Beck Doesn’t Hold Back in Gingrich Interview: Tough Questions on Mandates, Big Gov’t, & Global Warming
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Glenn Beck’s thorough interview with GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich Tuesday morning has gained traction in political news outlets throughout the day. Jim Geraghty of The National Review tweeted ”Bravo for a hard, fair, respectful, but deeply revealing interview of Newt!” and Glynnis MacNicol of the Business Insider writes that Beck “grilled” Gingrich in “a way conservative voters who are seriously considering voting for Newt should be eager to hear.”
Below find video of the interview followed by a partial transcript:
Part one of the interview:
Part two:
(Related: Bachmann Calls Newt a ‘Frugal Socialist’ During Radio Interview With Glenn Beck)
GLENN: Lot to do today, a lot to do. And we begin right now with Newt Gingrich. Look, this is ‑‑ so you know, I am… I am increasingly disinterested in Washington because I don’t believe the answers lie in Washington. However, we all have to be responsible and we all have to do, you know, the right thing and pay attention to politics and vote. Now is the time to ask the questions of each of the politicians.
Newt Gingrich is a man that I’ve met several times. I’ve had dinner with him when we were in Washington, D.C. He seems like a very nice man. We don’t know each ‑‑ we’re not buddies, but I have been around him enough to know that, you know, he’s a ‑‑ he’s an honest guy, a decent guy that has always shot straight with me. I want to make sure that you understand and that he understands that this is not a gotcha interview. I have serious concerns with Newt Gingrich, but it’s not a gotcha interview. This is just, I’m asking questions because I truly, deeply care about the country just as much as Newt Gingrich does but we differ on the answers, I believe. I’d like to have him convince me that I’m wrong. I would love to have him convince me that I’m wrong. Mr. Newt Gingrich, how are you, sir?
GINGRICH: I’m doing well. How are you?
GLENN: I’m very good. Let’s start with ‑‑ let’s start with a piece of audio here where you were talking about healthcare and you went down the progressive road with Theodore Roosevelt.
GINGRICH: And for government to not leave guarantees that you don’t have the ability to change, no private corporation has the purchasing power or the ability to reshape the health system, and in this sense I guess I’m a Theodore Roosevelt Republican. In fact, if I were going to characterize my ‑‑ on health where I come from, I’m a Theodore Roosevelt Republican and I believe government can lean in the regulatory leaning is okay.
GLENN: Regulation and the government scares the crap out of me and I think most Tea Party kind of leaning conservatives, and Theodore Roosevelt was the guy who started the Progressive Party. How would you characterize your relationship with the progressive ideals of Theodore Roosevelt?
GINGRICH: Well, that depends on which phase of Roosevelt you’re talking about. The 1912, he’s become a big government, centralized power advocate running an a third party candidate which, for example, Roosevelt advocated the Food and Drug Act after he was eating ‑‑ and this supposedly the story, after he was eating sausage and eggs while reading up to Sinclair’s The Jungle, which has a scene in which a man falls into a vat at the sausage factory and becomes part of the sausage. And if you go back to that era where people had ‑‑ dealing with the Chinese where the people had doctored food, they had put all sorts of junk in food, they ‑‑ you know, I as a child who lived in Europe and I always marveled at the fact that American water is drinkable virtually anywhere.
So there are minimum regulatory standards of public health and safety that are I think really important.
GLENN: Okay. So you’re a minimum regulation guy on making sure the people don’t fall into the vats of sausage?
GINGRICH: Yeah. What I’m against is the government trying to implement things because bureaucracy’s such a bad implementer, and I’m against government trying to pick winners and losers. I mean, there’s no accident that the Smithsonian got $50,000 from the Pierre plane and failed and the ‑‑ from the Congress, and that the Wright brothers invented the airplane because ‑‑
GLENN: Okay.
GINGRICH: But I do think ‑‑ and I think almost everybody will see this, I believe. You want to make sure, for example, if you buy certain electric things that they don’t start fires in your house.
GLENN: Got it.
GINGRICH: You know, that kind of thing.
GLENN: But you’re not into picking winners and losers. So you would not have done the GM bailout?
GINGRICH: No. No, absolutely not. I think they would have ‑‑ I think they would be better off today ‑‑ remember you can have ‑‑ you can have a bankruptcy for reorganization, not for liquidation.
GLENN: Right. But you are ‑‑
GINGRICH: They go through a reorganization bankruptcy, they would be much better off than they are today.
GLENN: Sure. But you have selected a winner when you are for, quite strongly, the ethanol subsidies.
GINGRICH: Well, you know, that’s just in question. When Obama suggested eliminating the $14 billion a year incentive for exploring for oil and gas, everybody in the oil patch who’s against subsidizing ethanol jumped up and said, hey, you can’t do that. If you do that, you’re going to wipe out 80% of exploration, which is all done by small independent companies, not by the majors. I supported, I favored the incentive to go out and find more oil and gas. Now, that’s a tax subsidy. It’s a bigger tax subsidy than oil ever got. But I want American energy to drive out Saudi Arabia and Iranian and Iraqi energy and Venezuelan energy. And so I am for all sources of American energy in order to make us not just independent but to create a reservoir so that if something does happen in the Persian Gulf in the Straits of Hormuz, the world’s industrial system doesn’t crash into a deep depression.
For a full transcript of the interview, visit Glennbeck.com. You can also get a recap here.
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Comments (884)
StevoMiami
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:20amNewt is a big government guy compared to who? Ron Paul? yes , that is true.. But compared to Obama and Romney… he is Ron Paul.. GO NEWT! Good job Beck, this was a great interview!
Report Post »Miami
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:28amThank you
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:39amAre you joking?? Even Romney is better than Newt… and everyone knows how much of a phony Romney can be. Please be informed about Newt and his history. Loves Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Hamilton… Thought Freddie and Fannie were making the housing market liquid and stable (and received $1.6 million from them)… supported individual mandate… wrote the forward for books by known socialists… supported TARP.
The list goes on and on. He will hurt the GOP and will damage the country.
Report Post »TTEXASTYLER
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:45amWow, Stevo. I don’t even know where to start. Did you hear the words coming out of the man’s mouth?!! Newt is a Big Government guy compared to F.D. freaking R. DID YOU LISTEN OR READ THE INTERVIEW?!!! Stop the rhetoric. I love how Newt says, in essence, “Sure I am for Big Government solutions, but, unlike the Democrats, I don’t want to control your lives. I just want to fix the problem and keep you safe.” THANKS, BUT NO THANKS, NEWTY. I expected him to back off the global warming debacle, but he did not. I expected him to back off the FEDERAL MANDATE, but HE DID NOT. If you think Newt is small government compared to Romney (who has NEVER been for a federal mandate) you better check your head and give a substantive argument. For the record, I am for Michele, but I would take Romney over Newt any day. Bring it, STEVO.
Report Post »IMAWAKENOW
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:45amI will vote for ANYONE that runs against obummer, ANYONE!
Report Post »slr4528
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:53amYou have got to be kidding me. Gingrich is as big government as it gets. He is the ultimate Washington corrupt insider who has made his millions feeding from big government! He has no moral compass and he would lie to your face…after all he lied to his many wives.
Romney never worked in Washington. Romney was governor of MA for 4 years and that is it. Romney turned around the 2002 Olympics and didn’t accept a pay check. Romney was governor for 4 years and only rewceived 1$/year. Romney spent 25 years restructuring companies in the private sector to make them profitable and efficient.
You must be a troll who works for the Obama reelection campaign who will do anything to prevent a Romney nomination. It is quite clear who Obama doesn’t want to run against.
IT IS THE ECONOMY STUPID!
Romney is the guy who knows how to turn economies around!
If the GOP nominates Giingrich it will be McCain 2.0!!
Report Post »jjoy
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:54amnewt, romney, nor perry, will not repeal obamacare… newt is a staunch supporter of the ‘global warming’ fraud… romney is a staunch supporter of gun-control… perry is a liberal pretending to be “conservative”… All three of them want illegal immigration to continue…
What a bunch of losers… If the RINOs are dumb enough to nominate one of them, obama will be re-elected…
Where is Sarah Palin when we need her???
Report Post »GrannyATL
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:56amIMAWAKENOW, your comment is what got us into the problems we have. The “anyone but Obama” mentality is how we’ll get people like Gingrich or Romney. TRUE Conservatives need to press for a TRUE Conservative candidate.
Glenn is brilliant. He laid out the biggest issues with Gingrich and then let him answer. His true idealogy came through loud and clear, even though Gingrich believed he was the brilliant one. He is condescending to the core —– we pittily little peons just don’t know what is good for us and he will need to bring us along gently and slowly. He knows best.
No thanks, Newt! Give me Michelle Bachman (or Colonel West)!
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:07pmSLR… where is your evidence that Romney has ever turned an economy around? He may know how to turn a business around… but if you try to run the economy like a business you are an authoritarian. Romney’s main economic triumph is RomneyCare… which he thought would lower healthcare costs in MA. Well, it turns out he was completely wrong and MA healthcare costs are rising anywhere from 40% to 100% faster than the rest of the country (depending on the time frame). Obama thought the same thing about ObamaCare. Most people in MA dislike Romneycare (unless you look at the poll that Romney likes to cherry pick and cite as a fact, where 2/3 of the people love it… but there are a lot of polls showing otherwise). Romney was also in favor of TARP. How is that for his economics? He also wants to issue an executive order on his first day and start a trade war with China. Ever heard of the Smoot-Hawley tariffs? Romney likes to brag that they were losing jobs in MA before he went into office, and they lost them after he got out… Well, Mitt, maybe that had to do with the country-wide recessions that preceded and followed your reign. You held unemployment to 4.7%? Well maybe that had to do with the boom period we had country-wide, and the fact that one of the largest mass exoduses out of MA (over 200,000 people) occurred on your watch. Romney GREW the MA government. It got bigger. Look at spending in the state.
I would still vote Romney over Ginrich… but they are the bottom two
Report Post »Libertarian
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:08pmGingrich actually sounds just like Lyndon LaRouche. Somewhat scary actually, his tongue is just better trained to answer questions from a conservative perspective.
Gingrich scares me as much as Obama does. It appears the country is moving center-left.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:14pmThere he goes again…Glenn makin’ waves, causing trouble ;^)
Report Post »Clinger_Bible
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:22pmGilbertACCT,
He turned the Olympics from bankruptcy to the most profitable Olympics in history. he then turned around the Massachusetts economy around from loosing thousands of jobs a month to gaining over 80,000 jobs, in four years. Making the unemployment drop to 5% by the end of that time. He cut the government more than any other state in the Northeast in history. He grew the business pool for Massachusetts from 23 to 288 in that four years.
ROMNEY TURNED AROUND MORE THAN ANY OTHER CANDIDATE…
Report Post »Clinger_Bible
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:25pmGILBERTACCT,
Actually, Mad_Hatter is not mine but I know whose it is. And Founding Father is my house computer. I don’t try to hide who I am. I support a group that is trying to get the truth out for conservatism, much like Beck is. Same thing you are doing, pushing something you believe.
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:26pmGo Newt is correct. As conservatives, we aren’t seeking a savior, like the left does. We are seeking a man with conservative principles, who understands and loves our constitution.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:38pmCircular reasoning by Gingrich. No surprise. Out of 1 corner of his mouth he supports idea’s of Teddy Roosevelt, and when called on it tries to obfuscate the facts by adding a delineation between 2 supposed characters of Roosevelt. No Gingrich, there were NEVER 2 sides to Teddy ol’ boy. He was a big government guy from day 1. The only reason he got back into the race to go up against Wilson was because he believed that Wilson pushed America too far to the left to quickly. He wanted to drip into collectivism.
I’m disappointed with Glenns interview here because he asked question and seemed fearful to call out the facts. Roosevelt believed 100% that powerful Nations had the responsibility to insert themselves into other Nations policy making from day 1 of his 1st campaign of his first term. He was into Nation building like helping engineer Panama seceding from Columbia because that “conquest” would give America rights to build the Panama Canal. Teddy ol’ boy was also the very first sitting US President who left the Country to peddle his trash foreign policy.
