Breaking: SARAH PALIN UNLOADS ON ROMNEY and “Cannibals of GOP Establishment”
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, January 27, 2012, 6:53 PM
Sarah Palin unloaded tonight on Mitt Romney Campaign and the “cannibals of the GOP establishment.”
From her Facebook page:
We have witnessed something very disturbing this week. The Republican establishment which fought Ronald Reagan in the 1970s and which continues to fight the grassroots Tea Party movement today has adopted the tactics of the left in using the media and the politics of personal destruction to attack an opponent.
We will look back on this week and realize that something changed. I have given numerous interviews wherein I espoused the benefits of thorough vetting during aggressive contested primary elections, but this week’s tactics aren’t what I meant. Those who claim allegiance to Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment should stop and think about where we are today. Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater, the fathers of the modern conservative movement, would be ashamed of us in this primary. Let me make clear that I have no problem with the routine rough and tumble of a heated campaign. As I said at the first Tea Party convention two years ago, I am in favor of contested primaries and healthy, pointed debate. They help focus candidates and the electorate. I have fought in tough and heated contested primaries myself. But what we have seen in Florida this week is beyond the pale. It was unprecedented in GOP primaries. I’ve seen it before – heck, I lived it before – but not in a GOP primary race.
I am sadly too familiar with these tactics because they were used against the GOP ticket in 2008. The left seeks to single someone out and destroy his or her record and reputation and family using the media as a channel to dump handpicked and half-baked campaign opposition research on the public. The difference in 2008 was that I was largely unknown to the American public, so they had no way of differentiating between the lies and the truth. All of it came at them at once as “facts” about me. But Newt Gingrich is known to us – both the good and the bad.
We know that Newt fought in the trenches during the Reagan Revolution. As Rush Limbaugh pointed out, Newt was among a handful of Republican Congressman who would regularly take to the House floor to defend Reagan at a time when conservatives didn’t have Fox News or talk radio or conservative blogs to give any balance to the liberal mainstream media. Newt actually came at Reagan’s administration “from the right” to remind Americans that freer markets and tougher national defense would win our future. But this week a few handpicked and selectively edited comments which Newt made during his 40-year career were used to claim that Newt was somehow anti-Reagan and isn’t conservative enough to go against the accepted moderate in the primary race. (I know, it makes no sense, and the GOP establishment hopes you won’t stop and think about this nonsense. Mark Levin and others have shown the ridiculousness of this.) To add insult to injury, this “anti-Reagan” claim was made by a candidate who admitted to not even supporting or voting for Reagan. He actually was against the Reagan movement, donated to liberal candidates, and said he didn’t want to go back to the Reagan days. You can’t change history. We know that Newt Gingrich brought the Reagan Revolution into the 1990s. We know it because none other than Nancy Reagan herself announced this when she presented Newt with an award, telling us, “The dramatic movement of 1995 is an outgrowth of a much earlier crusade that goes back half a century. Barry Goldwater handed the torch to Ronnie, and in turn Ronnie turned that torch over to Newt and the Republican members of Congress to keep that dream alive.” As Rush and others pointed out, if Nancy Reagan had ever thought that Newt was in any way an opponent of her beloved husband, she would never have even appeared on a stage with him, let alone presented him with an award and said such kind things about him. Nor would Reagan’s son, Michael Reagan, have chosen to endorse Newt in this primary race. There are no two greater keepers of the Reagan legacy than Nancy and Michael Reagan. What we saw with this ridiculous opposition dump on Newt was nothing short of Stalin-esque rewriting of history. It was Alinsky tactics at their worst.
But this whole thing isn’t really about Newt Gingrich vs. Mitt Romney. It is about the GOP establishment vs. the Tea Party grassroots and independent Americans who are sick of the politics of personal destruction used now by both parties’ operatives with a complicit media egging it on.
Read the rest here.
Related… Jeffrey Lord: Elliott Abrams Lied About Newt Gingrich
Still more… For Romney to attack every conservative from the Right, when he is so obviously and so far to the Left of them, demonstrates a complete lack of character and integrity.
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tommy mc donnell commented:
the RNC wants to keep that power and access to all those tax dollars.
Glenmore commented:
I don’t understand what she’s got against Santorum.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Regarding her last paragraph:
Priests “anoint”. Kings, for example, during that period in Israeli history.
The G.O.P. sees itself as the Priests of the party, damn what the people want. It’s how we got stuck with John “Take a Dive” McCain.
Neither party is even remotely “democratic” at this point.
Kudos to Sarah, once again, for a well-written post.
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#1 Raptor
Your contributions to this site are immeasurable — by any known techniques of microscopy.
Juan Epstein commented:
“has adopted the tactics of the left in using the media and the politics of personal destruction to attack an opponent”
Sounds like what Newt did in South Carolina. His leftist attack on Bain Capital as “vulture capital”, and now he’s attacking Romney’s wealth, etc.
Newt’s just a sore loser. Newt made the comment last week that Romney just sounded desperate. Who’s desperate now Newt? He sees florida slipping away, no more debates and he’ll get crushed in AZ, NV, MI which are coming up.
PhilipJames commented:
Well, first three comments to this fantastic post by Sarah Palin remind us that imbeciles like Raptor, Tommy and Glenmore exist… and unfortunately we have to hear from them.
Want you to know that her entire post is not all here and you should read the whole thing at:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150516734848435
Jim commented:
Good lord, I didn’t think it was possible to like Gov. Palin even more, but this might do it. FYI, she’s also spoken up for Congressman Paul vis-a-vis the Republican establishment despite strong disagreements with Paul’s stance on foreign policy.
She’s also right, the Republican establishment wants to anoint Romney who seems to be the weakest and least conservative of the candidates.
Skinner commented:
Why isn’t she attacking Obama in this election year? Sarah, I don’t care what you think about the candidates, my mind is made up, you won’t influence my vote.
Why not use your very public pulpit to bully the man destroying America? You should be going after Obama non stop, all year, regardless of who the nominee ends up being.
You sound like a harpy now.
Molon Labe commented:
#4
Taqi
Nice comment on Raptor. Good analysis. I love good put downs.
Got Billy Ayers on Speed Dial commented:
Yes! The sudden collective attack against Newt is incredible and was clearly in response to Newt’s SC win. All the sharp knives come out against Newt but never against Romney (other than Newt’s)?
Don’t forget who started the bar-fight with his unilateral smears in Iowa; Mitt Romney. This at a time when Newt was in no financial position to respond, which Romney probably knew in running the Iowa ads.
Newt is not my first candidate, not even my second, but he is better than RomneyObamaCare.
Big Al commented:
Palin is way off base here. Gingrich has plenty of heavy hitters on his side. Limbaugh, Levin,
Ingraham, Hannity and Gallagher have been viscously attacking Romney and defending Gingrich everyday for months. It’s really stupid to say one group is the establishment and the other isnt. Limbaugh alone has a bigger megaphone than anyone in the so called establishment.
Widow maker commented:
Sarah sounds like Newt now. Newt was whining about the crowd last night because he lost badly and debating is all he has. Now Sarah is whining.
Here is a tip for Sarah. Newt is all done, he’s toast, he’s going back to DC to continue influence peddling but he’ll never be the R nominee. So move on and attack obama and forget the dead horse, Newt.
Widow maker commented:
#12 January 27, 2012 at 7:11 pm
Big Al commented:
Palin is way off base here. Gingrich has plenty of heavy hitters on his side. Limbaugh, Levin,
Ingraham, Hannity and Gallagher have been viscously attacking Romney and defending Gingrich everyday for months. It’s really stupid to say one group is the establishment and the other isnt. Limbaugh alone has a bigger megaphone than anyone in the so called establishment.
Who is more establishment than Newt. He’s been in Washington for over thirty years. He is the same old Washington DC crowd.
Jim commented:
@Got Billy Ayers on Speed Dial;
So true, Willard was the first to Reagan’s 11th commandment and start smearing other conservatives via his surrogates. He’s proven to me that he’s slime and can’t be trusted on any conservative value.
Jim commented:
Well, well, well, the Romney-bots are here freaking out about Gov. Palin’s comments.
Multitude commented:
Fascinating that she’s exposing them like this. I’ve mentioned it here before that I had the “honor” of working with John Sununu who was on the board of a company I worked for. I was a nobody compared to him then, young in my career but the principal architect for the company’s technology and service strategy. I learned very quickly of Sununu’s views on politics: “Boy, sit down and shut up. You don’t know the first thing about the real world. There’s none of this idealism bull**** you young libertarianisms banter about. It’s dog eat dog. Different factions doin’ the eatin’ at different times. We eat people like you up for lunch.”
All power, money and influence. Democrat and Republican were just the brand labels on stuff made at the same factory. Each had their own useful idiots, of which I was clearly seen by the realist Sununu who was at least kind enough to tell me things like a minimal government ala Nozick’s Anarchy State and Utopia, fiscal restraint, and a reduction in corruption, were all crazy dreams. “Boy, it’s nothing but corruption. That’s how the world really is. You’re a fool if you think otherwise.”
Hence Soros saying Obama and Romney are indistinguishable. He too is a realist in many respects, but appears to advance his Open Society to present some guise of idealism (of which I’m still not sure if it’s idealism, atonement for his massive guilt for wrecking national economies, or some additional level of ruse). Having read his Alchemy of Finance, I do smell some level of idealism underneath the realist bastard, but I’m still not convinced it can’t also be a ploy to buy protection from those would quickly turn on him if they understood what he effectually really is.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
#11 G.B.A.on Speed Dial
Agreed, every point.
Look, folks, I want President Allen West.
But guess what? I can’t have President Allen West.
I’ll take President Newton Gingrich. He can also talk — and make sense — without notes.
Paul rambles like a 75-year old is expected to ramble, and is an antisemitic, Neo-nazi-connected loon.
Romney is a multimillionaire hypocrite RINO.
I also like Santorum, and were he to rise above Newt in the polls, I’d take President Rick Santorum, too.
None of them are going to “save” our nation from what the Commies (and quite possibly, God Himself, using the Commies) have designed and implemented for her these past 60 years. Some might at least ride the brakes, others will do as Obama has done, and floor the accelerator pedal.
Now, back to our Televisions! And our abortions! And our dissolution! Wheeee!
FurryGuy commented:
Did you actually go to school to get this dysfunctionally illiterate? Ms. Palin clearly pointed out what is going on has very little to do with Newt and Romney. The real enemy, the GOP Elite, is fighting us, the voters, to retain control so they can maintain being our betters.
RedBeard commented:
[sigh] Please let this primary race end soon. Please.
Mike commented:
Don’t blame Romney for the comments of old line Republicans. Do blame Newt for his anti-capitalist, anti- wealth “pious baloney”. How can Sarah Palin ignore Newt’s personal failings? He marries the woman he was cheating on his wife with twice. Do you think those were the only two times he cheated? You give him the nomination and the rest of the women will come out of the woodwork. Four more years of Obama. Congrats, won’t you feel conservatively pure w;ile Obama, Speaker Pelosi & Reid destroy the country?
Widow maker commented:
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#16 January 27, 2012 at 7:17 pm
Jim commented:
Well, well, well, the Romney-bots are here freaking out about Gov. Palin’s comments.
Terrified. Just look at intertrade, Newt isn’t getting the money put on him. He needs FLA, if he loses, he’s toast. How will Newt do anywhere outside the deep south? Newt can only win solid R states in the the general, he cannot win anywhere else.
Just give up on the disillusion that Newt is going to be the nominee.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Can we have a moratorium on the “*-bots” comments?*
Let’s just DEBATE, without that childish idiocy.
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*(I mean, excepting Paulbots, who have pretty much established themselves, and their minds, as impermeable membranes when it comes to facts and reason.)
Mostly kidding — some can still handle reason, and can be, ah, reprogrammed.
I was once a “Perotbot”, before the “bot” became the insult du jour. I have since become quite convinced, by others’ factual and reasoned writings, of the error of my ways.
QUIT EATING EACH OTHER…
…DINNER’S NOT UNTIL NOVEMBER.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
#19 FurryGuy
NAILS IT.
The real enemy, the GOP Elite, is fighting us, the voters, to retain control so they can maintain being our betters.
P. Aaron commented:
All of these GOP candidates are imperfect but, I resent the establishment’s attempts to drag Romney across the finish line. Let him work for it and get there himself. As it stands right now, Romney is Bob Dole with a smidge of defibrillation. C’mon Mitt, you are a business success, DEFEND IT! Newt will be Newt. Santorum? Actually, Rick, you seem to be finding your inner candidate. Ron Paul…ain’t gonna happen. Let he who articulates Republican ideas best win!
