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Beck Explains His Criticism of ‘Progressive’ Gingrich (Plus the Truth About His Views on the Tea Party)

UPDATE: Scroll down for clips from Beck’s Monday night GBTV program.

You may have watched Glenn Beck’s widely-viewed interview with Newt Gingrich last week.

It got a lot of attention.

Beck has addressed his concerns about Gingrich’s positions a number of times in the last week.

He did so during a wide-ranging and thoughtful Friday night interview on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s program on the Fox Business Channel.

Beck, who considers many of Gingrich’s views to be “progressive” in nature, raised this rhetorical point:

“If you have a big government progressive, or a big government progressive in Obama… ask yourself this, Tea Party: is it about Obama’s race? Because that’s what it appears to be to me. If you‘re against him but you’re for [Newt Gingrich], it must be about race. I mean, what else is it? It’s the policies that matter.”

This question triggered a frenzy of reaction among Beck critics who made this out to be full-blown indictment of Tea Party activists.

Beck, however, had fully explained his views on the radio last week — including his clear argument that the Tea Party is clearly not racist.

Here’s how he explained it on his radio program this morning:

 

And more careful listeners are not buying the new spin:

Every regular listener of Glenn’s knows better. I’ve been listening to Glenn for over 10 years. Glenn was making the point that TEA Partiers that now support Gingrich may as well have been supporting President Obama over the past 3 years because the two have similar, big-government-producing philosophies and policies.

Since the TEA Party has championed a smaller government over the past 3 years, how can they now be supporting a big-government progressive such as Gingrich? Who is just like Obama…who is a progressive…which is what Gingrich is…just like Obama. So, if the TEA Party likes Gingrich, but doesn’t like Obama, because the two are so similar, the only obvious difference between the two is their race.

Silly? Yes.
Potent? Yes.
Effective? Yes.

The vast majority of Glenn’s regular listeners understand completely what Glenn was saying. The only people that are going to have trouble understanding this are the people who are not regular listeners.

Read more here.

Beck also addressed his criticisms of Gingrich, and the criticism he’s taking, during an interview this morning with GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann.  In this clip Beck also plays the audio from his program last week where he noted that the Tea Party is NOT racist:

 

 

You can read a partial transcript here.

Gingrich has been confronted about Beck’s “progressive” criticisms.  He was asked about it the charge during an interview with a New Hampshire radio station:

“What do you say to that sort of claim?” (Paul) Westcott wanted to know.

Gingrich’s initial reaction? Laughter.

“Well, I don’t know,” he continued. “I mean, depends on what standard you’re using. You know, the fact is that I balanced the budget for consecutive four years. And we did so well cutting taxes and increasing employment. So people went back to work, they left welfare, they left food stamps, they left unemployment, the left Medicaid. Who else has a record of that level of achievement?”

 


 

During the radio program, Beck indicated he will address these issues in great detail on his GBTV show at 5pm Monday evening.

UPDATE: Beck did address these issues at length on the Monday evening GBTV program.

Here is part one:

Two see parts two and three click here.

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  • RDG013
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:28pm

    Sorry, but Glenn is going off the deep end! I look at myself as a member of the Tea Party and see nothing wrong with Newt’s stance on health insurance that we would either have to buy insurance, or sign a waiver, so we do not put the tax payers at risk of having to pay for us. What in the world is wrong with that to any true conservative.

    Newt’s biggest problem is he looks for solutions and those who only see black and white will take specific parts and claim he is progressive due to that. What I do know about Newt is he lead the way for us to have balanced budgets in the 90′s and the very people who forced him out back then, were the Republicans that spent like wild liberals under Bush and started the current problms that Obama and the Dems have only made worse. Frankly, I am sick of those Reps that are still sitting in the House taking pot shots at Newt now, but were the ones that spent us into this mess!

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    • staunch conservative
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:12pm

      Fantastic. Great Post !!

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    • BeHeardAmerica
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:40pm

      Glenn is not consistent on this and off the deep end on Newt. I like Michelle but Michelle is not the right person in fact I believe she like Obama would blow up our country just in the opposite direction. If you listen to Newt and you see a seasoned man, I believe he is our best choice. He is not perfect but I believe he is the best of the pack. he speaks with understanding and passion, he knows what he’s talking about and will not let the congress run him. He will move the ball in the right direction. The rest of the pack will stall at best.

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    • Scapp70
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:44pm

      I agree. How deluded must you be to say that Newt and Obama are the same. I am Tea Party, and for over a year now I’ve been hoping Newt gets into the race, and now that he is, he is the only one making the most sense. Glenn Beck has finally been bought, maybe by Michael Savage.

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    • Scrubmaster
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:47pm

      Great post

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    • Kathleen3
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:51pm

      One of the reasons I am no longer active in Tea Parties is due to the fact so many fail to look beyond the veneer of someone/anyone claiming to be a Conservative. Millions made the dire mistake of not fully vetting Obama and we all know where that got us. Take 15 minutes to fully vet Gingrich and you can easily confirm the only difference between Obama and Gingrich are the letters “D” and “R” following their names.