Roosevelt wasn’t a Republican turned Progressive. He was a Progressive who eventually tried to become a Republican. Gingrich is a smooth talker, but he’s also either poorly informed, or a liar. I believe he’s a liar, and his being FOR TARP before he was against, before he was again for it shouts a total lack of principle.
Drink the Kool-aid all you want, but Gingrich is certainly a Progressive.
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:42pmWhat???? Beck callled the sleazbeall honest?? After a six year aduterous affair, leaving his wife because she got cancer, 86 ethic VIOLATIONS, even lying in this so called interview, he said he wouldnt pick losers and winners even though he has been pushing ethanol as a winner and has made millions and millions doing just that…I AM A PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN….IN OTHER WORDS HE IS SAYING HE IS A RINO!!!!!!!
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:46pmClinger_Bible… No no no, your tactics are very different from mine. I do not have some weird site that I try to constantly promote on the Blaze. I do not go strategically from article to article trying to be on the top of the page. I don‘t act like I’m slowly converting to Romney based on some “project flip-flop“ that is ”proving” that he is consistent (notice the correct spelling).
So you need another screen name for your home computer? That’s odd… it is pretty easy to log on and off under the same user name with any computer. I haven’t seen Mad_Hatter lately… does he have a different name for his home computer too? Or do you both live in the same home?
About Romney… Everyone was creating jobs during that period… but at a much faster pace than Romney.
“When Romney took office, there were 3,224,600 nonfarm seasonally adjusted jobs in Massachusetts. When he left office, there were 3,270,400, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That means under Romney’s economic policies Massachusetts saw a net gain of only 45,800 jobs; a growth rate of 1.42 percent. That placed Massachusetts 47th among all states in job creation from January 2003 to January 2007. Nonfarm seasonally adjusted jobs across the United States grew by 5.265 percent throughout the entire U.S. The Romney economy in Massachusetts significantly underperformed compared to other states in terms of job creation.”
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:47pmStevoMiami
Report Post »Well said. I like Backman and I like Santorum but, they can‘t get out of single digits with Republicans and we’re supposeed to believe they could win the general? I like Ron Paul as well but, when he starts talking foreign policy he’s toast. Newt is Reagan compared to Romney.
Hobbs57
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:56pmThe truth of the matter is, and I sooooo wish our right would get in line on this, we can‘t have a man who does back door deal’s using the government money to work with the private sector. THis is and has always been our problems. Newt is a snake , period. Trust me, and maybe you will have to wait till I am a world renown psychologist, but people like Newt have a fundamental defect in their cognitive ability. It is one which common men adore because they can‘t lead or confront others in the way’s men like Newt can. The reason Newt can talk, debate, and lead as he does is because he has a disconnect between his true self and his projected self. While he does most certainly believe in a God, the problem is, and I assure you , Newt would even pass a lie detector test saying he believed in God, because he does. The problem is, it is he who is God. Even many of us have this problem. I was only so fortunate to distinguish this fact because I was a dieing alcoholic/addict who was forced to take a moral inventory if I wished to survive. Never in a million years had I ever thought that the God I believed in was actually me. Upon writing a 4th step, I had learned that I had certain idea’s and expectation about what a friend should be, a family should be, what a job should be, and any diversion from this ideas caused me to be sore and resent them. I am running out of space and wish I could further explain this, but I do assure you, Newt’s faith is in Newt, who is all powerful
Report Post »SeanW
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:04pmNewt will continue the exact same path that we are currently on. He is a big government hack that loves the status quo of do what I say not what I do. These people have no respect for the United States, the Constitution or the rule of law. He has personally profited off of the decline of our economy and if you elect him then you are part and parcel of the problem.
Report Post »Faith1029
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:07pmYou know I’m finding it very sad that when a politician has changed their views, no one will believe them. I heard a guy on Beck‘s show today saying Newt’s answers were to only please the people and he would say anything to get elected. I don’t agree with that at all. It may just be the politicians are telling the truth but people won’t give them a chance to prove it. I would not want a candidate who is so stubborn as to not look at a different point of view and not change their own position if it would benefit the Country. People keep bringing up Newt on the couch with Pelosi talking about Global Warming. Newt said himself it was the dumbest thing he has done. Why can’t we believe that people can change? To constantly throw the past in their face when they have admitted wrong doing and have asked forgiveness is not at all Christian. If I needed forgiveness for an offense, I would not want to be at the mercy of the way some people forgive. I am so grateful that Jesus doesn’t forgive like most people. He forgives and doesn’t bring it up again. It is forgiven. I don’t know yet who I will vote for but for me, if someone repents, that’s good enough for me. It’s not up to me to judge their heart. Would we want others to forgive us, the way we forgive them?
Report Post »TimH
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:11pmAnyone but BHO. Be careful what you wish for, you may get it! The Rs and Ds are masters at the no win double bind. Damned if you do. Damned if you don’t.
The real choice is more golden calf in the wilderness or the American Republic’s roots. A Christian, constitutional republic with citizen selecting Christian leadership that walk the walk.
http://www.BornAgainHeathens.com
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:22pmSo my question to all you Newt haters, if he gets the nomination do you just vote for obama our stay home & get obama reelected by default ? Is that really what you want? Our are many of you just trolls trying to suppress turnout?
Report Post »db321
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:24pmThe Democrats want this TV Commercial removed in Texas
If your a Liberal you’ll be mad – If your conservative – get ready to laugh.
http://thehayride.com/2011/08/the-donkey-whisperer/
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:24pmRomney is as dirty as Newt:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/…7B500X20111206
(Reuters) – Mitt Romney spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as governor of Massachusetts in 2007 as part of an unprecedented effort to keep his records secret, Reuters has learned.
Report Post »Cipher8
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:28pmHow can anybody compare Newt Get-rich to Ron Paul? You see……this is the very reason the country is in the shape it’s in right now. It seems to me people vote on whoever the MSM’s face they flash the most on your 52 inch HDTV. They vote without ever really knowing who or what they are voting for. Newt is nothing like Paul. Paul is not big government. Do more research. You might as well say Obama is Ronald Reagan. The more I see comments like this……….the more it looks like Obama may just get his second term and four more years of taxpayer vacations. He’s thanking you right now from Hawaii.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:30pmThis Ron Paul ——–> RON PAUL: Currently STRONG 2nd IN IOWA and RISING! http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/ia/iowa_republican_presidential_primary-1588.html
Report Post »Tiamoaz58
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:30pmAnyone who thinks Newt is big government hasn’t been downloading his speeches across the country even before he ran for office the past three years. I’ve listen to many of them, and he speaks emphatically of doing away with whole swaths of government depts like the DOE. He also speaks of totally dismantling the 9th circuit court, as Thomas Jefferson did away with certain courts. I’m really surprised how Glenn Beck talks all the time about how HE changed, but he doesn‘t think it’s possible that a FORMER big government guy can change. He thinks it’s possible for HIM to find God, but not for Newt to, and to REPENT of his wrongdoings, as he has said. He’s gotten older, he said. He’s gotten wiser; He’s learned many hard lessons, Newt said…oh, wait…no, that was GLENN that said that! Remember Jesus’ parable of the King who forgave MUCH from a man, only to have that man go out and DEMAND what was owed to him! The King the demanded of the man every last penny. Maybe if Beck would actually download many of Newts speeches he wouldn’t have had to ask some of the questions he did…because Newt answered them 100 x’s over in his speeches. I could tell immediately that Beck never listened to his speeches, because of the questions he asked. If he’d listened to them he would have known the answers. So what we have here is a case of ONE MAN ABLE TO CHANGE…AND GROW…not allowing another to…and using the “I care about this country” as the excuse for his harsh
Report Post »old and slow
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:31pmmy mind tells myself that the republican convention will be a brokered convention. the winner chris christie of NJ.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:35pmI’m a Ron Paul supporter, but I completed a poll that asked the question:
If you HAD to vote for Romney or Gingrich which?
I had to choose Romney. Yes’ Romney is a progressive just as Gingrich is a progressive.
Report Post »But MONEY is attached to Gingrich’s flips — no money trail on Romney’s flips.
Tough choice, huh?
colt1860
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:36pmDo your homework on Newt Gingrich:
04/02/1987 – He cosponsored the 1987 Fairness Doctrine (anti 1st Amendment legislation).
Report Post »10/22/1991 – He voted for an amendment that would create a National Police Corps.
11/19/1993 – He voted for the NAFTA Implementation Act.
11/27/1994 – He supported the GATT Treaty giving sovereignty to the U.N.
08/27/1995 – He suggests that drug smuggling should carry a death sentence.
01/06/1996 – He himself conceived a secret CIA mission to topple the Iranian leadership.
04/25/1996 – Voted for the single largest increase on Federal education spending ($3.5 Billion).
06/–/1995 – He wrote the foreword to a book about tearing down the U.S. Constitution and implementing a Fascist World Government.
06/01/1996 – He helped a Democrat switch parties in an attempt to defeat constitutionalist Ron Paul in the 1996 election.
09/25/1996 – Introduced H.R. 4170, demanded life-sentence or execution for someone bringing 2 ounces of marijuana across the border.
01/22/1997 – Congress gave him a record-setting $300,000 fine for ethical wrongdoing.
11/29/2006 – He said that free speech should be curtailed in order to fight terrorism. Wants to stop terrorists from using the internet. Called for a “serious debate about the 1st Amendment.”
colt1860
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:37pmContinued.
11/29/2006 – He called for a “Geneva Convention for terrorists” so it would be clear who the Constitution need not apply to.
Report Post »02/15/2007 – He supported Bush’s proposal for mandatory carbon caps.
04/04/2007 – He says that there should be a clear distinction about what weapons should be reserved for only for the military.
04/17/2008 – Made a commercial with Nancy Pelosi on Climate Change.
09/28/2008 – Says if he were in office, he would have reluctantly voted for the $700B TARP bailout.
10/01/2008 – Says in an article that TARP was a “workout, not a bailout.”
12/08/2008 – He was paid $300,000 by Freddie Mac to halt Congress from bringing necessary reform.
03/31/2009 – Says we should have Singapore-style drug tests for Americans.
07/30/2010 – Says that Iraq was just step one in defeating the “Axis of Evil”.
08/03/2010 – Advocates attacks on Iran & North Korea.
08/16/2010 – Opposes property rights of the mosque owner in NYC.
08/16/2010 – Compares mosque supporters to Nazis.
11/15/2010 – He defended Romneycare; blamed liberals.
12/02/2010 – He advocates a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens.
12/05/2010 – He said that a website owner should be considered an enemy combatant, hunted down and executed, for publishing leaked government memos.
01/30/2011 – He lobbied for ethanol subsidies.
01/30/2011 – He suggested that flex-fuel vehicles be mandated for Americans.
02/10/2011 – He wants to replace the
colt1860
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:38pmContinued.
02/02/2011 – He says we are “losing the War on Terror”; the conflict will be as long as the Cold War.
Report Post »02/15/2011 – His book said that he believes man-made climate-change and advocated creating “a new endowment for conservation and the environment.”
03/09/2011 – He blames his infidelity to multiple wives on his passion for the country.
03/15/2011 – Says that NAFTA worked because it created jobs in Mexico.
03/19/2011 – He has no regrets about supporting Medicare drug coverage. (Now $7.2T unfunded liability).
03/23/2011 – He completely flip-flopped on Libyan intervention in 16 days.
03/25/2011 – He plans to sign as many as 200 executive orders on his first day as president.
03/27/2011 – He says that America is under attack by atheist Islamists.
04/25/2011 – He’s a paid lobbyist for Federal ethanol subsidies.
05/11/2011 – His campaign video said that he wants to “find solutions together, and insist on imposing those solutions on those who do not want to change.”
05/12/2011 – He was more supportive of individual health-care mandates than Mitt Romney.
05/15/2011 – Said GOP’s plan to cut back Medicare was “too big a jump.”
05/15/2011 – He backed Obama’s individual mandate; “All of us have a responsibility to help pay for health care.”
colt1860
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:41pmContinued.
02/10/2011 – He wants to replace the EPA instead of abolishing it.
Report Post »02/02/2011 – He says we are “losing the War on Terror”; the conflict will be as long as the Cold War.
02/15/2011 – His book said that he believes man-made climate-change and advocated creating “a new endowment for conservation and the environment.”
