The Right Scoop- Anonymous
Will do….am wondering Piglosi says she knows….would YOU believe HER?
- Anonymous
No! She wouldn’t know the truth if it kicked her in the teeth!
- B-Funk
She’d still have that smile plastered on, though. ~_^
- Anonymous
the wonders of too much plastic surgery…..yeeech!
- B-Funk
ROFLOL
- Anonymous
No, but it’s still a great idea.
- http://twitter.com/CharlieZangelQQ DaMz
could it be he porked her ? hehe sorry I couldnt resist. = )~~
but what a visual huh, YUCK .
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103 Ricardo Galvan
That’s like porking a cadaver. That’s sick!
- Anonymous
Its illegal for her to disclose the investigation and Newt was cleared of even the last charge three years later by the IRS.
These were false charges and political payback from the Democrats who lost their asses b/c of Newt and the RINOS had no balls to fight and defend Newt!
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103 Ricardo Galvan
As usual, the RINOs have always been the same. That’s why they must be purged or sent to the back of the bus.
- Anonymous
That was my comment at the link RS provided. Pelosi is wandering around in her own little world, lost in her own fantasies.
- Amy
She’s backtracking (well, her office is backtracking…) so I suspect her legal staff reminded her that slinging around the other charges that weren’t proven is a good way to get jammed up in an ethics charge.
- Anonymous
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- B-Funk
These tactics are similar to what was used on Palin, and will likely be used on our new President at the end of the year.
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1396855720 Brian Jones
I still can’t figure out why people keep up with the lie, and the media REFUSE to correct them (thereby propagating the lie). I mean, it takes all of 2 minutes to find out that he was cleared of all but one charge, and then another 3 minutes to find out that the IRS cleared him of that last charge after he resigned. I know this because I researched this stuff when I FIRST threw some support Newt’s way. This is SOOOO disheartening that even Fox won’t correct this misinformation…
- http://black-avenger-1.livejournal.com/profile VirusX
You’re HOW old, and you can’t figure out why leftists lie, and do a lot of the other things that they do? There’s a mental illness that the PC police got rid of (like malignant narcissism, the instant it was attributed to Obama) called Sadistic Personality Disorder. Take a look at the symptoms:
A) A pervasive pattern of cruel, demeaning, and aggressive behavior, beginning by early adulthood, as indicated by the repeated occurrence of at least four of the following:
“Has used physical cruelty or violence for the purpose of establishing dominance in a relationship (not merely to achieve some non-interpersonal goal, such as striking someone in order to rob him/her).” Can you say “Occupy”?
“Humiliates or demeans people in the presence of others.” Questions intended to harm people, such as asking about peoples’ dead children, or ex-wives.
“Has treated or disciplined someone under his/her control unusually harshly.” Can you say “Juan Williams”?
“Is amused by, or takes pleasure in, the psychological or physical suffering of others (including animals).” Can you say, “Rahm Israel Emanuel”?
“Has lied for the purpose of harming or inflicting pain on others (not merely to achieve some other goal).” How many leftist reporters and politicians have NOT indulged themselves in this, their favorite past time?
“Gets other people to do what he/she wants by frightening them (through intimidation or even terror).” Such as threatening to send people to prison for not entering into coerced contracts, or monitoring the Internet to see if they’re saying anything that someone else doesn’t like…
“Restricts the autonomy of people with whom he or she has a close relationship, e.g., will not let spouse leave the house unaccompanied.” Can you say “Barack HUSSEIN Obama”?
“Is fascinated by violence, weapons, injury, or torture.” Bill Maher. He loves to talk about Conservatives meeting terrible ends, such as beating deaths, yet Bill Maher couldn’t beat his d*ck with a claw hammer and a pair of channelocks.
I think Sadistic Personality Disorder runs through liberality, like a genetic trait, and the fact that they’ve removed this from the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) fascinates me to no end. Several decades ago, remember, they also removed homosexuality from the DSM under similar pressures, from similar people, I imagine. As for FOXNews, they’re getting weak and quiet. They’re not out to make a splash, anymore, and I think they need a big personnel shakeup with people that have fires in their bellies. No more Bill O’Reilly. Replace him with someone like James E. O’Keefe. THAT would be a no spin zone. Get rid of Greta. Replace her with MK Ham. Et cetera.
- http://doorwaybuck.com CM Sackett
…ahh, REFRESHING!
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Q64VESC4TTIKUIFPKN4EMMKK4I Harry G
You are exactly right about the cruelty of the leftists and I have been saying for a while now that you can tell them by their cruelty. It goes to the very heart of the matter of what Dennis Prager means when he says that there are two kinds of people in the world: the decent and the in-decent.