I’d rather these guys sort it out and debate these ideas with the public watching. Using the leftist media to define each other is just going to make Obama’s & the Media’s job easier this fall.
bg commented:
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[#9 January 27, 2012 at 7:09 pm
bg commented:
How can Sarah Palin rail against Washington DC and the
cronyism, lobbyist, insider dealing, etc. but support Newt?
Newt is Washington DC. Newt went to DC in 1978 with a few dollars,
now he’s a millionaire and as inside the beltway as you can get. He’s
an ugly version of Trent Lott.]
not me, but doubt GP will do anything
about this blatant identity theft..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich, TEA Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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Taqiyyotomist commented:
#23
So keep waiting for the perfect, sinless man to stand up and run for President.
As if he exists.
Epstein's mom commented:
So the “establishment” want the outsider, the guy who has only ever been in politics for 4 years. But the guy who has been in DC for 30 years is the “tea party” guy, the change washington guy?
Put down the koolaid and get back to reality.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Hey bg, I’m guessing #23 wasn’t really you.
You need a gravatar. Been saying this for months now.
Big Al commented:
#16 and 19
Why the the invective? What’s the point?
bg commented:
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re: #27 January 27, 2012 at 7:30 pm bg
[#23 January 27, 2012 at 7:26 pm
bg commented:
Newt is a dirty immoral person. No one could say he’s a decent person.]
this the pathetic new “destroy bg” strategy??
well good luck, because it’s a toss up between your Alinsky Devil and
my God when i stop posting truthful info.. but heh, either way, i win..
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Skip commented:
#13
Widow maker commented:
Sarah sounds like Newt now. Newt was whining about the crowd last night because he lost badly and debating is all he has. Now Sarah is whining.
Here is a tip for Sarah. Newt is all done, he’s toast, he’s going back to DC to continue influence peddling but he’ll never be the R nominee. So move on and attack obama and forget the dead horse, Newt.
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This person does not have a clue about politics. “Newt is toast?” This proves my point. This person has to be an Obama troll.
Santorum or Romney? Do you really believe either one could defeat Obama if they won the nomination?
jainphx commented:
Boy turn the thing around why don’t you, she wasn’t supporting Newt, she was asking to not let the ESTABLISHMENT bring an end to the primaries after only four. She makes it known that the same est. offered up out and out lies to bring down Newt, and she knew at the time with the polls, that newt was in the best position to forestall the anointing of Romney. She went on to show how these same people used the same tactics on her. Santorum has only his self to blame (until lately) with less than stellar performances in the debates. I for one wish that he would take off because he’s the most conservative left. But to accuse Sarah of being a Newt supporter is stretching the truth.
Sarah is a living example of the Establishment trying to destroy a person both politically an personally. What was the 26,000 e-mails, that nut case renting the home next door, the claim that Trig was not hers but her daughters. I could go on all night, but the fact that she sees the truth about the powers in Washington makes her an enemy. Look at any conservative site whenever they have a thread on Palin. People and nics that have never been there before, show up and speak trash about this good woman. Were being had and most of our team refuses to see it. Boehner and his team, have they kept any promises that were mad leading up to 2010, has McConnell done the job we expected of him, and do you think electing Romney will change any of that?
Johnny "Stanford" Davis commented:
And why should I care what an elite politician like Sarah Palin thinks???
reliapundit commented:
PALIN IS WAY OFF BASE.
NEWT IS A LIFETIME POLITICIAN AND LOBBYIST.
A CROOK.
HE AIN’T ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT. NOT BY A LONG-SHOT.
AND ANOTHER THING:
PALIN’S “THEY’RE TRYING TO CRUCIFY NEWT” REVEALS A BIGOTED ANTI-MORMON ATTITUDE JUST BENEATH THE SURFACE.
I USED TO LOVE PALIN, BUT HER DEFENSE OF THE ANTI-CAPITALIST UNPRINCIPLED NEWT – WHO RECENTLY MADE A TV COMMERCIAL WITH PELOSI – IS HORRIFYING.
MITT WAS A LIB DECADES AGO; NEWT A SLIME-BALL LAST WEEK.
BYE PALIN; IT WAS NICE WHILE IT LASTED!
COULTER IS RIGHT. PALIN WRONG.
KNOW WE ARE SEEING HER FOR WHAT SHE IS:
THE PERSON WHO QUIT THE GOVERNORSHIP AND DECLINED TO ENTER THIS CONTEST IS A SHALLOW UNPRINCIPLED POLITICIAN – LIKE THE GINGRICH SHE HAS VIRTUALLY ENDORSED.
REPEAT: THERE IS NO EFFING WAY NEWT THE LOBBYIST, NEST THE LIFETIME POLITICIAN IS ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT.
MITT IS THE OUTSIDER.
MITT HAS THE REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES – AND SUCCESS THAT NEWT LACKS.
Van commented:
The problem with this type of primary, is that sooner or later they’ll run out of other candidates to eat.
Molon Labe commented:
BG have you lost your mind you sound like one of the trolls. If you don’t like Newt support it. He’s immoral compared to who?
Romney?
Romney is the foulest, most disgusting creature that walks Massachusetts.
He allowed an innocent man to rot in prison despite the recommendations of the state parole board. A board that said he’d be set free if only he admit is guilt. He refused.
A man who has pushed the gay agenda.
A man who has supported the killing of unborn babies and appointed judges to insure it remained legal.
A man who presided over the “Big Dig.”
A man whop allowed taxes to soar and regulations to strangle industry.
A man who pushed radical gun controls.
A man who supported the carbnon tax and TARP.
Yeah he’s your man.
Pathetic.
I won’t even go into his self identified “I am a progressive independent” stance.
Just another Rockefeller who lies about his wealth. He lies about how he acquired it and his connections. He is another McCain, except he never served, and he didn’t marry his money, so I suppose he is that much better.
Molon Labe commented:
#37
Its Ripper again. And he’s scored another hit!
Sasja commented:
We knew that wasn’t you bg @26.
bg commented:
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[#30 January 27, 2012 at 7:33 pm
bg commented:
#26 January 27, 2012 at 7:30 pm
bg commented:
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[#9 January 27, 2012 at 7:09 pm
bg commented:
How can Sarah Palin rail against Washington DC and the
cronyism, lobbyist, insider dealing, etc. but support Newt?
Newt is Washington DC. Newt went to DC in 1978 with a few dollars,
now he’s a millionaire and as inside the beltway as you can get. He’s
an ugly version of Trent Lott.]
not me, but doubt GP will do anything
about this blatant identity theft..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich, TEA Party.. Ging O Newt!!
Get you own tag, I am bg. Get lost troll.]
none are me..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich, Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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Multitude commented:
Just a further comment on what may be underpinning what appears to be a personality battle; I’d be curious if the conjecture here may resonate with the various conservatives here. To many, it seems that the option for fiscal conservativism has disappeared. Mitt cannot in good faith be called a fiscal conservative given his track record on advancing health care boondoggles, and at best, could try to claim that he’s a fiscal moderate given his slowing the growth. Yes, he had a liberal state, liberal legislature, liberal population who spends like drunken sailors but he too owns it. He didn’t have to run for Gov there where he knew he’d have to decision like a fiscal liberal.
Santorum also has a very liberal fiscal record. This gets muddled with his extremely conservative social views.
Newt has a mixed record too; yes, he drove many efforts to control the size of government, but he can’t go 5 minutes without dreaming up some Federal program to spend a half a trillion dollars going to Mars, teaching inner city youth the values of entrepreneurship, etc.
So many of us are left with nobody who’s truly fiscally conservative. We’re left in an area we’re uncomfortable with… on social issues. Mitt’s pretty liberal there, Santorum’s so incredibly conservative he comes across as a reactionary, and Mitt’s views are for sale to the right lobbyist and pollster. How many of us here didn’t want this to be an election that pushed the Republican candidate based on social issues? I’d swear Obama’s people are leading all three Republican campaigns (sorry, leaving out Ron Paul in this analysis as I don’t believe he sees himself as a Republican; if he had a non-delusional constructivist foreign policy VP, I might vote for him just for his fiscal views alone).
But underpinning these fiscal and social views is a more profound orientation: realism vs. idealism. I sense that Mitt and his people are all heavy realists, especially given that many who have endorsed him are on record being realists. If you read The Power of Power Politics: From Classical Realism to Neotraditionalism (books.google.com has a preview of it), Sununu’s talked about as a hard core realist who thought the “break up” of the USSR was nothing more than a trick by its party elites. Curiously, given the transition to oligarchy which left the same party elites in power, just richer, suggests that Sununu was on to something. My prior post mentions how he verbally kicked my ass and called me a naive kid for believing that regular people or “citizens” as we foolishly call them, mattered. It’s all about money and power. Our candidates are selected; we’re allowed the illusion of actually mattering by going through this voting process. Democrat and Republican aren’t about issues or principles, they’re about factions of power and influence attempting to control more of the money seized from the serfs and redistributed to the feudal lords.
“It’s the same system that’s been ruling things for thousands of years. The only change is that you serfs think you actually have a voice, which makes things a little easier for us in charge.”
Mitt. Obama. No difference, if you’re a realist, other than Mitt opens up the pipes for more power and money for those affiliated with the alliance he works for. More of them are domestic elites, compared to Obama’s international elites, so for the American serf middle class, Mitt would probably be marginally better. But there won’t be any real structural change, reduction of government, end of ObamaRomneyCare, etc.
Who knows with Newt? Insider who was thrown out. Santorum seems to want to be liked by the insiders as long as he can be a social imperialist and push his reactionary conservative views upon others. Grandpa Paul would be interesting if he wasn’t 1) insane on foreign policy, 2) insane on power relations, and 3) insane in general. Nice and amusing fellow, however.
So I’m certain to have pissed off everyone here. I’m guessing Palin feels that Newt needs redemption and might stay loyal enough to the Tea Party (given he knows he’s a dead man within the RINO elites; he’d better be real careful on a VP pick if he makes it that far, perhaps listening to Obama who picked the national Court Jester as his running mate to ensure he’s not at risk due to party insiders with ambition). Maybe I’ll go vote Obama to accelerate the collapse and save up for that hunker-down farm in New Zealand.
jainphx commented:
bg I knew it wasn’t you keep the faith.
bg commented:
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i still think Santorum is Palins guy..
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Greg commented:
Blah blah blah blah…the trolls are out in force Sarah bless her describes clearly the RINO establishment forcing its interest on the individuals of this nation that are conservative. Time for the tea party to show activism and communicate that a Mit forced will result in a third party or non vote. Let the people decide not the rinos
DaMav commented:
Run Sarah Run
Your better than all the rest combined.
Sorry I think Newt is a major loser and a consummate insider. But you… oh hells yes, my time, my money, my sacred honor and my vote in an instant.
moreco2 commented:
WHERE IS THE VIDEO. I CLICK, AND I CLICK. MORONS, BYE BYE.
DaMav commented:
Santorum/Palin — oh yeah
Palin/Santorum — oh oh oh yeah!
bg commented:
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jainphx #44 January 27, 2012 at 7:42 pm
thanks..
Taq..
i’m working on it, i am not comp savvy, my son in law needs to do it
for me, and he forgot about it until i reminded him earlier today..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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Molon Labe commented:
When my dog wants Johnny’s opinion, you know he’s run out of vomit to lap up.
Multitude commented:
bg/45: That would have been my expectation as well especially given her faith and social conservatism (Sarah for Santorum). Why do you think she hasn’t gotten behind him?
retire05 commented:
Too bad that Jim Hoft did not bother to fact check Jeffrey Lord’s little article. Lord, who says that someone named Chris Scheve provided him with “all seven, fine print pages worth of it exactly as it appeared in its original form.” You see, it seems that Mr. Scheve took the time from his busy day to go to George Mason Library and pull the Congressional record from 3/21/86 when Gingrich gave that floor speech and provided it to Lord.
Now Lord, who says he has a copy of the speech, only provided excerpts from the speech. You would think that Mr. Lord, being the saavy guy he is, could have downloaded the speech to Scribd.com and provided it to his readers. But then, Lord could not control the narrative if he did that, so like other hacks, he gives just enough to support his agenda; supporting Newt Gingrich. Lord also goes on to call Abrams a liar (in so many words) and accuses Abrams of being a Romney hit man with his comment “Mr. Abrams has been caught red-handed (lying) in lending himself to this attempted Romney hit job.”