03/09/2011 – He blames his infidelity to multiple wives on his passion for the country.
03/15/2011 – Says that NAFTA worked because it created jobs in Mexico.
03/19/2011 – He has no regrets about supporting Medicare drug coverage. (Now $7.2T unfunded liability).
03/23/2011 – He completely flip-flopped on Libyan intervention in 16 days.
03/25/2011 – He plans to sign as many as 200 executive orders on his first day as president.
03/27/2011 – He says that America is under attack by atheist Islamists.
04/25/2011 – He’s a paid lobbyist for Federal ethanol subsidies.
05/11/2011 – His campaign video said that he wants to “find solutions together, and insist on imposing those solutions on those who do not want to change.”
05/12/2011 – He was more supportive of individual health-care mandates than Mitt Romney.
05/15/2011 – Said GOP’s plan to cut back Medicare was “too big a jump.”
05/15/2011 – He backed Obama’s individual mandate; “All of us have a responsibility to help pay for health care.”
colt1860
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:43pmNewt Gingrich being a Big Government Globalist Liberal:
- Voted FOR the creation of the Department of Education
Report Post »- Supported the National Endowments of the Arts
- Pushed through FEDERALLY funded loans to China
- Sent aid to the Soviets
- Supported spending 30 billion for the “Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 which put restrictions on gun ownership, as well as, gave the Federal government powers which were only allowed to the states
- Voted for an amendment that would create a National Police Corps
- Supported federal taxpayer money spent on abortions
- Called for a “serious debate about the 1st amendment.”
- In favor of carbon taxes
- He would “establish a National ID Card with biometrics so you can actually track everybody in the country.”
- Said he would have voted for TARP (reluctantly)
- In an article about TARP, “workout, not a bailout”
- Have a mandatory drug test like in Singapore
- Defended Romneycare
- Supported an individual mandate
- Lobbied for ethanol subsidies
- Said about GOP’s Medicare plan “too big of a jump.”
PCDoctors4u2
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:46pmThe Real Decline in American Values stems from the departure from a strong Family Unit and a Live for today mentality that denies Jesus Christ. I will always remember Newt Gingrich as the man who asked his sick wife for a divorce in her darkest hour! Good Luck Newt!?. He sure can talk the talk!
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:47pm02/10/2011 – He wants to replace the EPA instead of abolishing it.
Report Post »05/17/2011 – He has an outstanding debt to Tiffany’s Jewelry of between $250K – $500K.
06/09/2011 – His own campaign staff resigned en masse.
07/15/2011 – His poorly managed campaign is over $1 Million in debt.
08/01/2011 – He hired a company to create fake Twitter to appear as if he had a following.
08/11/2011 – His recent criticism of the United Nations is United Nations by a long, long history of supporting it.
09/27/2011 – He says that he “helped develop the model for Homeland Security”.
10/07/2011 – He said he’d ignore the Supreme Court if need be.
mrdbcooper
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:54pmI have a screenshot of glenn flipping newt the finger
Report Post »at 5.23 in part 2
jmiller_42
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:54pmRon Paul is the only answer to end big government. Where are all these other “small government” candidate’s budget plans????? Ron Paul is the only one with a plan to balance the budget within the time frame of his presidency. How can you call yourself small government when you don’t even plan to balance the budget while you are president???
Please reconsider voting for Ron Paul. He has been right about the Fed and even Beck had to come back and apologize for thinking him a kook. So why are we so quick to ridicule his foreign policy? Could it be that in 5 years we will come back once again and wish we would have listened to Paul?
http://youtu.be/BnPV2xea2ro
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:55pmClinger_Bible/FoundingFather2… aren’t you going to argue that you also post American Parchment links? Or are you afraid someone will realize that it is an obvious intermediate website which just links to the daily candidate. Next time you try that maybe you should use some different fonts!!
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:05pm@STEVO Are you for the government seiziing your land and property so that it can be “government owned” Vote Gingrich…
Report Post »If you don’t mind that Newt is vested in a company set to make big profits off of Obama Care..Vote Gingrich
If you like the idea of Cap and Trade.(.supposedly to save the environment..but doew nothing to do so..just a pay a government tax that we will all pay) Vote Gingrich
Want Big Government and to be a slave…Vote Gingrich
calcia
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:06pmNewt Gingrich is a big government guy, period. He admires Glenn’s courage. Well, I admire Glenn’s ability to maintain focus on the logical progression of an argument, whereas Mr. Gingrich slips and slides off course into incremental diversions he hopes go unnoticed. When asked about Inconvenient Truth environmentalism, he corrals the discussion to Cap & Trade, limiting his response to the one position he took that might appear sensible in the global meltdown hysteria. That is merely one instance of evasion and detour. This is his consistent way of proceeding in any argument. If an argument is logical, it will lead to helpful conclusions, not avoidance.
Report Post »Welfare-Warfare State
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:07pmWhat is the difference between statists like Romney and Gingrich?
What is the difference between the two on spending? Where are the trillion dollar cuts (real cuts, not baseline budgeting gimmicks) from Newt?
What unconstitutional departments does Newt propose eliminating?
Does anyone in their right mind think Newt is going to attempt to get govt. down to its consitutional-size?
Gingrich loves public-private partnerships. That’s corporatism, not free markets. In a free market the consumer has the power, and producers must constantly compete. Gingrich favors political capitalism instead. Power gets centralized in the hands of connected firms (see G.E., Solyndra, G.M., Halliburton, et al.) and government planners. It’s a kind of central planning. Only communism is further away from a free market than a scheme like that.
It‘s no wonder that statist Gingrich praised the GSE’s in an interview with Freddie Mac in April 2007. He said that if NASA had a GSE model, they would already be on Mars. Freaking MARS!!! Only Gingrich could say something so preposeterous.
And what about constitutional money? Gold and silver are monies. Private mintage wasn’t banned either. The Federal Reserve tries to centrally plan the economy. That’s where the price inflation and boom/bust cycles derives. Fiat paper currency, planned interest rates, and a central bank transfer purchasing power to those who get new money FIRST, i.e. finance, subsidized areas, etc.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:11pmGreat work Colt !!!
Keep it up, my fellow American Patriot !!!!
Still waiting for some moron that is going to retort to your post, promulgate his endorsement of that global elite minon, and attempt to discredit the FACTS.
Be Gone NEWT !!!
Report Post »Not only, no oval office. No political office either !!!!
See ya, Loser !!!!
F16JetJock
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:14pmThe problem with Big Government is that this bureaucratic entity has more power than the Executive Branch. As much as all previous “small-government” presidents have desired, they cannot easily fire bureaucrats and thus they don’t bother because of entrenched political considerations. Thus, in Newt’s case, he will just have to accept the political consequences if he has the power to terminate agencies at will and fire their associated government employees.
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:28pm@problemsolver This current showdown really has come down to voting for Progressive Republicans or Constitutional Conservatives. It’s the Revolution all over again. Loyalists versus Patriots. There are those, like Newt, who believe that more Government is the solution, and then there are those, like Paul, who believe that more Government is the problem. It’ll be a tough fight against these Progressives, in both Parties. They have a 30-40 year advantage over us, in passing most of their agendas straight through our Congress, in some cases, thanks to RINO’s like Newt (But we just ignore his record, right?). We’re either going to vote for someone who will defend our own Country and Constitution, or someone who will protect other Nations and their Rulers. Sending aid or our troops to Libya and Uganda is unconstitutional and unnecessary. Destroying our own Nation to save another Nation is immoral and treasonous. Destroying our economy, currency, free market, or other means to trade, exchange, buy, sell, and make a living, in order to benefit international bankers, global corporations, and Marxist policies, while bankrupting our own Nation and enslaving our own Citizens, is the ultimate betrayal and most blatant act of war against the American people. We will, if we continue in this path, destroy ourselves before we even attempt to destroy any of our enemies.
They are bound by Oath. They are our servants. We are free. We are their Masters.
Report Post »NWWADD
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:32pmGILBERTACCT – “and everyone knows how much of a phony Romney can be.”
Please share with us how he is PHONY???
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:42pm*is the ultimate betrayal and most blatant act of war ever devised against the American people.
They’ve been planning this. They’ve been playing us. They don’t know us. We will retaliate. Don’t forget what we did to the British.
On February 17, 1950, James Paul Warburg confidently declared to the United States Senate: “We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.”
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:44pm@NWWADD
The Real Mitt Romney – More like a Liberal Democrat than a Republican
youtube.com/watch?v=ySBQ2GHLHBs
Who Are You Mitt?
youtube.com/watch?v=oJgLXC66ttk
Is Romney Consistent?
youtube.com/watch?v=B7RaYbToq7Q
Did Romney support TARP?
youtube.com/watch?v=A2EqhZND1_I
I bet you won‘t watch this whole video here if you’re a Romney supporter:
Report Post »youtube.com/watch?v=KBXe3Kvg-qU
balance2scale
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:46pmWow – Glen that was a great interview with Newt – your point came to the top. On target as usual.
Report Post »Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:49pmI am not a Newt fan…..Not even close, all i can say though is that if he wins the the spot, the debates will be good. I think Newt is the best debater out of them all, but that’s all I see in him. Someone said that Newt would be McCain 2.0 I disagree McCain was horrible in debates.
If there is no Ron Paul 3rd party option if Newt wins, I guess I would hold my nose and vote for him.
Please spare me the “handing it over to Obama” talk. With someone like Paul who gets support from all sides it would come down to the republican candidate, and the 3rd party candidate. Now if it were Michelle running for 3rd party it might be a hand it to Obama vote, because she is not appealing to a wide range of people…..I would take her over Newt though…
Report Post »JRook
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:02pmNewt has shown to be whatever you want him to be at the time. Newt is the reason I left the Republican party and became an independent. While I didn’t vote for Clinton, Newt’s misuse of congresses time, money and effort to impeach Clinton made me realize, if Newt is a Republican than I’m not. Don’t get me wrong I think Clinton dishonored the office, his family and himself by his actions. But the purpose of the folks in Washington is to do the people’s business not play the politics game all day. Newt was the genesis of the partisan nonsense we have today. No one is in Washington to do the people’s business. Bill Bradley said it best when he decided to leave the Senate at that time, “I came to Washington to govern and make things better, I don‘t know what these individuals are doing but I didn’t come here for this.” Bill Bradley was one of the few Senators who earned respect from both sides of the isle and voters from all walks of life. His integrity and ethics were so far above Newt’s as to be indicative of how far we have declined. That is even considering Newt as a viable Presidential candidate.
Report Post »nomolibs
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:06pmhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/22/newt-gingrich-tea-party-t_n_548250.html
Report Post »no dont worry fellow tea partiers he has a new catagory for us, we are all according to him going to be “the future militant wing of the republican party”
sorry newt were not the usefull idiots of the democratice party we wont be your version of the union muscle. we are independent and if the republican party continues to screw us all we will ditch you.
onevoice22
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:06pmI agree TTexastyler! I’m a Bachmann supporter too, but would support Romney over Newt if push came to shove..
Report Post »Jeff65
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:06pm@The10thAmendment It was interesting how you pointed out that FDR ran against Wilson because he pushed the country to the left too fast. It seems like the same story today. Vote for Newt or Romney because Obama is pushing to the left too fast. Lets do it a little slower.
Report Post »Jeff65
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:12pmGonzo You say Ron Paul is TOAST because of his position on foreign policy. I understood that you were talking about the general election. I agree that it is difficult with the surprisingly large amount of war mongering republicans for him to win the primaries because of his positions, but among the general population he will destroy the Nobel Peace Winner Obama.
Report Post »NewtTheMaster_d_Bater
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:12pmNewt Gingrich was bounced out of his Speaker position, and he deserved it. If we ever thought his arrogant butt would resurface, we would have never let him cop a plea to one small charge. Instead, we would have held hearings on the more serious allegations and nailed him permanently. This, unfortunately, is standard operation for Washington insiders. The time of the Republocrats is coming to an end.
Report Post »ObamaIsGodAwful
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:20pmNewt is the best candidate to move the intellectually honest and decent person from the indoctrination of government dependency over to individual repsonsibility and a healthy respect for America’s place in history and the people that built it. For those not intellectually honest or decent, it will take a club, not a President.
