On Sunday’s World News on ABC, correspondent David Kerley filed a report highlighting anti-Newt Gingrich comments from a number of Republicans who used to serve in the House of Representatives with the former Speaker, and, although at least half the members cited as criticizing Gingrich have a history of being moderate Republicans, Kerley did not inform his viewers of this aspect of their political history which may affect their negative view of him.
After beginning the piece by asserting that Gingrich is “now frightening some of his own party,” Kerley used a clip of centrist New York Representative Peter King:
I saw the damage he did to the Republican Party and to the Congress. And I think I owe it to my constituents and to the country not to allow that to happen again. And if he did that as Speaker, I’m really concerned what he would do as our nominee for President.
After a clip of the more conservative Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and a clip from former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu – who as White House chief of staff is credited with recommending the closet liberal David Souter as a Supreme Court nominee to former President George H.W. Bush – the ABC correspondent then turned to another moderate Republican, former New York Represenative Susan Molinari, who admitted to being “terrified to death” of Gingrich becoming the Republican nominee. Molinari: “Most of us are terrified to death that he would become the Republican nominee.”
When Kerley did turn to a couple of former Gingrich colleagues who were willing to defend the former Speaker’s fitness for political office, he noted that the two members would not endorse Gingrich, even though it is still relatively early with a few weeks left before the Iowa caucuses, as if to suggest that even though they were defending Gingrich, they still have reservations about him. Before a clip of former Virginia Representative Tom Davis, Kerley set up the clip:
Tom Davis served and was promoted by Gingrich, but won’t give him his endorsement. Some Republicans have told me: Listen, this is a guy who couldn’t run the House of Representatives. How is he going to run the country?
Before a clip of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, Kerley recounted complaints about Gingrich and then brought up Graham’s non-endorsement of the former Speaker. Kerley:
The complaints? Gingrich had a million ideas, but many were a distraction. He lacked discipline and often put himself before the party. Some Republicans were fed up. In fact, a coup led by then-House member Lindsey Graham in the late ’90s failed. Today, Graham said Gingrich has matured, but won’t get his endorsement, either.
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Watcvhed the ABC's Debate…and they totally focused on Perry and ARomney, the rest got very little attention, they want to push any of these 3 globalists down our throats, they are part of CFr, so would follow Obozo, our Liar in Chief's exact policys…no change!!
I'm sorry but all the front runner's are a bit scary to me ,I'm afraid it's going to come down to the lesser of two evils ,when it come's time to vote ,I haven't seen anyone on the Rep.ticket that I'm overly impressed with ,but I sure know who I won't be voting for ,our lier in chief,Having Obama in the WH is like being on a sinking ship ,and running to bridge and finding out the caption is Daffy Duck.
I am having a real problem understanding how, if the detractors are accurate, Gingrich was able to keep the Communist leaning Clinton under control the way he did. Democrats brag about how Clinton balanced the budget. Well aside from the fact that the House is supposed to create the budget, not the President, who talks about the $16 Billion that Clinton wanted when he first got into office to stimulate the economy. Didn't happen and the economy actually did fairly well. Why do you suppose he didn't get it? Why do you suppose the net effect was a balanced budget? Not Clinton's doing. Do you suppose the reason these great moderates are carping might be because Gingrich stepped on some toes to get the budget balanced? I just wouldn't put too much credence in this type of sour grapes.
How would it be possible to support Gingrich knowing this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRdqGKA782A&fe…
You see, if you and I are truly serious about defeating President Obama in 2012 and turning our country around, nominating Newt Gingrich is the absolute LAST thing the Republican Party should do.
Newt Gingrich's record as the consummate Washington, D.C. insider is crystal clear.
For his support of the individual mandate central to "ObamaCare" and other Big Government schemes, Newt raked in nearly $40 million from health care giants.
For his efforts to stop conservative legislators from working to end government involvement in housing, Newt got $1.6 million from Freddie Mac.
And Newt shamelessly referred to feathering his nest with taxpayer money as "the standard Washington fee."
And this is all while I was doing everything I could to warn my fellow Members of Congress about just how much damage the housing bubble would cause.
Sadly, Newt was the one Congress listened to, and America paid a steep price.
The truth is, selling access and padding your own personal bank accounts at the expense of your country is hardly conservative.
Neither is supporting $700 BILLION TARP bailouts.
