The Right Scoop- Anonymous
“On his own arguments the proper course for him now is to endorse Santorum and exit.”
I would also add it would be the only honest thing to do…..at least according to his own words and judgement.
Of course, Newt’s ego overrides all.
- Anonymous
I love when politicians do this. =D
- Anonymous
er-he said he was wrong to ask Rick to get out didn’t he? Usually people with big egos have a hard time admitting when they are wrong. Or going by your logic, then I guess Santorum’s ego was huge too, considering he didn’t get out when he was only ever polling at 12-14%?
- Anonymous
Newt got hammered for suggesting Santorum pull out while caring for his sick daughter Bella.
Newt’s “ego” problem derives from him offering advice to others that he is not willing to follow himself…. Not from his position in the polls.
- Anonymous
I think you will find that you have your facts wrong….Newt’s camp put that out there when Rick was returning home(I think to do his taxes), not when it was discovered Bella was sick, which was the second day. I think I dismantled your theory that Newt is an egomaniac, your response back was weak. Let us try and match wit for wit, lest we both become bored.
- Anonymous
How convenient for him to figure out he is wrong when his own previous stance would have him drop out of the race.
- StNikao
You are mistaken.
Romney is dishonest to the core, a liberal, and an establishment shill. He used taxpayer dollars to bail out the Olympics, and rescue Bain Capital. He will increase the spending…the cost of government, raise taxes.
Santorum is not planning to reform the monetary/economic system… reform Washington, stop the spending.
- Anonymous
Please get with the program. Its Newt all the way!! His entire past doesn’t matter, in fact, we will apply purity tests and nitpick Santorum’s record instead while completely turning a blind eye to all of Newt’s faults and shortcomings. B/c he will win, just bc we say so!
We will talk about the spec in Santorum’s eye while ignoring the log in Newts! /
- Anonymous
http://fathersmind.blogspot.com/#!/2012/02/breaking-down-sarah-palins-speech-at.html
I always enjoy thsi blog
There have been so many
analysis of The Governor’s Speech at CPAC this year. So I am not going to do
more of the same here. As always, like so many, I watch her speeches over and
over to try to figure out what it is that makes her tick. Andrew Mlcolm like me
wonders what it is that makes her connect with the people. Watching that
speech again and again, I am left more bewildered at the phenomenon that is
Sarah. So I tried something new with her speech this time around. I watched it
from beginning to end, with a pen and a note pad, not to make notes of the
depth of her words or rhetoric, but to note events, atmosphere and symbolisms
that we have failed to note in the past. - Anonymous
Good for Newt.
- Anonymous
good for hypocrites!
- http://profile.yahoo.com/EPNKCLUJ4F2PBVGOB7MU7O56ZA W.
You are evidently one of your candidate’s (either Romney or Obama, no difference) little demon hordes who are typing away on every blog, filling it with your exudate and effluent, revealing the true evil character of your candidate, your religion and platform.
I would be ashamed to serve such a hateful, dishonest, unprincipled, corrupt human being and agenda.
Shoo.
- Constance
I absolutely love your statement – “filling it with your exudate and effluent…”
With your permission, I would like to use that in some of my future posts to those of the non-conservative persuasion.
- Anonymous
Neither of them are my candidate. This is the only blog I type on. And calling Newt a hypocrite for doing the opposite of what comes out of his mouth is simply a fact. If you are okay with that type of politician, it is your choice. Your insults simply are all you can throw at an argument you have no intelligent response for.
- Anonymous
Santorum is one of them!
- Jim Botts
Have you noticed how the media isn’t giving him as much attention now? All of these questions by MSM reporters about money?
They are trying to force him out. I think they like the idea of Santorum taking the #2 spot. I think the MSM believes Santorum would be easier to defeat than Romney because of the so called middle’s outrageous fear that conservatives would make them go to Sunday School or something.
We’d be much better off making them retake math and economics classes, but that’s just my opinion.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Valdez/1806887704 Steven Valdez
They have said he was broke before and that didn’t stop him.
- http://punditpawn.wordpress.com PunditPawn
Nice devil eyes in the video. Bet we see those again in negative campaign ads against Gingrich.
- Anonymous
LOL!
“Hey, National Romney Online: next time you invite me to speak on one of your stupid Alaska cruise ripoffs, you better stay away from the guardrails. Hear that sound? Yeah, that’s the whales. And I think Shamu’s hungry.”
http://newtjudgesyou.tumblr.com/post/17585077855/hey-national-romney-online-next-time-you-invite - Anonymous
In other words, he would be content with Romney as our nominee.
C’mon Newt….do the right thing. Be a hero to the conservative movement. If not now, please drop out before Super Tuesday.
- Anonymous
he doesn’t care about the conservative movement. It’s just a talking point. He won’t take his own advice because he is a hypocrite. Just like he is with global warming, fanny and freddie, healthcare, and marriage. He criticizes, then does the very thing he is criticizing.
- Anonymous
Perhaps you had better think again! He has done more for the conservative movement than the whole lot of his critics. It is one thing to disagree about past stances and policy, but to say someone doesn’t care about the very thing he has fought for and is fighting for still…what have you done lately for the conservative cause? Besides make nasty remarks about a Conservative legend.
- Anonymous
The guy just rides on the coat tails of great conservatives and wants to be associated with them. He doesn’t lead a conservative private or public life. He’s a typical dishonest politician who is out for his own neck well before the country. Despite the evidence you can turn a blind eye to it if you want.
- Anonymous
Sir, I am sorry, but your attacks are deluded..I can’t argue with someone who ignores facts…it simply is not a fair fight and I don’t want to humilate you further.
- Anonymous
Bring me the facts and let’s debate. Show me that he is more conservative on the environment, marriage, fanny/freddy, bailouts, healthcare, or illegal immigration. He is either equal to or left of Mitt Romney in all of those categories. And don’t give me his talking points from his website, give me the actions he has taken in his life that prove he is a staunch conservative.
- Anonymous
I love a good debate, but when your premise is “Newt sucks”, I wonder why I should bother? But I will leave you with this. Back in the late 70′s, Dick Cheny and Newt arrived at congress at the same time. The Republican’s hadn’t had a majority at that time for 20 years, and had not re-elected the majority since the 20′s. He pulled Dick aside and said, and I am paraphrasing “I think we can get a majority are you in?” Dick recalls laughing outright at Newt and his ambition. But he did it, it took him till the 90′s but he did it and became speaker. Newt should never be underestimated.
- Anonymous
My premise isn’t “Newt sucks”. I just gave you several specifics that he is either equal to or left of Romney on. Do you have a response to that?
The fact that Newt was around in the 90s and the republicans got a majority can be said for dozens of politicians who happened to be around and campaigning at the time. What exactly did Newt do to bring in the majority that was different from any other politician in those days?
- K-Bob
If this was the first or second or third time you’ve said that, it wouldn’t matter so much. But you’re beyond starting to sound like a broken record.