Does Lord have any proof that Abrams is on the Romney team, or is he just making claims for affect?
You would think that people with inquisitive minds would want to know a few things: who is Chris Scheve, and why would he be so outraged over Abrams article when there are thousands of people in D.C. who read the article and would be in a position to speak with authority? Five minutes using a seach engine seems to pretty well provide the answers.
Scheve was (as Lord says) a foreign policy aide to Gingrich, as well as Dennis Hastert. He held a number of goverment positions, but when he ended that he became a lobbyist. But not just any lobbyist working for some small K Street concern. He opened his own lobbying firm. From aide to lobbyist with offices on K Street in one small step.
Looking at the website for AquaTerra Strategies, Scheve’s lobbying firm, we get the mission statement:
AquaTerra Strategies helps clients navigate and understand the currents of Washington – to harness the waves that shape politics and policy, to navigate around and if necessary, through policial, legislative, and regulatory storms and to find opportunities in the fluidity of legislation, regulations and public opinion. Sound decisions and successful outcomes depend on strategies that can get you out of the water and onto solid ground.”
Under services:
“Strategic lobbying efforts targeting Members, Senators, Leadership and staff of the United States Congress.”
In other words, Mr. Scheve is the go to guy if you are looking for taxpayer largess for your “green” business. Think Solyndra.
Now, it seems that Mr. Scheve has a specialty. Green, and I don’t mean the color of money, although that is part of it. He specializes in getting money for greenweenie projects, all funded by YOU. And considering that he once worked for a man who has supported, along with Nancy Pelosi, the global warming movement, it is fair to ask if he has a vested interest in getting Gingrich elected? One might think that being a former high ranking aide to the Speaker opens a lot of doors, especially if that Speaker now maintains his office in the White House.
I don’t have a dog in this hunt except to make Obama move out of the White House on January 20, 2013, lock, stock and double barrel. But damn people, do you ever question the pundits that are feeding you red meat? Do you never, to quote Paul Harvey, look for the “rest of the story?”
Chris Scheve has an agenda. Abrams has an agenda. Lord has an agenda. And they are all playing you like a cheap fiddle.
Molon Labe commented:
God bless Palin. Too bad she isn’t part of the cocktail party. Otherwise she’d act like Mitt and McCain and Dole.
We need more honest people in government. No wonder the elites hate her.
ogee commented:
She is deluded. Newt is the kind of guy she fought in AK to remove from office. She has really lost her mind now.
Savant commented:
“cannibals of the GOP establishment.”
That’s an interesting choice of words. Kinda reminds me of Newts words as he left the House:
“I’m willing to lead but I’m not willing to preside over people who are cannibals. My only fear would be that if I tried to stay, it would just overshadow whoever my successor is.”
bg commented:
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moreco2 #48 January 27, 2012 at 7:45 pm
she wrote that in her facebook..
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Taqiyyotomist commented:
bg just type Gravatar in Google.
The signup is as easy as pie.
LibertyAtStake commented:
WHAT SHE SAID!
d(^_^)b
http://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/
“Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive”
Molon Labe commented:
#53
Retarded sshows her agenda (my eyes, my eyes, it burns) and fiddles. Yawn.
jainphx commented:
She hasn’t really endorsed anyone, she wants all this to play out. I myself wish she would come in for the 35 states that she could vie in.
TomI commented:
She lost my ear when she quit. Bad, Bad move.
bg commented:
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Savant #56 January 27, 2012 at 7:50 pm
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Raptor commented:
Molon Labia – You’ll notice that the comment got deleted. No room at the Echo Chamber Inn, apparently…
John commented:
“Gingrich defended Reagan”? You lost me there. Anyone making that assertion clearly struggles with memory or hasn’t sufficiently researched the subject. Let me offer some enlightenment.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/289159/gingrich-and-reagan-elliott-abrams
elhrac commented:
Bravo to Sarah Palin for standing up to the Romney Machine.
elhrac commented:
I noticed there are a lot of Romney spammers on this site and on youtube lately
Lady Mondegreen commented:
Does anybody believe that if she had gotten into the race, Sarah Palin would not have been the first to go negative? Why are we still paying attention to her?
Raptor commented:
You don’t need me anyway. You eat your own.
Got Billy Ayers on Speed Dial commented:
Why are Romneybots like flatulence? Because they are full of gas.
Raptor commented:
Pack of hyenas…
bg commented:
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ogee #55 January 27, 2012 at 7:49 pm
yeah, her, Mark Levin, and several others.. /s/
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bg commented:
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[#72 January 27, 2012 at 8:10 pm
bg commented:
#39 January 27, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Molon Labe commented:
Tookie was convicted by a jury, you don’t overturn that lightly.
The big dig was a 20 yr mess, the budget was already in place and a huge mess years before Romney. Blame that one on weld and cellucci.
The gun control law was passed in ’98, four years before Romney was in office.
He supported carbon tax? I guess you missed the commercial Newt cut with Nancy?
How effective is the D gov in NH right now? R’s have veto proof majorities in both houses. Romney has 90% D legislatures in the statehouse. He issued 700 veto which were overridden. How can you do really anything when your party has 10% of the legislature seats?]
[#73 January 27, 2012 at 8:11 pm
bg commented:
GET YOUR OWN NAME TROLL. I AM bg.]
well, guess that’s one way
to pump up hits.. *sigh*
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
of course i posted none of the above..
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bg commented:
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clarification re: #76 January 27, 2012 at 8:17 pm bg
of course i posted none of the above..
well, guess that’s one way
to pump up hits.. *sigh*
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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bg commented:
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[#77 January 27, 2012 at 8:17 pm
bg commented:
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#74 January 27, 2012 at 8:13 pm
bg commented:
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ogee #55 January 27, 2012 at 7:49 pm
yeah, her, Mark Levin, and several others.. /s/
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******* This bg is an impostor. He’s a fraud and a troll. I am the real bg]
not me..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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GP, where are you??
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Pete_Bondurant commented:
Poor Palin, she has her panties in a wad. It happens when your candidate begins to lose. In this case, Newt Gingrich.
Gingrich hs been in Washington for 35 years and wasn’t able to make a dime without his Washington connections yet he is the anti-establishment…Sure Sarah. Also, Newt chose to attack from the left- class warfare, taxes etc.
Go away Palin, 2008 is over. If you really wanted to have an influence, you should have ran. Instead you chose not to.
As Coulter put it so well:
“To talk with Gingrich supporters is to enter a world where words have no meaning. They denounce Mitt Romney as a candidate being pushed on them by “the Establishment” — with “the Establishment” defined as anyone who supports Romney or doesn’t support Newt.”
Palin is becoming a joke. Hoft is a joke.
valerie commented:
#67 January 27, 2012 at 8:00 pm
elhrac commented:
Oh, there are a few that are Obama supporters, too. You can tell them by the way they lie about their identity and and rake every Republican candidate over the coals, in series.
Pete_Bondurant commented:
If Palin wants Gingrich to win then she should get up off her behind and campaign for him. She could easily raise money for the fat toad. Instead she sits high atop mount conservatism shouting down and throwing flames every now and again. Why?
Only in the world of Newtons is a guy who has been in Washington for 35 years an anti-establishment candidate.
Has Palin checked the polls? Because the last I checked, Romney does fairly well with Tea Party supporters.
Go away Palin, you had your day in the sun and you lost, quite handily I might add.
Multitude commented:
From the dramatic increase in professional trolling, it sounds like the rumors that the Romney campaign hired Progressive PST may be true.
http://progressivepst.com/
Newt can’t afford professional trolling.
Santorums trolls are too busy knitting sweater vests.
Ron Paul’s trolls do it for free (:
bg commented:
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January 7, 2012
Rush: Romney Camp Behind Anti-Gingrich Stories
On his radio show today, Rush Limbaugh highlighted an article in
The American Spectator by Jeffrey Lord that picked apart and called
misleading Elliot Abrams’ article in National Review about Newt Gingrich.
The article prompted Limbaugh to conclude Abrams must have been
“spoon-fed” the material about Gingrich’s after-hours speeches on
the House floor in the 1980s by rival Mitt Romney’s campaign.
“Jeffery Lord, like me, didn’t understand all this stuff with Newt yesterday,”
the conservative pundit said, referring to a series of stories that ran
earlier in the week casting Gingrich in a negative light for his anti-Ronald
Reagan remarks while a young representative.
Abrams’ article is “devastating” to the Republican
presidential candidate, Limbaugh said Thursday.
“It seems like Elliott Abrams has been had,” he said. “I’m just going to have to assume here that Elliott Abrams was spoon-fed this stuff by the Romney people. This is a stunning piece, but the genie’s out of the bottle. You can’t put all this back in the bottle now.”
re: [oh yeah, #82 January 27, 2012 at 8:27 pm
bg commented:]
you guessed it, not me, i mean, everyone knows i’m not for “real”..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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Pete_Bondurant commented:
Lobbying is how Newt made his money- 40 years in the making.
The bully got bullied yesterday and now his supporters have their panties in a wad.
Somebody should ask Palin a simple question- Why don’t you campaign for Gingrich or Santorum for that matter and help them raise money to defeat the “establishment.” Nah, doing so may ruin the Palin mystique.
donh commented:
Sarah Palin or Man Coulter….Sarah is always there for me. The ABR battle is MORE important than the ABO battle because Obama’s agenda never would have passed if we didn’t have this fascist wing of big government Republicans using the levers of leadership to furthur top down New World Order governance . ABO= Romney divided by ABR. You cannot solve the equation without dividing Romney. ABO is greater than Oboma + Romney, but Obama is greater than Romney minus ABR.
cloey commented:
I can’t read her diatribes anymore. She’s a bystander. Why didn’t she get in the race and show everyone how it’s done? She’s starting to grate on my last nerve..always borrowing other words, showing such outrage at tough campaigning. Gingrich has thrown some big punches too. Get over yourself and do something constructive. Facebook rantings and weird FOX appearances just don’t cut it anymore.
Raptor commented:
#85….
Seiously….professional trolling?
Mutnodjmet commented:
Palinistas, check this out: A video of Newt defending Sarah just after she got tapped for the VP spot and right as the elites started to Alinksy her. Newt defended her most vigorously at a time others in the GOP were walking away. This is something I think should be considered while casting your vote.
Sasja commented:
John @65. If you are still lurking around, you need to play catch-up.
A little background. In the 1980′s, after the days business in the House, some members of Congress would give what was called, “Special Orders.” Most were done by republican members as a way to counter what was being played in the media.
C-Span cameras were still rolling and all but a few members would have already left. This particular hit piece by Abrams was edited from one of Newt’s Special Orders. All Special Orders are in the Congressional Record.
So, to refute Abrams lie:
http://spectator.org/blog/2012/01/27/elliott-abrams-caught-misleadi
nana commented:
GO get ‘em Sarah! Mama Grizzly at work.
retire05 commented:
For all you Koolaid drinkers who are allowing others to lead you around by the nose and not do your own research, the Corner at NRO has just reprinted parts of Gingrich’s speech, along with a Scribd.com link so that you can actually read the entire speech for yourself.
But I think you would rather bash Abrams and sing Lord’s praises instead of informing yourself.
jainphx commented:
Jim Hoft a personal note to you or Midwesteng, some one has to take the fool out that is pretending to be bg. Nothing I hate worse than a coward hiding behind someone else’s good name. Folks how many names do you see here tonight that have never been here before, and are lying fools, but what do expect from the weasels that are in the Romney camp, like the leader so will the other rats be. If we sit still for these attacks and not refute them were done, and the evil that is the ESTABLIHMENT will have won again. ANYONE but Romney.
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re: #86 January 27, 2012 at 8:41 pm bg
January 7, 2012 = January 27, 2012
Rush Limbaugh – Januray 27, 2012
["Since the Congressional Record for 1986 was difficult to obtain electronically, Scheve trekked to the George Mason Library to physically track down the March 21, 1986 edition of the Congressional Record. Locating it, copying and scanning, he was kind enough to send to me," writes Jeffrey Lord. "So now I've read the Gingrich speech that is the source of all the hoopla. All seven, fine print pages worth of it exactly as it appeared in its original form. I can only say that what Elliott Abrams wrote in NRO [National Review] about Newt Gingrich based on this long ago speech is not worthy of Elliott Abrams. Specifically, Abrams implies that Newt Gingrich was spewing mindless vitriol about Reagan on the House floor.