- Anonymous
Brian, I am leaving the Republican party this year – this election has really opened my eyes to the Progressives that have taken over the GOP. They are as corrupt as the Democrats.
Newt is flawed, but he stands for what he believes and will acknowledge his flaws – that’s honesty that I don’t see in any other candidates…
I want the fallen man who has the brains and balls to take this country back!
- Anonymous
Really? Who shall you affiliate yourself with in that case? I’m greatly annoyed by the GOP, but hope it will be saved or come to its senses. This election will show that out in the end, I think.
If there was a real Conservative party, I’d jump ship faster than you can say “Hey, where’s steprock?”
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1396855720 Brian Jones
I’ve been saying this for a while. We need to develop another platform, parallel to Republicans (but keep it closed). Once we get enough Republicans (over 1,000,000) to pledge their support to the new Conservative party, THEN we’ll be able to open it’s doors to the public, and there would be a HUGE showing of support. It’s the old bandwagon thing…no one wants to make the first step. But if you can make a giant list of Republicans who have pledged their support ONCE there was a million voters, THAT non-binding pledge will garner MORE support (since they can stay Republican until the time comes).
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103 Ricardo Galvan
It’s simpler to dominate the GOP, despite its unworthiness. The first step is in targeting weakling/RINO Republicans and removing them from office and any other positions of power within the party.
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1396855720 Brian Jones
I would agree, if we hadn’t already gone through 20+ years of this shit.
Thus, it WILL take enterprising individuals to create a new platform we can all get behind (all Conservatives that is), enforce it, and make the platform binding. To start, simply take pledges until we get enough people to make it a legitimate platform. Once we get enough signatures, THEN open up to challenge the GOP. Otherwise, you’ll never get anybody to FORMALLY switch from the GOP to the Conservative party. So, just make it informal, and once a significant population pledges, then start the party-switching. The flood of Conservatives to the party will scare the GOP, and encourage other Conservatives to switch.
- Anonymous
Ideology. The end justifies the means. The goal is the destruction of capitalism, therefore the destruction of America, therefore the destruction of every one who defends capitalism or America. Marxism, marxism, uber alles.
- David Boyes
for a Mormon – supposedly upright and doing all the “right” things – like tithing …. he sure is a liar and a chesat – Mitt, shame on you …. two faced …. hypocrite, time to take the high road Mitt and admit you have lied about Newt …
- Anonymous
I have a feeling Newt will hit him over the head with this next debate
- Anonymous
Take a look at your guy. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/289159/gingrich-and-reagan-elliott-abrams
- Anonymous
right, cuz newt doesn’t lie about anything… like how he was a historian/consultant hired by the head lobbyist of Freddie Mac… but he wasn’t a lobbyist himself…
newt clearly wasn’t lying about Bain capitol, and he didn’t make a stupid movie with sooooo many holes and outright lies in it…
Newt’s taking the high road… he’s not a liar and a chesat, or a two faced hypocrite… Romney is.
- Anonymous
Yep, here’s the truth! http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/289159/gingrich-and-reagan-elliott-abrams
- Mary Beth House
Hey I have a link too:
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/01/24/reagans-young-lieutenant/print
“Is it any wonder the Washington Republican Establishment can’t stand Newt Gingrich? Doubtless there is some sincere sentiment about his management capabilities, his verbal and intellectual wanderings, and other things that did in fact disappoint conservative leaders over the years of his speakership. Perhaps the WSJ captured the sentiment best when it described the ex-Speaker’s “penchant for over-the-top statements and sudden shifts of strategy or policy based on personal whim.”
That said, time after time after time in the Reagan years, a number of those times which I had the opportunity to see up close as a young Reagan staffer charged in my duties with being the White House liaison to Gingrich and Kemp’s Conservative Opportunity Society, Newt Gingrich was out there again and again and again for Ronald Reagan and conservative principles. In his own memoirs, The Politics of Diplomacy, James Baker noted of his days as Reagan White House Chief of Staff that he always “worked closely” with the people Baker described as “congressional leaders.” And who were those leaders? Baker runs off a string of names of the older leaders of both House and Senate in the formal positions of power — plus one. That’s right: young Newt Gingrich.
Gingrich repeatedly demonstrated a considerable ability to illustrate conservative principle, help Reagan using events of the day.”
- Anonymous
The GP article with Rubio criticizing Newt, well… coming out and all but calling him a liar, is something every Newt supporter needs to confront. They call ‘liar’ on Mitt, which is true, but they ignore when Newt lies.