This is a conservative site. You’ll have to take my word for it, but trust me, the majority opinion of Rick Santorum here is more in line with conservatism than anything you’ve written lately.
If all you want to do is sound like a broken record claiming that a well-known conservative somehow “isn’t” then I suggest this isn’t the site for you.
Bring more to the discussion, or stop the stream of unsupported accusations.
- Anonymous
I think you’ve misread what I’ve written if you think I believe Rick is not conservative. He is clearly more conservative than Mitt and Newt. I am however contending that Newt is far less conservative than what people seem to think here. Maybe that is your beef.
If you don’t have any interest in my opinion then move along to the next post. If you want me to go along with the “majority opinion” of any candidate, that’s not my style. I’m not regurgitating what others feel. If a site admin kicks me from the site it is their prerogative but don’t try to bully me around because my definition of conservative doesn’t mesh with yours.
- K-Bob
Way to miss the point. Don’t keep spamming threads with the same “He isn’t conservative” blather. All that does is make people mad. Obviously no one is “bullying” anyone around. If you don’t like the rules here, feel free to go elsewhere.
- Anonymous
LOL You think I’m spamming because you don’t agree. I haven’t seen you call out people who say Mitt isn’t conservative which I’m sure happens 10 times more often. My intent isn’t to make people mad. I’m not a troll. I think people believe Newt is a conservative simply because he says so and drops Reagan’s name often. His actions are contrary to the image he portrays. That’s my opinion and I’m entitled to it.
- K-Bob
Don’t be obtuse. Your opinion is not the issue.
It’s “spamming” when you use the same assertions over and over without engaging in a reasoned argument.
Look, this isn’t difficult: people who come here just to be contrary don’t last.
- K-Bob
Way to miss the point. Don’t keep spamming threads with the same “He isn’t conservative” blather. All that does is make people mad. Obviously no one is “bullying” anyone around. If you don’t like the rules here, feel free to go elsewhere.
- StNikao
Romney is no more conservative than Obama.
Romney got the idea to accuse Newt Gingrich of lobbying for Fannie/Freddie because his people did it: http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/25/top-romney-advisers-lobbied-for-freddie/
Romney doesn’t have to BE in Washington – he has his people do the dirty work for him.
“Romney has a history of surviving poor decision-making by gulping down federal largesse. He’s built up an impressive mythology about someone who makes things work.”
http://bluemassgroup.com/2012/01/bailout-mitt-salt-lake-city-edition/“Most U.S. tax dollars per athlete. Federal spending for the Salt Lake City Games will average $625,000 for each of the 2,400 athletes who will compete. (Not a penny of it will go to the athletes.) That’s a 996% increase from the $57,000 average for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. It’s a staggering 5,582% jump from the $11,000 average for the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.”
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1024516/index.htm“And for the upcoming 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the estimated cost to American taxpayers is 1.3 billion dollars. That’s outrageous Mr. President. And it’s a disgrace,” McCain said. (2001)
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/09/whos-the-biggest-earmarker-of-them-all/?hpt=hp_bn3Bain Capital was also beneficiary of US taxpayer dollar BAILOUT – http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/10538-romneys-skeletons-his-bain-capital-received-millions-in-bailouts
Romney lied seven times on stage in front of 6 million or so witnesses at the last CNN debate in FL.
He is a reverse Robin Hood – steals from the poor to give to the rich. (Bain gutting corporate pension funds to pay themselves and their investors) He also steals from the taxpayer to bail himself out.
His record shows he was willing to abandon or compromise any conservative principle, social, fiscal or political, for a vote or a dollar.
Romney is completely unbelievable and unreliable.
He won’t fill the bill for Tea Party conservatives. We do our research and pay attention to what candidates say and do and we investigate.
Time for the Truth, Accountability, Transparency.
We are disgusted with establishment lies and corruption.
Drain the Jacuzzi.
- Anonymous
What does that have to do with Newt?
- Anonymous
Well done you!
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103 Ricardo Galvan
You don’t care about the conservative movement. After all, your a Mittens supporter.
- Anonymous
You saying that over and over again doesn’t make it true. Calling me a Mittens supporter also doesn’t make Newt any more conservative.
- Anonymous
See, this is the argument, if you don’t support Newt, then you MUST support Romney. Get it? Its Alinsky-esque.
Michelle Malkin has been pushing back on this nonsense.
- Anonymous
good call
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103 Ricardo Galvan
Careful who you pick as your friend!
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103 Ricardo Galvan
I know your game. You refuse to cite who you support, but you sure do take great pains to make Romney look less bad than he is when I’ve bashed him in the past. Ergo, Mittens supporter. Either that, or a troll liberal just doing his best to be as contrary as possible. You’re all over the map, but you don’t offer solutions.
- JimmyBleep
and you deflect rather than deal with the issue. You want to know who I support so you can attack me for being a Rombot, Paulbot, or Santorumbot. It shouldn’t matter who I support.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103 Ricardo Galvan
What matters is your constant dishonesty. At one moment, slamming candidates for not being conservative, and then at another fronting for Mittens, a known anti-conservative.
- JimmyBleep
I have slammed Mitt for not being a conservative just as much as I have slammed Newt. I haven’t slammed Rick or Ron much because they have better conservative credentials imo. I’m objectively vetting all of the candidates. That means even if I like a certain candidate, I still have to be honest about his faults.
- Anonymous
Good for Gingrich! He should stay in the race!
- Anonymous
Well, the question is as crappy as National Review’s slack-job in not removing the red effect from the pictures!! After all, isn’t Review their main objective??
- Anonymous
Newt should stay in. Look at Rick right now. At first he was not doing well in the polls but now he is tied with Romney and a lead over him in MI right now. For all we know the fortunes can change back into Newts favor again. This would also have to force Romney to fight from two fronts. If Romney loses MI it would be a hard blow to Romney’s campaign and the states that he is leading in could be up for grabs for Rick and Newt.
- Anonymous
If they both stay in, it would make a brokered convention far more likely. If Newt drops out, we will have a clear winner. Newt and Santorum will have a tough time winning the delegate count with both staying in the race.
- http://profile.yahoo.com/EPNKCLUJ4F2PBVGOB7MU7O56ZA W.
Your avatar is a perfect depiction of your boss, candidate and purposes.
- Anonymous
Again an insult due to a lack of substance. Grow up.
- Anonymous
You are telling him to grow up! That is rich! W, always has intelligent, mature things to post…unlike the drivel and contrary fluff you post.
- Anonymous
yes, calling me a handmaiden of satan just reeks of intelligence and maturity…
- Anonymous
er-I think he was mocking your avatar.
- Anonymous
ergo a lack of substance when he replied to my post.
- Anonymous
sigh, lighten up a bit. As I stated in response to you, how can we debate you with substance when your premise is “Newt Sucks”?