“Not only not so, it was quite to the contrary,” which, I’m telling you… These special orders is where everybody first heard about Newt, and he was the premiere defender of Reagan. That’s why all this stuff yesterday had me scratching my head. Here’s a quote from Newt on this special order: “‘Let me be clear: I have the greatest respect for President Reagan. I think he personally understands the threat of communism.’ Gingrich then goes on — at Newtonian length — praising Reagan for Reagan’s understanding of Lenin, Reagan’s understanding of the real ‘purposes of a Soviet dictatorship’ and much more.
“He lists and applauds Reagan repeatedly for the President’s appreciation of ‘the threat in a more powerful Soviet empire’ and the threats posed by Communist Cuba and Nicaragua. He ranks Reagan with the great Cold War presidents in protecting freedom. In short, time after time after, Newt Gingrich — true to form — is there on the floor of the House relentlessly praising and crediting Ronald Reagan. Is it any wonder that years later Nancy Reagan would speak so publicly and warmly about ‘Ronnie’ passing the conservative torch to Newt? Is there any wonder that Michael Reagan has stepped into the middle of this current brawl to endorse Newt?]
more here..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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retire05 #96 January 27, 2012 at 9:05 pm
too bad Abrams didn’t take your advise.. /s/
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jainphx commented:
Retire05 that piece is edited, the complete speech is over at Rush’s site. Abrams is lying, but you don’t care, you were one of the first here to bash Palin, and every time I asked you who you backed, you avoided telling, you have no credibility.
FurryGuy commented:
Abrams has already been shown he sold his soul cheap to the GOP Progressive Elites. Time for the debunked lies to cease being uttered.
retire05 commented:
#100, jainphx, are you saying that the Scribd.com copy of the speech is edited? Because THAT is what I said NRO/Corner was providing.
Who do I back? No one at this point. They’re all slugs.
Mama Grizzly commented:
Plenty of good conservatives support Romney. If he was so popular as she insists, he’d have a heck of a lot more support from that establishment at the moment.
Also, Santorum is pretty doggone conservative, and he has a lot of trouble with Newt.
Methinks Sara is just saying this because Newt said he’d run with her if he was the candidate. I’m stumped as to why she doesn’t deal with his record on some important issues. In the video above, Newt was saying what everyone else was saying at the time, so . . .
retire05 commented:
And and as to bashing Palin; sorry buddy, but I was one of her first supporters. Until she sold her soul to Fox and Greta Van Sustern’s tort lawyer husband.
Now she is just doing everything she can to stay relevant.
Edward Cropper commented:
retire05 commented:
Fine analysis free of childish hair pulling
Amjean commented:
If one is conservative there is no legitimate reason to support Romney.
I understand the liberal/socialist types supporting Obama. What disgusts me is the
pseudo conservative pretenders who support Romney. Perhaps they think that if they
support Romney they will be in some small (very tiny) way part of the in crowd, rich
on Wall Street; perhaps some of Romney’s money making schemes will rub off on them;
if they support him they will be perceived as intelligent because they supported the guy
who made tons of money. I must tell them that cucumber sandwiches are not very tasty.
A beer and a brat are much better food fare.
Mama Grizzly commented:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/72084.html
or, easier:
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=926C15B6-0222-4ED1-B9DC-C88DE903A77A
jainphx commented:
Man so many here fall for the Goebbels propaganda, Romney is behind all the filth that comes out, Palin knows where most of the trash on her came from. Tell me if you agree that Obama care is “nothing to get angry over” or his u-tube speeches defending pro choice, or telling every one he was a “progressive” or can’t seem to tell the truth about Romney care, even when presented with it in black and white. I will say again I’m not a Newt man, but by golly I will back him over the garbage that Romney is, and you can take that to the bank’ He’s out and out garbage with no soul.
jainphx commented:
Political is to the left of Stalin, who even goes there that is a conservative.
Sasja commented:
I found this interesting about Mittens.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2836991/posts
bg commented:
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1998 ACU Ratings: Gingrich 100%, Paul 88%, Santorum 84%
btw, it’s still higher than Romney’s (and
Perry, they didn’t rank Pauls??) today..
Mitt Romney:
Avg. ACU Rating (ACU)- 88.98
Avg. Time of service (TOS)- 9.45
Newt Gingrich:
Avg. ACU Rating (ACU)- 96.26
Avg. Time of service (TOS)- 9.25 yrs
what a shame, as due to the obvious bias of several contributors, ie:
Ann Coulter, Human Events must be viewed with a slanted eye now..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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jainphx commented:
Sasja=== this that you found is why Sarah wants the process not to end, there is so much more out there on Romney to be found. He’s a weasel.
jNYC commented:
Palin’s last paragraph of this facebk article nails it: Let’s see the GOP vet Obama as harshly.
“As I said in my speech in Iowa last September, the challenge of this election is not simply to replace President Obama. The real challenge is who and what we will replace him with. It’s not enough to just change up the uniform. If we don’t change the team and the game plan, we won’t save our country. We truly need sudden and relentless reform in Washington to defend our republic, though it’s becoming clearer that the old guard wants anything but that. That is why we should all be concerned by the tactics employed by the establishment this week. We will not save our country by becoming like the left. And I question whether the GOP establishment would ever employ the same harsh tactics they used on Newt against Obama. I didn’t see it in 2008. Many of these same characters sat on their thumbs in ‘08 and let Obama escape unvetted. Oddly, they’re now using every available microscope and endoscope – along with rewriting history – in attempts to character assassinate anyone challenging their chosen one in their own party’s primary. So, one must ask, who are they really running against?”
jainphx commented:
Ann Coulter is the one that hurt the most, she was a hero of mine, but for some reason she has sold out. It’s a crying shame. She can write a thousand more books, but I will forever pass.
retire05 commented:
So, according to the Koolaid drinkers here, Gingrich is the white knight riding in on his trusty stead to save the world, or at least the U.S., and he is beyond reproach.
But not one mention of his attack ad in Florida against Romney that says Romney is anti-immigration (not anti-ILlegal immigration) and was so misleading that Marco Rubio had to make a statement that neither candidate was anti-immigration and within hours Gingrich pulled the ad.
But then, to certain people here, anyone who is not blind to Gingrich’s foibles and failures, are Saul Alinsky Romneyites.
Well, guess what? Some of us don’t like either one and are not about to drink the Koolaid, no matter who’se peddling it.
Sasja commented:
Well, one good thing can come out of all of this. We will now know, in the current political, media lineup, who really believes in conservative principles and who does not. Sort of a shakin’ of the tree.
S. Wolf commented:
reliapundit #37
re I USED TO LOVE PALIN, BUT HER DEFENSE OF THE ANTI-CAPITALIST UNPRINCIPLED… ROMNEY?
‘How does Mitt Romney’s experience at Bain Capital prepare him for creating American jobs and restarting the economy if he becomes President of the United States? For years we heard this Romney campaign spin that he was an economic wizard, War69.com believed it, we thought Romney was some sort of economic guru with a keen mind and a history of turning around companies with ideas not money. That turned out to be a lie, Romney was good at making money and investing in companies but he contributed zero ideas and zero management decisions in the companies that actually grew once Bain gave them the money.’
The Mitt Romney Jobs Creator Myth, How does Bain Capital Prepare Him for Creating American Jobs as President, the public is being brainwashed. Romney is not Steve Jobs or Lee Iacocca, Romney is more like Gordon Gekko, Ivan Boesky, Michael Milken, George Soros.
You’re an effin moron. And you never loved Sarah Palin or the conservative TEA party movement.. you’re a leftist pseudo-conservative individualmandatepundit.
Sasja commented:
jainphx, perhaps she has been offered the press secretary gig. Or it could be no more than wanting to stay on the cocktail party A list. Most people want to be part of the “In Crowd”.
Who recorded that? Can’t remember.
Tjexcite commented:
Where is the video of Palin her showing how much she Loves FDR like Newt. There is none so “they” had to go to SNL to get all the videos
http://youtu.be/CgdzZJePL04
Sasja commented:
Dave Brubek, I think. Great music.
Fionnagh commented:
#8 Give it up. Those of us who read GP frequently (or even several times a day!) already know where the real bg stands. We therefore know you’re a poseur.
jainphx commented:
Retire05 can’t you understand English. she is only saying that the ‘ESTABLISHMENT” is behind the attempts to take Newt out, yes he has baggage, and yes there are other people out there that would be better. She is trying to stop a mistake as huge as Obama from happening. Romney will destroy the conservative movement faster than a flash. This country will in all aspects of life that we once knew, be gone for ever. It’s that important that we fight the powerful who control the purse filled with our money.
Fionnagh commented:
To the REAL bg:) I just got me a gravatar. Let’s see if the darned thing works here – Nike – Victory at Samothrace.
S. Wolf commented:
More on Romney’s unbusinesslike conduct of business..
‘In 1989, Bain Capital purchased controlling interest in Damon Corporation, a medical testing company located in Needham, Massachusetts.
During the time that Bain held its ownership of the company Mitt Romney personally sat on the Board of Directors. And during that same period, Damon Corporation was busy submitting fraudulent reimbursement claims to Medicare to the tune of millions of dollars charged for unnecessary blood tests.
… By the time Damon pleaded guilty to defrauding the United States Government of $25 million – and paid a total of $119 million in what was, at that time, the largest penalty of its kind in Massachusetts history – Bain was long gone having sold the company in 1993 to Corning Inc.
Inasmuch as neither Romney nor Bain was ever implicated in the fraud, it would be reasonable to conclude that while the illegal activity was going on under Mr. Romney’s nose, Romney would himself bear only some responsibility for perhaps not being as on top of things as one might hope for a company’s director to be.
But according to Romney, such a conclusion would be wrong. When Mitt Romney was confronted with the matter during his campaign to become Governor of Massachusetts, Romney acknowledged that he did have some awareness of the funky things going on at Damon.’
Romney Supervised Medical Testing Company Guilty Of Massive Medicare Fraud
h/t Sasja
Oh and Romney wants to be president. Heh.
Karen commented:
Sarah Palin lost my support when she did her bus tour only to put the spotlight on herself instead of the spotlight being on the future candidates. She never had any intention of running for President. As far as her opinion and Rush Limbaugh’s and Mark Levin’s, I don’t care. Before McCain was the candidate, all of these talking heads put McCain down so much, people were turned against him from the beginning of his campaign. We have 4 good candidates, each with his own failings, we have to decide and who cares what they think. And it is really “Anybody But Obama”!
Sasja commented:
There has always been something about Mittens I haven’t liked, nor have I ever felt he could be trusted. From the first time I saw him.
No, it wasn’t Brubeck. It was the Ramsey Lewis Trio. Both great bands tho.
Sasja commented:
McCain is responsible for his own failings. Not Rush, not Mark, nor the tooth fairy. His and his staff’s treatment of Palin was reprehensible. No, McCain failed, because of his own shortcomings. One being he’s a RINO.
Sha Sene commented:
tjexcite , FDR was the greatest politician ……….he won over and over
He was the most effective………..he got what he wanted
He did bring the nation together………..this does not mean I or gingrich like his economic plan
Only idiots like Glenn Beck go on about FDR being evil
Palin is right, Gingirch is the man we need.
ROmneycare excludes Romney from being electable
valerie commented:
Greta Van Sustren interviews Newt Gingrich
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/on-the-record/index.html#/v/1418805154001/on-the-campaign-trail-with-newt/
bg commented:
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retire05 #115 January 27, 2012 at 9:37 pm
believe that was pulled..
still, it didn’t come close to 4 Pinocchio’s re: Romney’s Gingrich ad!!
besides, Rubio gave the Barbra Striesand reason for objecting to the
ad saying “he felt it was inaccurate”.. never clarified.. however and
whatever, Newt pulled it, and Rubio endorsed Romney..
but hey, dontcha just love Et tu, Brute politics?? /s/
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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Sasja commented:
S. Wolf. The shady dealings were not caught until Corning purchased the company and put a stop to them. There was an article, I believe, I’ll have to go look for it, where Romney said he told some investigators about it, but that was not true. I go looky now.
Sasja commented:
And here it is:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/01/21/romney-supervised-medical-testing-company-guilty-of-massive-medicare-fraud/?view=pc
jltz commented:
The campaign is getting to be more or a rough and tumble one. What is becoming unique in this primary is the intensity which is developing between intra party factions — the Romney vs the Gingrich ones. I really can’t remember it becoming this vicious. On some blogs,such as legal insurrection, if you step out of line, arguing with the majority’s thinking there, they consider you a troll and you’re swiftly gone.