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:27pmDon’t forget that More Government Newt trashed our second amendment:
http://gunowners.org/newtgingrich-2012.htm
Who the heck does this guy think he is?
Oh yeah, he’s just another CFR member. But don’t tell anyone, it’s a secret.
Chester Ward, Rear Admiral, former Navy Judge Advocate (1956 – 1960) and a CFR member for 15 years, said, “The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government.”
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:29pmNWWADD… Well I guess I‘ll give a couple of examples that you normally don’t hear about (the normal ones are flip flops on abortion, gun rights, illegals, mandates, etc.)
Romney is dishonest about his record in MA… Taxes increased under Romney (although indirectly because he cut off funding to local gov’ts so they had to raise taxes… smart move). He proposed 88 new fees in his first budget, and increased existing fees by up to 300%. He set up a federal grants office to “scour for opportunities and bolstering its presence in DC by retaining a powerful lobbying shop for help.” This is how he closed the budget gap. He may have “cut taxes 19 times” like he claims (notice that Obama recently said that he cut taxes 17 times), but he raised a lot more revenue from fees and undercutting localities to make up for the tax cuts. This explains how he closed the budget gap but grew the government at the same time. He also increased the long term debt per capita in MA by about 30%. He claims “2/3 of the MA people like RomneyCare”… this is a dishonest tactic of cherry picking… he takes one poll and states it over and over as if it is a fact (I have a half dozen polls showing that the majority in MA dislike RomneyCare). He also acts like he is the sole reason that we have Staples, and takes credit for all the jobs they created… in fact, Bain Capital only funded 10% of what Staples raised in total. We would still have Staples without Romney.
The list goes on and on.
Report Post »SickofBama
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:32pmNewt sounds good on interviews but I do not trust him nor do I trust Romney. They both have compromised some of the true conservative principals of the constitution before. At this day and age of Obama..I will never trust anyone but a candidate who runs as a true Tea Party Conservative who will not compromise what the US Constitution stands for. If the vote was to be held today, I will vote for Bachmann or Santorium. They are the only candidates with true Tea party values who will not compromise with the progressives in Washington. This is no time to compromise. The only way to bring the Constitution back into the daily operation of the country is to decisively defeat the progressives.If Newt or Romney wins, they will buckle under the pressure from the Republican establishment and compromise with the Democrats. I totally agree with Rush, any of the Republican candidates can beat Obama. So why do we have to settle for Newt or Romney and their questionable past. God help us all. No more compromisers.
Report Post »Zelsdorf Ragshaft III
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:36pmColt1860, you are so full of it you stink. WHO else has passes welfare reform at the federal level???? When you are done researching that simple question, I have another which should keep you busy for a month or two. Who is the last person to balance the FEDERAL budget???? Are you a Paulbot or maybe you should gander at the picture of Bachman getting ready to enjoy a corndog. Mouth open and eyes rolled back like she is about to engage in oral sex. That picture alone will defeat her in the general. Gingrich is the ONLY candidate who will make Obama appear to be what he is in the debates. Ther is not enough fight or knowledge of history in any of the rest of them.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:47pmI have been a Glenn Beck fan for years, still am. This interview was a joke. Glenn brought his biases into the “interview”. Not his best work.
Report Post »mulhollandj
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:54pmDepends on who is paying him.
Report Post »BocaBaby
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:58pmI for one am so tired of Glenn Beck telling us how to vote. I heard him say yesterday he’d vote4romney over Newt. Really?? is that bc u r secrectly trying to drive everyone to a mormon KNOWING Bachman cannot win???? I mean who is the bigger conspiracy person here??
First Glenn Beck attacks Huckabee……then he attacks Sarah Palin……
Me thinks glennbeck has a religeous spirit or a phariseeical spirit…….dividng us not ALWAYS based on facts-there lies the deception…..
I will take a SARAH PALIN ANYDAY OVER A LAME Bachman
I will take a Hukabee over a Bachman
I WILL NOT VOTE FOR ROMNEY OR BACHMAN NO MATTER WHAT-I WILL STAY HOME
bachman is NOT a leader-she is a whiney women who is high strung and has NEVER EVER BEEN ABLE TO KEEP A STAFF TOGEATHER…..THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES-judge the fruit-SHE IS NOT A LEADER-SHE IS A POLITITICAN….& obama or hillary or wasserman shultz would make MINCEMEAT OUT OF HER.
newt is NOT my first choice-but I WILL VOTE GINGRICH ANY DAY OF THE WEEK OVER BACHMANN, PERRY OR ROMNEY…….AND BTW
MR. BECK STOP TRYING TO SWAY US TO YOUR ‘IDEAL’……..YOUR DISCERNMENT IS SKEWED….& WHEN YOU ATTACKED HUCKABEE SOME MONTHS BACK, YOU LOST MY SUPPORT COMPLETELY. Have since bought your book, do NOT subscribe to GBTV, I barely follow u on twitter, & had it not be for Drudge, would not be here right now. The conservatives that beleive ALL that u say r like the Bible call sheep DUMB-& why is David Barton not calling u out on this
Report Post »ktywack
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:00pmBoy, I agree with you too! Only. . . . now Glenn has me confused. . . I love Michelle too, but – do not think that a woman is electable . . .HELP!! I thought that we needed Newt!
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:01pm@Zelsdorf Ragshaft III
Balancing a budget does NOT mean Paying off old DEBT !!!!
Report Post »You CAN NOT argue with a politicians VOTING RECORD !!!!
Colt posted NEWT’s RECORD.
He is a global elite minion, Bottomline.
colt1860
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:07pm@Zelsdorf Ragshaft III Where did you come from? Your profile says you became a member today, and your only post has been a reply to me. Seriously? I didn’t think Newt was that important.
All I did was post Newt’s record. And that image you provided of Bachmann is reason enough to want to dismiss you. I already know the answers to your questions. And I‘m not about to go about praising this Big Government Republican for those two acts and ignore everything else he’s done and supported.
Report Post »goofyfoot2001
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:26pmI guess I’m back to Ron Paul since he can only let Iran go nuclear which is probably not as dangerous as the climate freaks Romney, Huntsman and Newt. Bachman is plain whacked. Perry is a dolt. Cain is unable.
If congress does have to declare war then at least I’m pretty confident Paul will fight it as a patriot would.
Well maybe Trump is looking better again…
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:28pmWrong. Newt is a globalist of the CFR type. He openly endorsed Alvin Toffler’s writings calling for the destruction of our US Constiution so that a “new civilization” could arise in “The 3rd wave”. Gingrich even wrote the book’s introduction.
Former Vice Chairman of the CFR and Sec. of State under Bill Clinton, Warren Christopher, described Newt Gingrich in one word (January 20, 1995 speech at Harvard University) as an “Internationalist”. Gingrich described himself back then as a “Conservative Futurist”. This is not a man who holds to the foundations of our Consitution but rather seeks to reshape this country for the globalist elite of the New World Order.
Report Post »kifeb221993
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:33pmpeople are only looking at newt couse he is there last chance before Romney.
Report Post »what i dont get is why people are likeing newt over cain newts afairs are fact and cains are iffy
newt is anti gun right, he voted for public schools He IS NOT A conservative at all. so i say to the american people stop, take a look at romney, pray about him and find out for your self. dont be a Levins repeat pupet!
encinom
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:43pmNewt is the ultmate DC nsider, he took over 1 million from Feddy/Fannie, he was drummed out of congress of ethical charges. Newt is DC.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:46pm@ Jeff65
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:06pm
@The10thAmendment It was interesting how you pointed out that FDR ran against Wilson because he pushed the country to the left too fast. It seems like the same story today. Vote for Newt or Romney because Obama is pushing to the left too fast. Lets do it a little slower.
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It wasn’t Franklin Delano Roosevelt who ran against Wilson, it was TEDDY Roosevelt who dropped the progressive party he was a member of to try to run as a Republican because the progressives had endorsed Wilson.
FRANKLIN Roosevelt completely loved Wilsons policies and worked hard to expand that doctrine.
We need a candidate who won’t just gradually shift ideology back to the Constitution, we need one who will completely get out of the whore of progressivisms bed.
IMO that leaves Ron Paul standing alone. A vote for Romney, Gingrich, Huntsman, Perry is a vote for AT LEAST more of the same progressivism, except a slower death knell. The paradigm shift has already occurred. Nothing short of a paradigm shift BACK to original intent will save this Country.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:52pmColt, I have sparred with you in the past and generally respect your posts. But geez man, make your point in 5000 words or less. Brevity is the soul of wit. We all get it. Paul Great, everyone else evil. You and Vorchick, have dulled the cut and paste scissors…..
Report Post »FourthGenFarmer
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:57pmWhen ever Speaker Gingrich says anything an old saying comes to mind “Fool me once…shame on you…fool me twice…shame on me.” I remember when Speaker Gingrich made his Contract with America, and once he got power proceeded to violate nearly every line. Newwwt 2012…no thank you.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:58pmNewt says to Glenn, “You’ve had a huge impact ON THE TEA PARTY FOLKS.”
Um, I’m not a member of the Tea Party, even though I share much in common with their perspectives.
Newt, are you saying that you aren’t behind the agenda of Constitutional fidelity, and consider us who do, as an outlier?
That’s what I got from that entire interview. He KNOWS he’s not Patriotic American, but progressive to his core, and in fact is not one of US, who are Americans.
Report Post »T.JeffersonWasTheBest
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:00pmGo Ron Paul!
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:09pmmy 2012 prediction:
sadly Obama wins.
We are faced with non-choices, there are no true conservatives standing.
while the current candidates have their merits, they also have their serious shortcomings.
Debateable that the election machines are even accurate.
The progressive 100 year plan is almost complete.
The clownbuk and the other currencys collapse in december 2012.
Whomever is elected usher’s us into the new world order.
The violence and the bloodshed, culling of the herd begins.
They will call it nationalism, some countries will band together, all will be enveloped
either against islam, or against Israel, or both. Not to mention each other for screwing e/o on the banks & buks fiascos.
At home here, not just civil unrest, but outright civil war.
Modern civil war tech, snuff out in an instant.
The elites will USE the military and technology, the ‘malitias’ will
appear as infra-red blips on a drone screen, and dispatched much like the tally-ho’s.
We will be lucky if the country manages to define “regions” of people with similar thinking
and the ability to back it up.
The nightmare scenario is ending up in a total recall, total control, brave new world type
superstate, we are almost there now, if not already.
Let the “dissappearing” begin …
Will a constitutional conservative savior arise, stand up, and be written in on ballots ?
2012 is perhaps the only chance, we have some 331 days.
ALL of it makes me sick, and pi$$ed.
Report Post »NoNannyState4me
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:16pmNewt speaks in circles as easily as a fish takes to water. He‘s not just another ’same old same old’, he can bring same old same old to a new level…
Report Post »Also, anyone running against him just uses family values to beat him. That’s not a motivator for me personally, but the socially engineered christians will get beat over the head with it when the time is right.
V-MAN MACE
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:17pmYou’re smoking crack if you think Newt Gingrich is anywhere in the same dimension as Ron Paul.
The “Anybody But Ron Paul” campaign has morphed into the “Anybody Like Ron Paul, But Not Ron Paul” campaign.
As a Tea Party member, I will not compromise and select the lesser of two evils. Compared to Barack Obama, Newt Gingrich is Barack Obama. Neocons are liberals.
This is not about getting rid of Obama and allowing another neocon to simply continue the agenda. It’s over.
I‘m writing in Ron Paul 2012 if he doesn’t get the nomination, and those of you who vote neocon can have 4 more years of liberal/neocon tyranny. I don‘t care that Rush Limbaugh’s big fat carcass doesn’t think Ron Paul started the modern day Tea Party with the 2007 Moneybomb, even though it’s been proven over and over again.
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:40pmDRATASTIC- yes.
Report Post »I will not choose Newt or Romney. My spouse and I will stay home. If those two are the choice our country is ph*cked and it will no longer matter if Obama wins.
BeHeardAmerica
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:41pmI respect Mr Beck but I also believe Newt would get something done and get the ball moving in the right direction. I like Bachmann and Santorum but they would not be able to move the wheels of DC.