Neither is cutting TV ads with Nancy Pelosi or cosponsoring over 400 bills with her.
Neither is consistently supporting "global warming" legislation and pushing the environmental alarmists' agenda.
Neither is voting with Ted Kennedy to create the Department of Education.
Neither is campaigning across the country with Al Sharpton and Obama's Education Secretary for even more Big Government federal "solutions" for our education system.
Neither is joining with Big Government liberals to slam Paul Ryan's attempt to get our federal budget under control as "right wing social engineering."
Of course, Newt loves to make sure we all know he knows a little about history.
But he constantly demands you and I just ignore his own!
Why Gingrich Couldn’t Predict the Financial Crisis (and Paul Could)
What we believe or say often reflects what we are. A Christian will typically contemplate questions within a Christian context. A conservative approaches the world within a conservative context. The same goes for liberals, and so on.
But what if you don’t possess a certain set of principles? Sometimes defying categorization is a good thing. But if you insist that you are a “conservative” shouldn’t this be reflected in your worldview?
What is Newt Gingrich, exactly? What guides his thinking? Here is Newt Gingrich vs. Ron Paul in predicting the housing collapse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed…
The reason Ron Paul correctly predicted the financial collapse—almost alone—is because he is a constitutional conservative in the strictest sense. Paul’s philosophy is as consistent as it is unwavering. Writes Richard Viguerie, direct mail pioneer and founder of Conservative HQ: “Dr. Paul’s candidacy continues to endure because he runs on constitutional principles and rarely panders to the establishment. And he’s been running that way for going on 40 years.” But why was Newt Gingrich unable to make the same prediction as Paul? Because Gingrich has no solid or consistent set of principles. Said Mickey Edwards, former Republican Congressman from Oklahoma and Chairman of the American Conservative Union: “I’ve known Newt now for thirty years almost. But I wouldn’t be able to describe what his real principles are. I never felt that he had any sort of a real compass about what he believed except for the pursuit of power.” Business Insider’s Michael Brendan Dougherty explains well Gingrich’s lack of conservative philosophy: “Newt Gingrich always has ideas. He has 5-point plans for fixing everything. He’s constantly pitching these ‘solutions.’ Ever wonder why Newt Gingrich has so many ideas? It’s pretty simple. Ideas come to you easily when you have no principles to get in the way of your roaming untrained intellect.” Many conservatives are now scrambling to explain or defend Gingrich’s fairly liberal record. They shouldn’t bother. Gingrich is politically schizophrenic. He’s been this way his entire career. Gingrich could have never predicted the financial crisis because he has no conservative or constitutional philosophy that guides his thinking—which remains as technocratic and micromanagerial as Mitt Romney or even President Obama. Dougherty is right: “Ever wonder why Newt Gingrich has so many ideas? It’s pretty simple. Ideas come to you easily when you have no principles to get in the way of your roaming untrained intellect.” Newt Gingrich’s entire career has been spent rationalizing big government from a Republican perspective. This is why he was so blind to the looming Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac meltdown. It was also because he was working for them.
Newt Gingrich Wants the Constitution to Die:
Newt Gingrich wants the Constitution to die. This is not hyperbole and I’m not kidding. In 1995, Gingrich wrote the foreword to the book Creating a New Civilization: The Politics of the Third Wave by authors Alvin and Heidi Toffler. Gingrich “urged all Americans to read” this book. See for yourself on the back cover:
A “new civilization?” Here’s the Tofflers’ description of what must “die” to “invent” this new civilization. From pg. 91:
We can assume the Tofflers are talking about Thomas Jefferson. Understanding ”Jeffersonian democracy” is integral to understanding American constitutional government, the system Mr. Jefferson “helped create.” Is this “the system” the Tofflers and apparently Gingrich want to “die and be replaced?” Do they want to essentially murder the very basis of American government, law and civilization? Even Mitt Romney at least pretends to support the Constitution. Good Lord, Newt.
Des Moines Register – "Republicans would take a giant step backward by choosing Gingrich": http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20111209…
National Review – "A Choice of Two Temperaments": http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/285083/choic…
WHO'S NEWT? http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/2011/12/who…
… and, most recently, he has proposed giving 30 MILLION Illegal aliens amnesty as long as they pay a small fine and can "speak English" — thus opening the door to ANOTHER 100 MIILLION, or more, family members! Good Bye America.