- Anonymous
LOL lighten up? you were the one who just pushed this thread. I’ve never said that Newt sucks. In this thread I said that if Newt and Sant stay in, it could lead to a brokered convention and if Newt drops out we will have a clear winner following the primaries. If you want to follow the thread just stay on topic and have your comment reply to my actual post. Is that too much to ask?
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HU45BLBCROTOIVK4Q56XO2N5VU MSGT
Santorum has yet to face the fire of the GOP/Mittens machine. If he can hold his lead after that, we can talk.
- Anonymous
Well said, MSGT.
p.s. And who is that dung beetle buzzing around this forum? oh, jimmy the bleep.
- Anonymous
Rev. Sanctimonious has only won caucuses where there was really no competition. He is very strange. He will not get the nomination and he certainly could not win the general.
- K-Bob
Instead of insulting the candidate, why not make a rational argument about his candidacy? Better still, tell us why we should consider your candidate. We don’t need pointless flames.
- Anonymous
I see a lot of that in here. Whenever people’s candidate lose a primary they act like the primary wasn’t important anyway or they insult the voters in the state. Look at the jump in polls, free PR, and donation influx Santorum has received from his hat trick last week. You think the other candidates aren’t jealous of that? There is competition for every delegate out there, each one is earned.
- Anonymous
You would call winning Iowa no competition?
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Celeste-Christi/100000108380286 Celeste Christi
What is wrong with conservatives? Do we not want the best candidate? There’s a long way to go yet. No one should drop out right now.
- Anonymous
I agree that it is obnoxious when people ask candidates to drop out when they hit a skid in their campaign. That being said, Newt personally called for someone to get out of the race under the same circumstances earlier, so it seems a bit more fair that it comes back to bite him in this instance.
- Anonymous
Are these ‘journalists’ 3 feet tall? Or on their knees?
And where are these jackals to tell Romney he should drop out? Nobody tells him to drop out when he loses a state (or 3 in 1 night). Hmm.
Anyway, no way in hell should Newt drop out. We should wait for Santorum to ‘implode’. look how good Rick handled David Gregory Sunday.
He sat there and smiled with a big nerdy grin while Gregory called him a knuckle dragging mysogynist, gay hating extremist etc. Newt would have chopped off Gregory’s balls and juggled them on live TV, Rick just sat there and grinned. Then I look forward to Romney’s machine and RINO pals to ‘vet’ Santorum like they did Newt.
No, let’s see how Rick does from now till super duper Tuesday. This is all part of Newt’s grand strategy to let Santorum and Romney kill each other so he can swoop in for the final victory.
Deluded? sure, everyone else is too. - http://twitter.com/PuritanD71 PuritanD71
Santorum did fine on Gregory. He is not Newt, and this is an interview not a debate.
- Anonymous
Yes Rick did fine, but Newt is able to turn a question around and make the interviewer appear foolish. He does this in debates and interviews. There is a video out on youtube where he destroys a reporter over his ignorant question about Sarah Palin’s creds..it was a sight to behold!
- Trust1TG
Here’s one awesome video from 2008, where Newt confirmed Palin was right about foreign policy and dealt masterfully with Matt Lauer.
There is also a video where Newt defends Sarah’s thinking on Obamacare death panels.
- Anonymous
Thanks for the vid post Trust, Puritan would do good to watch these and compare Newt’s and Santorum’s grasp of the issues and ability to respond directly.
- jaym68
I have to add this…
It is the best Newt smackdown ever…
He totally destroys this MSDNC TOOL in under a minute:
- Trust1TG
Here’s Newt schooling George Stephanapolous on government control of healthcare and defending Palin’s statement about death panels in Obamacare (which is a very insightful, astute statement.).
Newt knew all the details and exactly how many NEW agencies Obama’s gargantuan expensive government-growing plan would establish
FORTY-FIVE – 45 – NEW agencies just to manage Obamacare.
(45 expletives deleted)
- Trust1TG
Here’s Newt schooling George Stephanapolous on government control of healthcare and defending Palin’s statement about death panels in Obamacare (which is a very insightful, astute statement.).
Newt knew all the details and exactly how many NEW agencies Obama’s gargantuan expensive government-growing plan would establish
FORTY-FIVE – 45 – NEW agencies just to manage Obamacare.
(45 expletives deleted)
- Anonymous
“He is not Newt…”
You can say that again. He’s not even a pale imitation of Newt.
- http://twitter.com/PuritanD71 PuritanD71
And thank goodness for that. I have no desire for Newt lite – thin skin and unfocused.
- Anonymous
Could not have done a better job laying it all out…well done you!
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103 Ricardo Galvan
“Are these ‘journalists’ 3 feet tall? Or on their knees?”
Newt has Churck Norris shackle them to the floor before they are allowed to speak.
- Anonymous
Newt is awesome! He’s done more for conservatism than anyone else running. He gets my vote. Rigged votes at CPAC surely won’t change my mind.
- Anonymous
Newt is my hero and hopefully our eventual candate. He’s done more for the conservative movement than anyone else in this race. My vote surely won’t be based on some rigged CPAC vote!
- Anonymous
here here
- PFFV
Newt does have better ideas and is more articulate than Santorum. It’s hard for me to say Newt should drop out when I know he is the best option for real change in this badly hurting nation. I think Newt has my vote at this point. Santorum is great but I don’t hear him explaining how he will repeal or abolish ObamaCare or what Government departments he will close. Newt has an answer for every question and a solution; I don’t feel that Rick does this nearly as well.
- Anonymous
“The Republican Revolution … is what the media dubbed Republican Party (GOP) success in the 1994 U.S. midterm elections, which resulted in a net gain of 54 seats in the House of Representatives, and a pickup of eight seats in the Senate. The clear leader of the so-called revolution was Republican congressman Newt Gingrich…
The gains in seats in the mid-term election resulted in the Republicans gaining control of both the House and the Senate in January 1995. Republicans had not held the majority in the House for forty years, since the 83rd Congress (elected in 1952).
The newly empowered GOP united under the “Contract with America,” a 10-point legislative plan to cut federal taxes, balance the budget and dismantle a host of welfare programs enacted and expanded during the decades of Democratic rule.
The Republicans named Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia as speaker, replacing Rep. Tom Foley of Washington, one of the incumbents defeated in the 54-seat swing from Democrats to Republicans.
Within the first 100 days of the 104th Congress, the Gingrich-led House enacted every bill cited in the Contract with America, except a proposed constitutional amendment mandating term limits for members of Congress.”
Newt accomplished what everyone else said was “impossible”.
Never, never underestimate Newt Gingrich.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Valdez/1806887704 Steven Valdez
I like Newt’s response, he made a very strong case why he should be in this race.
There are things that I like about Newt, then there are things that concern me.
There are things that I like about Rick, then there are things that concern me.
There is nothing I like about Mitt, and there are things severely that concern me.I have one thumbs up for Rick, I have another up thumbs up for Newt, I have two thumbs down for Mitt!!
