This is a slam dunk for Newt. He goes after Romney, the Soros-approved candidate, on his comments about the very poor and torches the idea that the ‘safety-net’ is anything but a spider web that traps the poor:

It isn’t good enough for the Republican party to nominate Obama-lite. Now, let me tell you what the difference is. If you’re a genuine conservative, first of all you don’t say that you don’t care about the poor. If you’re a genuine conservative, you believe that we are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

And we think it is the left which has abandoned and betrayed the poor because its safety net is actually a spiderweb and it traps people in dependency.

My goal – the exact opposite of Governor Romney. My goal is not to ignore or forget the poor. My goal is to turn the safety net into a trampoline to allow the poor to rise and be like the rest of us and have a job and buy a house.

He even refers to Romney as “Little Food Stamp”:

We now know from Governor Romney [that] he joins Obama. Obama is Big Food Stamp. He’s Little Food Stamp. But they both thing food stamps are OK. I don’t think food stamps are a future for America. They are a necessary bridge back to getting a job and back to being independent of the government.

Here’s the full clip and it’s excellent:




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Susan
Susan

You must all be joking about Callista, right? I have another name for her I can't use in written form. I can say she is a plastic Barbie who had a 6-year affair with a much older married man! Come on, people - just who we need to represent conservative women???? Duh - stupid!!!!

Barbara Markway
Barbara Markway

Gingrich is correct about romney being a soros preferred and also about the dependency on the gov for everything, that is NOT the American way. Sure the poor need a lift up sometiimes, but to make a living out of it is WRONG! Have had members of my own family and friends that have needed a lift but only as a short time fix. Everyone must pull themselves up by their bootstraps and make a go in life that they want! Not the federal gov! Are people getting dumber or what has happened to the American spirit???

Danny Smith
Danny Smith

I’m absolutely convinced that Newt Gingrich is the junkyard dog we need to rip Obama a new one and send him running back to his Chicago slime pit with his tail between his legs. Newt has plenty of DC experience as Speaker, executive ability from his many enterprises, and a silver tongue that’s razor sharp! He’s fast on his feet, delivers it straight up with no hemming and hawwing, and is often witty. His work with American Solutions was very impressive and as we’ve seen recently, he is able to put into words what the vast majority of Americans really believe. His fevered brain also has plenty of ideas for making government work better for taxpayers. Is Newt pure as the driven snow? No - none of the presidential candidates are in line for sainthood. Whatever Newt’s much-touted “baggage”, it pales next to Obama’s habitual lying and outright corruption - and unlike Obama, Newt is 100% American. Newt is like Larry the Cable Guy: send him to DC and he’ll “Git ‘er done” for all of us. Junkyard dogs are not show dogs, but they’ll save your bacon! Go git ‘im, Newt!

Persephone
Persephone

Yep.

It also revealed that Romney views people in terms of how they can be of use to him.

Just like KingBarry does.

wodiej
wodiej

Gingrich is right and keeps telling us-it's going to be people power against money power. Gov. Palin warned us months ago that this would be what we would be fighting against-the powerful establishment.

Bob
Bob

If Newt's friend had a missing daughter, would he shut down his company fly all the staff to the area that the daughter was and spend a week calling in hundreds of people and favors to find his friends Daughter? Mitt did, so please attack him if you will but don't portray him as not caring!!!

Ricardo Galvan
Ricardo Galvan

I read that Romney's PR guy exaggerated the story. She was not "about to die", and she was the daughter of one of his fellow Mormon employees.

He is hopelessly corrupt.

Bob
Bob

Till now I was a Romney fan, now I wonder? Will The Gop Survive the next election?

Rob Bryant
Rob Bryant

I had to look that up haha My bad!

Linky1
Linky1

Not the kind of ringing endorsement that will endear you to "We, the People" ..........

Anthony
Anthony

romney's slip this week showed us that he does not understand free enterprise or small business employers who provide majority of the jobs in America!

Linky1
Linky1

Obama-lite (meaning Romney) has a nice ring to it, dontcha think?????

Persephone
Persephone

Hmm...I dunno.

Would addressing him as "Lord Willard the Clueless" be more polite?

Newt always tries to be very polite, you know.

Ana
Ana

Just saw the poll that Mittens is leading 2-1 in Nevada...I just want to rip my hair out. What the hell is wrong with people!? Let's hope it's tactic to sway popular opinion...Grrr - God help us.

wodiej
wodiej

I wouldn't use Nevada as a measure for other states. Lots of Mormons and they elected Harry Reid. They apparently like liberals.