I personally think if one believes in a 1st Amendment right, then opposing opinions would be tolerated. Scrolling through this site, it appears that people are more diverse, and I commend it for the allowing a variance and texture of comments.
bg commented:
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Fionnagh #123 January 27, 2012 at 9:50 pm
dear son in law (my personal comp tech) asked for a day or two
(says his robotics thing has him hopping), so between now and
whenever, i ought to have myself a wild & crazy avatar..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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Sasja commented:
bg, 135. Well, I hope so. I was starting to get dizzy trying to keep track of who was really who.
gus commented:
I never have any problem making decisions. To a fault, I can see the plus’s and minus’s and come to very quick conclusions on most any issue.
Romney V Gingrich is a freaking mess. Both have warts and faults, both have strong points.
For the life of me, I do not get how some here can be so full throttle for one and hate the other, and vice versa.
Vicky Hernandez commented:
Wow. This reminds me of the day Palin went on the Mark Levin show to announce she wasn’t going to run for the GOP nomination. Anne Coulter was on the radio with John Phillips later that evening. Phillips seemed a little disappointed by the news; however, Coulter was more acerbic and biting than usual and seemed “bored” with it all. She behaved as if establishment GOP chicanery finally swatted that bothersome little gnat down.
Well… She’s ba-a-ack. And it’s great to see her take out the dirty laundry of the barnacles in the GOP establishment for all to see. They must be gritting their teeth just about now!
Sasja commented:
It was easy for me, gus, because I have never liked, nor trusted Romney. My preferred candidates fell by the wayside. I like Santorum, but think he needs more seasoning. Paul is just a nut. Romney is out. Gingrich was left. Should Mittens get the nomination, I’ll have to vote for him but don’t really see much difference between the two of them. (Zero and R).
valerie commented:
oboy, Geraldo is agreeing with Newt at the top of his lungs. He really has to work to say he agrees that we should teach our kids english, (which is what Newt said) and then try to turn that into an anti-hispanic stance.
Amusing.
bg commented:
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Sasja #136 January 27, 2012 at 10:11 pm
well, complain to GP, because i had nothing to do with
the carpet bombing personal identity attack on myself..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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Vicky Hernandez commented:
P.S. The way it’s been going, it’s probably better to have all the candidate’s skeletons out of the closet and dancing in the front yard. No matter what the GOP thinks!
Ella commented:
#126 Sasja
I know exactly what you mean. I don’t think I can bring myself to vote for Mittens. Obama or Obama-lite. What an awful choice. Right now I think I’m going to pass on both of them if Mittens becomes the Republican nominee.
retire05 commented:
#122, jainphx, and you think the attacks lobbed by the Gingrich groupies here is not going to turn off the independents needed to win this election? It will.
And just WHO is the establishment? And do you think that Gingrich, with his two decades in D.C. and his continuing connections to D.C. is NOT part of that establishment? Give me a break. He was, and is, part of the establishment that Palin is now railing against.
Look, I have said before, AND WILL SAY AGAIN, I do not like Romney. I didn’t like him in ’08 and thought he was nothing but a progressive with an (R) behind his name. But I don’t like Gingrich any better and basically think that conservative voters are just plain screwed this election cycle. Neither one of them deserve my trust, and that is the one adjective that no one ever applies to Gingrich; trust. Trust that he won’t wander off and do something really stupid and really against conservative values again. Because he will. Newt doesn’t care as long as he can act like the smartest guy on the planet and let you know that you are not as smart as he is. A trait he has in common with the poseur currently in the Oval Office.
Frankly, I’m a bit tired of all the attacks by the former Palin/Cain supporters who have jumped on the Gingrich bandwagon.
Meanwhile, the student who sued her university because they let her go over her religious beliefs are refusal to council homosexuals has been ruled by the Appeals Court that she has a legitimate case, overturning the lower court. But no one here seems to care. They just want to attack anyone they thing is not a Gingrich groupie.
Peggy R commented:
Do Gingrich et al really want to get into “character” and “integrity”? Just wait if you think the GOP Establishment is unloading now. Hang on to your seat. (I am NOT “in the know.” As a conservative woman, I despise Newt Gingrich and mistress #2 qua wife #3. Gingrich has been pummeling Mitt from the Left like a good anti-capitalist. Don’t play the innocent victim Newt, it’s not becoming.
Sasja commented:
bg, 141. I did.
Ella, I know how you feel. The only thing that will help me put an x next to Mittens name is knowing he does not hate this country and does not deliberately seek its demise. So I implore you to think long and hard about not voting for Mittens.
Gary commented:
Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh are my two favorite conservatives in the country. But neither one can convince me that Newt is any more conservative than Romney, or the Newt has a better chance of beating Obama. I simply do not believe Newt can go the next 9 months without doing or saying a series of things to destroy his chances.
Not Newt. Not now. Not ever.
Even if he could win the election, Romney and Gingrich are both wishy-washy on-off conservatives. Romney can be moved to do the right thing. Gingrich is obstinate.
Gingrich who wants de facto amnesty, favored cap and trade, favored the individual mandate, believes in global warming, thinks the Ryan plan is “right wing social engineering”, said “the era of Reagan is over”. Good old conservative Newt.
Sorry Rush. Sorry Sarah.
bg commented:
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gus #137 January 27, 2012 at 10:13 pm
even though i feel the fool for sticking up for Romney through thick and thin (and about as many lies were posted about him as were about Herman Cain, oh wait, no one has been lied more about than Cain, so lets skip that comparison).. and granted he wasn’t my #1 choice, HE FREAKING’ BLATANTLY LIED ABOUT NEWT GINGRICH to the world just like Obama does almost every day with impunity.. that hurt, but in the end, his lies are going to hurt him more than they hurt me.. that said, albeit i might not be sticking up for him the way i once did anymore (although i did get upset with the Mormon attacks and said something earlier), i might even express anger towards him should the occasions it’s called for arise, and i will, be it good, bad or ugly, keep posting info re: Romney (and the others still in the race).. however, i don’t believe that i am in any way expressing HATE towards Romney.. at least none that would compete with yours for Obama & libturds ..
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Gary commented:
Further on the point, supposedly the GOP establishment is in full swing to get rid of Gingrich.
All I’m seeing so far is a full court press to shut down Romney.
Where’s the anti-Gingrich stuff? Must not be playing in my neck of the woods.
(BTW, I don’t live in Florida, but I have a house there and I was there this whole weekend. Did not see or hear one anti-Gingrich ad anywhere).
On the other hand, there was the anti-Romney ad that Rubio denounced, and now all the heavy hitters are condemning Romney (and this site seems to have taken on an anti-Romney angle, though it’s certainly your right to do so).
Just hope the lot of you don’t stick us with a Pres. Gingrich.
I don’t want to be like we are now with Obama voters everywhere talking about what a mistake they made in 08. Hey thanks, jerks. you’re just a few years and a great nation too late realizing it.
Sasja commented:
Vicky @142. You do have a point. It’s still early in the year and better now than later. Palin is right about this, too. These primaries are a great way of vetting the candidates. But, brother, has it been a painful process and we are just now coming on to February.
Sasja commented:
Gary, where were you on Wednesday when Drudge released an avalanche of hits on Newt?
jainphx commented:
Man retire05 you simply can’t read or are slow on the get go. Newt is not my pleasure, but between him and that nasty vicious Romney, I’ll take Newt. Romneys machine slanders everyone that gets in his way, thus Palin’s column. She wants the REAL Romney to be brought out. I would prefer Palin and then Santorum, and then Perry. Romney is a no go. And if you don’t see or know that there is a ESTABLISHMENT, well I feel sorry for you.
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retire05 #144 January 27, 2012 at 10:25 pm
re: [Meanwhile, the student who sued her university because they let her go over her religious beliefs are refusal to council homosexuals has been ruled by the Appeals Court that she has a legitimate case, overturning the lower court. But no one here seems to care. They just want to attack anyone they thing is not a Gingrich groupie.]
who’s stopping you from OT posting about it??
that’s why i post OT topics i think are important..
dang, if waited for the GP team to post some of the things
i believe should be out there, i’d probably skeletonize!!
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S. Wolf commented:
Sasja #132, 133
Thank you.
In the meantime Gingrich leads Romney…
‘In the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, Newt Gingrich has a sizable lead over his Republican rival Mitt Romney. NBC reports:
Gingrich leads Romney 37 percent to 28 percent nationally among registered Republicans likely to vote in the primaries; Rick Santorum is in third with 18 percent, and Ron Paul is fourth with 12 percent.’
National Poll: Gingrich 37, Romney 28
retire05 #144
re and you think the attacks lobbed by the Gingrich groupies here is not going to turn off the independents
We are the Independents.. duh.. where’ve you been?
Sasja commented:
S. Wolf. You are welcome. That poll is going to drive the establishment ‘publicans nuts.
billy sol commented:
sarah . . .shut up! you did not have the guts to finish your term as governor of AK;you did not have the guts to toss your head band into the presidential race . . . ..anyone that sees you as a credible influence on the future of this country should seek professional help! GO AWAY! you don’t to get the message that the goal is to hand obummer his walking papers . . .you’re not helping the effort!!!!
BurmaShave commented:
There are a lot of imperfect folks here carping a lot about motes in other peoples’ eyes (Matt 7:3-5) and in the process they add to – or I should say subtract from – the situation.
This is what I would expect from Sarah’s detractors, but I would hope not to hear such from Tea Party people.
The fact is nobody is perfect. The challenge is to assess the candidates’ capabilities (manifesting in the present) IN CONJUNCTION WITH what policies they have supported in the past and how AND their character.
Newt has done a lot of great things in the past along with numerous missteps, some of which are public, some of which are private, and some of which bother me more than others; but he is willing to admit his missteps and adjust his course; and when he does so, it is according to conservative principles.
The same can be said of Romney though the details of the accomplishments and missteps are very different. The important difference is that Romney has “No Apologies” and does not see his missteps (to say nothing about his political apostasies) as anything worse that different reactions to different opportunities. He assures us that he is foremost a businessman; and he is. Which is to say, he is opportunistic – that is what distinguishes successful businessmen — and will change his course according to what is best for him.
Santorum is my favorite candidate, even though his capacities exceed the scale of his accomplishments, and I will certainly vote for him if I ever get a chance. But if I do not get the chance, I would prefer the candidate closest to Tea Party principles, and Romney’s claim to that just ain’t there.
Little Orenthal commented:
I used to defend Palin. Now, I think maybe those attacks were correct. She’s defending an idiot like Newt who is on video saying “I’m a real politic’ Wisonian Progressive”, and “FDR is the greatest president of the century”, etc, etc..
His attacks on Bain and Capitalism were such a disgrace that you could get Obama and him mixed up without trouble. He attacks Romney for ‘swiss bank accounts’ and being rich, while spending near a $million bucks on jewelry for that ice queen calista. Nice.
Hey Newt, what color is the sky? Just wondering…
And Palin.. “conservative establishment”… haha Gingrich has been part of that for 30 years. Why in Hell are you defending this idiot. He cannot win. I guess she wants 4 more years of Obama so she can bash him on facebook. Gets her good chances at another reality show probably. The hell with the country, huh idiot?
Nofreelunch commented:
Dupe: Someone who is easy to fool. All rank & file liberals, and any one supporting Romney.
It’s a con game and you’re the mark.
Sorry To Live in Illinois commented:
The reason I love Sarah Palin is that she has consistently, and on numerous occassions, voiced exactly what I’m feeling. With this post, she did it again.
I wish she was in this fight. I believe Newt would be a great VP for her.
Sandy commented:
Wonder if Sarah Palin has her own axe to grind with the Republican Party. A few months from now there will be an election and if fences aren’t mended we could be looking at an Obama second term.
Come on Sarah its called Republican Victory in 2012 not which party can blow itself up first.
Anson Mitchell commented:
I voted for McCain because of Sarah Palin, but now I wish she would just CLAM UP. Taking Gingrich’s side in anything is pathetic. He is a small man who whines and moans and cries when he doesn’t get his way. We already have a thug in the White House – we don’t need to try to replace him with a whiner.
There – I have said it. Gingrich is a WHINY, SPOILED BRAT. Let him take his Barbie Doll wifey and go back to buying diamonds from Tiffany’s while shaking down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to fund his luxurious (open) lifestyle.
Anson Mitchell commented:
“In the meantime Gingrich leads Romney…”
In the meantime, Gingrich is about as popular with independents and moderates as Bin Laden’s name is in Israel. Perhaps less so.