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    • Cosmos102
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:58pm

      Same here! I’m voting for Newt.

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    • GroundZero is Nuclear Demolition x3
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 11:05pm

      “Tparty, U r being co-opted”
      Duh, they took the same stance as OWS. But occupy isn’t selling out to big money. I have more respect for OWS than the “sell out” Tparty.
      MSM is trying to paint OWS as opposite of Tparty and they are the SAME PPL PISSED AT A SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS THE MSM.
      This is why Tparty has been painted “racist”, they would do it to OWS if possible but they choose to paint them “Left” “progressive” or polarize them in some way.

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    • ggr1868
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 11:06pm

      Great post. If Newt and Romney are in a two-man race, you can be sure I’ll support Newt rather than the lucky sperm club candidate. I have great respect for Newt and the Contract with America he honored and implemented as Speaker of the House. He has the same type of Contract now as candidate for POTUS.

      Thanks for the post! Here‘s to defeating Obama in ’12.

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    • patriot308
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 11:11pm

      Glenn is mostly right. I would vote for newt in the general but not in the primary. And I would only vote for him…… blindfolded and holding my nose.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 11:15pm

      “Newt’s biggest problem is he looks for solutions”

      It’s that he looks for solutions IN GOVERNMENT. That’s what makes him progressive.

      Still, a progressive who loves, if imperfectly, the capitalist system and American Constitutionalism is better than one who clearly disdains them as Obama does. To not see that difference is the delusion of the fanatic.

      Who but an idiot or a fanatic could think that Newt couldn’t be any better than Obama?

      Would you rather be conquered by General Sherman or Genghis Kahn? There is a substantial difference. Sherman didn’t kill everyone in the towns he burned to the ground. Genghis made hills from the skulls of his enemies.

      Or how about a more real hustorical option? If you were a German at the end of WWII, would you rather be defeated by the Americans or the Russians?

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 11:42pm

      @IsLesFordian

      Do Progressives really love the Constitution? How does one love something they want to replace and work against? 

      Exchanging progressive for progressive will do nothing but keep the progressive agenda going. 

      Saying Newt is better then Obama is simply saying you like Newt‘s path of Progression better then Obama’s, and reality says you end at the same destination either way………

      Your analogies are off because you use two different ideologues. Would you rather be captured by Sunni or Shiite is the correct analogy and both lead to beheading….

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    • denise55
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 11:48pm

      With Newt we can see him, warts an all. For anyone here to say that Newt needs to be vetted has not been in Politics long. I remember back in the 90′s the media and the left going after Newt because of the Monica thing with Bill. Nancy Pelois and all of our democrats friends did everything they cold to push him off the third highest position in the US and the sad thing is that the republican’s helped. The ones that helped to bring him down are the ones trying to do the same thing again. BTW.. They keep talking about Newt taking money(working for) from Fannie and Freddie, but none of them say a thing about ALL of the politicians in the House /Senate who (including Obama)who have taken campaign donations from the two housing giants. I think what happened 10-15 years ago is old news and that Glenn Beck should be taking his own inventory because when he points a finger at Newt, there’s three more pointing back at him. Maybe Glenn Beck is a progressive now because he sure isn’t the person that inspired me two years ago.

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    • peaches1
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 11:58pm

      Listen carefully. People will tell you who they really are.

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    • RedCloudWoundedKnee
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:02am

      Good post, I attended Restoring Courage in Israel and remain confused on Glenn being able to support anyone that doesn’t stand strong with Israel. Glenn was surprised on December 7th at 1:24 minutes into GBTV when Davide Horowitz’s Freedom Center ad ran and Newt completed the ad with a statement of support for Horowitz and the work for Israel. Glenn looked surprised a little and said he didn’t know they were advertising there? With the coming remarks on Gingrich in a couple days the surprise makes sense now.

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    • 70S_KIDS_FIGHTING_SOCIALISM
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:17am

      Wrong!!! – Wrong!!! – Wrong!!!
      The point is that this is OUR primary. Freedom could be lost forever and were going to elect people we cant trust in Newt or Romney in the Primary. NO way! HeII no! They keep electing and running the most liberal socialist progressive candidates but we cant vote for a true constitutional conservative? Are you nuts? Us true Tea partiers would just have the sellouts not attend or claim to be us. That goes for some of those organizations that think their us. You sure as HEII are not going to tell me what to do. I will go with my consonance to do otherwise is insane. Some of us care about this country, freedom and have served in the military. I will listen to anyone but no one tells me how to vote I’m a free man who served his country. So Ill vote for Bachmann and I don’t care if they made fun of her buggy eyes. I know who she is. Their is NO doubt in my mind who she is. I wont tell anybody what to vote for but I sure as heck will tell someone that voting for Rhinos in A PRIMARY when you have more conservative choices is selling out your values and your not Tea Party or true conservative.