Report Post »PoliticiansRCrooks
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:45pmYour joking right? By calling Paul big government? You must be joking or your just one of the dumbest people I have ever seen type in here.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:06pmRon Paul’s Tea Party Video is grand
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=pSXP9kQcgvA#t=15s
huckfinn28
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:11pmThe caller “Jeremy,”after the break was right. On how Newt will say anything to get elected.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:21pm@ V-MAN MACE
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:17pm
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I think you’re right on your position with Ron Paul. He’s the ONLY candidate who has the cojones to defend the Constitution and do what it takes to unravel the disaster of progressivism. I trust none of the others with the economy and abolishing the FED either.
His would definitely be a volatile administration at war with both the right and the left, and we need that.
PRINCIPLE MATTERS! It’s time for a true right wing candidate to stand in opposition to the wide spread communism (same thing as progressivism) and bring it to the public venue to let US decide. I trust Paul.
Report Post »A Conservatarian
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 6:53pmYour logic is undeniable in its grotesqueness. I‘m glad RINO’s put their ‘thinking process’ out there on display.
Report Post »WAKEUPUSA2012
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:05pmhttp://www.infowars.com/iowa-blitz-ron-paul-goes-for-newts-throat/comment-page-2/#comment-2871527
nuff said
Report Post »Dkoonz
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:20pmNo No Newt…Bachman I will support. Couldn’t stomach another progressive in the white house.
Tea
Report Post »Ming The Merciless
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:29pmYou’re welcome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWKTOCP45zY
Ron Paul 2012!
Report Post »Bete Noire
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:38pmWhat crock. Have you even read Romney’s plan? His actual record from Mass. The mere fact that you would mention Obama and Romney in the same sentence proves the extent of your research is limited to Rush Limbach.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:23pmSTEVOMIAMI, I agree. IT was a fantastic interview. Glenn did a great job.
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:40pm@Ookspay Lol. You’re right. I was rushing a bit, so I just pasted everything I could. Sorry. I had just come home from one job, and had to eat and get ready for my next job. I don’t think I even mentioned Paul. I was just stating the facts and whatnot about Newt. I’ll have to get a new pair of scissors and glue stick. I’m not going to let these Big Government Progressives win. Period. Out with Obama and anyone else who disregards the US federal Constitution. They’re bound to it. They took an Oath. If they break their Oath I will be on them like a bounty hunter and return them to their rightful place. A bit harsh, but someone has to do it. Trust me, if it wasn’t for us “extremist” folks these debates and talking points would be lame, out of touch with reality, and dismissive of what has really screwed up our country.
Gingrich quotes:
“It doesn’t matter what I do. People need to hear what I have to say. There’s no one else who can say what I can say. It doesn’t matter what I live.” Saying we should do as he says, regardless of what he actually does.
“I have enormous personal ambition. I want to shift the entire planet. And I’m doing it. I am now a famous person. I represent real power.” Blowing his own horn.
“Gingrich; Primary mission, Advocate of civilization, Definer of civilization, Teacher of the rules of civilization, Leader of the civilizing forces.” Blowing his own horn again.
Report Post »JohnnyinthePedros
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:58pmDon’t Newter your vote.
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themanchildmustgo
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:12pmLet‘s look at what’s happening with the candidates. Consider the role of Dems as terrorists and the candidates are hostages on their knees. One by one the terrorists pull a candidate up and show the world everything they know about him or her then they kick them some more after they expose them and all their skeletons. Back down they go as the terrorists lift up another and another until they’ve gone through them all but one. This one they prop up and toy with for a while. This hostage thinks the terrorists are after everyone else. He doesn‘t know that they are not finished with him and he’s been flipping and flopping through his whole life that he no longer knows what to believe . At the most perfect time after all the hostages have been beaten, they go in for the kill because all along, they’ve had a ton of stuff on this guy. They raise him up and spend a billion dollars exposing everything this guy ever did in his life basically, cutting his head off. This is the game Obama is playing. Do whatever we have to to destroy the other guy so I get back in. they have been picking one candidate at a time and destroying them. Romney is a loser and when he’s the last man standing, they will destroy him. We better take hold of this wheel and pick someone we trust and get fully behind them or we are screwed!
Report Post »TOOMUCH61
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:15pmThe fact is, Obama must go! If he is re-elected this country will no longer exist as we know it! I am not in love with any of the choices being given however, unless Christy can be brought into the race I will hold my nose and vote for whoever is picked as the nominee. I have no doubt that Newt knows Washington and would fix much of what has been going out of control if he is elected, but the person that is electable is Romney because he has broad appeal. Ron Paul has many good ideas but his Isolationist ideology will get us nuked!
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:19pmIt is obvious the talking heads from both parties are attacking every candidate on the basis that they are inadequate to beat the Messiah, Obama. It’s a redo of the John McCain campaign. I have no reason not to like Newt. I don’t care about his previous marriages, etc. Barry smokes and his wife advocates for Americans to lose weight, while at the same time trying to advance the cause that children are starving in this country. Barry is appointing Czars instead of passing legislation in Congress. Barry has spent the country into trillions in debt and is still going strong. And Barry wants to mandate the health care of every American including when we die. Taxpayers will pay for this by having money extracted from our individual private checking accounts. I mean, my gosh…how much do you have to hate ANY of the candidates running against Obama before you say “I’d rather have Obama win another 4 years”. Let’s at least agree on that! Any of the GOP Candidates are a better choice that what we have in office now.
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:40pm@TOOMUCH61 Nothing is stopping our enemies from nuking us now. Most of them already have nukes, or biological weapons. And according to our intel agencies, there’s the high possibility that there are already terrorists within the US with bombs, in certain places, thanks to our wide open borders. These Islamist radicals are suicidal idiots. They have no advantage over us. We have the greatest military in the world. It doesn‘t matter who’s in office. We can’t be defeated. Period. We have so many submarines, satellite stations, ships, aircraft, missile defense systems, etc. in our disposal. Heck, if our enemies truly wanted to attack us, they’d do it now with Obummer in office. But believe me, the last thing our enemies want us to do is to fix our own house first. For example, the Soviet Communists’ long standing plans have always been to destroy us within. They have planned to corrupt our education, religion, government, morality, media, culture, etc. That is our biggest threat now. God will not protect a Nation that rejects his Authority. We are destroying ourselves. Only a renewed faith in God and a true repentance can save us now. This destruction has been in the making for many years now. Don’t think it started in 2008. This corruption runs deeper. They have undermined our Laws and history to advance their agenda. Our priority should be to preserve and guard our institutions and heritage here in America, lest they perish by our own disobedience to God.
Report Post »Rached Madcow SHOW
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:41pmNewt can not be blamed for Glenn being slow. Glenn never grasped why Obama is not a Natural Born Citizen. Glenn and his crew equated birthers with 9-11 truthers. Glenn is the only talk radio guy claiming that Newt is the choice of the Republican establishment media. Newt will control spending and he will make people work for their handouts. He will humiliate Obama and expose him as the Marxist community agitator that he is. He will be the first President to actually make America energy independent. He will bring Iran to their knees and our enemies will give him the respect that they gave Reagan. Glenn is soft and slow, but Newt will win him over with results.
Report Post »TOOMUCH61
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:06pmObama must go!! Get over your rathers and biases! Obama must go!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:09pmColt, It’s all good, just messin’ with you. You are amazingly energetic and dedicated. Granted you are young and have a lot to learn, lol. No matter how this turns out, all of you Dr. Paul supporters and Ron Paul for that matter, have done so much to change the conversation. We are talking about and debating things that would have never been mentioned. For that we owe you all big time. The Constitution does matter, it is ALL that matters. You see that, I see that.
I am 50 years old and have a little more perspective than some of you “youngsters”. Go look at how bad things were in the 60′s. Liberalism was rampant and gave us most of societies budget busting, social engineering nightmares. In the mid 60′s democrats had 70 seats in the Senate and a 3 to 1 majority in the House. It takes time to change a country and roll back 100 years of subjugation and dependence. Baby steps, my friend. People are basically conservative and will eventually come around, slowly. We still have time, but not much.
Go get ‘em killer!
Report Post »EmmJaa
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:28pmYour comparison is right on. Morever, the fact that Romney or Gingrich have changed their opinions over time, only proves they are willing to process and even incorporate other views when appropriate. Newt‘s responses to Glenn’s queries seemed to be attempts to legitimize why he was ‘right.’ in both camps. If in fact he can hold both positions, then he need to show how he would take voters and the opposition along the same path so that America across the same goal line.
A leader maps out the goal, he can provide options, but his vision must be clear enough for people to get behind, pick up the ball and run.
As much as I tired of hearing Cain’s enumeration, it was clear. Ideas have to converse along a line to result in progress.
Report Post »TunaBlue
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:57pmI can’t think of another person who could wipe the floor with Obama like Newt could. The man has skills, an amazing grasp on history, a depth of understanding of the workings of government; however, he’s a progressive and should be shunned at all cost.
I’m staying frosty for a few weeks and thinking over my position, taking a longer look at Michele Bachmann.
Report Post »FedSlave1913
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:44pmLets get this straight, George drives the bus to the cliff. Barry drives it off the cliff. If Newt gets the puppet strings, Newt makes sure everyone on the bus is dead and shoots any survivors.
Report Post »How is Newt Ron Paul next to Barry? Ron Paul is a doctor. If he wins the Presidency, he patches up any (and delivers any babies, as that is his specialty) survivors and gets to bus to the shop.
Newt is the most dangerous candidate there is. He has sold his soul to the Global Parasites years ago. Obama is just a joke, but is doing a great job for the Global Parasitic Bankers.
SamIamTwo
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:50pmThat’s funny. The government has more regulations that they do not enforce. Why, cause they don’t have the bucks to buy the labor it takes to regulate…
It is how the rancher wants to use the laborers…man you folks are slow on the uptake.
At least Newt said he would repeal all of the EOs during the debates…understand?
Mitt is too slick for my vote. And he won’t debate Newt Lincoln Douglas style…
And some of the questions were about previous things, things that happened in the past…yeah what a grilling. pfft
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 12:18amso you are settling from worse to bad??? this is the guy whose going to run your life…….and you are settling??? for the bad…….how about just choosing what is best for the country? and the only one standing on the podium that is the best for the country at present time is Sen. Paul.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 1:19amRon Paul’s FREE MARKET approach to dealing with the pollution of the air that OTHER HUMANS breathe, and of their private property.
See here.
Ron Paul on the Economy, International Trade, AIDS and the Environment (1988)
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A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 2:32amThe Ron Paul Campaign‘s resource pages on Newt Gingrich’s non-Conservatism.
See here.
Newt Gingrich is Not a Conservative
http ://www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/12/06/newt-gingrich-is-not-a-conservative/
Newt Gingrich is Not a Conservative (Pt. 2)
http ://www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/12/06/newt-gingrich-is-not-a-conservative-pt-2/
Newt Gingrich is Not a Conservative (Pt. 3)
http ://www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/12/06/newt-gingrich-is-not-a-conservative-pt-3/
Newt Gingrich is Not a Conservative (Pt. 4)
http ://www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/12/06/newt-gingrich-is-not-a-conservative-pt-4/
Newt Gingrich is Not Conservative (Pt. 5)
http ://www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/12/06/newt-gingrich-is-not-conservative-pt-5/
Newt Gingrich is Not a Conservative (Pt. 6)
http ://www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/12/06/newt-gingrich-is-not-a-conservative-pt-6/
Newt Gingrich is Not a Conservative (Pt. 7)
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charleyrocks
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 6:49amReally I mean really!!! How can a country trust a guy who had just gave a speach on family values and then handed his wife who had cancer divorce papers. Do you really expect him to care about the people of the united states whom he does not know. Don’t make that mistake again do your homework. You made the mistake of electing obama without a clue who he was.
Report Post »greye
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 7:59amNo matter how you try to create some basis of similarity, Newt is nowhere near Ron Paul, no matter who you compare him to. Fact is, Newt is a flip-flopper when it supports him, he’s cheated on his past wives (but you only hear of Herman Cain’s previous issues), and he’s padding his pockets/government control and more wars. Fact is, the only comparison to Ron Paul is Ron Paul.