- Anonymous
Dang. How many thumbs do you have? You make Little Jack Horner look like a double amputee.
Ok, what has four thumbs, likes politics and would be a nice addition to the Coliseum on Gladiator night?
This guy!
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Valdez/1806887704 Steven Valdez
Lol, =P
- Anonymous
What a sense of humor
- Anonymous
there’s nothing I like about Romney..LOL
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Valdez/1806887704 Steven Valdez
I like Newt’s response, he made a very strong case why he should be in this race.
There are things that I like about Newt, then there are things that concern me.
There are things that I like about Rick, then there are things that concern me.
There is nothing I like about Mitt, and there are things severely that concern me.I have one thumbs up for Rick, I have another up thumbs up for Newt, I have two thumbs down for Mitt!!
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Molly-Zin/100002267303943 Molly Zin
Good! Payday is day after tomorrow. I’m sending Newt another donation! 6th one this year!
- StNikao
THANKS BE TO GOD!
In case you all haven’t noticed Newt is the only candidate beside Ron Paul left who is willing to:
- Rein in and audit the FED,
- Stabilize our currency, back it with gold and precious metals
- Fire Bernanke,
- Stop the wild printing of funny money,
- Return to supply-side economics,
- Fix the trade problems, and
- Correct the other ills besetting our nation’s economy.- Deal with Islam as the malevolent racist misogynist evil that it is.
- Stop allowing the promotion of social agenda silliness as ‘Politically Correct’. (what a stupid, elitist, marxist thought-control term).
- Deal with the estabilishment corruption in DC.
- Stop the socialism, globalism
- Restore to national sovereignty, strength, stability, security.NOTE that Neither Santorum or Romney talk about reforming our monetary and banking system.
- s.hayward2
I think anyone who doesn’t want a Romney nomination should really be on newts side here. Santorum hasn’t been given the ‘hose’ yet by the media and romneys CPAC and campaign . Up until quite recently Santorum has been totally under the radar because Newt was getting the ‘treatment’ for quite a sustained amount of time ,because he became a bit like an annoying insect still flying about spoiling food which just didn’t die despite constant sprays with a pesticide.So they sprayed half the chuffing can on him. Iam sorry that Iam comparing newt to a cockroach but I hope my point is made in terms of newt looking like he is bowing out and then coming bouncing back.
What if newt took the advice and bowed out and then something really damaging was found out about santorum which killed his chances ,or to a lesser extent various issues are brought up which inject doubt about his conservative creditials in some areas? Romney would be almost unstoppable. I say lets just watch how santorum fares in the coming weeks first.
While I do see the weakness’s that newt has,I would still prefer him to be the nominee. As sarah palin said he brings real historical experience to this race and to be honest does make the other candidates seem a bit like amateurs in terms of articulating conservatism to the base.That would change if a certain female conservative rock star got in the race though and made liberal heads explode and descended on a brokered convention bashing all these men with her handbag like mrs thatcher did when she got Britians rebate in europe.
Sarah Palin wishes him for now to stay in and believe me she doesn’t want the GOP establishment and the liberal media to get their way by nominating a candidate (romney ) who is incapable of winning the presidency and at the very least finds pretending to be a conservative uncomfortable and at worst actively dislikes conservatives. Also I believe palin holds an issue and quite rightly against various so called conservatives in the GOP who sold her out and are now backing romney, .So completely believe she is sincere in her wish to keep both of the conservative candidates in the race.
My problem with santorum if he became nominee is Iam concerned his support will be too narrow due to his social conservatism and strong religious beliefs (sadly I like his traditional values I admire him for articulating in public unfashionable but correct opinions many politicians keep it to themselves ), that the liberal media will try to isolate him more and portray him as a religious extremist and intolerant of others.They are very good at it.What I find especially impressive is how they dismantle conservative candidates through the medium of comedy .Just look how tina fey harmed palin and to this day many even conservatives believe she really did say in a girly voice ‘I can see russia from my hause’.. It angers me hugely how conservatives are treated but I respect this power they have to do it which means it has to be realised they will do this on whoever will run. You felt the spoof on gingrich’s colourful martial history were bad or bachmanns husband? you wait till they start on santorum. And there is no level of the gutter they won’t go down to ,they will go after his family as well if he is a serious threat to the annointed one in the whitehouse.
You have to remember that the average voters will not research like us,but wil just react to soundbites .
- wodiej
Santorum’s arrogance is shining through. Gingrich is in 2nd or 3rd in most of these races. Why doesn’t Santorum ask Romney to drop out? Better yet, why doesn’t he plan what he’s going to do when Romney bombards him w negative ads or he can’t win a primary state, which he has not done yet. He’s got no money, no ideas, no leadership credentials-and he wants Gingrich to drop out? Really??
- Anonymous
Lets get our facts straight here…he never told Gingrich to drop out unlike what Gingrich has done to him.
- K-Bob
Let’s get our context straight here.
Newt was responding to claims by “prominent pundits” the he should drop out of the race. He just turned it around by pointing out that Santorum had worse numbers than he did (at the time) so “following that logic,” maybe he should consider dropping out. He then said immediately that “I’m not suggesting anyone should drop out.”
- Anonymous
So, were you this vocal against Newt when he asked Santorum to drop out? Asking Romney to drop out doesn’t make any sense since he’s the frontrunner. Santorum has received $3M in donations since last week and that well exceeds Newt so there is no money problem. In fact, Newt is the one running donation advertisements.
Asking anyone to drop out of the race is foolish at any time. If people have enough of a following to be a contender, they belong in the race. If they don’t have a following, they won’t be getting any votes and become moot by default. The system works. We had more candidates at this time in 2008 so let’s exercise patience in the name of nominating the right person.
- Anonymous
The MSM and O will eat Rick alive in a General Election over social issues. We are already seeing a preview. It will get much, much worse and Rick takes the bait every time.
I don’t want social issues to muddy the water when we need to stay focused on a whole range of economic issues. This is where we beat O hands down.
I’m sticking with Newt, the man with a plan to turn this economic mess around and the only man who knows how to articulate it.
- s.hayward2
Exactly,the MSM will love distracting the voters from the mess obama has made of the economy as well as his foreign policy disasters,the arab winter as well as how he has poisoned his allies. Do you know the obama admin refer to the falklands islands, which is British overseas territory,over which Britain fought a war over as the population wanted to be ruled by britain and regard themselves as British,by the argentinian name, ‘the malvinas’?
Things are getting very dodgy in the south atlantic right now and I put part of the blame on the obama admin especially hillary clinton encouraging argentina into thinking america is not supporting the UK. If war starts there other countries in south america could be drawn in due to the oil deposits.