      TEA PARTY UNTOUCHABLES!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • ken80904
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:23am

      I actually think Glenn has exposed himself as a mormon here in his own bias. Is it that because Newt has risen above Romney that he has chosen an unrelated path of public comment to portray Newt poorly to the Tea Partiers?

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    • smalldog
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:32am

      Sign a waiver? What kind of waiver? They get treatment and have a lifetime to pay it back if every? What about folks that refuse to sign a waiver? Refuse to pay? Maybe healthcare providers are allowed to say ‘no’? Refuse treatment? Ask them to take their business elsewhere?

      What of those that refuse to buy and refuse to sign a waiver? Can providers refuse service?

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    • Goldsteinbergman
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:33am

      Glenn Beck looks like an albino Macaulay Caulkin. heehee.

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    • Cousin_of_Marx
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 1:13am

      Glen going off the deep end? He seems like the kind of guy who would die before he got here a swimming pool (exercise). Maybe he’d head for the deep end if there were Krispy Kreme donuts floating in the water.

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    • Cousin_of_Marx
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 1:39am

      I meant “near” not “here”. I’m pretty certain someone will jump on me for that. Or not.

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:11am

      HELLO!!!!! HELLO!!!!
      EARTH TO MANKIND!!!
      DO NOT COMPROMISE YOUR PRINCIPALS!!!
      DO NOT ACCEPT FRAUD AND SWEET TALK!!!!
      OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE THE WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING!!
      You that are all of a sudden in love with newt have been swindled by a smooth talking SNAKE OIL SALESMAN telling you what you want to hear!!! IT IS THE SAME OLD SCAM!! kissing everyones arse until he gets in power and craps on you like every other PROGRESSIVE PIECE OF TRASH!!

      Newt reminds me of Billy “Boy” Clinton, what piece of trash he was, before and after the elections. But during the elections he was sweet talking every single side of every issue. You think your opinion will matter when Mr. Newt-Romney get his hands on the golden egg machine??? Look at Obama then look at Newt-Romney. WAKE THE F^U^C^K UP!!!!!

      WAKE UP!!!

      THIS IS NOT a NORMAL TIME!! WE HAVE TO GET THIS ONE RIGHT!! WE WILL NOT GET ANOTHER CHANCE!!! PROGRESSIVE=BAD=END OF OUR WAY OF LIFE, OUR COUNTRY, AND OUR HERITAGE!!!

      WAKE UP!!!

      NO MORE COMPROMISE, You think cronyism is bad under obama?? wait till you see what a newt-romney will do. PLEASE, DO NOT ABANDON YOUR PRINCIPALS AND SACRIFICE OUR NATION.
      This is NO LONGER EVEN CUTE OR FUNNY. WAKE UP!!

      I have watched my buddies die defending liberty and freedom, buying you a chance to live the life you take for granted. I WILL NOT LET THAT SACRIFICE BE IN VEIN. I WILL NOT COMPROMISE, I WILL NOT WAIVER IN MY DUTY TO DEFEND LIBERTY. No one is asking for your blood.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:21am

      70S_KIDS_FIGHTING_SOCIALISM I support the goals of the tea party but their pick of “I’m not a witch” was a embarrassment …. I also remember the Dems and Repubics calling Reagan unelectable. Newt isn’t perfect but who in this pack is perfection? & Please Paulbots don‘t tell me about kook Paul and how he hasn’t changed his underwear in 30yrs…… Anyone that blames America for 911 is a trader!

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    • pamela kay
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:22am

      Newt does have allot of baggage. Romney does as well, however we have to support whoever gets the nomination and do the best that we can to hold them accountable. As a Tea Party member I have to say neither are what we want as an ideal candidate but I have to be realistic and face the fact that most likely one or the other will get the nomination. To support a candidate that has no chance at beating Obama at this stage of the game is suicide for a win in 2012. We will still vote for anyone rather than Obama. Baby steps , to reach the finish line. We are determined to make a difference and will continue regardless.

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:35am

      Con’t*

      Right now, you need to take a good long look at yourself. Not as a republican, democrat, black, whait, mexican or whatever stereotype you identify with, BUT AS AN AMERICAN!! AS A HUMAN BEING!! and yes as a creation of the all mighty. The awesome privilage you enjoy has never existed before on this planet, EVER!! AND it requires a price be paid in blood and sacrifice, Who spilled thiers for you? Christ is the first one that comes to my mind mind and second is THE AMERICAN SOLDIER!! Your Parents, Grand Parents, and your heritage HAVE! You OWE THEM EVERYTHING for paying and paving the way for you to be where you are. ALL you have to do is GET THIS ONE DECISION RIGHT!! and you will save soo much innocent bloodshed.

