Posted on 08/03/2007 12:48:30 PM PDT by AfterManyASummer
Yeah, I’m starting to lose patience with Newt. Looks like he’s banging whatever drum he thinks he needs to bang to get attention on him.
Newt Gingrich is really losing it. What a shame.
“weaning the country from its reliance on imported oil”
That much is fairly obvious. But the environuts thwart every possible option.
a big fan ? seriously ?
wasn’t it just a short time ago that newt was appearing in some sort of sham environmental debate vs. kerry ?
total sellout, but either way, gingrich’s days of relevancy are over, whether he runs for anything, and thank god imho.
gingrich = rino
I'm not, and crap like this is why. Newt may or may not actually believe what he says, but it's highly unlikely that the statement has much more than a political intent.
His real purpose in saying it is probably pretty cynical: trying to stake out particular patches of rhetorical territory for himself, in preparation for his (sure-to-fail) presidential run.
Put another way, he's triangulating in the same way that Bill Clinton did: place himself left of most Republicans with regard to the WOT, so that come primary time he might pull in a lot of the more moderate votes.
Won't work, of course: Gingrich has more negatives than the Walgreens photo department.
Newt is a very bright man, who did great things with the Contract with America. He was not especially effective as Majority Leader and let his personal weaknesses (we all have them) undermine his effectiveness and political career. He can render valuable service with reasoned analysis, but his time has come and gone as an elected official, and ranting like this will only distance him from the people he should be trying to influence. He seems to have had one bad judgment call after another for quite a while now.
So does General Gingrich reads the latest intell???
Newt’s evolved into being a frickin idiot. Looks like he’s been borged, right along with Bush and others that formerly “were” conservatives.
To put it very, very mildly. Newt was a disaster as Speaker. His mistakes brought Bill Clinton back from the political dead.
Forgot about that, but it’s pretty despicable.
That said, I still respect him for the Contract with America and for having guts as Speaker in the 90s.
When I was young, I used to think our elders, especially those who held office, must be smart or they wouldn't be where they are. Now I know that those who are smart enough to hold office are too smart to run for election.
I share both your appreciation of Newt ~and~ your reaction to his language.
As Newt himself might say, he uses the most "stupidly hyperbolic language" on the planet.
(He knows he is the smartest kid in the class but does not have the self-control to discipline himself to the demeanor required of a leader rather than a geek.)
I must agree about Newt, he seem to be becoming the political version of Paris Hilton, in that he will do anything and say anything to get his name in the paper.
Et tu, Newt?
It’s the beginning of a long war Newt, and we have witnessed the greatest success in the history of the armed forces (with coalition help) of The United States of America.
What is he smoking?
Wacko alert.
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