The republican party need to keep the focus on the above especially the economy ,the dems would love abortion gay marriage and womens rights to be the talking points. Comedy central would find an impersonator of santorum , ,put a turban on his head sound the islamic call to prayer when he walks onto the set ,and make jokes about the taliban,probably have some women dressed in full hijab brought out for ‘santorum’ to talk down to and quote the bible at .It is not racist or offensive to christians or muslims as it’s ‘comedy’ and the left are doing it you see.
- Anonymous
I that it’s pretty sad that we would elect someone like Newt over Santorum because Santorum will get killed in the general over his morals. Sure, let’s get the guy that can swim that close to bottom with Obama and Clinton. If you can’t beat them then join them.
- Constance
I concur. We need to nominate the person who most reflects our values, regardless of what the MSM and O may or may not do. Whoever our candidate is, the lies will be a-flyin’ from the democrats and the MSM – it really isn’t going to make any difference. I want the closest thing to a conservative we have left running. I don’t want to settle again this time around.
- Anonymous
I spent my entire life fighting for conservatives in the trenches, I don’t recall seeing you there.
Damn straight I’m supporting Newt, because I did meet him in those trenches and nobody fought harder than Newt.
- Anonymous
You cited social issues. How can you call yourself a conservative for social issues and choose Newt over Rick? Explain please.
- Anonymous
Newt and Rick are very similar in their views on most social issues, except that Newt isn’t running on those issues because he knows if the country goes down in economic flames, so does it’s social fabric. Just ask the people in Greece.
- Anonymous
Santorum links the two constantly. He says you can’t have a strong economy without strong families. Without a strong family, the government will always take the place of the parent.
Its that simple.
- Anonymous
If you heard Rush today, they’ve already started eating Rick alive on birth control. So no, it isn’t that simple because the attacks won’t be about strong family values.
- Anonymous
Of course. Not shocked about the attacks at all. But, the original point was about Santorum’s message not what the Left is going to do. They do that to all Republicans.
- GraceKnows
One: Newt has the the most consistently high record on pro-life issues. And no, that information doesn’t just come from his web site. This goes back more than twenty years.
And while you’re at it, Santorum, who has regularly trashed Newt (while Newt defended him), might not be running now except for the fact that Newt is the one who helped give him his start and brought him along way back when! Ever hear Santorum brag about welfare reform? It was NEWT who assigned him to the committee that worked on it. Did you think it was Rick’s idea? It was Newt who helped Santorum when he ran for Senate. Again, look at all sides, look at both of these candidates thoroughly, instead of just repeating campaign attack ads and talking points. Thanks.
- Anonymous
Exactly. Imagine nominating someone who says gay marriage is ruining the definition of what marriage is, and a reporter asking what Newt has done for the definition of marriage in his lifetime. Not to mention this being a republican candidate lol.
- Anonymous
You really think that Newt will be strong on social issues?
- Anonymous
Yes he will.
- http://profile.yahoo.com/NH4WP4T7D7OZK25QPOLATPPS54 Nathaniel w. Stone
Big money and big banking want Newt to drop out. He is the only candidate who is planning to stop their grand larceny, obscenely profitable manipulations of currency and markets and funny money games.
Romney is part of their cabal. So are the Clintons and Bushes. And most of the DC elite of both parties.
Obama has foreign big oil money in his camp, but he will play dirty with the big US boys to get his marxist policies going and his Islamist takeover of the US. And the big money people and the elite DC political establishment don’t give a flying (multiple expletives) about law-abiding, hard-working, tax-paying, God-fearing real live people and their families, homes, businesses and security.
Rick is not planning to mess with the big stuff. He will do cosmetic fixing, just enough to bring back jobs and mid-size mfg., to get the government off the back of the churches, but not the really big stuff.
But the problem is really, really big and rotten at the core.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103 Ricardo Galvan
Right on Stone. We need to cut the tumor out of Washington with a jagged knife, not give the usual herbal medicine treatments.
- Anonymous
Ron Paul is the best candidate to bust big banking and big corp tax loopholes. Newt was FOR the bail out and he was a lobbyist for fannie/freddie. He has been bought.
- GraceKnows
Newt wasn’t in congress for the bailout, and The bit about him being a lobbyist is one more bogus lie from Romney. Please do some homework on the TRUTH. If you only look for one side, that’s all you’re gonna get. You have to get beyond the TV set and do research on everyone, from all sides. Just sayin’.
- Anonymous
He wasn’t in Congress but he has said that if he were in Congress he would have voted for the bailout. Regarding the lobbyist label, it is debatable what to call his position but nonetheless he was on their payroll. That’s why I think if you want to be as fiscally conservative as possible, you are looking at Ron.
- Anonymous
Don’t forget Newt wants to implement some of Ron’s policies.
- JimmyBleep
If only we could get a legit flat tax =D
- Anonymous
Hang in there Newt… Union-Loving, Ricky is going no where !
- Anonymous
Newt we know you aren’t going anywhere. You haven’t gone anywhere outside of Washington for 25 years. That’s one thing he has been consistent on.
- Anonymous
What gave that away to you? Was it the Washington Establishment trying to get him out of the race ever since he announced?
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/YCYMWDZ2I2YLZ2KXPSATSJDM6U tinker thinker
Go Newt!
- Anonymous
Why in the world did they use that camera angle?
It was to show him in the most unflattering way possible.
It is despicable.
ANY TRUE CONSERVATIVE…..ANY REAL TEA PARTIER….If they did due diligence and researched the record and plans of each candidate would know that Newt is the true conservative reformer. - K-Bob
Scoop has told us plenty of times that the frame that gets chosen to represent the embedded video is not in his control. Sometimes it catches people in unflattering poses, and that’s just the way it is.
- Anonymous
OH…OK
Thank you for clearing that up for me : ) - K-Bob
Now I think of it, maybe he only let us know that once or twice! Anyhoo, that’s the ‘splanation.
- http://twitter.com/mjh4259 Mary
Hope he stays in. I don’t think Santorum has received as much vetting as the other candidates, and want to see how he holds up under the pressure of unrelenting attacks from both the left and right, as the other candidates have been subjected to. If he can survive all that without his record or message being compromised, then I will feel better about supporting him. If he fails, then I want to keep Newt as a back up alternative.
- Constance
I would prefer that Newt stay in the race, simply because public knowledge of who Mitt Romney really is continues to grow with each passing week. Think about it. Had the race really been deemed as over long ago, as we were told it would be with Mitt the inevitable candidate… would the American public really know about him as well as they do now? Would the tables be turning towards a more conservative candidate? Nope. We would be stuck with Mitt already. The longer the fight goes on, the better. Newt forces Romney’s uglier side, and we need to see that.
- ApplePie101
Give ‘em heck, Newt.
- cabensg
Tea party seems to be backing Santorum…why?
- Anonymous
For those looking for the article link…
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/326679.phpAce asks Tea Partiers and small government conservatives interesting questions about their support of Santorum.
Tea Partiers, you have some ‘splainin’ to do.
- K-Bob
That was a post by Gabe, who’s arguably the squishest co-blogger on Ace’s non-existent payroll.