Posting an article advocating everything good about Newt as a subordinate and claiming Newt was Reagan’s right-hand man is great… but if you are going to delve in to that history, that far, please continue to search the rest of the record, especially when he was not subordinate, but in charge – as that is what he is running for.
First: 30 years of political history along with being Speaker? Newt IS an insider. And when he resigned as Speaker, he said so himself.
Second: 20 years of advocating a single-payer healthcare system with individual mandate.
Third: long-standing and RECENT support for cap-and-trade and Anthropomorphic Global Warming legislation.
Fourth: Strong long-standing advocacy for GSE’s. LOTS of support for GSE’s.
Fifth: Hero-worship of W. Wilson, FDR, & T. Roosevelt, along with statements of the progressive movement.
Sixth: Continues to deny any ‘lobbying’ even though there is evidence and senators on record claiming he was. (Makes me wonder what Newt’s definition of ‘lobbying’ is.)
Seventh: Newt has stated that his leadership style is based on ‘getting things done’, which is great political tag-line… however… his way of ‘getting things done’ is “compromise” comprising of ‘give them what they want and get what I want’. I have nothing left to compromise to the Left, so I can’t support that stance. I’d rather have NOTHING done than “compromise” anything else.We are not even going to go into his character issues from that time period. I am willing to overlook/forgive/believe he really has changed and accepted Christ; he claims he did, and who am I to judge another. However, that alone doesn’t qualify him to be President.
If you are going to claim that he has ‘changed’ as per his political views, then you have to prove that he has indeed changed, and point to a time when that happened. If he has, then great. I’ll look at that. But that doesn’t change the fact that Newt IS lying, he IS using liberal debate tactics, and he DOES attack any angle he can, including free market principles and he DOES still deny any lobbying, which makes me wonder if you believe Freddie Mac’s top lobbyist hired Newt as a ‘historian’ or, latest claim, a ‘business consultant’. I mean, I’m sure the head lobbyist only wanted to know how he should leverage Freddie Mac… right? If it wasn’t investment inside information, or lobbying, or “consulting” on which lobbyists to hire – influence peddling, then what the hell was it? That’s a bigger issue, by far, than Mitt’s taxes, and Newt has not come clean, nor do I expect him to.
I am NOT for Romney. I am just sick and tired of people jumping to Newt as the ‘anti-Romney’ candidate. THERE ARE FOUR CANDIDATES IN THE RACE! Santorum IS an option! My problem is that I don’t understand the big difference between Newt and Mitt. Now is not the time to settle, we do that when the candidates are chosen. Now is the time to choose.
- Trust1TG
Santorum…what about this:
During the FL debate, attacking Romney and Gingrich, Santorum claimed he didn’t support individual healthcare mandates, but he actually did:
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/01/09/401038/santorum-supported-individual-health-insurance-mandate-in-1994-republican-primary/?mobile=nc - Anonymous
I never said he was perfect. I have serious issues with all our candidates.
As it stands, the truly conservative candidates all dropped-out, and we are left with a borderline-anarchist isolationist, a near conservative, a progressive-republican insider running as the ‘anti-establishment’, and a progressive-”conservative” who is trying to please everyone.
Awesome sauce… here’s your menu: Spam spam and eggs, spam spam and eggs and spam, spam spam and fried spam, or spam eggs and fried spam…
…all you can eat, and each comes with crap sauce and a complimentary visit to the puke-station.
- Amy
??? Hmm, you already did your research. My mistake was not reading down further to realize you are already for Santorum. And I mean no offense by that. You are choosing Santorum. Some of us don’t like him, we are choosing someone else. It’s a primary, that’s why it’s held.
I don’t understand though why you keep after TRS to present something that compares them side by side. It’s the job of an individual to research and understand what they are voting for. It’s not the responsibility of media to present it in bite size pieces. It’s one of the reasons we have a dumbed down population.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103 Ricardo Galvan
Santorum is the boring and obnoxious option. You should have fought to help people stand up behind Cain. Now we’re stuck with either Newt or Santorum. Newt, for all his flaws, might just be the most authentic candidate running. He has ambition, drive, and expresses conservatism. He has a few heresies, but his core is visionary. That’s good enough for me. Santorum, for all his hubbub, offers nothing new or interesting. His best moments are when he is throwing slime on others.
- Anonymous
A few heresies with a visionary core… I fully agree. I just don’t agree with his vision. I did consider and like Cain, but I didn’t jump. Why? ‘Cuz I’m conservative. I don’t jump at any new thing.