Gingrich cannot win. Understand? Gingrich cannot win. You can vote for him, you can call Romney names, you can puff up your cheeks and threaten to hold your breath. But if Gingrich somehow won the nomination – which he won’t – he would get about 35% of the vote in the general election and then we are stuck with four more years of that Marxist cancer Obama. Romney appeals to moderates and independents and conservatives (sorry if you can’t read polls), and he can WIN. Gingrich will LOSE. It is as simple as that.
Sandy commented:
#8 January 27, 2012 at 7:09 pm
bg commented:
How can Sarah Palin rail against Washington DC and the cronyism, lobbyist, insider dealing, etc. but support Newt?
Sarah Palin is a divider just like Obama. I have tired of her and that voice which sounds like she swallowed a load of whale blubber. In Nevada we might have gotten rid of Harry Reid if we had gone with a genuine Republican instead of that nobody she supported.
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S. Wolf #154 January 27, 2012 at 10:51 pm
re: [We are the Independents.. duh..]
ROTF
MBO!!
probably old news by today’s standards, but i’m sure
it will be needed at some point in time in the future..
[Among Independents, Gingrich beat Paul
by 7%, and Mitt Romney beat Paul by 1%.
[..]
But in addition to losing the Independent vote, Ron Paul also lost the
military vote. And not just by a little and not just to Newt Gingrich. He
lost to Rick Santorum by 4%, Mitt Romney by 20%, and Newt Gingrich
by a whopping 27%.]
there, now maybe 5 more people will get to see it..
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just-saying commented:
Sarah is entirely correct about the GOP elites.
Thank you, Sarah!
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Sandy #164 January 27, 2012 at 11:45 pm
re[#8 January 27, 2012 at 7:09 pm
bg commented:
How can Sarah Palin rail against Washington DC and the
cronyism, lobbyist, insider dealing, etc. but support Newt?]
not my post..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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bg commented:
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Anson Mitchell
that you Obama?? Michelle?? Romney?? Paul?? Bueller??
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BurmaShave #157 January 27, 2012 at 11:04 pm
thank you..
i really enjoyed reading your post, guess i
could say it was a sight for sore eyes..
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Toddski commented:
I have heard that Sarah Palin supports Newt in the hopes of forcing a brokered convention so that she might be able to get the nomination – I don’t think that it is too far fetched because I can’t believe that anyone could believe that Newt could win enough delegates to actually win the nomination. He is not even on the ballot in Missouri and Virgina and I have heard that he has virtually no organization in place to contest some of the caucases. Who wants to bet that Ron Paul wins many more delegates than Newt?
Sandy commented:
I was not Romney fan at the beginning of this election season. But after seeing all my other choices have their 15 min. of fame and then disappear I find that Romney is a pretty steady candidate who hasn’t got the annoying habit of stupidity, frowning, grandiosity, multiple wives, and various and sundry problems which would make him unelectable. In short, Mitt grew on me. He is likable, has only one wife and his only problem appears to be that he is rich. The good thing about that is unlike Obama he won’t be so overwhelmed by the perks that he forgets what his job is.
SM-AZ commented:
We’re voting for Romney! Don’t really care who Sarah & Jim are voting for.
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Toddski #170 January 27, 2012 at 11:59 pm
re: [Who wants to bet that Ron Paul
wins many more delegates than Newt?]
ooh, i do!! i do!!
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
oh yeah, re: {#87 January 27, 2012 at 8:42 pm
bg commented:} also not my post..
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oops, re: #74 January 27, 2012 at 8:13 pm bg
[ogee #55 January 27, 2012 at 7:49 pm
yeah, her, Mark Levin, and several others.. /s/]
that is me..
[#77 January 27, 2012 at 8:17 pm
bg commented:] that is not me..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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Estragon commented:
Palin’s a nice girl who fell in with the wrong crowd. Those quotes weren’t “selectively edited” in any way that changed their meaning. Newt was always a gadfly pain in the butt.
If you believe Jeffrey Lord has more credibility than Eliot Abrams, that’s your call. I read the first few pages of Lord’s AmSpec piece and can’t recall more words devoted to saying less. Through Page 3, his big evidence Gingrich was indeed a mover and shaker in the Reagan Administration was that his picture was included on “page 178″ of some guy’s book in the part about influential House Republicans. Uh-huh.
BS. I was there, paying close attention. Yes, Newt did hang around with the supply-siders like Jack Kemp (who hasn’t endorsed him, has he?) in the ’80s, but the major part of developing the policy was done in the ’70s before he was even in Congress.
And as Emmett Tyrrell – who hasn’t endorsed anyone – will tell you at AmSpec, he personally knows of several Newt scandals which haven’t come out, and supposes the Democrats know of even more (hence the Pelosi threats).
You have to almost completely ignore everything in Newt’s record after 1995 to consider him a “movement” or “Reagan” conservative. Reagan wouldn’t have kissed Al Gore’s hiney, for one thing, even if global warming was killing the planet. And a guy whose every dime for the last 35 years has either come directly from the federal government or indirectly as a result of his service in it, and never lived anywhere but close to DC, is hardly an “outsider.”
Gingrich IS “establishment,” of course. The “establishment” just knows he is a sure ticket to hell. From experience. Time and time again Newt puts the knife in conservative backs but, like abused dogs, some still run to the red meat he throws.
bronxdude commented:
Sarah, thank you again. I love you for what you are really : A mirror. People think of as dividing, stupid and on and on and on… They look at you, see their own reflection and how fake and vile they are and then go mad.
Most people don’t realize how easy it is to become what we dislike, to cross through the mirror and becoming the exact thing we are fighting against.
Sorry guys, we can NOT fight the devils by becoming bigger and better devils…
S. Wolf commented:
Anson Mitchell #163
re In the meantime, Gingrich is about as popular with independents and moderates as Bin Laden’s name is in Israel
sigh.. we are the Independents.. and we are why Gingrich is winning and will win in November 2012. We vote.
As for popular in Israel..
The Jewish Channel Exclusive Interview With Newt Gingrich Excerpt: “Invented Palestinian People”
You betcha… Go Newt!
S. Wolf commented:
bronxdude #177
I didn’t know Bronx dudes were sissies.. We cannot fight the devils by becoming bigger devils. Really? I guess you’ve never seen those old movies about Bronx street gangs.
bg commented:
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bronxdude #177 January 28, 2012 at 1:17 am
tell that to these people – oops..
“everything in moderation except for education.” – bg
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Estragon #176 January 28, 2012 at 1:10 am
ht Sasja
Video Of Newt Bashing Reagan Is Bogus
Was Elliott Abrams Deceived on Newt?
Elliott Abrams Caught Misleading on Newt
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re: #181 January 28, 2012 at 2:11 am bg
Estragon #176 January 28, 2012 at 1:10 am
just a sampling:
Newt-Goldwater 1976
Interview conducted Spring 2001
Newt Gingrich
scroll threads for more, or not, your choice..
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Molon Labe commented:
I noticed all the Palin haters commenting here and acting like typical mobys. Its going to be fun to match Romney explode in Florida. He has zero support among conservatives. If he couldn’t win in Massachusetts after imitating Kennedy what more needs be said about this loser.
I also notice that the Leftard trolls cannot post a coherent argument so they have to post under false names. I hope these people who attempt to hijack others names are banned.
GOP KICKS ASS commented:
Sarah, you supported two goofy unelectable Tea Party candidates for the senate in 2010 which cost the GOP control of the Senate and now look where we are. Sometimes the guys in charge actually know what they are doing.
JoyO commented:
I’m with Sarah on this. If the Republican Old Boys hadn’t spent so much time and effort attacking Sharon Angle and Christine O’Donnell, we would have had two more Republican Senators now. If they don’t wise up, the Tea Party will split into its own party!
Bonanza driver commented:
So, the wunderkind who spent all of two years governing the 600,000 or so residents of Alaska weighs in with her vast experience…Behind the scenes Todd and the kids shop their reality show ideas…Like Newt’s specatular four years as Speaker, Palin resigned after her spectacular two years as governor. Tells us how it is Sarah to be the multi-millionaire gadfly who gets to fly around the country, pick your safe venue, and spew your vast wisdom for a few minutes at a time.
Ripped commented:
When Sarah Palin becomes the voice of reason for the republican party it’s over.
How can you make a distinction between 0bama, Romney and Gingrich? Just remember Newt is a liberal con man. People need to get past his speeches and look at his ACTUAL RECORD. Since the 1980s Newt has been nothing but a Big Government Statist. He’s supported every hair brain scheme the far left has cooked up.
As of May THIS YEAR, Newt was supporting GOVERNMENT MANDATED health care insurance. He’s supported cap and tax, He supported a cap-and-trade program to limit carbon emissions and then later testified against it before a Congressional committee. Amnesty for illegals, and “green jobs” programs like Solyndra.
As a lobbyist, I mean “consultant”, Newt has shilled for Freddie Mac, at the very time Republicans were trying to reform both Fannie and Freddie. Newt was paid handsomely (more than $1.6 million over eight years.) to stop them. He’s also an ethanol whore, having gotten nearly a million bucks to shill for them, like he just did in Iowa.
Also remember Newt is corrupt. People forget he was the ONLY Speaker of the House in the 222 year history of the House of Representatives to be officially disciplined for ethics violations.
Newt is a disaster and would be the worst possible choice.
That a single human being supports this liberal con man is a national tragedy.
Don’t be one those who are in the camp of “I don’t care about principles, I’m voting for the most electible Republican so Obama doesn’t win in 2012.” All this will get you is the lesser of two evils and in the end, you are still stuck with EVIL
Explain how a sincere Republican can ignore Ron Paul and support any of the phony status quo clones for the nomination? The straightforward explanation is that the average GOP voter is just as uninformed as a Democrat supporter. End the tyranny of the NeoCons and regain your own dignity.
S. Wolf commented:
GOP KICKS ASS #184
2010? Ah, yes, that was the year Democrats suffered their worst midterm losses at the federal, state and local levels in, well, a long long time. And most of those losses and GOP gains were due to TEA party/Independents and the inspiration of Mrs. Palin, yet you cavil at two Senate losses in DE and NV both Democrat states, not to mention the voting fraud by unions. Some people are never happy.
Pragmatic commented:
Thank God for Sarah Palin!
Kaye commented:
Posted on Gawker today, Mitt romney converted hid dead father in law to mormonism. His family converted all of his wife’s family to LDS except her father who refused so after his death he was officially converted in a family meeting at the tabernacle. The article states this is a regular practice so much so that Jewish and Christian groups have complained because suddenly after their deaths they find their members on the roles of the Mormon church, The church finally had to agree to quit converting Jews with no direct Mormon family member because of the outcry. This is spreading, the Dems have it and it will be another nail in the general. Take a look for yourself
AnnaS commented:
Sarah has really tarnished her image for me. I thought she was great, but see that she is just a partisan hack. She should be attacking Obama and supporting whomever our candidate is rather than bashing Romney!
AnnaS commented:
Anyone now who opposes Gingrich is defined as “establishment!”
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AnnaS #192 January 28, 2012 at 9:01 am
hah, we have been using that descriptive word
for at least 7 years now, well i have at any rate..
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Bonanza driver commented:
Sarah encourages thorough vetting…We’ll see how the protracted campaign plays out and the result in the general…From the invective I read on these blogs, I don’t see the disappointed voters for Newt, Romney, Paul, Perry, Cain, et al being very enthusiastic in their support of the eventual nominee. The average American will be sick to death of this stuff by next November and with so much blood on the floor I don’t see the country happier except that it will finally be over. Note to the RNC, their are too damn many candidates and the the process is too long and these people are way over-exposed. Not sure how the process can be fixed but its present form is not much to witness. Finally, Obama, Axelrod, Soros, Reid and Pelosi are probably laughing their asses off while Republicans destroy each other. Notice how the communist chameleon moves to the center now. I even see on Drudge where HW Bush and Jeb Bush have been invited to the Whitehouse as political props no doubt. And from the dysfunctional meda we will have heard the last of Rev Wright, Andy Stern, Kevin Jennings, Van Jones, Reggie Love, Solyndra, Karma, the Volt, Anita Dunn, Peter “what deficit” Orzag, and the 15 Trillion dollar National debt boogey-man…The media talking points will be all about how great a family man Hussein is and how lecherous is Newt. Or, how Romney’s religion is out of touch or how the LDS church did not allow blacks until whatever date. The discussion points regarding the selection of the next President of our Superpower will devolve to meaningless soundbytes. At least, conservative talk radio and the blogosphere provide an outlet to counter our PRAVD-esque media outlets…Hopefully, it will be enough to keep us in the fight.