Linky1
Linky1

This is the kick-butt Newt that got sidetracked in Florida. On to the rest of the primaries and caucuses, the Republican nomination to take on Barack Obama......

PFFV
PFFV

This is why he has been my guy since Cain got rail-roaded. I have always been impressed with Newt, then like many true conservatives was turned off when he made his mistakes. I have since forgiven him because he was a man and admitted he was wrong. Newt is going to be the next Reagan, maybe even better. He knows what to do to get this faltering nation back on the right track, Go Newt!

PS - What other candidate fires up a crowd like Newt does..... yup none of the above.

wodiej
wodiej

I agree-I could care less about his personal indiscretions from 15 years ago. We're not electing Jesus Christ and we've all made mistakes. We learn from them and move on.

Van Grungy
Van Grungy

Lincoln/Douglas debate challenge

will Mitt decline? he won't even answer...

NorCon
NorCon

Damn, that was good!

On The Mark
On The Mark

Taking on Obama and the Flipper simultaneously is superb. Thank you, George Soros.

Is_Sense_Common
Is_Sense_Common

I was listening to a local radio guy (Greg Garrison) the other day who was discussing all the requirements of people who are in public housing and on any other gov't assistance programs. They are not ALLOWED to have money in their savings accounts or any assets at all or their "assistance" gets taken away. Tell me, please, how does this system encourage independence? How does this philosophy encourage temporary assistance? How in the world does this system do anything but institute the Caste system & keep them poor for generation after generation? Does ANYONE other than Newt have the ba77s to bring this out into the light?? Go get 'em Newt! Keep talking!

Cheryl Fallon
Cheryl Fallon

Let's see: Reagan one of the more conservative Presidents in US history:

abandoned his desire to have Jack Kemp a true conservative as his VP and took George W H Bush- a moderate and abortion rights supporter,

Reagan when given the opportunity to have a conservative on the bench picked Sandra Day O'Connor -who was more the voice of moderation-which didn't go well for all the aborted babies during her time.

Let's not forget Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, which was described by his own economic advisor, Bruce Bartlett, as "the largest peacetime tax increase in the nation's history."

MY POINT-Even one of the greater Presidents in our history still couldn't do everything the way conservatives wanted... still didn't follow through on all of his campaign promises...Gingrich won't do all that he says, nor will Romney-but we DO KNOW the path Obama is taking and he needs to go!

jedijones77
jedijones77

Which basically tells you that Newt was MORE conservative than Ronald Reagan, since the agenda was more conservative when Newt was Speaker of the House. The Congress really has the most power and Reagan was hamstrung by the likes of Tip O'Neill. But I am sick of the bashing of Newt as somehow not being a true conservative, when the results he got in the House were often more conservative than what we saw under Reagan.

On The Mark
On The Mark

Obama certainly does need to go. We DO KNOW the path Obama is taking because he has been doing it. We also DO KNOW the path Romney is taking because he has been doing it. For all the same reasons, Romney also does need to go.

Given that we still have an opportunity to vote for a conservative, though none of them is perfect, we should not vote for a candidate who is not at all conservative and for whom it is impossible to distinguish himself from Obama.

Debora Taylor
Debora Taylor

YYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU JESUS>>>NEWT IS BORN-AGAIN WITH A PASTORAL EDORSMENT, SO YE OF LITTLE FAITH WATCH YOUR COMMENTS AND SERVE THE LORD, THE HAS BEEN FORGIVEN OF PAST MISTAKES.........JESUS REIGNS!!!

Art Telles
Art Telles

100% Dittos - "Forgiven of past mistakes"...

HE is Risen

We are "a new creation" in Christ... reconciled... forgiven...

"We" is all of us

- - - - - - - -

Now.

What exactly is Gingrich's position about his pro-mandate support.

We know there is an "old" position.

Is there a "new" position to contrast himself with Obaney and Romama?

1 -

Here is Gingrich's "old" view.

This Reason.com article is short and succinct - David Harsanyi | February 1, 2012

>> http://reason.com/archives/2012/02/01/the-gops-obamacare-problem

"The GOP's ObamaCare Problem

"Romney and Gingrich have both supported an individual health insurance mandate."

" ... The Republican candidate, after all, can't effectively attack what he supports.

"Today both leading contenders for the nomination have defended the idea of government's forcing all consumers to buy something in the interest of the common good.