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” – Thomas Jefferson
Whether it's flip-flopping on TARP, supporting the individual mandate that served as a model for "ObamaCare," joining with Nancy Pelosi in support of the global-warming crowd's radical agenda, or making millions off of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as they helped destroy our economy, Newt Gingrich is trying to pull the wool over our eyes.
He's what is called a "counterfeit conservative." Here's an ad so you can hear Newt in his own words explaining his record of supporting liberal policies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jzi3HBCS2M
Another Big Surprise About Gingrich on Gun Rights & The Second Amendment: http://gunowners.org/gingrich-mixed-record.htm http://www.nationalgunrights.org/the-inconvenient…
Gingrich Explains His Support for Individual Health Mandate – From the Glenn Beck program 12/6/11:
GINGRICH: I am for people, individuals, exactly like automobile insurance, individuals having health insurance and being required to have health insurance, and I am prepared to vote for a voucher system which will give individuals on a sliding scale a government subsidy so it will ensure that everyone as individuals have health insurance.
President Obama on the individual healthcare mandate, August 2011: “(Obamacare) should not be controversial… the individual mandate’s important… It’s just like your car insurance…”
While in Congress, Gingrich co-sponsored 418 bills with Pelosi: http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/06/while-in-congre…
Gingrich Supported Rockefeller Over Goldwater: Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential campaign was arguably the most important in the history of the American conservative movement, leading to the “Reagan Revolution” in 1980 and it continued to have a significant influence on the Right well beyond that particular election. Where was Newt Gingrich in this fight? Supporting Nelson Rockefeller: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed…
The “Principled Leadership” of Newt Gingrich:
“I am not inclined to be a supporter of Newt Gingrich’s having served under him for four years and experienced his leadership. Because I found it lacking often times. There’s all kind of leaders, leaders that instill confidence and leaders that are somewhat abrupt, leaders that have one standard for the people that they are leading and a different standard for themselves. I will have difficulty supporting him for president of the United States.” — Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)
“We had to push Newt because he wanted to cave in… Those of us who told Newt, ‘If you don’t fight for a balanced budget and don’t fight for these tax cuts and don’t fight for the cuts in committee chairmanships, etc., etc., that we promised we were going to do, we are going to kick you out’ — those 10 or 15 or so, every one of them — Tom Coburn, Matt Salmon running again in Arizona, all of them. They may not be saying it publicly, but privately they’re sending me e-mails every day going, … ‘How many times does Newt have to teach these people he’s bad for the conservative movement?’–MSNBC host and former U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough, part of the “Republican Revolution” of 1994
Via the The American Spectator’s Quin Hillyer:
Former American Conservative Union Chairman Mickey Edwards was even blunter:
“I’ve known Newt now for thirty years almost,” says former congressman Mickey Edwards. “But I wouldn’t be able to describe what his real principles are. I never felt that he had any sort of a real compass about what he believed except for the pursuit of power.”
The Sr. Administrator of HermanCainForums has soundly rejected Newt Gingrich & endorsed Ron Paul. In a Posting on the site he stated: "Now that Herman Cain has dropped out of the race my new candidate is….. Congressman Ron Paul. Ron Paul was the only candidate that actually had remorse for how the media treated Herman Cain and the alleged affairs, I will always thank him for showing respect in that nature, with that said. I had always liked a lot of what Ron Paul advocates, I don’t agree with him on everything but probably 90%. I am going to encourage all Ron Paul supporters to come here and openly support Ron Paul for he is now my new official candidate for President. I was asked to support Newt Gingrich, there is no possibly way I could every endorse Newt Gingrich, how the republican party is supporting Gingrich I have no idea. While Newt has had documented multiple affairs with women Herman Cain’s campaign was destroyed by accusations yet Gingrich is at the top of the polls? What the hell is wrong with the republican party?" Read More: http://bit.ly/hermancainforums-endorses-ronpaul
Oh No!!! It doesn't matter who compiled it, this is very disturbingly and overwhelmingly devastating information about the words, actions, and record of Newt Gingrich: http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=O55ZV&m=IidS…
27 Reasons Why Newt Gingrich Would Be A Really, Really Bad President: http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/27-reas…
Gingrich Center Took in $37M From Healthcare: http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/GingrichCenter…
Shocking To Hear From Newt In His Own Words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWKTOCP45zY&fe…