What do you make of this article on Gingrich?

[BOBO]

Gingrich: I'm not perfect, yet better than Romney - Yahoo! News

 

[oreo]

Gingrich: I'm not perfect, yet better than Romney - Yahoo! News

In the article Newt Gingrich is basically stating that he is more conservative than Mitt Romney--and is better equipped to beat Barack Obama.

He's right--there is no perfect candidate--and he has some baggage with an extra martial affair from 15 to 17 years ago--but states candidly that he has matured from days past.

Gingrich has followed Reagan's 11 commandment by not personally attacking other GOP candidates in this race--and he is on the rise in many states because of his adult manner during these debates--along with a superior knowledge of the issues. There really aren't any questions that Newt Gingrich can't answer. Barack Obama would have to bring 10 teleprompters with him to keep up in any debate against Gingrich--and he would still get his tail waxed.

In my opinion--we have a lot bigger fish to fry--than concentrating on old personal baggage of any candidate. As these debates go on--we will get to know what all of these candidates stand for--and will be able to make a wise decision as to who is the best equipped to get our current socialist out of office.

 

[Avorysuds]

Lol, vote for me because I'm slightly better than the guy you all fucking hate... wow.

Not to mention Newt couldn't beat Obama.

 

[Lakhota]

If Bill Clinton could run again for president, would the right bring up his personal baggage?

 

[LoneLaugher]

Damnit, Lakhota.................we need to set a better example if we ever want these idiots to stop using deflection as their primary debate tactic.

To the OP.........................Newt is either the "adult in the room" as nutters like to say, or he is pretending to be. Those of us who support President Obama's re-election eagerly await your dream debate.

 

[JoeB131]

If Bill Clinton could run again for president, would the right bring up his personal baggage?

His baggage wasn't personal. It stopped being personal when he stated his office allowed him to avoid accountability for his personal behavior.

 

[JoeB131]

Gingrich: I'm not perfect, yet better than Romney - Yahoo! News

I'll vote for Newt.

I won't vote for Romney under any circumstances.

 

[Sallow]

Damnit, Lakhota.................we need to set a better example if we ever want these idiots to stop using deflection as their primary debate tactic.

To the OP.........................Newt is either the "adult in the room" as nutters like to say, or he is pretending to be. Those of us who support President Obama's re-election eagerly await your dream debate.

Newt Gingrich is the petulant asshole who forced a government shutdown and impeachment of a president because of a "snub" he got from Clinton during a flight.

Normally a character like Gingrich would have been out of the political game for the rest of his life. He's been disciplined by congress for financial shennigans and he was eventually booted. But in the GOP, everything old is new again. Romney is populating his "cabinent" with former Bushie PNAC wackos while talking about invading Iran. Even Ralph Reed is making a comeback. What's next? David Duke?

 

[JoeB131]

Damnit, Lakhota.................we need to set a better example if we ever want these idiots to stop using deflection as their primary debate tactic.

To the OP.........................Newt is either the "adult in the room" as nutters like to say, or he is pretending to be. Those of us who support President Obama's re-election eagerly await your dream debate.

Newt Gingrich is the petulant asshole who forced a government shutdown and impeachment of a president because of a "snub" he got from Clinton during a flight.

Normally a character like Gingrich would have been out of the political game for the rest of his life. He's been disciplined by congress for financial shennigans and he was eventually booted. But in the GOP, everything old is new again. Romney is populating his "cabinent" with former Bushie PNAC wackos while talking about invading Iran. Even Ralph Reed is making a comeback. What's next? David Duke?

Ooookay, now you need to take the thorazine the nice doctor gave you and calm down a bit.

To clarify -

1) The GOP Congress shut down teh government because Clinton refused to go along with spending controls HE already insisted were necessary. The GOP wanted to limit Medicare increases to 6%- twice the rate of inflation. Clinton had already proposed this in HillaryCare. then he refused to go along with it and shut down the government. It wasn't just Newt, it was BOTH houses of Congress.

