter, Gingrich married Marianne Ginther, whom he had previously met at a political fund-raiser. He called her ‘’the woman I love’’ and ‘’my best friend and closest adviser’’ in his first speech as House speaker, in January 1995... Yet, his relationship with Bisek, a House employee, apparently extended back to 1993 while he was talking of reforming the corrupt welfare state and promoting society’s moral regeneration. Rumors of his relationship with Bisek, more than 20 years his junior, did not stop him from writing his political testament, in which he criticized sex outside of marriage, promoted traditional family life and opined that ‘’any male who doesn’t support his children is a bum.’’
“In May 1999, however, Gingrich called Marianne at her mother’s home. After wishing the 84-year-old matriarch happy birthday, he told Marianne that he wanted a divorce.”
And from “Newt’s a Beaut” by Mickey Porter published in the July 25, 2000 edition of the Akron Beacon Journal:
“Gingrich’s most recent ex-wife says he ditched her eight months after finding out she had multiple sclerosis. Marianne Gingrich, 48, shopping a book proposal “both personal and political” about how women are treated in D.C., says the ex-speaker of the House told her on Mother’s Day 1999 that he wanted a divorce, after learning she had a neurological condition that could lead to MS. In 1981, the former congressman told his other ex-wife, Jackie Battley, that he was dumping her, after she had been hospitalized with cancer. Newt, 57, will wed ex-congressional aide Callista Bisek, 34 — with whom he had an affair while still married to Marianne — on Aug. 18. “
I don’t know; I think Bobby Jindal and Paul Ryan are little fireballs.
Newt has got some serious immorality baggage.
They would eat him alive in a campaign.
I’m not saying a man can’t change; he can.
But, the consequences of the old character will beset a public man for the remainder of his days.
Newt, like Giuliani, is a non-starter.
Amen, brother. But did you see Bush Sr. give Mittens the Manor Bush dedazo of approval in 2007, when they had that informal candidate meet-and-greet hosted by Poppy? All the candidates were greeted courteously ..... but Mittens got that little extra smile, hug, grip, super-grin, and dedazo (as the Mexicans call it). The Finger of Approval, This Is the Guy.
About as subtle as a rhino humping an elephant.
Great article ,Thank You
Good God, are there actually people who are still talking about Romney as a presidential candidate?
Note to the Romneybots: get your heads out of your asses. Mitt Romney is a perfect example of why RINOs are not only NOT CONSERVATIVE, but how they are BAD FOR AMERICA as well. Still convinced that he’s going to save the party and the country? Ask anyone in MA how RomneyCare is working out for them.
Ryan especially has some good ideas, but I don’t think he has the political firepower now...he needs to become a governor, then move up...he’s still young...give him time...magritte
Hmmmm. Ann Coulter needs to write a snarky book about liberal pols and their divorces and love histories.
As you say, Marianne Gingrich was shopping a book idea along those same lines in 2000, when one of the stories you cite and quote was written. I wonder if she ever finished it -- but it would appear there is a vein to be mined there.
Oh, why not? Let's find out what our liberal friends think is appropriate interpersonal private behavior.
Level the playing field -- hey, they've been all over Gingrich, Henry Hyde, Ronald Reagan, and Sarah Palin. Why not?
They won't write up the closet gays, though. Oh, no. Unless they're conservative Republicans.
In my opinion, Gingrich has a sharp mind, a willingness to plan, and an excellent command of the spoken word. And, he is a pro-life conservative.
However, he is unelectable. Some might let a person leave his past behind. That would not happen in a presidential election, and we have decades of evidence to prove it.
He ought to be doing exactly what he was doing in the 80's, throwing inkwells and stink bombs at the deserving.
I remember a statement from Barry Goldwater's book, The Conscience of a Conservative:
"I do not seek to streamline government, because I intend to reduce its size."
Totally Agree.
Romney is RAT POISON!
But, know this, the GOP has historically chosen the previous election’s runner up the next time out.
History is not kind to us in this regard.
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