The definition of ‘conservative’ is that we look to already tried and true solutions instead of re-inventing the wheel when the wheel already works. So, if you are not interested in Santorum because he ‘offers nothing new or interesting’… well, perhaps he really is conservative.
I don’t believe Newt is truly conservative. I believe he holds some conservative values, sure, but I don’t believe he is ‘small government’ and ‘family values’ as he claims he is. call me crazy, but I’m just going by his record.
Yes, I agree that Santorum is boring and obnoxious at times. Absolutely. However, those are two ‘heresies’ that I can deal with, but I fully admit that if I do vote for Santorum, I am settling.
- Anonymous
Newt, Romney, or Santorum, all mean the same thing. Failure, and collapse. Who cares who wins? The only particular reason to want one or the other is to see how they will spin their rhetoric and do the opposite of what they said. I would rather spend my time growing food to prepare for what is coming. I’ll stick it out until the primaries are over.
- Anonymous
Talk about baggage. Do you have any idea what a scum bag Elliot Abrams is? Look him up.
I wouldn’t believe that man if he said the sky was blue.
- http://twitter.com/Chris100358 Chris
What bothers me about this is that there is PLENTY of policy differences to be discussed and vetted which are NOT being addressed because of these STUPID, shiny things. And people on both sides are using these types of arguments. I want to know what each candidate THINKS when asked about an issue or subject in government politics.
Mark Levin already hammered Chris Christie for trying to bring this up and now we see Nancy Pelosi threatening that Newt will never be president because of things she knows about him. This kind of crap HAS TO STOP.
This is what makes us everyday, tea party citizens want to sweep ALL of these 10,20, 30+ year politicians OUT!
They keep replicating more pandering, ‘the average citizen is too stupid to know’ politicians.
Whenever you hear someone say that we are in danger of nominating someone who is ‘unelectable’ or ‘will be disastrous’ …Remember – they are telling YOU and I that we are idiots who don’t know what we are doing and can NOT be TRUSTED to decide who we want to represent us. In Short – we need THEM – the elite – to be our Daddys and Mommys – our plantation bosses.
Enough. - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_N46ZL7CSVSVGERR2OWYEKBB5FQ james121
Just as Romney is Obama-Lite, the Republican establishment has become Democrat-Lite. Real Conservative principles have been jettisoned as the party drove along.
For fifty years we have been progressively indoctrinating school children (now a large percentage of the voting public) on the desirability of a nanny state and creating an entitlement society. It worked.
We are well on our way to serfdom and all we can now do is slow it down.
- http://black-avenger-1.livejournal.com/profile VirusX
This is why this is the year I make the decision to leave the GOP, or stay. If I leave, I’m going to another party.
- Anonymous
I’m becoming an independent and will only vote for Conservatives.
- http://black-avenger-1.livejournal.com/profile VirusX
That’s what its looking like, for me. I might just join the Constitution Party and vote for non-democrat Conservatives. Staying in the Republican Party is becoming too hard, and that’s their fault.
- Anonymous
I would have switched by now, but Paul ran. Say what you will about his foreign policy, but none of the others will change anything significant. Our currency will fail. None of this crap will matter. If Newt makes it in, we will have a globalist as supreme dictator after the collapse. I would rather have a strict constitutionalist in office to manage the collapse.
After the primary, I will switch to independent, or one of the other constitution based parties. I don’t want the GOP to count me as one of their suckers anymore.
- http://black-avenger-1.livejournal.com/profile VirusX
Rumpelstiltskin knows nothing about the Constitution. If he did, he’d know that if the Federal Reserve was audited and powered down, Congress has the enumerated power to control the currency, not him, if he was president. He also doesn’t believe that all men were created equal; if he did, then he wouldn’t have written what he did in his letters. Don’t bother defending him, because he’s already flip-flopped for decades on those, finally admitting that he lied in saying he knew nothing about them and that he did, indeed, write them. I’ve read them, and I don’t like him. His policies appeal to the Neo Nazis, Stormfront and the Ku Klux Klan for a reason. He also refuses to distance himself from their support for a reason.
- Anonymous
He is quite aware that the president cannot change the Fed Res act alone. He has stated continuously that the currency is the responsibility of congress. He is the only one calling for equal justice in the rule of law.
When republicans abandon the constitution, who is left? Who does Oath Keepers support? Who does Sheriff Mack support?
If he knows nothing about the constitution, then why do the other candidates defer to him on those questions?
Don’t worry, you will get one of the other guys. Then I will watch while people on this site get ticked because they screwed us over, again, and just as the tea party guys gave in to compromise, so will these guys. This is a predictable pattern of events.