Ripped commented:
#165 January 27, 2012 at 11:48 pm
bg commented:
bg try that somewhere besides the republican SC echo chamber, the real world which is comprised of everybody RCP shows Newt is the least likely to win the general against 0bama.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_gingrich_vs_obama-1453.html
0bama VS Gingrich = 0bama +12
0bama VS Santarded = 0bama +10.2
0bama VS Paul = 0bama + 5.8
0bama VS Romney = 0bama +2.4
Hello reality is calling
Ripped commented:
What Republicans don’t get is that Gingrich is just a louder, more repugnant and even more hypocritical, self serving, flip flopping version of Romney. He is a cross between Khrushchev and Oscar the grouch from Sesame St. Hard to imagine that this guy is the intellectual elite of conservatives.
bg commented:
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Keeping Score: Sarah Palin’s Winning Endorsements
[In 2009 and 2010, Sarah Palin made more than two dozen candidate endorsements. While some, such as California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina made national headlines, others, such as Washington Congressional candidate John Koster did not. Most of Palin's endorsements were made by way of her Facebook page, yet made enormous differences in the associated campaigns. Of the 27 candidates Palin endorsed in 2009 and 2010, 22 of them earned victories. Some didn't need her help, but others did. If just half of her endorsees earn victories in November, Palin will find herself with some powerful allies in Congress come 2012.]
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Ripped #195 January 28, 2012 at 9:18 am
posted RCP stats almost every day, and in doing that much maligned
act, i discovered how skewed their numbers are, because there is no
way an approx 20 point lead for Gingrich to reverse to an approx 20
point lead for Romney almost overnight, 2 days beofre the Iowa vote
to be exact..
not a believer in polls, never was.. where do you think we got the old
“puts their finger in the air” cliche came from?? imho, any politician
who’s leadership is run by polls, especially since it’s become more and
more obvious that the majority of polls are “rigged” to result in desired
outcomes one way or another at any given time, ergo, anyone who
votes by the numbers vs conscience is an idiot..
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valerie commented:
Even I recalled that Mike Huckabee ad against Mitt Romney, and I wasn’t paying attention. Sheesh. I don’t know how he thinks he can walk that back, now.
http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/01/huckabee-was-referring-to-romney-in-the-if-a-mans-dishonest-clip
Isn’t it interesting? The Romney campaign goes negative in a big way, just like it did in 2008, with not justifiable criticism, but outright lies, Sarah points it out, and suddenly, we get posts about how nics we’ve never seen before have lost faith in Sarah for pointing out the obvious.
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Ripped #196 January 28, 2012 at 9:27 am
btw: Gingrich had 100% conservative ranking v 84% for Sanatorium
in 1998, not to mention higher than Romney’s to this very day, go fig..
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valerie commented:
“#196 January 28, 2012 at 9:27 am
Ripped commented:
What Republicans don’t get is that Gingrich is just a louder, more repugnant and even more hypocritical, self serving, flip flopping version of Romney. He is a cross between Khrushchev and Oscar the grouch from Sesame St. Hard to imagine that this guy is the intellectual elite of conservatives.”
There we go. What Obama supporters would have you believe. It was the contrast with this kind of cr@p and the actual demeanor of the man in videos, texts of what he actually said, and what he wrote, that caught my attention. That’s why I have posted so much of the results of my research, and emphases original sources.
I think the obamabots are scared of Newt Gingrich, because he knows his stuff, and is not afraid to point out that the emperor is marching around in his majesty’s underwear.
Newt Gingrich is not being attacked on the basis of his flaws, or because of his flaws. He’s being attacked because of his virtues. So is Sarah Palin. If Santorum doesn’t drop out of the race, and if he picks up some money, which hasn’t happened so far, he’ll be next.
Stupid is as Stupid Does commented:
Every time Sarah Palin, opens her mouth, she always removes all doubt.
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valerie #199 January 28, 2012 at 9:55 am
[What is going on in the Republican Party?
{US Hobbits are fighting to take their
country back from the politic O elites}
Mike Huckabee claims that Newt is using a clip from Huckabee in
2008 out of context because Huckabee was not referring to Mitt
Romney, but in fact Huckabee obviously was referring to Romney.
never could, and still can’t, stomach Huckrybabee, and now i know
, he reminds of Dan “fake but accurate” Rather in more ways than
one.. gah!!
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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Ariel commented:
When Sarah Palin becomes the voice of reason for the republican party it’s over.
#187 January 28, 2012 at 8:46 am . Ripped
Should Ripped become the voice of reason in this discussion, its over. Especially since he either did not read Palin’s facebook article, or did not comprehend it. The thrust of Palin’s argument is that the GOP establishment is using Allinsky’s tactics in order to take down Newt Gingrich. Whether you are for Gingrich or against him is irrelevant to the discussion.
And more to the point, trashing Gingrich or Palin will not win Ron Paul any support from the conservative base he needs in order to even be considered a viable candidate. Kapish?
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valerie #201 January 28, 2012 at 10:08 am
Amen..
however.. i feel compelled to add that both Sarah & Newt scare the living (fitb) out of the elite establishment on both sides of the isle, because they know damn well that if either acquires power, that it will be “power to the people power”, ergo, will burst their “comfy bubble” like no other bubble they’ve ever “created” has been burst, and that’s about the only thing we the people can take to the bank..
bottom line:
Sarah & Newt are standing between a future of “we
the people’, or a continuation of “we the sheeple”..
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CT commented:
I’d rather count primary votes than follow Sarah Palin to another presidential election loss to Obama.
bg commented:
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Ariel #204 January 28, 2012 at 10:27 am
wow, now there’s an obvious factoid that went over
my head.. KUDOS, and thank you for pointing it out..
re: #203 January 28, 2012 at 10:16 am bg
know , he = know why, he
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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CT #207 January 28, 2012 at 10:53 am
here you go, knock yourself out..
Mutnodjmet #93 January 27, 2012 at 8:53 pm
thank you..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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VotingFemale commented:
Romney is as unelectable as McCain for president. The country wants to re-balance itself to recover from the direction the GOP Elite-enabled Democrat President has pushed it into. That reversal can not happen under a Romney Presidency.
Many many many conservative heavy weights are against Romney. A majority of Tea Party voters are against Romney. Sarah is against Romney. Santorum is against Romney. Paul is against Romney. Limbaugh is against Romney. Legal Insurrection and Gateway Pundit are both against Romney, as am I and thousands of other conservative bloggers. There are very real and good reasons for this deserved opposition.
Newt is the lesser of GOP hopeful evils by a large margin and one reason for that is Newt is not in the bag for elite GOP Progressives who have reasons to appoint Romney as the GOP candidate; Mitt is their moderate water carrier.
Ann Coulter burned whatever bridges she had with real conservatives and outed herself as a GOP progressive and Palin/Tea Party hater. Good Riddance.
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VotingFemale #210 January 28, 2012 at 11:16 am
i respectfully disagree..
Newt is NOT the lesser of two evils..
if nothing else, the 2012 election had better be one about
“we the people’s choice”, not another “lesser of two evils”
crap..
so sick of US adopting the oppositions political language,
time to take both our country & those who represent US
back!!
there is only one evil in this race, and his name is OBAMA..
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mackykam commented:
Hey Juan Epstein:
Ain’t you supposed to be dead?
Patty commented:
Go Sarah! Gingrich: Rebuild the America We Love.
We had a vision and that vision was less intrusive Government and giving the Americans an opportunity invent, create, build and insure that their dreams could be successful when left alone to their own devices. Government should never impede on those goals.
Nor should government buy companies to run those companies into the ground. And furthermore with our hard earned money. This only impedes growth and prosperity in our nation.
Whether is 2% of a population or 100% of it the government cannot and should not mandate a free nation to buy a thing.
This election must not be about how much money a candidate has or doesn’t have, we have seen buying elections with unions and fraud.
Now, it the time for a Visionary like Gingrich who does not how to budget and does know what made us a success and how to get back to our true values and Constitution.
And for the Moon colony I will say to you.
Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Gallactic and New Mexico Governor Susan Martinez working together.
Seems she was mentioned by Gingrich in Debates. Gingrich has ideas that will bring Americans greatness to the forefront in space and beyond. He will help those who want to help themselves and I do believe that America can be rebuild to the America we Love.
http://www.virgingalactic.com/news/item/sir-richard-branson-and-new-mexico-governor-susana-martinez-dedicate-the-virgin-galactic-gateway-/
Patty commented:
Correction: WHO DOES KNOW HOW TO BUDGET
Patty commented:
During the campaign, Palin was gagged and she couldn’t speak as much about free markets, freedom and especially Obama and his dreadful past history.
Now, she can say what she feels and she has been spot on. She sees the radical in the White House stomping on our dreams and freedoms. She has to make speeches and interviews because she can’t help herself and she is fighting for all of us.
As some wish she would just go away, I say without her we wouldn’t have a dog or Grizzly in the fight for our very life. She is exactly what we needed and what we need now.
Those who wish to give up their Constitutional rights are those who we are fighting so hard against. 3 years of our rights slipping away and we can never get them back if Obama is reelected and continues to destroy our great nation. Sarah knows this and will never give up that fight for all of us.
Ret-Vet commented:
Why would SP support a liar and cheat like Newt? Might as well support Satan/BO.
VotingFemale commented:
to bg #210
Did you support Lisa Murkowski like Romney’s buddies did? This is a war for voters and the GOP Elites don’t give a hang about real conservatives… they dictate that moderates are the only ones “who can get elected.” Obama was no moderate. Reagan was no moderate.
With due respect to you, the power of conservative voters is in the primaries. I and many other conservative voters will not be dictated to by moderates or their moderate candidates …Like Romney the Un-Reagan.
Newt is More Fitt Than Mitt in my view and in the view of many millions of conservative voters.
bg commented:
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dear Palin-Newt detractors..
rotf
mbo funny!!
albeit you’re posts are brilliant..
please, go back to the Alinsky drawing board..
or tell Obama he needs to send in better jokers..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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VotingFemale #217 January 28, 2012 at 12:32 pm
what’s with the bait & switch questioning??
my ONLY disagreement was the term “lesser of two evils”..
like i said Obama is the ONE & ONLY EVIL in this election..
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
sick to death of the positively negative attitudes.. gah!!
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bg commented:
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VotingFemale #217 January 28, 2012 at 12:32 pm
re: Reagan
never mentioned “moderate” or anything else, however, perhaps
there’s more to Reagan than you recall.. what if i labeled him the
“lesser of two evils”?? how would that strike you?? /s/
Palin, Cain, Gingrich (not to mention his pro
-USA cabinet), Tea Party.. Ging O Newt!!
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Ripped commented:
#40 January 27, 2012 at 7:40 pm
Molon Labe commented:
Moron Lube… Shows she’s as Bat Sh!t crazy as Michelle Bachmann, while she deflects her own behavior on other.
So how many names do you post under?
bg commented:
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{Molon Labe #40 January 27, 2012 at 7:40 pm
#37
Its Ripper again. And he’s scored another hit!}
re: [#221 January 28, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Ripped commented:
[#40 January 27, 2012 at 7:40 pm
Molon Labe commented:
Moron Lube… Shows she’s as Bat Sh!t crazy as Michelle
Bachmann, while she deflects her own behavior on other.
So how many names do you post under?]
^as you can see, Ripped & the s/he/it’s post is totally bogus^
TW imbecile.. *sigh*
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Ripped commented:
#198 January 28, 2012 at 9:52 am
bg commented:
Careful with that finger you might stick in the wrong orifice.
That may be the mainstream media rhetoric, which they use to manipulate the weak minded… but the polls, do not prove that out. That being said, the old political adage that if you repeat a lie enough times… it will become the truth! You are truth of it’s power.
Ripped commented:
#200 January 28, 2012 at 9:58 am
bg commented:
“Gingrich had 100% conservative ranking v 84% for Sanatorium
in 1998, not to mention higher than Romney’s to this very day, go fig..”
Posting links to your own comments elsewhere proves nothing, posting something from 1998 means even less, lets remember Newt wasn’t sitting on the love seat cuddling up to Nancy Pelosi in 1998.
I don’t know where you are going with such outdated nonsense.
How many times do I need to point this out to you before you quit repeating this LIE?