He does what every good Romney supporter does when piling on the negative crap: cherry pick a few easy targets, and wa-laa, instant non-conservative!
Gabe gets hammered at Ace’s for most of his posts. This one was typical.
- Anonymous
I am curious though, why some Tea Partiers are o.k. with Santorum as he was a very big spender duriing his time in office…
- K-Bob
It’s that qualifier you just used that’s important. “During his time in office,” ALL of them would have been considered spendthrifts of the highest magnitude.
Until Obama’s “Overextended Society” programs hit, that is. Right about he time Santorum lost his election was the worst period in Republican party history, when it comes to spending. I have no doubt that if Newt had stayed in office until then, he’d have been at the top of the list.
That doesn’t excuse any of it, for sure, but between those two guys, that’s not much of a distinction, in my view.
- nibblesyble
Well I disagree regarding Newt would have been just as bad..earmarks went down when he was at the helm, and he cut Gov’t. Santorum seemed like he went along to get along. I want to see change, not the status quo. That is why I think Newt is so feared by the old guard…they don’t want anything to change. Santorum can’t claim the tea party mantle when he was a part of the problem..that is all I am saying.
- K-Bob
The senate is a very different place from the House, though. I think we have to take that into account when looking into their records. The house originates bills involving new spending, for example.
- Anonymous
You go ahead and rest on your high horse values.
The 11 million unemployed people will really appreciate it, so will all those seniors as they await the verdict from their local death panel.
- Anonymous
Newt says
“We are going to compete on things like $2 a gallon gasoline
we are going to compete on getting unemployment back to 4%
we are going to compete on balancing the federal budget
we are going to compete on having a personal social security savings account for young people”On every one those issues YOU ARE BOLDER AND BETTER NEWT!!!
STAY IN THE RACE!!!!Let mitt and rick destroy each other with their dirty politics and distortions.
Your strength is optimism about main steam Americans and smart ideas. - GraceKnows
Exactly! Newt’s OPTIMISM is what we all need and want! Newt is the sunshine! Can’t say that about the other candidates. That was one of Reagan’s great gifts – didn’t he talk about ‘morning in America’, along with the famous ‘shining city on a hill’? (Correct me if I’m wrong.)
- Anonymous
If you believe Santorum is a conservative, you should probably record his record more thoroughly. Rick is a “social” conservative to be sure, and of course he does not have a colorful past. BUT that is where it ends!
Newt is a conservative, has the record to prove it, and yes he also has the “wife” issues of the past. Oh, I forgot, we only want to appear to be a forgiving people. We will forgive when it is convenient….personally, I don’t think Newt’s personal life is a measurement of his political life…only a part of it. He says he has repaired his heart, been forgiven by God (and I know that God does forgive, even though man does not).
So why is Nat Review in such a hurry to expel Newt? hummm lets count the reasons: MITT is their candidate….
- Anonymous
IMO Santorum is not where he is in the polls because of better ideas, stronger leadership, or being a more conservative candidate, it is because the negative attacks scared voters away from Gingrich going back to IOWA. If it gets down to a race between Santorum and Romney, Santorum will see the voter fleeing when willard turns loose the negative carpet bomb smears and Santorum has issues that can be attacked too.
I admit my bias toward Newt, but he was the one trying to fend off the moderators as they constantly tried to instigate the infighting, pointing out 0bama as the target of all the candidates. I can’t and won’t defend him for some of the bad judgments he has made, but I am willing to forgive and give him another chance.
I put the blame on Romney as the instigator, whether it is him personally or his PAC, and Paul did his share beginning in IOWA. Romney with the deep pockets has continued against any and all comers threatening him since. But once the egg was broken and it worked to take down the leader in the polls, everyone got in on the act. There is nothing wrong with honest differences in plans and policies and even past voting records, but the lies and half truths trying to destroy a candidate is killing us.
Newt’s momentum wasn’t from money, the establishment or the media. It was solely from his ability to connect with the American people in the audience simply explaining his ideas. Accurately pointing out the failed 0bama policies, and how they are destroying the very fabric of America. His ability to convince people he had more than visions and plans for energy production, jobs, dealing with judicial activism, overturning 0bamacare and eliminating the czars. He laid out the case point by point on how he expected to implement his plans, even to the point of asking congress to say in secession beginning January 3rd passing necessary legislation to have bills on his desk when sworn in. Newt more than any other candidate espouses the dreams, can-do-attitude of American Exceptionalism. Just like coming out of the malaise of the carter presidency, I want a President that will inspire us to aim high with majestic ideas, develop bold plans and initiatives and knows how to sell and implement his plans.
If we are going to win in November, we need a reason to vote for a person more than a reason not to vote for someone.
How does Romney inspire you, and what are his plans?
How does Santorum inspire you, and what are his plans? - Anonymous
“Newt’s momentum wasn’t from money, the establishment or the media. It was solely from his ability to connect with the American people in the audience simply explaining his ideas. Accurately pointing out the failed 0bama policies, and how they are destroying the very fabric of America. His ability to convince people he had more than visions and plans for energy production, jobs, dealing with judicial activism, overturning 0bamacare and eliminating the czars. He laid out the case point by point on how he expected to implement his plans, even to the point of asking congress to say in secession beginning January 3rd passing necessary legislation to have bills on his desk when sworn in. Newt more than any other candidate espouses the dreams, can-do-attitude of American Exceptionalism. Just like coming out of the malaise of the carter presidency, I want a President that will inspire us to aim high with majestic ideas, develop bold plans and initiatives and knows how to sell and implement his plans.”
WELL SAID, Free Man!!!!
This is EXACTLY why I support NEWT.
In my eyes no other will do….he is the ONLY one who can get what we NEED DONE.
PERIOD - Anonymous
Can you imagine a Republican convention, delegates undecided and Palin comes out for Newt?
Alan West shows up and announces that he cannot support Santorum?
Romney gets Debbie Wasserman Schlutz’ endorsement the day before?
Let’s just go ahead and have this fight.
- Anonymous
Sigh, I think I almost died and went to heaven…what a blessed thought!
- Anonymous
LOL, DWS for Willard maybe someone should pose the question to her.
- StNikao
Here’s some inspiration:
- Anonymous
I love that, Newt looks great without his jacket on, more happy and carefree. Thanks for linking!
- GraceKnows
Very, very well put! Thanks!
- Anonymous
I prefer Newt but I would not mind voting for Rick. To me I feel more passion coming from Newt than Rick. One of the main reasons I think that Rick is doing well is that Romney rarely attacked Rick and kept his focus on Newt. Once Mitt begins his negative campaign the voters may go back to Newt.
- Anonymous
I agree..wait till he goes after him in Michigan. He cannot afford to lose face and not win there. Having said that, I read that he paid half a mil to do negative ads against Newt…which is weird. Maybe he know from internal polling that Newt may rise again.
- Anonymous
Once again Free, you have hit all the points. Well done you!