- Anonymous
We can do a lot more then just slow it down, James. We can turn it around by taking control of our school boards by electing conservatives to them. Federal control of education has been responsible for the dumbing down of our children and grandchildren. The kids themselves aren’t dumb, but the curriculum has been continuously revised to incorporate a socialist indoctrination and dumbing down of American history, and other subjects.
James, when your childs education is returned to parental and local control, you’ll begin to see the old traditional American values return. - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_N46ZL7CSVSVGERR2OWYEKBB5FQ james121
I will agree that it is possible to turn it around. But to turn the national thought process back to personal responsibility, self sufficiency and to appreciate and embrace the model our government that was conceived in the 1700′s will take generations if it is to happen at all.
I’ll continue to speak and work against the current trend of Socialism that is becoming the norm. The trend has to be slowed before it can be stopped, and only then can it be reversed. My politically incorrect view is that too many voters have become too lazy, dependent, and frankly, too stupid and ill-equipped to take control of their own lives for a turnabout.
To turn it around, we have to educate schoolchildren in this manner who then grow up to be parents and teachers who then nurture the future generations in these principles. The slow Socialist indoctrination is how we got to where we now are. We on the Right were sidestepping to the Left to lessen the gap between the more progressive elements who were taking giant steps toward Socialism over the years.
With the one-world government folks now exerting even more pressure for a utopian Kumbaya-singing world, the Socialists are winning this war with Barry marching at the front of the column, the Dems right behind, and the Republican establishment a bit behind trying to lessen the gap.
I’d like to think that returning education to parental and local control was the answer. It will help, but remember that many of the parents who voted for Obama in 2008 will not pass on traditional values to their children since those concepts are foreign to them. Local control is still in the hands of too many Progressive leaning decision makers at this time.
It will be a Herculean effort to turn it around. I’ll continue the fight. It helps me fall asleep with a smile.
- Anonymous
We don’t have time to slowly change things back to the good old days. It won’t happen without a total collapse of our society. We have come too far, and gone too deep.
- http://twitter.com/cfallon57 Cheryl Fallon
I agree with you, I think there is no turning back now-it is kind of like the bail outs-should have let them fail then regroup- that is probably how it will be with America-there is no more bailing her out and having things turn out well-there will have to be a collapse and then a regrouping. But when that will happen-who knows?
- Anonymous
It primarily depends on how long other people keep using the US currency. It looks like India may be the most recent to start pulling out. Russia, China, and the IMF are on the top of the list calling for a new world reserve. Now that the Fed is bailing out Europe, overtly, I think that it will go quick. The collapse is gaining momentum. It could go this year. I don’t give it more than two more years. I think that five is out of the question.
I urge people to consider what will happen if our money won’t buy anything. Be prepared to feed yourself, and protect yourself. It isn’t a joke.
- Anonymous
The five pillars that the course was based on:
Pillar one, the historic lessons of American Civilization
Pillar two, personal strength
Pillar three, entrepreneurial free enterprise
Pillar four, the spirit of invention and discovery
Pillar five, quality as defined by Deming - Anonymous
I am a student of Deming. It’s a shame he had to go to Japanese automakers before U.S. manufacturing firms paid attention to him.
- Anonymous
Thanks RS. Good to see that Byron York, at least is willing to write the truth.
- Anonymous
John Nolte has been tweeting this morning that Newt should address his “ethics charges problem” so that it won’t continue to slow him down. I agree. Newt should address it and use Sarah Palin as a more recent example of how the Dems will resort to whatever it takes to destroy their political enemies. He should also expose the panty-waist R’s who allow it to happen.
By showing the parallels between what happened to him and what happened to Palin, he will educate a lot of people who are falling for the crap shoveled by the media, the Dems, the MittWits, and the #GOPSmartSet.
- Anonymous
Marco Rubio is telling Newt to tone down his anti-immigration rhetoric toward Romney. He should also be telling Romney to stop lying about the Gingrich ethics charges.
We will end up with a nominee who is damaged so severely by one of his own, that it will be impossible to convince independent voters, in November, that the accusations are false. Both candidates need to stop tearing each other apart.
Of course, there’s always the possibility that Rick Santorum will emerge unscathed as the nominee while these two destroy each other.
- Anonymous
Rubio better watch holw he conducts himself..I am not liking his ‘leaning’ towards Romney. I don’t care if Romney came and supported him, he is supposed to represent the tea party, and Romney doesn’t.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Q64VESC4TTIKUIFPKN4EMMKK4I Harry G
I’d be happy with either Newt or Romney winning. Newt would be my preference though, exactly because we need someone to kick ass right about now.