      I will only vote for a tried and true constutional conservitive, not a johnny come lately, or a recent convert “I have seen the light” candidate. GIVE ME A BREAK!!! newt-romney are professional liars, smooth talking “say what you want to hear” specialists that have supposedly recently seen the light and the error of their ways just for you and the sake of the country because “its a popular issue these days” kind of infested, vile, repulsive piles of puke FRAUDS. WAKE UP!!!

      We have to get this right this time guys and gals. The progressive agenda is much further along that you know. The race is on to see if they can beat the catastrophies getting ready to befall this planet. They know that time is short and chaos is comming.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 3:16am

      I am a true Tea and I am telling you I would not vote for Gingrich if he was the only candidate! He voted twice while in Congress to help pass two anti 2nd amendment bills in Congress. Romney signed an anti-2nd amendment law while Governor. I am tired of politicians crapping on the Constitution, aren’t you?? You are not Tea if you vote Progressive. I, personally am for Ron Paul. I wish I had been for him in 2008. I have woke up and will now fight as hard as I can for Individual Liberty, which has been forgotten and just referred to as freedom. Everyone says WE are free instead of I am free. Each one of us, individually, are responsible for ourselves, our own actions. I choose to stop listening to the establishment and think for myself. I am tired of liars, candidates who have to tell you what they think you want to hear and change once they find out you do not like it. I will stay with a guy who has stayed on message for thirty years, and has been right. Ron Paul 2012.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 3:27am

      ggr1868
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 11:06pm
      Great post. If Newt and Romney are in a two-man race, you can be sure I’ll support Newt rather than the lucky sperm club candidate. I have great respect for Newt and the Contract with America he honored and implemented as Speaker of the House. He has the same type of Contract now as candidate for POTUS.

      Thanks for the post! Here‘s to defeating Obama in ’12.

      You ARE talking about the Gingrich who was fined $300,000.00 for lying to Congress and kicked out??

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 3:30am

      Patriot308, This is what Glenn said about Gingrich if he got the nod: http://www.therightscoop.com/glenn-beck-id-consider-ron-paul-as-third-party-over-newt-gingrich/

      and what he said earlier this year about the candidates: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcAYJqG0NEI

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    • 4stmichael
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 3:32am

      Newt mentioned the people who have jobs and refuse health insurance then refuse to pay their hospital bills. Also, there is incentive for a person to save for their own needs AND keep what they save if it is not needed. It sounds different than the health care Take-Over imposed by this tyrannical admin.

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    • 4stmichael
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 3:35am

      still not convinced about Newt’s idea of a centralized computerized health record on each citizen..ok..sometimes mistakes can happen ..but do we really want to have a centralized agency with all of our records? ..or do we already have that ..??

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    • jujubeebee
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 4:52am

      RDG013: great post!

      I think that Glenn pushes too much to black and white. I would vote for Newt, regardless of what others call baggage. I am with the Tea Party but also realize that Tea Party is not one brain following Glenn Beck’s brain. They are composed of individuals who came together because of fear of what Obama was doing to the country….not because they agreed on everything. You are going to need someone in that White House who can get us half or more of what we want….with the focus on the important things. We don’t need a saint or the appearance of a perfect family. We need a leader who can balance the budget…get the deficit under control….repeal obamacare, and work with the other side to achieve the best “POSSIBLE” results for our side. If you think you can get a far right conservative elected you can’t. This guy has been vetted and I don’t care about some of the so called baggage from 15-20 years ago.

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    • Anne G
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 5:28am

      Agree

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 5:33am

      “Do Progressives really love the Constitution? How does one love something they want to replace and work against?”

      Not all progressives are the same. The unwillingness to see this is your biggest problem. To be working against the Constitution while thinking that you are really supporting the Constitution is still better than consciously knowing that you are working against the Constitution. Many of us are deceived about the effects of our actions and beliefs. That deception DOES mitigate our guilt somewhat because, if we are confronted with the truth there is more potential for our conversion.

      There is a vast difference in the soul of a man between a Progressive who is motivated by false optimism about the potential of government than a progressive who is motivated by resentment against the so-called oppressors. Both men may embrace policies that are destructive to the nation, but only the latter will do so KNOWING how destructive they are. There is no arguing with him, no hope of changing his mind unless he experiences a deeper and more fundamental conversion of the soul. The other can actually be reasoned with. I was one such person. Confronted with the realities of the consequences of leftist ideologies I recoiled and became a conservative. Not all at once, but the first turning made the next few easier to do.

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    • Obama Been Lauding
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 6:19am

      There is definitely something to this!
      I am in full agreement that Michelle Bachman would be the best we could hope for!!!
      However, I do not want to see another 4 years of this Socialist, (Barrack Hussein Obama), in the White House!!!
      If Newt is the winner, I will vote for him!!!
      At least Newt does have “Some” conservative ideas!!!