- http://www.facebook.com/robert.mahoney Robert Mahoney
WOW. Been reading the discussions on this board and they way you are devouring each other I can only think of what the White House must be saying…
Mission Accomplished.
- GraceKnows
I’ve visited many, many conservative web sites and blogs and read and posted to some of their forums. The folks posting here at Right Scoop are far and away the most generous and peaceful I’ve encountered, on a consistent basis. Believe me, I’ve seen some very snarky blog posters, where it just made me uncomfortable to read them, and a little embarrassed for those conservatives.
Here you have good, healthy debate among thoughtful people, with few exceptions. So I really disagree with your take on RS, and suggest you dig a little deeper, and do a little comparison with other sites while you’re at it.
Please let us know what you find out!
And Scoop, God bless you for this site!!
- Anonymous
I just recently started posting here…and I did so actually BECAUSE of what you say
“Here you have good, healthy debate among thoughtful people, with few exceptions.”
It is so nice to have the privilege of being able to post here.
It does not hurt that there are so many thoughtful Newt supporters - GraceKnows
I only recently started posting here as well. Thanks, Sandy, and you’re doing a great job! It’s good to have Right Scoop, huh? Hope we can all go and make a difference. Go NEWT!!
- Anonymous
We are happy you are here!
- http://www.facebook.com/robert.mahoney Robert Mahoney
Yes, I have been to other sites, RS is among the best and intelligent that I have found where the snark factor is kept to a minimum. I cannot even stomach TheBlaze.com
That being said, I have been noticing that the rhetoric has been notching up a bit here lately. Politics seems to do that =)
- GraceKnows
Yeah, but thank the good Lord for free speech, right?
I think most here try to keep it decent, but they are also very passionate about their beliefs, which is a good thing. It’s my favorite blog! - Anonymous
Go over to Hot Air and check out the comments, then come back here and see if you can still tell us that and keep a straight face:)
This site is a dinner discussion compared to a food fight.
- Anonymous
I know, I was just over there. Ace sure is on a anti-santorum agenda, sort of like what he did with Newt. Funny because he loved Rick Perry, you would think the natural choice would be Newt, but he seems to like Romney.
- K-Bob
You must have the lowest threshold for the concept of “devouring” of any human in history.
But thanks for your “concern.”
- Anonymous
lol
- Anonymous
After reading a commentary this morning by Chuck Norris on “Why I Chose Newt Over Santorum”, I believe Newt should stay in. I was a Perry supporter until Perry dropped out, and then I felt Newt was the next best one to run against Obama. Since then I was beginning to believe that Santorum might be the one. But, now after reading the article by Chuck Norris, I’m really in a turmoil.
- Anonymous
For those wondering, here’s Chuck Norris’ list.
http://townhall.com/columnists/chucknorris/2012/02/14/why_i_chose_newt_over_santorumIt’s an interesting list. I wish the conservative media establishment would stop glossing over it and go over it line by line like they do with other candidates. Hosts like Mark Levin just blow by it by saying “Yes, he voted for things I disagree with.” He does not review what those things are.
I guess I should commend Levin for making progress. He used to not even admit there are disagreeable items in Santorum’s voting record. He made sure people knew he found Perry’s record disagreeable right out of the gate. He occasionally goes into details about Newt’s disagreeable positions. And, he rightfully gives detailed analysis of Romney’s record.
- Anonymous
Thanks Kam, I was hoping someone who link it!
- Anonymous
Who can disagree with a man who is a world champion blackbelt? Yikes! Go Newt!
- Anonymous
Let’s do the political calculus here… The primaries with winner take all will help Romney with Gingrich in the race. In the states that have apprtioned delegates, I believe that Newt staying in the race hurts Romney as Gingrich will siphon off votes from Romney keeping him below the 50% mark. My understanding is that winner take all couldn’t take place until April 1st but I noticed this morning that AZ is winner take all for some reason. I’s have to take a look at the impact as there are some apportioned primaries after April 1st.
- christie
I think Rick is ahead in the pollls, thanks to Rush Limbaugh. Rush seems to have a personal thing against Newt. I think it must go back to his personal deep friendship with the Bush family. The Dad blames Newt for losing his election and I guess Rush Limbaugh has to stay nice to the Bushes. He always takes up for them even when they were spending $$ and increasing the size of the government. Newt is the best of all candidates. He could beat Obama so explains why the media has to destroy him.
- http://twitter.com/asyoureadthis rick s. geiger
Santorum would be a total disaster for the Repubs…. Santorum would not even get the 43% of the women’s vote that McCain got. The idea that Santorum could have any chance of beating Obama, considering Santorum’s radical anti-gay and anti-women agenda is silliness. The guy could not even get re-elected in his own state. Republicans thinking that Santorum should do anything but go away are seriously self deluding themselves
- K-Bob
Obama is more anti-gay and anti-woman than Santorum. And he’s a job-killing, business destroying, record-breaking disaster of a President.
Given that, even you could probably beat him in 2012.
<Levin Mode>Sir, Have you ever screwed up an entire economy? Yes or No?</Levin Mode>
- Anonymous
So, by your own reasoning, have you seen Newt’s polling numbers with women then?
- http://twitter.com/asyoureadthis rick s. geiger
Newt is the only candidate that has any chance of beating Obama, everyone with a brain knows that. Seems like Repubs are once again committing electoral suicide
- Anonymous
There’s no need for him to drop out. I support Rick but Newt can still win and still has a good message. Mitt needs to drop out – he’s the worst candidate in this race.
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1487726267 Patty Timmons
Newt will always be smarter than anyone opposing him. His efforts and accomplishments in the complete body of work to lead the conservative movement began in the 1970′s and has continued to make his platform about the People and not the politicians. If you have evidence of anything different then please list them – and while you are at it do a timeline of Santorum’s body of work and Romney’s body of work – they are like amateurs compared to what Newt has done. so if you can’t look at them side by side and what they’ve been able to do on a national level and still say Newt should be the one to get out of the race then prove it and if you can’t prove it – shut your pieholes.
- Anonymous
Yet another reason to hate the GOP establishment and the lame stream media, fox include.
Give ‘em the finger and move on, Newt. Keep doing what you’re doing and some of the nay sayers will suffer anurisms because of it.
- Anonymous
Exactly as the old media – Fox News has been in the tank for Romney from the beginning. On the Fox payroll there are paid “contributors” who have been openly taken down Romney opponents and delivering FREE campaign ads for Romney on all Fox programs every day of the week. Rove, Perino, Krauthammer and Coulter are just a few examples. “Fair & Balanced”? I am afraid that is a distant faded memory of the past.
- Karl Rogue
Romney should drop out. Let Newt and Santo duke it out for the conservative nod. Romney is the interloper in the process.
and Newt is right, no one cares about the National Topsider. Their credibility is shot.
- Anonymous
“It’s a very conservative publication!”