- Anonymous
I have reservations about Newt on some issues but I think the left is trying to railroad Gingrich on trumped up, allegations. Interesting that the media is harping on these phoney allegations about Newt while obama from the on-set has committed one serious criminal act after another.
- Anonymous
Amazing how the MSM likes to manipulate the general public’s perception of events and in most cases ignore the actual FACTS of the matter.
As equally amazing is how many self righteous Einsteins fall for the propaganda every day. - Anonymous
I know that Scoop and most TRS readers are pro-Gingrich, and I understand and already know his ethics violations issues and what really happened.
…I still want to see a direct comparison of where the candidates stand on the issues due to what they have done/advocated, not just what they have talked about in the election.
I have a problem with Gingrich, not because of his ethics violations, I have a problem due to his stances. Why are we still arguing about his history? I appreciate the clearing of the air, the ‘fixing’ of the record, but when are we going to stop fighting on this history?
Newt is much more than the ‘ethics violation’ issues. He was exonerated, he did pay the investigation fee, there was a mistake made by a law firm, Newt has stated as much himself in interviews. At what point are we going to move on from this straw man and actually look at what he supports and has supported?
I’ll ask again, Scoop, we need a comparison, side by side, of which candidate stands where on what. Please?
- Anonymous
Listen, RS can speak for himself but I wanted to reply to you for a couple of reasons. First, I’m supporting Newt but I’m not trilled with him. I don’t much like the man. I’m not going to defend his personal baggage beyond saying I don’t care enough about it not vote for him. Same goes for his policy stances. Yeah, I don’t like some of the things he says but I agree with enough of them to support him.
As far as where the candidates stand on policies? Why the hell would you expect any blogger to do that for you? You’re on the internet, go look it up yourself. This is a video blog, anyway. For the most part.
Go read The Corner if you want in depth analysis.
- Anonymous
Scoop does not have to do original research. But since knowing the positions of candidates may be a common complaint and some people visit The Right Scoop as their primary website, it would be a good idea to create a post that has photos of the 4 candidates in the race linked to their positions compiled by other organizations such as http://www.issues2000.org/default.htm
- K-Bob
Exactly!
- Amy
bbitter – It’s pretty easy to do a comparison in this day and age. You can hone in on the issues that are important to you and you can find out where each of them stands. You can also find out where they stood on those issues before they were running for POTUS.
And honestly, if you look at their pasts there is something undesirable in them all. They’ve all taken stands on issues that I disagree with. At this point, we vote for the least offensive one and concentrate on the House and Senate to try to salvage this republic.
- Trust1TG
See Jeffrey Lord’s article at the Spectator: Reagan’s Young Lieutenant – http://spectator.org/archives/2012/01/24/reagans-young-lieutenant
This gave me a better perspective on Newt’s deeply held conservative principles. He’s faced bitter opposition, taken fire, bled and sacrificed for them.
Moreover, I don’t think he’s in this for the gain, fame or power…but for the principles, Law and Source, that motivated and inspired the founding fathers.
- Anonymous
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/289159/gingrich-and-reagan-elliott-abrams
You know what makes me shake my head? –> Why is no one going to Newt for info on Newt?
It sounds to me like you’ve already had a coronation. I think you are projecting just a bit as to his motivations; Newt went from pledging to follow Obama around the country if he didn’t agree to debates, then the guy threw a fit and said he wouldn’t debate if the audience agreed not to cheer until commercial breaks… calling that ‘infringing free speech’… whatever… Does he really need an applause line to get his point across? I think ‘fame’ or popularity has a good bit to do with it. I don’t know what motivated the founding fathers, so I can’t say. I’m starting to think that I’m the only one who is seeing this as inconsistent.
- Anonymous
Ever since Palin opted out and Bachmann fell out, I am pro-no-one and anti-Romney. That is not leaving a whole lot to work with and a scorecard gets me nowhere.
So it becomes pretty simple. Newt is drawing the the fire of the Republican establishment, the media and the Democrats. I will go with that. Once Palin gets on his ticket, I may actually get excited. Maybe.
- Anonymous
I found a GOP presidential candidate comparison online (click on the photo of the candidate you want): http://www.issues2000.org/default.htm
- KenInMontana
http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/
Scroll down the page and click on the candidates to compare. - Anonymous
Folks, don’t hesitate to go read this article. It’s clearly written, brief, and exonerates Newt completely.
- Anonymous
Really good article. In case you don’t have time to read it, I’ll sum up.