"... Yet Newt Gingrich has supported some variation of a federal health insurance mandate going as far back as 1993.

"... a conference call from May 2009 ... Newt says

he believes that "everyone must have health insurance.

"Or if you are an absolute libertarian,

we would allow you to post a bond,

but we would not allow people to be free riders,

failing to insure themselves

and then show up at the emergency room

with no means of payment."

2 -

What is Gingrich's "new" view about the ObamaCare vs. the RomneyCare healthcare individual mandate and HOW does it differ with his previous 2009 comments?

Does anybody know what Gingrich's position is today?

Art

Art Telles
Art Telles

Newt's trampoline comment...

Real time proof that Gingrich speaks as the spirit moves him is his comment that surprises even his wife, Calista.

At 2min. 16sec. - Calista approves -

After Gingrich said

"My goal is to turn the safety net into a trampoline ..."

Calista said, "That's good,"

and Newt turned to her and asked, "You like that, huh?"

Real time and "real guy" comments like that are vintage Gingrich.

His wife, Calista approves... and so do I.

-"manage the decay"

-"safety net ... spiderweb ... traps ... dependency"

-"trampoline"

-Obamney is "big food stamp"

-Romama is "little food stamp"

I wonder.

Is anybody writing a Gingrich phrase book yet

Art

Cheryl Fallon
Cheryl Fallon

Unfortunately I am not certain more of the country wants someone like Newt or Santorum or even Paul and I would rather Romney get elected than Obama...unfortunately it is still more about electability-maybe some have awakened to what America needs but I am not convinced all or the majority has awakened to this.

wodiej
wodiej

Excellent! Little food stamp....turn the safety net into a trampoline...lol

Cheryl Pryor
Cheryl Pryor

Its speeches like this that brought me to Newt from Perry. I loved the spider web analogy, what a perfect visual that EVERYONE can understand. Newt needs to stay on his strength of TEACHING Conservatism to the electorate. It wins every time it is tried as Rush is famous for saying. And I believe using the entire Romney "boo boo" actually makes what he said even worse. And the funny thing is that this statement is in Romney's stump speech! He has said it over and over so it is not a "slip of the tongue" type gaffe. It is how he sees things and will be a disaster in the General Election. Please keep it coming Newt, we need these solutions to save our Country.

ARTHUR STEINBERG
ARTHUR STEINBERG

Newt is very very good, even too good for America, but I am not sure that average voter John Smith or (HusseinBarackObama) understands what Newt are saying.

After 17 000 000 usd worth brainwashing in Florida, average voter John Smith want to eat own excrement, because on airwaves someone are saying, that in reality it is sweet ice cream.

Sad realpolitik, but The Little Food Stamp was perfect term for Rmoneycare

Fred Hensley
Fred Hensley

That's my candidate.. Clear, concise, drawing big contrasts just like he will do against Obama. Newt2012!

Rob Bryant
Rob Bryant

"It's safety net is actually a spider web..." Wow, that's very well put! Has he used this line before, or has anyone else? That's clever and concise as all get out.

Persephone
Persephone

I've heard him say things like that before.

"Quicksand of dependancy"..."wearhousing our poor"..."trapped by the safety net".

But calling it a "spider web" is a new variation.

And a good one.

Another good one was..."Drill Here, Drill Now!"

A lot of people have forgotten that that one came from Newt.

Rob Bryant
Rob Bryant

er... I guess that would actually be "its," not "it's".

Persephone
Persephone

Well said, Newt!

He really is an eloquent speaker.

It is good that Newt is bringing up Romney's 'electability' with regard to what Romney said about "the poor".

The question that Soledad asked Romney...which resulted in him saying what he did...was a question about him being able to appeal to voters in the general.

It was a question about his 'electability'.

So in reality...Romney's answer of "I'm not concerned with the poor..." is even worse than it is being portrayed afterward.

Romney was basically saying that "I'm not even going to try to get poor people to vote for me".

Newt is smart enough to realize that we need every single vote we can get, to win this.

Travis Pierson
Travis Pierson

This is where Newt shines. As long as he stays positive and draws a contrast between the big-picture, conservative vision and everything else (it gets so muddled that many people are confused, nowadays), I think he will keep gaining support.

I think any candidate who wants to win needs to run with a vision that goes beyond his primary opponents and takes aim at Obama.

Soopermexican
Soopermexican

I'm so sick of GOP candidates who are afraid of telling the truth... I love Newt when he's on his game..