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 6:48am

      Wow.
      I’m surprised at how many on here seemingly turn on Glenn when he seemingly disagrees with them.
      Glenn was making a point. Stop being so literal.
      Glenn’s point is – we need to make sure we are not replacing this ‘progressive’ with another ‘progressive’ – of whatever party. And, Newt has a progressive track record. No matter that he takes a traditionally conservative stance – no matter that he is the most experienced. He still tends to take progressive stances on issues.
      If you want a true conservative – your man is a woman – Michele Bachmann.
      If you want a “conservative progressive” – your man is Newt.
      I’m not saying I will vote Bachmann in November 2012 regardless (a la third party/write-in), no, I am saying we need to choose the right candidate NOW.
      If you want to save America for our childreen, and our children’s children – we have to move boldly and decisively.
      I believe this is Glenn’s stance as well.
      A “sort-of conservative” candidate is not what this country needs. We need a TRULY conservative candidate !

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    • reform
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 7:15am

      My question out there is do you really think he is a Mitt Romney supporter? Then why move to Texas? Why to take the whole operation to the Lone Star State? And who is the present governor? This latest bill that Glenn Beck had discussed with Allen West the question is did Barack Obama craft this bill. I do believe it was John McCain and someone from Michigan was it not, the question is how could Harry Reid even bring it up on the floor for a vote? Then to have it passed 93 to 7 and do you really think Barack Obama will veto this bill if it is not changed to his likings this is what our Congress wants us to think. Nothing will change unless we get the progressives out of Congress it will not matter if a Republican, or Democrat, or a libertarian or an independent third-party becomes president. As we’ve seen how they try to interact with each other it is not good for the American people and the outcome that they want for us, until we focus on that nothing will change. right now there are really two people that I respect in their opinions one being Jim De-Mint and Rand Paul. I would venture to think that RAND Paul would vote for his father the question is who does Jim prefer to be the president? It will not just be Republicans but conservative Republicans that will change the course of this country then and only then can we move forward to reverse what has been done.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 7:29am

      “A “sort-of conservative” candidate is not what this country needs. We need a TRULY conservative candidate !”

      That’s why I am hoping for Santorum. Go Rick!

      But if he doesn’t make it, and if Michelle Bachmann doesn’t either, or Rick Perry, and if no one else jumps in the race, Like Sarah Palin or Bobby Jindal or Paul Ryan, if Newt is the nominee as progressive as he is, I will still vote for him. A “sort of conservative” is better than a TRULY Marxist President.

      By all means keep pounding on Newts flaws durin g the primaries in order to sway more people toward chosing a better candidate (I’m truly up in the air as to who is worse between Newt and Mitt) but it is simply irresponsible to do as Glenn has done and give support to the idea that any of these Republicans would be no better than Obama so as to justify voting for a third party.

      You can make the case that Obama being elected the first time woke America up in a way that Mccain would not have. But America is waking up now. We don’t need to keep Obama in office to see any better the dangers of socialism. We need to start putting out the fires, and if my only real choice in November is electing someone who will simply stop pouring gasoline on the fires, so be it.

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    • dakealo
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 7:56am

      Some facts about Newt you may have forgotten:

      Newt wrote or originated the heath care manifesto, that was implemented later by Mitt Romney. (ObamaCare)
      Newt Wants to extend the use of illegal Executive orders
      Newt is Pro-U.N.
      Newt is Pro-Fed
      Newt supports NAFTA
      Newt still supports the Global Warming myth
      Newt is pro- Cap & Trade
      Newt despises the “Right Wing” (his own words)
      Newt is pro-Amnesty
      Newt’s anti-Gun record: http://caucuses.desmoinesregis...

      Also:

      04/02/1987 – He cosponsored the 1987 Fairness Doctrine

      10/22/1991 – He voted for an amendment that would create a National Police Corps

      03/—/1993 – He voted for sending $1.6 Billion in foreign aid to Russia.

      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.

      04/25/1996 – Voted for the single largest increase on Federal education spending ($3.5 Billion)

      04/10/1995 – He supported Federal tax dollars being spent on abortions.

      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 s

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    • reform
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 8:00am

      You have to remember that at that time he did work to help reform welfare and the grand old party was not too happy with him and to me at that point in time both parties did not want to give up what they had accomplished. For me to honestly think for 1 min. after watching all these debates that Ron Paul could stand on stage however true his values and actually get the American people motivated enough to support him what am I missing. He has a hard time putting his thoughts through as far as the fed yes it has to go but to completely just drop it however unconstitutional it is at this time I really don’t see a bright future for this country or the world. Do they need to be exposed for who they are absolutely as well as some of the other international banking institutions right now you do see a lot of people waking up to what is happened but to change overnight will not happen but should be the right thing to do. Just as the progressives it is taken them 100+ years to implement most of their philosophy does anybody really believe that in four years or eight it will be reversed that quickly?