Report Post »Machtyn
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 8:00amWow! Romney is big government? Not at all. He is the guy who, in MA, took a $3 billion deficit to a $2 billion surplus.
“Governor Romney successfully consolidated the social service and public health bureaucracy and restructured the Metropolitan District Commission. Romney even eliminated half of the executive branch’s press positions, saving $1.2 million. He also used his emergency fiscal powers to make $425 million worth of cuts in 2006, taking particular aim at local earmarks, instead of allowing the Legislature to dip into the state’s $1.2 billion rainy day fund.” -http://www.clubforgrowth.org/whitepapers/?subsec=137&id=905
If it weren’t for the lies and out-of-context statements made about Romney, you wouldn’t have the Conservative and TEA Party movement self imploding on Newt Gingrich – defying everything the TEA Party stands for.
Granted, I understand that that Beck and like minded people are scared to death of Romney’s MassCare involvement, of which he was praised by the Heritage Foundation for implementing. I understand that. But how many times does he have to say that this was a State program and a “model for other States” and not a Federal model. How many times does he state he will get ObamaCare repealed. Flash enough green or power and Newt will say what you want him to say.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 9:38amI’m not crazy about Gingrich, but he’s infinitely better than Romney and would wipe the floor with Obama in a debate. Plus I like the strategy he has planned of showing up 4 hours after Obama, wherever Obama campaigns, to refute his lies.
If it comes down to Obama v. Romney, I’ll be staying home on election day for the first time since being able to vote. I figure the worst case scenario, if Obama gets reelected, is that the House will stay Republican, Republicans will pick up more seats in the Senate, and there will be gridlock for 4 more years. Maybe if Republican bureaucrats realize we don’t want their help picking candidates, another Reagan will emerge in 2016.
Report Post »Emrys
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 10:29amIf Newt wins the Republican nomination, and if Glen Beck is to be consistent, then he will have to endorse Obama for a second term, or endorse a third party candidate, or endorse no one. During his railing against Newt this morning it suddenly dawned on me that Glen will most likely have to endorse Obama.
Over and over again Glen has made it plainly clear that he was glad that Obama won over McCain, because it would wake America up. McCain would continue the slow, incremental slide into socialism, while Obama would send us full-tilt into it, and Glen has said on numerous occasions that this outcome was probably for the best, so that Americans would finally realize where we are heading.
However, if Newt somehow manages to win the nomination, then obviously Glen’s work is not yet done. Afterall, if even conservatives vote for Newt in large enough numbers to get him the nod, rather than them voting en masse for real conservatives like Bachman or Santorum, then something has gone wrong and conservatives are still asleep; certainly Americans in general must still be asleep to the truth then.
And so, in a race between Obama and Newt, Glen’s only consistent course of action would be to endorse Obama. Four more years should be enough to finally wake America up!
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 10:50amGet smart — Ron Paul’s words have been twisted far too long — “Ron Paul Blowback and Why They Hate Us” video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_dd8WS0oOc
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 11:08am@Machtyn,
“But how many times does he have to say that this was a State program and a “model for other States” and not a Federal model.”
Romney doesn’t understand that government CAUSES high health care costs both by giving certain companies (or those that loan them money) protections they wouldn’t have on the free market, and also by creating barriers to entry for startups by imposing costly regulatory standards and licensing fees.
And they have to pass these costs onto the consumer, because the whole point of having a business is to make a profit – and yes, health care is a business, the services to which we do not have a right.
See here.
PETE STARK: – The Federal Government can do most anything in this country -
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Jacksonian2012
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 11:34amRomney. I need to heal my 401k
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 12:55pmI agree with Limbaugh’s analysis. The Dems want to run against Romney and the establishment (progressive) Repubs also want Romney. Any time anyone else gets ahead of Romney, both the Dems and establishment Repubs, along with their respective news networks, go after them. Newt is the right guy unless you want the same ole – same ole.. I love Michelle too but her numbers are not there.
Report Post »BAMMO
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 1:50pmBeck has got to recognize Bachman always exagerates Newt positions. He clearly said illegals having resided here for 25 years, and judgement to be by local community boards, not that he wants to legalize 11million. We do have to find solutions to our immigration and deportation policy after we secure the border. face it; if Michelle became the nominee which she has no chance to do, she would fail in the general because independents won’t vote for her, they will only vote for progressives. Unfortunately, Glenn is dreaming and although I enjoy him, I‘m getting worried that he’s fantasizing instead of being realistic.
Report Post »chalkdust
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 3:15pmVoting for anyone besides Obama is a really, really bad idea. Yes, lets trade one progressive for another. And don’t try to tell me that “any” Republican is better than Obama. The anti Obama stance is the rock and the sorry field of GOP candidates are the hard place. Mostly big Government progressives and a couple that have social views that will prevent them from being elected in the general. Its time for a new party. Tea, its time to step up!
Reality check: Democratic party= Progressive Party and Republican Party= Progressive Party
We already have the name, just need to make it official. Tea Party!
Report Post »Jefferson
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 3:32pmNewt. In his own words.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=CWKTOCP45zY
If you vote for this globalist megalomaniac in RINO clothing, then you will be partially responsible for delivering the death blow to the United states as we knew it.
I love you all, simply for the fact that you care enough about the future of this country to be involved.
You could be like many other idiots who simply sit on TMZ.com and talk about the latest celebrity gossip, or some other inane nonsense while this country burns.
We have ONE last chance to get this right, before our country devolves into full blown chaos. We may not even make it to the election before they start WWIII.
This is why Ron Paul supporters are so “passionate” and in some cases rude and militant.
WE SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL, AND ARE TRYING TO WARN YOU THAT THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE!!
Report Post »Please DON’T get fooled again.
RepubliCorp
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 10:22pmRon Paul has been appointed to head the Domestic Monetary Policy Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee. And so far he has been a total zero. All talk, no show. Just like his 30yr on the government dole career
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:19amI Turned It Off, I Only Read Half Of The Interview.
Newt is no different than Pelosi, Clinton, or Obama. He is not a conservative and he will not want to change anything but go on. He is not going to repeal Obama Care.
If Medicare did not exist, I would have provided for my own and my employer had a health care plan available for retirees that was better than Medicare. Medicare was really a welfare program that LBJ sold as a healthcare plan.
No Newt is not right for America.
AmeriCat
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:30amCompletely agree.
Report Post »No…Newt will NOT repeal ObamaCare…nor will Romney.
IMPEACHBHO
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:38amWe MUST repeal obamacare!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kqVZUCRth0
Report Post »TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:42amWhat I heard was double talk. Still big government but convince the people “empower” us to change slowly. Trust him.
patriot4evah
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:48amI want Obamacare repealed as well.. I think it might be too late now. The Supreme’s will make the decision. We could be stuck with Obamacare as we are stuck with abortion.
Report Post »Logician
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:49amHow is that the current crop of candidates is all that we have? If it comes down to Romney or Gingrich, why/how did WE allow that to happen? Are WE incapable of finding our Presidential candidate?
If Gingrich is so ‘smart’, how is it that WE know the answers and he — along with the rest of the field — don’t? WE know WE need to eliminate Medicare. WE know WE need to eliminate Social Security. WE know WE don’t need to fund college tuition. WE know WE need to return to Constitutional originalism. WE know WE shouldn’t subsidize anything beyond Defense. WE know WE need to stop DC insider-trading. WE know WE have the answers to ALL our ills. And, yet, WE are impotent to get them implemented?
WE sent this message to DC in the ‘10 elections. WE will send the message again in ‘12 but NOT at the Presidential level. It must be Congressional! WE need to control both Houses to stop the Progressiveness from the ‘Rhinos’ in the Senate and WH while we wait for Rubio in ‘16…God willing WE survive until then!
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:04pmThe idea of cost containment never comes up. Ever. All the politicians talk about torte reform, but none of them talk about containment.
I went to the doctor to get two stitches, two, and it cost me $3200. I took my dog to get 5 stitches and it cost me $100. We both waited for about 15 min to get seen, we were both treated by a doctor with years of school, we were both given a local anesthetic before the stitches, and we both got a band-aid on our “boo boo”. Somehow though, the band-aid that I got was $40, the gauze was $100, a bottle of sterile saline was $30, and the stitches were $500 a piece (then add the fees). The difference is that the majority of people don’t have pet insurance, so the marketplace dictates the prices.
You want to know why healthcare is so expensive, because hospitals charge your insurance company $150 for a $5 ace bandage. The insurance companies should start sending out a letter to you after your procedure that shows what they were charged for and cross reference that with what you said you had done. That would be a step. Does anyone have any other good ideas?
slr4528
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:07pmRomney will repeal Obamacare. Romneycare is nothing like Obamacare. Romney is a private sector guy who cuts waste to make companies profitable, it is not in his nature to add waste and programs. The legislature of MA was going to create universal healthcare whether Romney was governor or not so I think this whole Romneycare business is not relevant because this was truly a state specific issue!
I personally love Michelle Bachman, but I am afraid of her electability, but I certainly would take my chances with Michelle Bachman over someone like Gingrich.
I think the perfect ticket would be Romney/Bachman. Everyone says Romney/Rubio but I like Bachman.
Report Post »AxelPhantom
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:36pmFirebrand,
This is what I do for a wound that needs only two stitches (I am not a doctor); ice it with pressure until the bleeding stops, irrigate it with peroxide (it helps stop the bleeding) and cleans it out well, then cut two thin strips of medical tape, the cloth type and tape it shut (steri-strips) or use super-glue, apply tripple anti-biotic cream and done! Both will cost about $2.99. Go to your regular doctor for anti-biotics the next day.
I just refuse to play their crazy game anymore unless absolutely necessary, plus some basic first aid knowledge may come in handy with what is coming down the pipe!
Report Post »RejectFalseIcons
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:40pmNewt is no different than Pelosi, Obama, Reid, Romney, Perry, Bachmann or Huntsman. They are all pro-establishment candidates.
The only choice for small government is Ron Paul. If he is “unelectable” it‘s an indicator that we simply don’t want individual liberty enough to take it.
Report Post »freeus
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:56pmRevealing interview. Thanks for the interview, Glenn. Is this all there is? Newt is another big government Insider.
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:06pmYou got it right Logican. The president doesn’t have all power anyways. I know they have a great deal of regulatory power, but we will be safe with Romney or any of the other candidates aside from maybe Newt. Elect our candidates to take both houses and elect Rubio in 2016. I suspect Romney will have Rubio on this ticket, if he gets past the bigotry. I know Romney isn’t the candidate for us, but because I know of certain family centered values the man has, I know I can trust he wouldn‘t want to harm his children’s future in certain ways. The thing is, our nation is deeply divided right now, we can bring in our candidate just yet. No kidding, we may bring him in if the world economy keeps moving the way it is and the nation falls into a chaotic despair, leading to revolutionary measures, but I only pray to God we don’t have to face those days in this life time. I know my brothers and sisters on here are ready and I do not fear, we are prepared, but the divide would be huge in this nation and many innocent people would starve to death. But I digress. I have said this and will say it again, my family is Kennedy Democrats. They voted for Obama. They will not vote for Obama again if Romney is their choice. However, they HATE Newt, and they are afraid of the other candidates. People like those in my family, regrettably, are the type who will spread ideological fears, like even immigration stuff. My mom already started about Romney splitting the family’s up. I tried to expla
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:58pmThe TEA party is defunct-as the right wing media pushes Gingrich on you right wingers. Both he and Romney are the antithesis pf TEA part yand you gulls are helpless and too impotent to change that.The right wing media only cares about one thing-their anti arab/muslim war mongering pro zionist agenda. Evertything else they go left as need be. Hence they both like the war mongers Ginrich and Romney-in spite of both of them being not much different then Obama.That americans find it acceptable for a candidate to recommend school children work in the 21st c shows how mallable and against your own interests you’re willing to go to oppose Obama.The right wing Fox media has killed the TEA partyand you gulls are too brainwashed to see it or too impotent to do anything about it. once again the media calls the shots in this country.
Report Post »JediJones
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:22pmEver hear of a paper route like the one I had as a kid for 4 years? We also helped clean the floors as students at my Catholic grade school. Let’s stop the coddling and pampering of our youth. That‘s what’s produced these spoiled OWS brats who have never worked a day in their life.