1) The accusations surrounded a college class he taught, using non-profit funding. It stated that it was political in nature and violated funding rules.
2) The accusations were levied by a very bitter man who lost an election to Newt and went on record with profanity-laced tirades against him.
3) It was supported by a bitter Democrat party, who had just lost the House to the GOP and wanted to hurt its Speaker, Newt Gingrich.
4) News media, as always, ran sensational headlines without proof.
5) Taking one for the team, Newt admitted to some small and ridiculous charges and was slapped with an unheard-of fine.
6) Three years later, the IRS concluded their investigation and showed that Newt was innocent of all charges and the class was not at all partisan.
7) News media, as always, ran corrections deep on pg.5 - Anonymous
Well stated … I would include 7) pg. 5 and one was on pg.23
What I found incredible was CNN was the only TV station to document the truth.
- Anonymous
It’s a good article but I’m already reading stuff like “why would he plead guilty if he wasn’t?” at a BMDW blog.
[sigh]
- Anonymous
For the same reason that Palin settled on the only ethics charge that wasn’t dismissed. It was cheaper for her to reimburse it than to fight it, even though it was something that was considered proper in the past.
It was cheaper for Newt to pay the $300,000 and be done with it instead of allowing it to be dragged out further which would cost him much more in lawyer fees.
- Anonymous
I know that and you know that but the Mitt supporters have to keep it going.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103 Ricardo Galvan
The Mitt supporters are a poor players, strutting and fretting their way across the stage, until they are heard no more. Mittens has no chance of winning the nomination when conservatives get behind a single candidate.
- Anonymous
You got it right! Newt was palinized before she ever was…they both know what it feels like to be hammered from the left and then have the right betray you!
- Anonymous
DEFENDING THE WEST
GINGRICH: THE SOB WE NEED
Exclusive: Pamela Geller cheers Newt’s understanding of Islamic threat
http://www.wnd.com/2012/01/gingrich-the-sob-we-need/ - Anonymous
When I read the article over at The Examiner and read that line from the guy who hated Gingrich all I thought of was “I want a bumper sticker with that on it!”
VOTE NEWT! THE BIGGEST ASSHOLE IN AMERICA!
- Anonymous
Great article – you guys should read it. She said what I’ve been thinking:
“Yes, Gingrich has much to answer for. Yet while Newt has an inconsistent history, he seems a man of the time. He knows what America needs: He sees the threats from within and without, and he is pulling no punches. Romney is not strong enough for the coming battle. Newt may be an SOB, but he’s our SOB. And we need an SOB to defeat the snake in the White House.”
I always hate this talk of “He looks Presidential, he’s a nice guy, he seems like a guy you’d want as a neighbor.” Who cares??? Give me a hard-nosed SOB for a President any day of the week! I’m not voting for the role of neighbor, friend, or all around nice guy.
- Anonymous
The Truth Lives (Moved) Here.
Thx Scoop.
- Anonymous
Top Romney advisers lobbied for Freddie Mac
http://tinyurl.com/7gy93b51999 CNN Report On Newt Gingrich’s Exoneration By The IRS Over Ethics Charges
- Anonymous
I have figured out why I don’t like Newt so much and why he is so erratic (as in completely unable to control his grandiose belief that anything he says has importance to all who are listening). I have had some very negative experiences with a person who suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder. It was diagnosed by a professional and in the course of that experience I became aware of the symptoms. Gingrich displays a few of them. Grandiosity. Huge self image of world changing importance. Absolute inability to handle criticism (as in attacks attacker, but does not accept responsibility…ever). Indifference to the opinions of others (note this is biggest complaint of those that have worked with him). I have noticed these traits in Newt, but have not allowed myself to go there. Now it is fully on display. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e0e_1327439473
If you don’t want to follow the link, here is the text of what he wrote.
These notes and doodles, handwritten by Newt Gingrich, appear in a series of exhibits appended to a report published on Jan. 17, 1997 by the House Select Committee on Ethics. The notes are mainly from the period leading up to his big 1994 victory. The text at left reads:
Gingrich—Primary Mission
—Advocate of civilization
—definer of civilization
—Teacher of the rules of civilization
—arouser of those who form civilization
—Organizer of the pro-civilization activists
—leader (possibly) of the civilizing forces.
Now think about this. Newt plans on being a definer, teacher, arouser, leader and organizer of civilization. It seems to be a 25 year plan. That by itself could be considered a plus. But then he refers to himself in the third person in his own notes about himself. A huge symptom.