-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! -Only an oblivious journolister would believe NR is still conservative.
It’s amazing how much more fluid, specific and knowledgeable Newt is than Santorum. Even with his ‘baggage’ Newt’s personality is going to wear better in the long run than Santo’s. - http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Dias/1680711668 Chris Dias
I’ve decided that I won’t vote if Romney or Newt wins, I’m sitting on my ass and watching the country burn faster – nice big bonfire, rather than a slower one – but not so slow. Newt recently stated that he is for gov. intervention with global warming – the verdict is out!! Yea, it is out!! AND IT’S A MARXIST FARCE!!
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Leeanna-Hudson/785588803 Leeanna Hudson
let the people vote first! newt2012
- GraceKnows
Remember when everyone made fun of Newt back in Iowa, when Romney refused to stop the lying ads, and made sarcastic remarks about Newt, and wouldn’t debate him? Newt called publicly for the lying to stop. Before CPAC, Santorum’s folks met privately with Romney to ask him to refrain from negative attack ads. Santorum was not said to be present, but he probably was aware that his supporters had paid this visit. Somehow, I see a difference in their methods. Newt risked ridicule (and he got it).
- http://www.facebook.com/david.masiwchuk David Scott Masiwchuk
they really do want him gone. Makes me to want him to stay. I dont see Rick being strong enough to take on Obama….. I hope I am wrong.
- http://onthemark1.blogspot.com/ On The Mark
Newt is the guy the Left and their propaganda apparatchiks fear. One of those little girls was virtually pleading with him to drop out. That’s all the more reason for him to stay in.
- Anonymous
I really think Santorum has no chance of being the nominee in the longterm and absolutely no chance of beating Obama. Though I like him as a person, I always see him at that deer in the headlights, wide eyed, trying to debate at a level that’s over his head. Romney has a more detailed plan, which is not saying much, than Santorum. And I like Santorum much more than Romnipet. But, Gingrich is by far the man who has detailed a plan, will do as he’s promised, and will execute that plan. There is a reason many on both sides don’t want him. It’s because they know that he’s going to make a change and take them out of their comfort zone. They don’t want change. They like it how it is. They just sit around complaining about it. And every talking head on TV and the radio whine about it. I can’t wait to watch them all get slapped in the face. Newt 2012
- Anonymous
I do not like Newt and consider him mentally unstable BUT NRO has no business telling anyone to remove themselves from this race. They have played spin the bottle as much as the electorate and encouraged all sorts of unelectable candidates. So they do not get to pick based on who they like “this week”. I truly believe many conservative writers and talkers just want a brokered convention so they can influence the “right” candidate for the rest of the Republican Party. Santorum cannot win due to many factors too many to mention but he will get the Preacher Vote as he did here in MO, so hopefully his blip will not last but it is not NRO’s job to tell Newt to remove himself so Santorum can win.
- K-Bob
Hey, you got the “Newt is Unstable” ad from Romney, too! Imagine that.
- Anonymous
Normally I would agree, but I think Newt left himself wide open for this since he kept telling Santorum to get out.
- http://twitter.com/Chris100358 Chris
one question – did they ever ask Paul, Perry, Bachmann and that guy from Utah to do that?
Answer – shut-uuuuuuup! - http://twitter.com/Chris100358 Chris
it’s ok for a politician to push another in a game of chicken like Newt – c’mon folks let’s be honest Libs have been doing that for the last 20 years!
I don’t think all of you who think it’s ok for the National Review to do this would feel the same if The New York Times or the Washington Post did this would you?
Let’s stay #1 on Principle and #2 on TARGET!
ANY of these guys would STILL be Better than Obama!
VETT, VETT, VETT! - K-Bob
Man, that’s one freaky frame of Newt.
- GraceKnows
This should answer all of the questions about Newt and TARP.
http://www.politijim.com/2012/02/valentines-day-truth-massacre-on-tarp.html
- GraceKnows
I’ve been probably in the top ten percent of Adele fans since her song, “Chasing Pavement”. I just found out that she changed to lyrics for “Someone Like You” for the benefit of the Grammy audience during a commercial break. Apparently, Hollywood left and/or Romneybots got a hold of her. What a shame. I still think she’s a great singer. But this song contains about every lie that Romney used from Iowa on.
- GraceKnows
Newt in 2007 is asked about the War on Terror:
DEAD ON!!!
Newt responds to those calling for him to depart the race, including National Review, by saying he isn’t going anywhere:
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- http://profile.yahoo.com/EPNKCLUJ4F2PBVGOB7MU7O56ZA
I absolutely love your statement – “filling it with your exudate and effluent…”
With your permission, I would like to use that in some of my future posts to those of the non-conservative persuasion.- http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Valdez/1806887704
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- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103
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- http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Galvan/100001729378103
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- http://www.facebook.com/people/Celeste-Christi/100000108380286
Are these ‘journalists’ 3 feet tall? Or on their knees?
And where are these jackals to tell Romney he should drop out? Nobody tells him to drop out when he loses a state (or 3 in 1 night). Hmm.
Anyway, no way in hell should Newt drop out. We should wait for Santorum to ‘implode’. look how good Rick handled David Gregory Sunday.
He sat there and smiled with a big nerdy grin while Gregory called him a knuckle dragging mysogynist, gay hating extremist etc. Newt would have chopped off Gregory’s balls and juggled them on live TV, Rick just sat there and grinned. Then I look forward to Romney’s machine and RINO pals to ‘vet’ Santorum like they did Newt.
No, let’s see how Rick does from now till super duper Tuesday. This is all part of Newt’s grand strategy to let Santorum and Romney kill each other so he can swoop in for the final victory.
Deluded? sure, everyone else is too.- http://twitter.com/PuritanD71
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Dang. How many thumbs do you have? You make Little Jack Horner look like a double amputee.
Ok, what has four thumbs, likes politics and would be a nice addition to the Coliseum on Gladiator night?
This guy!
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What a sense of humor
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- http://profile.yahoo.com/NH4WP4T7D7OZK25QPOLATPPS54
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- http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/YCYMWDZ2I2YLZ2KXPSATSJDM6U
- http://twitter.com/mjh4259
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I’ve visited many, many conservative web sites and blogs and read and posted to some of their forums. The folks posting here at Right Scoop are far and away the most generous and peaceful I’ve encountered, on a consistent basis. Believe me, I’ve seen some very snarky blog posters, where it just made me uncomfortable to read them, and a little embarrassed for those conservatives.
Here you have good, healthy debate among thoughtful people, with few exceptions. So I really disagree with your take on RS, and suggest you dig a little deeper, and do a little comparison with other sites while you’re at it.
Please let us know what you find out!
And Scoop, God bless you for this site!!
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Yeah, but thank the good Lord for free speech, right?
I think most here try to keep it decent, but they are also very passionate about their beliefs, which is a good thing. It’s my favorite blog!- http://twitter.com/asyoureadthis
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