2) After 63 investigations into various activities, there were 62 vindications, and one case where they found underlings had not filed the proper paperwork. That was the so-called "ethics violation".

3) Clinton lied in court, subourned perjury and abused his office. He settled his case and surrendered his law license. A lot of other politicians resigned for a lot less than he did. Sanford, Ensign, Weiner, Spitzer, to name a few. You guys started this sexual McCarthyism bullshit with Clarance Thomas, don't come whining to me when it bites one of your guys in the ass.

4) Not voting for Romney, but give him props for hiring people who know what they are doing, as opposed to the community organizer...

 

[midcan5]

Gingrich is just more of the same. That he has risen again is simply telling of the republican party today and its lack of genuine candidates. Listening to them - every republican - is like watching a puppet show in which the rich pull their strings.

"Newt, on the other hand, is always good in debates if you like extremely pompous people who appear to be practically levitating with their own sense of personal wonderfulness. During the last outing, Gingrich’s most fascinating moment came when he explained why the mortgage lender Freddie Mac paid him $300,000 in 2006. First of all, it had nothing whatsoever to do with lobbying, or attempting to influence the Republicans who happened to control Congress at a time when there was talk of clamping down on the way Freddie operated. Just put that out of your mind."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/o...time-for-a-gop-debate.html?src=me&ref=general

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Gingrich: I'm not perfect, yet better than Romney

A rousing campaign slogan for the GOP.

The key to the election is getting enough democrats to for vote for the GOP nominee. If they’re not going to vote for Romney, they’re certainly not going to vote for Gingrich.

 

[JoeB131]

Gingrich is just more of the same. That he has risen again is simply telling of the republican party today and its lack of genuine candidates. Listening to them - every republican - is like watching a puppet show in which the rich pull their strings.

"Newt, on the other hand, is always good in debates if you like extremely pompous people who appear to be practically levitating with their own sense of personal wonderfulness. During the last outing, Gingrich’s most fascinating moment came when he explained why the mortgage lender Freddie Mac paid him $300,000 in 2006. First of all, it had nothing whatsoever to do with lobbying, or attempting to influence the Republicans who happened to control Congress at a time when there was talk of clamping down on the way Freddie operated. Just put that out of your mind."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/o...time-for-a-gop-debate.html?src=me&ref=general

are you really trying to claim that rich people aren't pulling the Community Organizer's Strings?

I hate to keep doing this, but let's look at Obama's top donors.

Top Contributors to Barack Obama | OpenSecrets

University of California $1,648,685
Goldman Sachs $1,013,091
Harvard University $878,164
Microsoft Corp $852,167
Google Inc $814,540
JPMorgan Chase & Co $808,799
Citigroup Inc $736,771
Time Warner $624,618
Sidley Austin LLP $600,298
Stanford University $595,716
National Amusements Inc $563,798
WilmerHale LLP $550,668
Columbia University $547,852
Skadden, Arps et al $543,539
UBS AG $532,674
IBM Corp $532,372
General Electric $529,855
US Government $513,308
Morgan Stanley $512,232
Latham & Watkins $503,295

 

[JoeB131]

Gingrich: I'm not perfect, yet better than Romney

A rousing campaign slogan for the GOP.

The key to the election is getting enough democrats to for vote for the GOP nominee. If they’re not going to vote for Romney, they’re certainly not going to vote for Gingrich.

If Romney is seen actively trying to get Democratic votes in the GOP primary, people are going to turn on him rather quickly.

this is the mistake McCain made in 2000. When he hooked up with Jack Kevorkian's lawyer and solicited Democratic votes. He won Michigan, but he lost everything that followed.

 

[Sallow]

Damnit, Lakhota.................we need to set a better example if we ever want these idiots to stop using deflection as their primary debate tactic.

To the OP.........................Newt is either the "adult in the room" as nutters like to say, or he is pretending to be. Those of us who support President Obama's re-election eagerly await your dream debate.