Report Post »ashtongramp
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:51pmFirebrand That is exactly what we need to do! Someone needs to create a website and they need to find what the real cost of making things like ace bandage and show what Hospital charges the most and which one charges the least. Do you know how many people would go to that website… a ton. It would be like an Angie’s list for hospitals. Not only could we do this to save money, but it would also SHAME the hospitals into lowering their cost. This would be a popular website and a great money making job for some web-creator.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:44pmNewt is the one who spoke the truth and said what the people wanted to hear. We were smitten with him for a minute. I think alot of us are craving for someone who has the guts to speak out against the Obummer and even take pot shots at him and get things going. Do not let this make up your mind, the fact that Newt could maybe win in a debate against our POS president.is not a win for us. I am not liking what I am seeing at all, I am worried for our country and we need to stand tall and take it back. Most of us will get behind the nominee even if we don’t like him/her. It is our only chance.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:54pm@ rose-ellen
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:58pm
The TEA party is defunct-as the right wing media pushes Gingrich on you right wingers.
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You truly are mentally ill. Seek professional help.
SAM1234
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:31pm@THE10THAMENDMENT
“The only reason he got back into the race to go up against Wilson was because he believed that Wilson pushed America too far to the left to quickly.”
Oh yeah? Don‘t post about history if you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. TR ran against Taft in 1912.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 1:00pmCongress will have to repeal Obamacare and Newt will sign. So will any of the Repub candidates. We will need 60 Senate votes to repeal Obamacare.
Report Post »obxned
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:16amIf Gingrich and Romney are the choices the Republican establishment give us, we are screwed!!! The country is circling the drain, and these guys would only slow that decent very, very slightly. They are just big government, Beltway insiders with a slight right-wing twist.
Report Post »Comm Marine
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:20amU are nutz
Report Post »912network
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:22amThat’s absolutely correct, but Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman are unquestionably the worst of the bunch. They are far and away the least trustworthy, the most ‘Progressive’ Republicans running for President. Thankfully, only one of these ‘Progressives’ is atop these polls, or anywhere near the top. Sadly, Leroy ‘Newt’ Newton Gingrich is, in fact, leading in the polls. Due to Newt’s multiple divorces and adultery, Obama will actually be able to run on ‘Family Values.’ Does that make your stomach turn? It does mine!
We mustn‘t fall into the trap of inviting a ’Progressive’ as bad as Newt to be our nominee. I’m for Bachmann, personally, but I’d rather see Mitt Romney, or even Ron Paul, before Gingrich!
Report Post »drago
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:51am@comm marine aka encinom
Report Post »If you would take the time to actually spell words fully, ie…“you”, you might get away with hiding under another psuedonym.As for the marine part of your name, you have not, nor ever will be a marine….
TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:07pmYou are right. What I heard still double talk in government still right but we can be “empowered” by changing health care in small increments? That is how to slay a dragon? Michelle Bachmann said she would change Obamacare by pulling it out by the roots. Who do I trust? Not Newt Gingrich.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:20pmGo ahead OBXNED…stay home and dont’ vote in November 2012. Give Obama another 4 years to dig a deeper progressive hole for us all…we can afford it right? We’ll find a perfect candidate in 2016.
Report Post »Please….for sake of this country…don’t let ideological purity prevent you from voting Obama out of office. This country is in pain thanks to Obama. Americans deserve better. Gingrich will repeal Obamacare and repeal Dodd/Frank immediately. His grasp on foreign policy makes Obama look like a kindergartner. Please…hold your nose if you have to but Obama must go- this country is already on it’s knees.
paddyo
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:48pmobxned:
Report Post »Possibly you are right about Newt and Romney only being “ slightly better”, but I am reminded of the old joke about the guy who went to hell and was told he could select his eternal punishment. After being shown his choices he decided that joining those standing in a pool of water up to their noses and heavily filled with excrement was the best choice. Right after he stepped into the pool came the command ” all right the break is over, everybody back on their heads. I fear obama is showing us our choices at “ break time” just as he did when running for office! ANY THING IS BETTER THAN LETTING HIM “ FOOL US TWICE”!!!
The10thAmendment
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:10pmA couple things. The GOP is certainly pushing agenda by those candidates they are peddling. They WANT the continued right wing progressivism that has been their platform since Roosevelt. The ideology is no different than the establishment of the Democrats, except the pace of transformation.
The GOP establishment IS progressive.
There are (were) 2 candidates who are not part of that establishment. Cain, and Paul. They (GOP), and I am certain of it, are who executed Herman Cain. He was a threat to the establishment. Paul they have tried to marginalize, and are associating him with being a kook.
The truth is, Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate running who IS small government, repeal of mandates, dissect the FED, reign in spending, cutting entitlements, non interventionalism, and the hard turn to the Constitution that is required.
He will also be in favor of repealing the 17th Amendment, to return the power of the electoral process back to the people where it belongs, and out of the hands of special interest sectarianism.
Report Post »KS Patriot
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:28pmGod bless you, 10thAmendment. You have it spot on.
At this point, a vote for anybody BUT Ron Paul is a vote for 4 more years of Obama – and quite frankly, the ultimate destruction of the Republic.
Report Post »KTsayz
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:45pm@10thAmendement “The GOP establishment IS progressive.”
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You are CORRECT! The PROGRESSIVE movement was started by Teddy Roosevelt and HE was a Republican. The progressives are the American version of Fabians Socialists who believed in Marxism by stealth. So we have the outright Leninists for Marxism in the dems and the covert march for Marxism with the neocons.
As for the Newt World Order interview, I was unimpressed. He never answered Glenn‘s question on his globull warming belief but obfuscated instead by talking ’energy’.
Report Post »Newt is NOT to be trusted and I would never vote for him if we won the nomination. I do not share his ‘futurist conservative’ (an oxymoron is ever there was one) vision of a one world global government.
countryfirst
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:16amAt this time in history we need to clearly pick our battles. And the main one right now is anybody but BHO. Maybe someday someone will come along and be able to survive the media and save our Republic.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:28amAlthough I “agree” with your sentiment, Independents voted the same way “anyone but Bush” and look what we got. Also, why do we keep believing that the “next administration” will miraculously pull us out of despair? It only gets worse… we need to revamp the entire system but back to Constitutional mind sets and the only way that will happen is by propaganda… telling the US citizens the truth. Yes, even at the risk of looking like an idiot!
paulusmaximus
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:36amPicking our battles doesn‘t mean we have to surrender the whole thing it’s to late in the battle for another strategic retreat! Gingrich is a rhino as is Romny put them both out and send Huntsman back to the Democrats. A conservative who sticks to their guns will win but they will need to have one quality most politicians lack HONESTY.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:51amcessna152: I seriously doubt that anyone on the Republican side of the spectrum could be a fraction as bad for the country as the phony currently disgracing the White House. Each person in the running for the nomination has been thoroughly vetted, unlike what happened in 2009; there fore, your argument seems to be without merit.
Report Post »slr4528
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:59amI disagree. I will not vote for an immoral pig like Gingrich. A Gingrich nomination will destroy the party. What will the GOP stand for?…conservative family values-NO; or will the GOP stand for small limited government?-NO……..so what does the GOP stand for??….someone please tell me because nothing makes sense if this is the big government corrupt PIG the GOP nominates.
wewantchillywilly
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:15amNewt will eventually step in it. Bachman and Santorum will rise. Guarantee it.
Emrys
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:21amShe already rose, then dropped. You musta missed it. ;)
Report Post »StevoMiami
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:22amur dreaming.. Bachman’s husband is wayyy to creeepy to be first lady…. Besides, hes gay, which would be fine if he didnt try and cure all the Homos from being Homos. Just bizzare stuff!!!! We cant have racist presidents or homophobes… not good..
fatjack
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:24pmwewantchillywilly
Bachman and Santorum will rise. Guarantee it.
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I sure hope you are right.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:09pmWEWANTCHILLYWILLY, Unfortunately neither Bachman or Santorum have a chance to win over Obama. I hate to say that but I believe it to be true. Gingrich is the only one that can debate Obama successfully. Whom ever we get stuck with will have to be strong enough to face Obama head on. We are not going to have our perfect choice, period. So we will have to work with and support whoever we get. The republicans need to unite and develope a plan. Then take the best ideas of each candidate and present a organized agenda that will convince the American people that they will get this country back on its feet. Whoever gets the nomination needs to appoint the other candidates to the areas where they can be most useful. Showing a united front will be our strength. It will form a trust with the people. We need our candidate to clearly state and explain the dangers of big government and what it will do do our freedom and rights. We have to be a well oiled machine just as the progressives are. Like it or not, we more than likely will end up with Romney or Gingrich. What will do us in is if Hillary becomes the candidate instead of Obama. Then we will be screwed. She is making some bold political moves and has taken some strong stands that would ensure her support from many groups. I think the dems know that she is there only hope for a win in 2012. So regardless of who we end up with , we have to give them 100% support. As Americans, our job will not end in 2012. It will just begin.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:15amWow,
Report Post »An adult conversation – two intelligent men agreeing to disagree on some important issues.
Could you imagine this happening in a democratic socialist environment?
Jim in Houston
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:53amNo way.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:15amNewt should have burst into tears. That’s what Glenn does when faced with “tough questions”.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:21amNewt is not right for me. Newt is not right for America. Newt is not a conservative and how did anyone ever get the idea he was.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:52pmThat’s my question too — WHY do people think Gingrich is a conservative!
Report Post »Rached Madcow SHOW
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:03pmGlenn was loaded for bear but Newt is bullet proof. Glenn had to keep explaining that it was not a hit job. Saying the right wing media is pushing Newt is the dishonest hit job. Newt is not threatened by questions.
Report Post »Ruby in FL
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 5:22amVechorik
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:52pm
That’s my question too — WHY do people think Gingrich is a conservative!
Answer:
Report Post »Because they have read his words (books and the Contract with America).
Glenn always tells us to Listen To Their Words.
David
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 12:16pmNewt teared up, with some of the others, at the one Frank Luntz debate. It’s when talking about certain EMOTIONAL and PERSONAL issues, not tough political and intellectual debate you moron! People like you are either intellectually dishonest, or plain stupid. Glenn cries when he thinks about his daughter, or how much he loves this country, and things such as that, not when he faces tough, intellectual, or policy questions! What an idiot.
Report Post »NSDQ
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:14amA Person Who Cant Take A Hard Stance On ANYTHING!!! IS NOT A LEADER. NO TO NEWT!!!
ed0315
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:34amWhat???? Another Ron Paul delusionalist.
Report Post »NSDQ
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:42amNope Not Impressed With A Damn One Of Them, Pandering, Plastic, Politicians Sick Of All Of Them. How The Hell Is It We Cant Get One Real Grassroots Conservative Up For Nomination. West/Rubio/Ryan I Mean Really People?
slr4528
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:11pmI agree. I would vote for Ron paul over Gingrich. Gingrich will lose like McCain.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:52pmYeah no kidding!! West/Rubio/Ryan – totally agree.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:23pmYou can add me to the list for WEST / RUBIO / RYAN also.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:49pmRubio is NOT a conservative’s friend. He voted for the antiPatriot act on STEROIDS, while Rand Paul was doing his best to defeat it!
Report Post »netmail
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:09pmMe too…West, Ryan, Rubio….the credentials of their values, sharp minds and communication skills are enough to sway me at this point to support them. Newt is a lot like Clinton….you can’t help but love to listen to the guy (and ultimately feel dirty for doing so) but Newt‘s actions just don’t measure up to his sweet, logical spoken words. The others have their own serious shortcomings as well. Distressing and confusing.
Report Post »bharris0
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:14amSure sounds like Newt is a progressive to me.
Report Post »Obama lite.
mtnhimike
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:48amRight On !!
Report Post »neverending
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:54pmKind of like going from the frying pan into the pan!
Report Post »KStret
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:14amNewts entire world view is predicated on coming up with better ways to run big government programs. That is who he is and what makes him look intelligent. When asked about a particular subject Newt goes into a here is what we are doing but here is a better way to do that monolog.
