Michael Reagan, Rush Limbaugh Blast Romney
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, January 26, 2012, 7:01 PM
Top conservatives Michael Reagan and Rush Limbaugh lambasted Mitt Romney for claims that Newt GIngrich was a critic of Reagan.
NewsMax reported:
Ronald Reagan’s eldest son Mike Reagan has issued a statement lambasting Mitt Romney and his supporters for claims that Romney’s Republican presidential rival Newt Gingrich was a strong critic of President Reagan.
Reagan says such claims are false.
Even Rush Limbaugh, shocked by the Romney claims, chimed on his Thursday radio broadcast to say “This is obviously a coordinated attack to take Newt out here in Florida.”
Rush slammed the Romney-backed smear campaign against Newt.
“That kind of stuff is why people hate Romney so much,” Limbaugh said.
Limbaugh added that Newt has always been a conservative from his early days in national talk radio in the 1980s.
“He was perhaps the premier defender of Ronald Reagan,” Limbaugh said.
On Thursday, Mike Reagan, a respected conservative commentator, responded to the Gingrich critics with this statement to Newsmax:
“I am deeply disturbed that supporters of Mitt Romney are claiming that Newt Gingrich is not a true Reaganite and are even claiming that Newt was a strong critic of my father.
“Recently I endorsed Newt Gingrich for president because I believe that Newt is the only Republican candidate who has both consistently backed the conservative policies that my father championed and the only Republican that will continue to implement his vision.
“It surprises me that Mitt Romney and his supporters would raise this issue — when Mitt by his own admission voted for Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale who opposed my father, and later supported liberal Democrat Paul Tsongas for president.
“As governor of Massachusetts, Romney’s achievement was the most socialistic healthcare plan in the nation up until that time.
“Say what you want about Newt Gingrich but when he was Speaker of the House he surrounded himself with Reagan conservatives and implemented a Ronald Reagan program of low taxes and restrained federal spending.
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Published May 23, 2012 at 4:57 am - 64 Comments
Militant Conservative commented:
The backlash against Romney is going to be huge.
Romney is a sad echo of what freedom could be.
He would hate me carrying a firearm in his presence.
As much as I detest Obama I would not harm him.
Leaders that distrust our rights to own and carry
Need to be gone. Politicians only respect an armed
Public.
Brooks commented:
I listened to Rush today…
That headline is a bit of a stretch.
Molon Labe commented:
Its amazing that the trolls and mobys in another column said Rush attacked Newt. Twsiting and distorting the truth is their forte.
FurryGuy commented:
Rush hasn’t been shy with legitimate criticism of Newt, just as he is not shy about exposing egregious lies such as are being spewed by Mr. Sanctimony Mitt and his campaign.
dunce commented:
Mitts ads say more about his own faults than they do of Gingrichs when are twisted 1/2 truths.
Girlyman commented:
I also find it hard to believe that the monumental onslaught of negative ads against Gingrich
these last few days was not orchestrated. I used to love to go to DRUDGE or FOX news for some balanced insight. It’s become so obvious that they are trying to stear their audience.
Anyway, if South Carolina is any indication, before all is said and done, the TEA Party’s comin’ and HELL’s comin’ with ‘em!
Estragon commented:
How DARE people use the facts of Newt’s record against him!
It must be awful to have to try and maintain your belief that Newt, whose entire income for the last 35 years has either been directly from the federal government, fees paid to influence it or advise how to deal with it, or books and speeches trading on his notoriety from it, who stayed in the area after quitting Congress to join the revolving door of influence-peddlers, as a “Washington outsider.”
But it is so nice there is a candidate in the race for those who identify with immorality, testing the lines of laws and ethics, stabbing your friends and conservatives in the back, delusions of grandeur, adultery, deception, and spouting leftist slogans against capitalism.
Stephen Monteith commented:
Does it matter to anyone that Gingrich actually WAS a critic of Reagan’s while they were both in office at the same time? It’s fine for someone who came into office AFTER Reagan left to say that his policies were great and wonderful and the best of any president’s; but Gingrich was in office DURING the Reagan administration, and he was a critic of Reagan’s policies during that time.
coolidgerules commented:
Face it, all of these canidates are severely flawed and have bats in he attic. Can’t really get excited about any of them.
Mittens= anti-gun, VAT, squishy, pro-nationalized health care
Newt= morals of alley cat, self-serving, can’t really get a read on issues
Sanitorium=seems to like big gov’t-look at the voting record in Congress/endorsed Snarlin’ Arlen
over Toomey
Paul=good domestic policy-unfortunately he will get a lot of us killed with his foreign policy.
We have 310 million people in hs country and this is the crap that is foisted upon all of us?
Sadly, I will pull the lever for one of these men over King Putt. Good Lord, we need to overhaul the worthless RNC. I think that the Commies have successfully infiltrated that as well.
oldguy commented:
Many conservative pundits claim Newt won South Carolina because of his attack on the moderators in the debates. Partially maybe, but I think you miss the main reason he won, which was Sara Palin’s remark that if she lived in SC she would vote for Newt. Now Rush and the good Reagan son have defended Newt. That’s three of the most famous conservatives defending Newt. Game over! This is the South and we don’t like RINO’s here.