- Anonymous
Are you actually diagnosing him? Tread carefully, most Mental Health professionals are loath to diagnose anyone until they have had sessions with them..and here you are already doing that, and you have not stated if you are even a professional. By the way, I accidently pushed ‘like’ when I wanted to push reply..hmmm since you are so good at diagnosing people..do you think that was a ‘Freudian slip’?
- Anonymous
[you can click it again to un-like a comment. I've done that before too]
- Anonymous
I expect a bit of narcissism from any candidate. Think about it: who in their right minds would go through all this trouble trying to promote themselves to the highest office in the nation, possibly the world?
The John McCain “I just want to continue to serve” rhetoric fell flat. You need big plans, solid brass cojones, and the ego comes with the territory.
- K-Bob
Careful. Don’t go all post-modern here. Set the bar high.
Every successful salesman, performer, or politician has to carefully channel their inner psychotic. Besides, if they were more like a guru or prophet, or as much like Jesus himself as possible, they would never be politicians.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103 Ricardo Galvan
People with NPD, however, tend to be quite delusional and assume that people love them when they aren’t loved. They lack empathy and, as a result, tend to fail at the things they claim to succeed at. They take defeats and criticisms very hard, resulting in extreme emotions over things that exist or don’t exist. They often indulge in fantasies of unlimited power, but without actually achieving anything close to that power.
Newt might proud and ambitious, but so are lots of folks, and that isn’t necessarily a bad thing when it is used for our cause. If he had full blown NPD, we would see much greater outbursts when criticized and obvious irrational behavior.
No, Newt is a pugilist and a conservative. I like him for his ambition. I like him for what he plans to do.
- http://www.facebook.com/david.masiwchuk David Scott Masiwchuk
More proof who the true conservatives are…
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Don’t get to thinking Gingrich is an angel:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/289159/gingrich-and-reagan-elliott-abrams
- http://www.facebook.com/david.masiwchuk David Scott Masiwchuk
Never said he was one. ….By the way national review has gone in the tank for Romney.
- Anonymous
OH WAIT ? You mean to tell me ROMNEY earned his wings? WELL I DON’T HEAR ANY BELLS RINGING.
- Anonymous
Thanks Scoop for linking it. I just read it, and I hope this gets thrown back in Romney’s smug face. He is a snake if he knows the truth and is hoping the voters don’t, or ignorant because he hasn’t taken the time to learn what really happened. Either way, not a very good leader I would say. Isn’t this Obama operates?
- Anonymous
How could you call Romney a snake oil sales man when at the same time defending Newt Gingrich? Newt is good at getting people to turn a blind eye.
- K-Bob
Byron York is one of the good ones.
He pays strict attention to facts and diligent discovery, and writes very well.
Any bets on whether the whole Tom Delay business doesn’t end similarly?
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Florey/100002838321254 Mike Florey
Nancy Pelosi backtracks:http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71941.html
- Anonymous
I’ll never look at a girl in a pair of Daisey Dukes the same way again
- Anonymous
The left want Romney ’cause they think they can beat him. That’s why the likes of Nancy Pelosi and the LSM go after Newt with false accusations when it looks like he’s ahead.
Remember also, there are Republicans still around that were against Newt back in the day, because of what he accomplished, and they haven’t changed their views of the ‘gravy train’.
When all else fails for them (getting ex-wifes to ‘reveal’ the past, Pelosi hinting she knows all about the dirt and ‘may’ tell all, Newt was nothing more than a lobbyist, etc) and Newt makes it to the general, they will have Trump come out and run 3rd party.
It’s an uphill battle all the way for us. But those are the kind that I’ve been used to all my life. Let’s give it to them.Maybe we can even get policies involved. One can only hope.
- Anonymous
What about Newt assaulting Reagan? What about Newt assaulting both Bush’s? What about Newt assaulting Paul Ryan? What about Newt assaulting Bill Clinton about infidelity while at the very same time he was committing adultery? What about Newt “consulting” for Fannie and Freddie? What about the Tea Party that I love trading principles For a supposed victory? How could we say we are any better than liberals when they at least stand by their pitiful beliefs? How do we think others will look at us when we are so ready to sell out to a man that hasn’t represented Tea Party principles?
Seldom do I devote a post to a simple link, but this is something that you must read if you really want to understand what really happened to Newt Gingrich regarding the supposed ethics violations in the mid to late 90s. Byron York does a meticulous job of recounting how Newt was assaulted with false allegations, yet exonerated in the end after he had resigned.
The article is too long to post here, so you simply must go there and read it in its entirety.
Click the image to read the article:
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/what-really-happened-gingrich-ethics-case/336051
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