Newt’s answer on whether he still believed in man made Global Warming was telling. Glenn asked him if he still believes in Global Warming, Newt’s answered the question as if Glenn asked him if he supports cap and trade.
Report Post »slr4528
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:12pmI am still in shock that Newt is going to be the GOP nominee. Who are the Republicans anyway????????
Report Post »Miami
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:12amBeck did a great job but so did Newt
But Beck did not ask him about Fanny Freddy…. Big
Report Post »td9463
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:12amWhat we really need to look for is would the candidates nullify the patriot act and the new bill to make the US a war zone, both are subversive to our way of life and constitution
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:51pmDr Ron Paul has already said he WOULD, PLUS he voted against the unpatriot act from the beginning
Report Post »NOBODY BUT DR RON PAUL 2012!
Vechorik
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:44pmI am SO against the antiPatriot act and the current bill Rand Paul is fighting, which is the antiPatriot act on steroids (that Rand Paul defeated and Marco Rubio wanted) Here’s a good reason to be against “suspending our civil liberties”…….for ANY reason!
“One of the most traumatic events in German history occurred soon after Hitler took office. On February 27, 1933, in what easily could be termed the 9/11 terrorist attack of that time, German terrorists fire-bombed the German parliament building. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Adolf Hitler, one of the strongest political leaders in history, would declare war on terrorism and ask the German parliament (the Reichstag) to give him temporary emergency powers to fight the terrorists. Passionately claiming that such powers were necessary to protect the freedom and well-being of the German people, Hitler persuaded the German legislators to give him the emergency powers he needed to confront the terrorist crisis. What became known as the Enabling Act allowed Hitler to suspend civil liberties “temporarily,” that is, until the crisis had passed. Not surprisingly, however, the threat of terrorism never subsided and Hitler’s “temporary” emergency powers, which were periodically renewed by the Reichstag, were still in effect when he took his own life some 12 years later.”
Report Post »http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0703a.asp
Amy
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:11amToo many drugs – too many dangerous and very costly drugs. Warning! Warning! Many drugs have their beginnings in the garden, but the garden of life-saving herbs and supplemental dietary aides are in danger of being regulated out of our lives..
Where is the congressional protection for herbal medicine?
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:55amWow, nice off topic comment. But I agree.
Report Post »jado1981
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:55amI think you have spent too much time in that garden, taking too many tokes of that herb…
Report Post »Norm D. Plume
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:17pmShe’s probably speaking of Codex Alimentarius, which I assure you is very dangerous to us.
Report Post »Mahtoska
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:10amNewt’s still a big government guy… I don’t like it but I wonder if its even possible to return to a minimalist government….Time will tell but Newt won‘t get my vote unless he’s the nominee.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:10amWatched it live…Gingrinch’s answers reminded me of New Age Double Speak.
How can We The People TEA….
who want SMALLER government, Stop The Spending policies
even consider Newt Gingrinch?
No Way TEA could ever, EVER agree with Gingrinch….
Report Post »unless the TEA has been transformed to KOOL AID?
slr4528
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:13amI would really like to know the idiots that are voting for big government Newt in the GOP.
Report Post »TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:18pmYou put into words what I cannot do in a few. Michelle Bachmann said she would jerk this Obamaforcedcare out by the roots. And I believe her and trust her.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:00pmYes, Newt “baffles them with B.S.” and no one is willing to click a computer mouse to see if what he says is true.
I promise you LOOK AT THEIR PAST RECORD and never trust what they tell you!
Report Post »grudgywoof
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:10amGingrich is a progressive. Why would tea party people want him to be the president? Can someone please give me a good answer?
Report Post »Harry Assenback
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:18amI think our only chance at smaller Government is going to be through the House and Senate. It seems clear that it will either be Newt or Romney which are not the ideal Conservatives but better than Obama. If we will continue to elect Conservative Tea Party minded Reps and Senators they could hold a Moderate President accountable. Just a thought………….
Report Post »TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:57pmNo good answer here. @HarryA. You are correct. We did a good job last election and need to clean the rest of the swamp this election. If this Obama care amendment should pass in Supreme Court it could be repealed with another amendment which is what Michele means I think. Jerk it out by it’s roots.
Report Post »kimberlyjesus
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:10amAll these topics won’t matter in 2012. There will be no more government to waste our money. People will be thinking about survival!
Report Post »Whatdoesntkillyou
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:07amNewt = Obama Yes, Mr Gingrich is a BIG GOV GUY! Just fatter and whiter. We as voter aren’t the voice who is narrowing down the GOP field. Once again we will fall for more DC BAD POLITICS by letting them pick our person for us.
Someone light a fire under Rick Santorum’s butt because I think he is our only REAL conservative.
God Help Us
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:10amAgree. Santorum and Bachmann
Report Post »CorpsmanToPA
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:18am@Whatdoesntkillyou
Report Post »Are you serious – Rick Santorum is the only REAL conservative. A REAL conservative is not one to police the world which is his plot. He has no true plan to address our economy. Ron Paul is the ONLY TRUE CONSERVATIVE and CONSTITUTIONALIST across the board. Rick Santorum & Michelle Bacchman want a theocracy (legislating morality from federal mandate). You cannot do that in a truly free society. I am a Christian, but I sure as heck do not agree with every Christian out there, thus I do not want them legislating morailty – that is not the job of the Federal govt. Leave all of those issues at the state level (abortion and such) and sanctity of marriage to the Church, and keep the stinkin’ govt out of our lives – whether Republican or Democrat!
circleDwagons
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:18amdisagree, Ron Paul 1 Trillion in one year, good start
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:42am@corpsmantopa Don’t confuse a theocracy with a country that has moral and just laws. Don’t fall into the trap that if a law has its roots in Judeo-Chirstian beliefs, then it is theocratic. Murder is against the ten commandments, are we a theocracy if we outlaw murder?
Report Post »1654American
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:58amI agree about Bachman and Santorum. I’m looking for personal values, morals, and character. A virtuous person will better serve me. I like some things about Newt, however, a few debates ago when he was asked about illegal immigrant sanctuary cities, the first thing outofhis mouth was “I’d immediately cut-off federal funding to that city”. To me, that’s the big government game- give them some crack, then cut them off when they don’t comply with the federal government to intimidate them into submission. It’s wrong. Romney is the same. I wish these politicians would give the answer “That’s not the responsibility of the federal government” once in a while, instead of believing they have the answer for all conceivable questions. Vote virtues, not for who the machine says is winning. Polls are biased. Media is biased. We don’t know who will win until the votes are counted, so be courageous and vote your heart.
Report Post »Emrys
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:11pmYes, Santorum and Bachman; however, there’s a slight problem here. If they can’t get more than 9% of their own damned party to vote for them, no way in hell they’d win a national election. Total purity does not win in such a pluralistic nation as ours. We lost that possibility long, long ago. Even Reagan had to grow government even bigger to do what he needed to do to beat the Soviets, and he flipflopped on abortion, was a supporter of Truman, etc. He’d not be pure enough for most on this webpage today. I’d vote for Santorum for president, but few others in the country would, and Obama would win outright and claim a mandate for his policies. There is no perfect candidate, never will be. It’s all about which evil is the most evil and what can you live with for the next four years.
Report Post »CorpsmanToPA
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:02pm@brother_ed
Report Post »Yes murder is a crime and should be dealt with the same basic principles this country was founded on (i.e.10 Commandments). My point is that it should be done from the State level ONLY. Meaning, I do not want someone willing to keep the Federal govt in position of carrying out those laws because when the libs get back in office it is their turn to mandate from their viewpoints – not ours. So keep that out of the hands of the federal govt – this is Ron Paul’s philosophy.
JediJones
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:38pmSantorum is the perfect Vice President choice for Newt. It‘ll shore up Newt’s weaknesses on the moral values front. Maybe with experience and time Santorum could be ready for the presidency, smooth out his weaknesses on the debating front and not look so dopey, like when he talked over Romney for his whole answer and then jumped up and chirped at him that he was out of time. LOL
Bachmann is an unelectable flake. O’Reilly absolutely took her to school last night on the untenability of her immigration position. She’d have a million Elian Gonzalez stories on every local newscast across the country and completely destroy the Republican party for two generations with everybody except the crustiest, oldest white guys. If you want to turn America into a European socialist utopia, elect Bachmann, because no one else but liberal socialists will be elected from 2014 on and for the rest of your life if she becomes president.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:07amMaking the perfect candidate, Heart of Cain, Hair of Romney, Soul of Bachman, and Eye of Newt.
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:03pmbrain of Paul
Report Post »Gary Fishaholic
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:12pmThat would be a good one!! Where is He/She?
Report Post »nacholibre1
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:40pmHow about integrity of Ron Paul, honesty of Ron Paul, experience of Ron Paul, and commitment to freedom of Ron Paul? That would be a perfect candidate.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:48pmThe wisdom of Reagan and the tenacity of John Wayne.
Report Post »Mathew Manhorne
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:05amSadly I must say I have given up on this country surviving after the next election. I see no way that Obama is not going to be re-elected and that will be the end. Another 4 years of him and its done. I already believe we have moved to far left to be able to turn back. There is not one candidate on the Republican side that is either not a loon or a wolf in sheep’s clothing…. At this point to even believe that there is any hope is either naive or just being in denial of the reality of the situation… This is not the 18th or 19th century anymore and to think your going to move people back to that mindset is just unrealistic…
Report Post »Joe Schmuck
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:56amMathew …
I agree with much of what you say for similar reasons.
When Obama defeated the ‘Clinton’ machine, and then his victory for the Whitehouse without any vetting from the media, I began fearing the liberals taking complete control of out future elections.
Since then things have only deteriorated to unimaginable levels. OWS, Fast & Furious, GM, Wall street, on and on with an out of control government and society.
The Tea Party is about the only hope I see. That along with the help of God.
I truly believe that this is our last chance to take America back.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:59amI happily agree with you, not only is Obama going to win re-election but the tide of TP elected candidates are going to be largely sweep out of office and we can get back to the adults running the country. I hear Mexico is nice this time of year, and they very few laws and regulations. Should sound like paradise to you all.
Report Post »DDP1966
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:23pmI think I’ll decline to adopt your defeatist attitude, thank you very much.
Report Post »No Free Beer
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:04amAnother one bites the dust.
Ron Paul 2012!
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:03amSlick and slippery Gingrich!
Report Post »rush_is_right
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:03amit was a good interview…rush would be proud!
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:02amHow can anyone in the “TEA Party” support this guy? Not only did he love Teddy Roosevelt… he praises Franklin Roosevelt! He praises Alexander Hamilton, who was the liberal arch-nemesis of Thomas Jefferson. Bill Clinton loves Newt. Gingrich praised Freddie and Fannie back in 2007, saying things like, “We have a much more liquid and stable housing finance system than we would have without the GSEs.” He also supported TARP.
The list goes on and on, as Beck partly pointed out in this interview.
Newt is bad news… Don’t fall for this phony!
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:14amgingrich is a historian and a very smart man. he said Hamilton and i screamed. oh and gingrich thinks ole’ Abe was a great president….. forget gold time to buy more ammo
Report Post »slr4528
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:15pmI really would like to hear from the Tea Party leaders and how they can support a gas bag big government guy like Gingrich. Why aren’t they rallying behind Bachman?
Gingrich will definitely lose the General Election and Newt will be neutered before the debates. A strong 3rd party candidate could actually win the election if Gingrich is the nominee.
Report Post »GilbertAcct
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:18pmSLR… I totally agree with you on this one. Newt should be enemy number 1 for the tea party. I guess it is the same irrationality that we saw for their support of Cain.
Report Post »skitrees
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:11pmIf you listen to Newt, he tells it like it is…he is totally AGAINST big government. Well, unless it is HIS BIG GOVERNMENT. This is the most dangerous type of politician around!
He repeatedly denounces big government, and then justifies his pro-big-government stances by rationalizing them through his own personal viewpoints. Thus – becoming the same as ALL big government types. I’m sure all dictators believe the same thing.
Report Post »slr4528
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:10pmSKITREES
You nailed it! Ha ha Ha Ha…great post!
Report Post »ENTP
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 11:01amSpeaking of global warming… Al Gore’s tobacco farm has probably killed more people than global warming. Does he have a solar panel on his house yet, lol.
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