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    • navyordnance
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 8:15am

      Anyone that thinks “WE the People” are the ones choosing the next “conservative” candidate, are deluded. That person has already been chosen for us. This dog and pony show that’s being played out, is to satisfy the masses. Not until Americans open their eyes, will we have a candidate that will allow “The People” to govern. Unfortunately, We the People have raised a bunch of freeloading morons, and allowed a good portion of this Nation to be run by Progressives, Marxists, and good ol’ fashioned Communists. We have an extremely steep road to climb to get this nation back. Think very carefully about who, and what you’re voting for. I dislike all the front running “conservative” candidates. But if that’s all I have, I’ll vote AGAINST something, if I can’t vote FOR something. Sounds cheap, but if it’s all I have, I’m not going to sit on my hands and let someone else decide for me. I’ll make my decision, and do my best to keep the next President’s feet to the fire of freedom.

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    • Duddio
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 8:45am

      Frankly, I have been listening to Newt speeches and reading his books for the last ten years, and I appreciate his solutions-oriented approach. I also don’t know how his critics have missed what a proponent of privatization he is. Newt is willing for government to hand over a lot of what it currently is responsible for to the private sector. He is a “whatever-works” for America candidate, and I like that about him.
      I am taken aback at the ferocity of Glenn’s attacks on Gingrich, and I wonder why he didn’t start his support of Bachmann sooner. He started this year with, “I don’t endorse candidates, ever.” and now he obviously is in the tank for Michelle Bachmann. Some would call that inconsistent, or even a flip-flop, but Glenn has reconciled it with his principles. Michelle Bachmann is one of only two candidates that I have supported financially, but she hasn’t gotten anywhere nationally.
      By the time the race comes to Nevada (my state) I’m afraid Bachmann will be effectively out of the race. Newt is my second choice over Romney, because he is pledging to sign a slew of executive orders on his first day to undo Obama’s executive orders. He is not afraid to make specific promises about a course of action, and that’s what draws the Tea Partiers that support him. I don‘t think he’s the devil. Glenn needs to admit his policy of non-endorsement has changed… or at least non-endorsement (of Gingrich).

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    • RiseLiberty
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 9:02am

      RDGO13, couldn’t agree with you more. There is no question that Newt is conservative at his core and will more than take the fight to Obama. He will be in attack mode and force the president to defend his record. He will counter any argument the president puts forth with a damning review of Obama’s dismal term in office while offering logical solutions. I’ve been listening to Glenn for several years and I agree with most of his views but this one baffles me. How and why is he against Newt? It cant be his record. It’s definitely not about his intellect, the guy is light years ahead of his competition. It’s not his gift for oratory, he can out-debate anyone. And Napoleon said, “Men are ruled by words”, so image won’t matter when he debates Obama. Obama played the image card already in 2008 – we already know what that got us. No, I really believe it has to do with Newt’s personal life. Glenn has become super religious as of late, I’ve seen the transition, almost zealously so. I really think it‘s Newt’s wives. He can‘t wrap his head around the guy’s three marriages. And to that I say, dude if he’s got everything else going for him, you give him a pass on that. These are extraordinarily dangerous times right now. The ship is in a storm and it‘s heading for the rocks and if he’s the only one who can grab that wheel and turn us around, I want him as captain, no matter how many wives he had. We are talking about saving the America we grew up in.

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    • stone2016
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 9:12am

      …And you missed the point completely. Newt believes government solves our problems. That’s a progressive idea. Government decides first, government regulates second, government mandates third, then what few choices are left is Newt’s idea of freedom. He is out there preaching that he will solve all the problems with health care, budgets, employment, children learning to work, and the list goes on. THAT’S PROGRESSIVE.

      The conservative believes people can solve their own problems if the federal government gets out of the way.

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    • popweasel
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 9:22am

      Couldn’t agree more. I cancelled my GBTV subscription (which I don‘t have time to watch but was doing to support Glenn’s cause) because of these comments. Listened to Glenn for years and years, but he sounds like a frickin’ moron here (to borrow a D. Ramsey phrase).

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    • stone2016
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 9:24am

      To compare Newt with Obama. They both truly feel that if only they are in charge of the government, they can use the government to fix all the ills of society.

      Global warming, health care, education, employment, etc.

      Newt will use every power entrusted to him to fix these problems, because he believes the government can. Only difference I truly see in Newt and Obama is how much they are willing to spend and destroy. Obama’s end game is ultimate goverment power by destroying American freedom, Newt’s end game is power over the government. Both will end up in the same place.

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    • YoungBloodNews
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 9:33am

      So silly the ‘Newts nothing like Obama’ statements…

      Just like Obama was supposed to be nothing like Bush? But when elected continued down the same power hungry path lolololololololollllllllllllllllll…

      I cant wait for the ticket to be split, and you get 4 more with the Bamster. At least the Republic will die swift and then you will wake the f up ;)

      And RP is drawing from GOPers, Independents, and disenfranchised Dems so expect him to take much more then 8% if Newts elected.