Newt Gingrich is the petulant asshole who forced a government shutdown and impeachment of a president because of a "snub" he got from Clinton during a flight.

Normally a character like Gingrich would have been out of the political game for the rest of his life. He's been disciplined by congress for financial shennigans and he was eventually booted. But in the GOP, everything old is new again. Romney is populating his "cabinent" with former Bushie PNAC wackos while talking about invading Iran. Even Ralph Reed is making a comeback. What's next? David Duke?

Ooookay, now you need to take the thorazine the nice doctor gave you and calm down a bit.

To clarify -

1) The GOP Congress shut down teh government because Clinton refused to go along with spending controls HE already insisted were necessary. The GOP wanted to limit Medicare increases to 6%- twice the rate of inflation. Clinton had already proposed this in HillaryCare. then he refused to go along with it and shut down the government. It wasn't just Newt, it was BOTH houses of Congress.

2) After 63 investigations into various activities, there were 62 vindications, and one case where they found underlings had not filed the proper paperwork. That was the so-called "ethics violation".

3) Clinton lied in court, subourned perjury and abused his office. He settled his case and surrendered his law license. A lot of other politicians resigned for a lot less than he did. Sanford, Ensign, Weiner, Spitzer, to name a few. You guys started this sexual McCarthyism bullshit with Clarance Thomas, don't come whining to me when it bites one of your guys in the ass.

4) Not voting for Romney, but give him props for hiring people who know what they are doing, as opposed to the community organizer...

That was a GOP led shutdown. They were braying on and on about how nobody needs the government and it should be smaller. And yeah..they wanted to cut Medicaid..and villified Hillary Clinton for "daring" to come up with a real live workable plan to reform healthcare. They shut 'er down..and people missed the government services. The GOP lost big..really big. And Gingrich's "ethics violation" was exempting his wages earned from a class he taught from taxes. And he was using that class for political purposes. He then LIED about it to congress. That was a real live lie.

And Clinton didn't "lie" in court. He gave them the answers as he understood them to be. Had it been a court case..it would have been laughed right out. He really should have told them to go fuck themselves. It would have saved his law license and a good deal of embarrassment in the long run. And it probably would have been backed by America in general.

 

[mudwhistle]

Lol, vote for me because I'm slightly better than the guy you all fucking hate... wow.

Not to mention Newt couldn't beat Obama.

Are you sure about that?

Obama is MIA from his job and you actually think he can stand up to a former politician who was the last to actually put into law a balanced budget and a surplus.

Yes, Newt is greatly responsible for the Clinton surplus Liberals and Democrats brag about.

Comparing Newt's track-record to our screw up president's record does not instill confidence with his sycophantic fans. Obama earned the reputation in the Senate as a "Bill-Thief". You know, someone who fucks off so much that he has to steal someone else's work to appear like he's actually doing something to earn his pay. I'm sure there's an inside joke going on around the White House, "Where the fuck is the President????". Problem is he always seems to be off doing his own thing when decisions are made, so they're often made without his knowledge.

Newt says Obama can show up to any debate with his teleprompter if he wants. It doesn't matter. His command of the issues is much better then the "Reader In Chief".

 

[Sallow]

Gingrich is just more of the same. That he has risen again is simply telling of the republican party today and its lack of genuine candidates. Listening to them - every republican - is like watching a puppet show in which the rich pull their strings.

"Newt, on the other hand, is always good in debates if you like extremely pompous people who appear to be practically levitating with their own sense of personal wonderfulness. During the last outing, Gingrich’s most fascinating moment came when he explained why the mortgage lender Freddie Mac paid him $300,000 in 2006. First of all, it had nothing whatsoever to do with lobbying, or attempting to influence the Republicans who happened to control Congress at a time when there was talk of clamping down on the way Freddie operated. Just put that out of your mind."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/o...time-for-a-gop-debate.html?src=me&ref=general

are you really trying to claim that rich people aren't pulling the Community Organizer's Strings?