You sure you want to rely on ACU to tell you who is conservative? They endorsed Mitt Romney during his 2008 run. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,313843,00.html
In short, the ACU rating is for dummies.
Ripped commented:
#201 January 28, 2012 at 10:08 am
valerie commented:
“There we go. What Obama supporters would have you believe.”
BUZZZZZZZ wrong answer would you like to guess again?
By ASSuming that everyone that disagrees with your narrow minded view of the world makes them an 0bama supporter makes you just as clueless as an 0bama supporter.
It’s getting hard to tell the RWNJ’s from the LWNJ’s any more.
Both Newt and Obama love big government. Newt’s favorite president is big government Teddy Roosevelt. He praises huge “national greatness” federal spending boondoggles (rail, canals, NASA). He’s championed goofball techno-mystics and called for a world governing body to help people deal with all the confusing technology that surrounds us. He lobbied for FANNIE (despite his lies). He’s an enviro-nutjob. He supports expanding medicare. He’s a protectionist who supports huge ethanol subsidies. He’s an imperialist who giggles at the thought of launching new wars. If that’s what it means to be “clearly conservative”, then Obama is George Washington.
Ripped commented:
#204 January 28, 2012 at 10:27 am
Ariel commented:
Bawhahaha you need us Ron Paul supporters more than we need you. Your personal attacks just show you lack anything factual to back up your rant, but that is typical of the average republican party hack.
Ron Paul is campaigning against the welfare/warfare machine. He has proven repeatedly why congress has the lowest approval rating in our short history. He has been up against a wall, that his supporters want to knock down. He has already changed the rhetoric in Washington. The others continue to mirror the lessons of Ron Paul. He has clearly already won.
His success in the mini-audit, where he forced the Fed to disclose, showed how they have spent and indebted Americans… 16 trillion in bailouts to crony’s and financial institutions… with 6 trillion of this amount going to prop up socialist European countries. Ron Paul finds the waste… Newt Gingrich is the waste. We cannot afford any more neoconservatives, or liberals… they are more common then different.
Non-Interventionism means America first! Just as our founders chartered. If we have to borrow money, and fight wars on a credit card… we are failing our citizens.
Foreign policy is Ron Paul’s strength, because it focuses on defense, and not the enrichment of the war profiteers, through offense. We have defended the Korean border, for over 50 years, as well as other countries that are our allies. We need to bring them home to defend our own borders, which remain porous. Besides, too many of our children have come home in a box… missing a limb or their mind. And for what? We played right in to their hands, and our own liberties are being taken away. Nice game plan!
Newt is better at following orders than giving them. He will implode, now that the guns are pointing at him. Enjoy the moment. It won’t last long. Newt is a southerner, and should win the South. The rest of America remembers.
bg commented:
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Ripped #223 January 28, 2012 at 2:10 pm
[#198 January 28, 2012 at 9:52 am bg
Ripped #195 January 28, 2012 at 9:18 am
posted RCP stats almost every day, and in doing that much maligned
act, i discovered how skewed their numbers are, because there is no
way an approx 20 point lead for Gingrich to reverse to an approx 20
point lead for Romney almost overnight, 2 days beofre the Iowa vote
to be exact..
not a believer in polls, never was.. where do you think we got the old
“puts their finger in the air” cliche came from?? imho, any politician
who’s leadership is run by polls, especially since it’s become more and
more obvious that the majority of polls are “rigged” to result in desired
outcomes one way or another at any given time, ergo, anyone who
votes by the numbers vs conscience is an idiot..]
Careful with that finger you might stick in the wrong orifice.
That may be the mainstream media rhetoric, which they use to
manipulate the weak minded… but the polls, do not prove that
out. That being said, the old political adage that if you repeat a
lie enough times… it will become the truth! You are truth of it’s
power.]
i short, you are an (_’o'_).. but hey, what do i know that
/
everyone else can’t easily discern for themselves.. /
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Ausonius commented:
What made the tea party movement so inspiring in 2010 was the nature of it’s formation: spontaneous from the ground up. It was the epitome of Adam Smith’s invisible hand (in the realm of economics) as applied generally to a decentralized model of order working in self-interest (preserving liberty). OK, perhaps that is a bit of a leap.
I think it is sad when many oportunists see co-opting that decentralized movement by claiming some sort of moral authority to speak on behalf of it.
For me, I want information and then let me make up my mind. Informed debate is a healthy thing, and a very American concept.
But now, it seems if you disagree with the new self-appointed power brokers, you fall outside of the realm of orthodoxy.
How sad. If I disagree with Sarah, I’m not in line any longer. Isn’t that what we were attempting by defanging the establishment? So now we are just replacing one establishment with another establishment with all of the trappings.
Ripped commented:
#206 January 28, 2012 at 10:37 am
bg commented:
Sarah & Newt are the continuation of “we the sheeple”
Just remember Newt is a liberal con man. People need to get past his speeches and look at his ACTUAL RECORD. Since the 1980s Newt has been nothing but a Big Government Statist. He’s supported every hair brain scheme the far left has cooked up.
As of May of 2011, Newt was supporting GOVERNMENT MANDATED health care insurance. He’s supported cap and tax, He supported a cap-and-trade program to limit carbon emissions and then later testified against it before a Congressional committee. Amnesty for illegals, and “green jobs” programs like Solyndra.
As a lobbyist, I mean “consultant”, Newt has shilled for Freddie Mac, at the very time Republicans were trying to reform both Fannie and Freddie. Newt was paid handsomely (more than $1.6 million over eight years.) to stop them. He’s also an ethanol whore, having gotten nearly a million bucks to shill for them, like he just did in Iowa.
Also remember Newt is corrupt. People forget he was the ONLY Speaker of the House in the 222 year history of the House of Representatives to be officially disciplined for ethics violations.
Newt is a disaster and would be the worst possible choice.
That a single human being supports this liberal con man is a national tragedy.
Ripped commented:
#208 January 28, 2012 at 10:56 am
bg commented:
Many things seem to go over your head.
Ausonius commented:
#225 Ripped:
I’m not certain, but I could have sworn I heard on Rush’s program this week that Newt had been on record as citing FDR as his favorite president. If anyone has a source for that, I’ld like to see it, as I do not know if it is a misrepresentation of him or not. Please, no hyperlinks to someone repudiating the statement, just an actual source for it if it’s true or the source for the out-of-context quote, if that is the case.
Thanks
Ripped commented:
#227 January 28, 2012 at 2:54 pm
bg commented:
What’s the matter bg no facts to back up your lies, only a personal attack? Typical of the RW sheeple, turn you TV off and start to think for yourself.
Ausonius commented:
#229 Ripped:
I’ld have to agree, at least to some extent on Newt’s post 1980′s record.
I remember watching the election returns until the early a.m. on election night in 1994. I still have the Time magazine framed with the elephant stomping the eyes out of the donkey (perhaps the only decent Time issue). At that time, and for a number of years, Newt was fun to watch and I liked him quite a bit.
After his departure from congress, the majority of times I’ld see Newt were him supporting odd things, and even liberal things, such as the global warming commercial with pelosi and the tour with sharpton. Very dissappointing indeed!
I really didn’t realize he supported the individual health care mandate until this election ramped up (he had fallen into obscurity, for the most part, at least nationally).
I differ with you on candidates though, I’ll take Santorum.
Ripped commented:
#222 January 28, 2012 at 2:02 pm
bg commented:
It proves you and moron lube are in the same circle of ignorance. Take your cat fight with the other bg and leave me out of it.
Ripped commented:
#231 January 28, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Ausonius commented:
My bad, wrong Roosevelt. The poster child of big government socialism is Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Ripped commented:
#233 January 28, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Ausonius commented:
Thanks but no thanks on Santorum. Santorum isn’t conservative; he’s a liberal mish-mash on economics and an extreme neocon on foreign policy.
Santorum represents an archetypical cliche of the Republican Party and hopefully the American people recognize that his bigotry, homophobia and theocratic beliefs do not best represent their interests.
bg commented:
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Ripped
yawn, ramble on..
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Ripped #232 January 28, 2012 at 3:05 pm
this thread alone is loaded down with facts..
not my fault you’d rather ignore them & play games..
not to mention make as ass out of yourself..
pffffffffffft!
boring..
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Ripped commented:
#238 January 28, 2012 at 4:29 pm
bg commented:
Time for you to quit deflecting your poor behavior on others. When all the facts and logic run out and you can’t defend your side of a discussion, you resort to name calling and baseless accusations.
I have to admit kooks are entertaining….with all the insults and no logic or facts to back it up. Makes me laugh every time one of you clueless status quo puppets go off the deep end, foaming at the mouth spewing their hate for others and repeating the media nonsense. All the while not having a clue what reality is about.
If you have the stones present facts instead of repeating the same old worn out lies and name calling and linking to your own comments as some sort of proof.
Ausonius commented:
#236 Ripped:
Specifically, what postitions and/or votes qualify him as a liberal on economics?
Specifically, what legislation has he supported that creates any resemblance of a theocracy?
Regarding the bigotry, I suppose we are a nation of bigots, as the majority of the country do not support homosexual marriage.
Regarding the theocracy, I don’t seem to recall any pieces of legislation pushing for a theocracy, can you cite some?
On the “neocon foreign policy” issue, I know where you stand. You support Paul. I don’t.
NDH commented:
It’s disappointing that a woman I once supported now insists on making every issue and every election about her. Her candidate falls behind due to his own ineptitude? Blame the other guy! Her candidate can dish it but can’t take it? Blame the other guy!
She has now worn out her welcome with me.
Jerry M commented:
Sounds like the stupid party is at it again. As a Conservative Republican, it makes me sad to watch us tearing ourselves apart when either Gingrich or Romney would be far superior to Obama. However, the reality is that Gingrich has both a significant female voter deficit and a serious likability deficit. He may not deserve either but that is reality. All indicators are that Romney will win Florida and will then run the table on the remaing states through February. He has both the money and the organization to make that happen. Santorum, Paul and Gingrich will talk a good game but it is obvious none will win the nomination and by early March their campaigns will be over. It is time to move beyond the vitriol toward one another and to start uniting behind the Republican candidate who will most likely be Romney. If you would prefer to vote in the general election for a third party candidate or not vote at all then thank yourself for playing your small part in potentially getting Obama re-elected for another four years. Having cut off your nose to spite your face, you will have no right to compalin about what that will mean for you and the country.
Molon Labe commented:
Ripped its very telling when you have a conversation with yourself aka
Ausonius.
It takes a very, very sick and insecure person to resort to this. But we all ready knew what you are.
Ariel commented:
Santorum, Paul and Gingrich will talk a good game but it is obvious none will win the nomination and by early March their campaigns will be over.
#242 January 28, 2012 at 6:10 pm
Jerry M
Come April, will you be eating these words on crackers or toast?
bg commented:
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January 28, 2012
Cain Endorses Gingrich for President
[Cain and Gingrich both come from the Atlanta area and have been friends for more than 20 years. The two men worked together in the early 1990s to help defeat Hillary Clinton’s plans for healthcare, and as House Speaker, Gingrich appointed Cain to the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform Commission – better known as the Kemp Commission.
Gingrich said he was “honored” to have Cain’s support and immediately announced that the former pizza mogul would co-chair his tax reform and economic growth advisory council.
“America’s challenges are too great for mere tinkering around the edges. Just like Herman, who ran his campaign based on big ideas, I am running on bold solutions that will boost job creation, cut bureaucratic red tape, and fundamentally transform Washington,” Gingrich said.
When Herman Cain suspended his presidential campaign, he promised to stay engaged. This he has done. The watershed moment of that engagement might very well be his endorsement of his former rival for the highest office in the land.]
Newt Gingrich Delivers Keynote at Palm
Beach, Florida GOP Party Event 1/2/128
Allen West is first speaker up..
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Jerry M commented:
Ariel,
I will be eating those words on neither crackers or toast. If you really believe Romney will not be the nominee, you are not dealing with reality.
Gateway Pundit Administrator commented:
Someone was, in fact, posing as bg. This is unacceptable conduct on Gateway Pundit and any commenters found abusing the comment threads in this way will be banned. All comments that were deceitfully written as bg on this thread have been deleted and I apologize to bg for not catching this immediately. Unfortunately, the volume of comments on Gateway Pundit allows this behavior to sometimes slip under the radar.
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#238 January 28, 2012 at 11:40 pm
Gateway Pundit Administrator
oh my, i was searching for something i had posted in
here and had no idea this was posted, sorry so late..
apology accepted, and my sincere (((THANK YOU!!)))
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