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    • DrFrost
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:11am

      I agree with the tenets of the Tea party. I want smaller government, lower taxes, a balanced budget amendment and more personal freedom. Being a libertarian I’ve wanted these things for over 20 years now.

      I have great respect for Glenn but I‘m not convinced he’s right about Newt. Yes, he’s done some things that do not mesh well with libertarian principles but he also has some very significant, very conservative, accomplishments. This is IN NO WAY equivalent to Obama, who has done absolutely nothing for the conservative cause. To compare these two records as if they were the same is to be willfully blind to a large portion of Gingrich’s record.

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    • Felonius
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:17am

      If a citizen refuses insurance, can government compell him to sign a waiver. If he refuses, what then. A mandate is a mandate and thus uncunstitutional.

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    • Wolf
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:20am

      Gnewt Gingrinch‘s only problem is he’s anti-Consitution.
      Oops, that is a whole shopping list of problems.
      Gnewt has been a thorn in America’s side since he was first elected, he’s going to be a nail in the coffin if elected again.

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    • Ookspay
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:25am

      Great post. It is refreshing to see a little sanity here. Glenn Beck is completely off the rails. He is all but calling us stupid, racist and un-American. He WILL get Obama re-elected! His preachy attitude telling us that his principles are better than ours is a joke.

      He has become a one note flute, shrill and annoying… PROGRESSIVISM! When your only tool is a hammer, you see every problem as a nail!

      Glenn you have really let me down. Your dishonesty regarding various candidates positions, and your blanket generalities are pathetic. We get it, you want an evangelical president bachmann or santorem.

      I may have to stop listening to his show… Sadly, I have been a fan of his for years. But now he is practically campaigning for Obama with his divisive diatribes.

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    • 308Hammer
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:34am

      Glenn is nuts.

      It‘s sad I can’t even listen to his self righteous BS.

      He’s an admitted addict judging others. Not too smart.

      Who exactly is the perfect candidate? There is none, yet Glenn would have us all believe that Newt is worse than Obama. That’s pretty inaccurate to say the least.

      And for him to threaten to split the vote shows his true colors.

      Go screw yourself Glenn. Remember, we listen to you, but we don’t have to listen to you.

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    • veruca salt
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:38am

      Hey Glenn, Breitbart is out there calling you a snake, a plagiarizer, a liar, and a coward over these last comments you made about racism and the Tea Party. Why don’t you invite him on and discuss your differing views? You know you won’t because Bretibart is correct: you are a coward. You never defend your views in a man to man debate after you throw your inflammatory comments out there on the public record. You won’t even debate a lowly liberal like Van Jones who surely you could demolish with your Truth and your Facts, so why would anyone think you would take on Breitbart.

      Very ironic, Mr. Beck, from someone who regularly espouses the need for Courage. Maybe you should practice what you preach.

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    • WakingSheep
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:19am

      Ha! watch the new Ron Paul ad? Says everything i would hope somebody needs to hear about NEWT. This ad is no BS either. NEWT is the biggest flip-flopper on policy i have ever seen.

      This says it all. Newt – Serial Hypocricy

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWKTOCP45zY

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    • MEANS2RESIST
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:11pm

      Ginrich & Obozo answer to the same NWO masters. The same ones that controlled the Bush admin. I will give my vote to the candidate that runs against the democomms. I am hoping it’s Ron Paul.

      The biggest concern is getting a GOP or TEA majority house & senate. The demmocomms have to be stopped once and for all.

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    • orkydorky
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:29pm

      As usual Glenn is right on the money! The GOP elite, the LSM, and the commies from the left have ganged up on the tea party candidates to promote the assurance of a progressive president regardless of the party affiliation. Wake up tea partiers, your falling into the trap! Remember this, prisons are full of smooth talkers, it doesn’t make them good people!

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    • PresidentDowngrade
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:41pm

      I was a big Glenn supporter until he started with this none-sense. Newt BALANCED the budget. He is the strongest supporter of Israel, he speaks openly and honestly about militant Islam, he is an absolute pitbull in a debate, Michelle Bachman may be a nice lady but will get eaten alive in the big chair. I would have a better chance teaching nuclear physics at MIT then for her to be an effective president. Your all wet Glen, and I canceled GBTV.

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    • black9897
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:07pm

      Those of you who think Newt is the best pick..you clearly don’t know anything. Ron Paul is the best pick. Newt is for cap n trade, he’s a hypocrite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWKTOCP45zY&feature=youtu.be . He doesn’t want limited government. http://netrightdaily.com/2011/12/neither-gingrich-nor-romney-favor-limited-government/ He thinks progressive FDR was the best president in history. Please start to use your brains. Ron paul is the only consistent constitutional , libitarian, conservative .

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    • adam79c
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:22pm

      I agree, we need to gather together and get Obama out of office. Great post!

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    • chuck006
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 3:13pm

      Newt has done things that I find disturbing, like the scene with Pelosi. However, I place a lot more credence in what he has actually done than what he has said. Think back to 1994.