I hate to keep doing this, but let's look at Obama's top donors.

Top Contributors to Barack Obama | OpenSecrets

University of California $1,648,685
Goldman Sachs $1,013,091
Harvard University $878,164
Microsoft Corp $852,167
Google Inc $814,540
JPMorgan Chase & Co $808,799
Citigroup Inc $736,771
Time Warner $624,618
Sidley Austin LLP $600,298
Stanford University $595,716
National Amusements Inc $563,798
WilmerHale LLP $550,668
Columbia University $547,852
Skadden, Arps et al $543,539
UBS AG $532,674
IBM Corp $532,372
General Electric $529,855
US Government $513,308
Morgan Stanley $512,232
Latham & Watkins $503,295

And?

So what..not one of you guys want real campaign funding reform. Every single time it's tried..lobbyist work overtime to squash it.

In any case..what's the alternative? Obama turns down the moula?

 

[JoeB131]

That was a GOP led shutdown. They were braying on and on about how nobody needs the government and it should be smaller. And yeah..they wanted to cut Medicaid..and villified Hillary Clinton for "daring" to come up with a real live workable plan to reform healthcare. They shut 'er down..and people missed the government services. The GOP lost big..really big. And Gingrich's "ethics violation" was exempting his wages earned from a class he taught from taxes. And he was using that class for political purposes. He then LIED about it to congress. That was a real live lie.

How much do you think this guy was making teaching a class?

Oh my god, a college instructor with politicial opinions? Really? I mean that's totally fucking unprecedented.

And Clinton didn't "lie" in court. He gave them the answers as he understood them to be. Had it been a court case..it would have been laughed right out. He really should have told them to go fuck themselves. It would have saved his law license and a good deal of embarrassment in the long run. And it probably would have been backed by America in general.

It was a court case. A court case he eventually settled despite a judge bending over backwards to accommedate him. He lied because he knew the truth would hurt him not only in the case, but politically.

Frankly, I can't feel that bad for him, I've seen guys fired for a LOT less than what he did under the guise of sexual harrassment. You guys started this mess by dragging out crazy Anita Dunghill and treating her like she wasn't crazy. You slop around shit, you get some splashing back on you.

 

[mudwhistle]

Gingrich is just more of the same. That he has risen again is simply telling of the republican party today and its lack of genuine candidates. Listening to them - every republican - is like watching a puppet show in which the rich pull their strings.

"Newt, on the other hand, is always good in debates if you like extremely pompous people who appear to be practically levitating with their own sense of personal wonderfulness. During the last outing, Gingrich’s most fascinating moment came when he explained why the mortgage lender Freddie Mac paid him $300,000 in 2006. First of all, it had nothing whatsoever to do with lobbying, or attempting to influence the Republicans who happened to control Congress at a time when there was talk of clamping down on the way Freddie operated. Just put that out of your mind."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/o...time-for-a-gop-debate.html?src=me&ref=general

Ha, ha, ha.

So your argument is Newt is full of himself?

Well at least he has reason to be.

 

[Si modo]

Gingrich discusses how Romney's positions on social issues has changed since 1994 and implies that is a bad thing.

I know my position on several social issues has changed since 1994. I would imagine most rational Americans' positions on social issues have changed through the decades as well.

Personally, I am a fan of those with open minds.

 

[JoeB131]

And?

So what..not one of you guys want real campaign funding reform. Every single time it's tried..lobbyist work overtime to squash it.

In any case..what's the alternative? Obama turns down the moula?

Maybe he should have. You can't whine that you are shocked that there is gambling going on at Ricks when you are collecting your winnings.

"What we need are better gambling laws to make me behave."

And you can't whine about greed on Wall Street while taking gobs of their money.

Conservatives oppose campaign finance reform because 1) it usually produces worse results and 2) It's a suppression of the first amendment.