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    • bobemakk
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 4:36pm

      RDG, I agree wholeheartedly. Beck has lost it, and he was my favorite on FOX. Gingrich is the most qualified to run this country back into prosperity and I support him 100%. I hope he picks a dynamic VP.

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    • Byzantine_Catholic
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 4:39pm

      I wrote in Ron Paul in 2008 and i sleep at night knowing that I Voted for the right person. I will do this again in 2012 (assuming Paul loses the rep nom)

      Here is why I cant vote for NEWT..(besides he was on congressmen in Ga 6th)
      10/22/1991 – Voted for an amendment that would create a National Police Corps.
      03/-/1993 – Voted for sending $1.6 Billion in foreign aid to Russia.
      11/19/1993 – Voted for the NAFTA Implementation Act.
      11/27/1994 – Supported the GATT Treaty giving sovereignty to the U.N.
      08/27/1995 – Suggested that drug smuggling should carry a death sentence.
      04/25/1996 – Voted for the single largest increase on Federal education spending ($3.5 Billion)
      04/10/1995 – Supported Federal taxdollars being spent on abortions.
      06/01/1996 – Helped a Democrat switch parties in an attempt to defeat constitutionalist Ron Paul in 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 – Stated that free speech should be curtailed in order to fight terrorism. Called for a “serious debate about the 1st Amendment.”
      02/15/2007 – Supported Bush’s proposal for mandatory carbon caps.
      09/28/2008 – Stated if he were in office, he would have reluctantly voted for the $700B TARP bailout.
      10/01/2008 – Stated in an article that TARP was a “workout, not

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    • Mike N
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 5:02pm

      Hit the nail on the head ! ! !

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    • TroyBray
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 6:28pm

      @Kathleen,
      So right you are. I have never been a big Knewt supporter, even when he was speaker. Many of us, in ‘94, voted for Republicans because of the Contract. The contract had many things in it that we wanted, and we wanted them immediately. Knewt kept his promise to bring those items to a vote, but encouraged many of them to fail. They were brought to a vote, but he killed them. (Balanced Budget Amendment, congressional Term Limits, etc.).
      Then he diddled his secretary while bashing Clinton for getting a little Lewinsky.
      This is the guy “real Conservatives” are voting for? Really? Really? Bachmann and Santorum are both way better.

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    • psychodd1
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 6:43pm

      Excellent Point,I too am a Tea-Party advocate and I too will be Voting for Newt,I Love Glenn most of the time but in this I believe he is wrong.For one thing I disagree that all progressive thought is bad as i disagree that all conservative thought is good.I believe Newt to be somewhere in between he is a conservative with aspirations for a better world through innovative ways but not hellbent on throwing away are american values.I like that he is flawed,that makes him human,he made money,so what…thats the american way. He got divorced…so what….check the stats on that one.He was nat faithful….OMG!!!!! You mean he was your typical red-blooded american man ? I like him ,no matter what Glen says.

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    • theaveng
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 7:32pm

      >>see nothing wrong with Newt’s stance on health insurance that we would either have to buy insurance, or sign a waiver, so we do not put the tax payers at risk of having to pay for us. What in the world is wrong with that to any true conservative.
      >>

      Because it violates the 10th amendment which forbids Congress from forcing people to buy insurance. Per out 10th amendment rights, only the State legislatures can require mandatory insurance. If you were a TRUE conservative, someone who obeys the constitution – then you would already know this.

      signed,
      Tea Partier, lifetime libertarian, registered Republican, and Constitutionalist

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    • HankRearden425
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 7:50pm

      What is wrong with his position on health care, from a libertarian tea party point of view, is that the constitution does not empower the Federal government to interfere with an individual’s health care choices. If the constitution does not specifically grant the Federal government the authrity to act, it may not act in such a manner. This is the case regardless of the cost effectiveness of the proposed program.

      It is a strict adherence to the Constitution that distinguishes the Tea Party from the Progressives. If the tea party chooses to abandon the Constitution as its guide it may as well cease to exist because we already have two political parties that advocate policies without regard to their constitutionality in the interest of the so called “greater good.”

      Glenn Beck is absolutely right about Newt.

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    • theaveng
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 8:01pm

      P.S.

      Glenn’s right. The only difference between Obama and Gingrich are (1) race and (2) one has a D after his name and the other has an R after his name. If you vote for Gingrich you’re just going to get 4 more years of Obama-like policies….. more Patriot Act, more groping by the TSA, more warmongering, more cameras placed everywhere, more bailouts for bankers and corporations.

      Gingrich == 4 more years of policies that are near-identical to our current president

      .

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    • Go-rin-no-sho
      Posted on December 14, 2011 at 7:35am

      The fact that Newt Gingrich had to “cow together” conservatives in the 90s shows what type of Presidency he would have… he is definitely not conservative on enough issues to even be considered a basic conservative. He’s less than half conservative.

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    • downthewell
      Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:10am

      Glenneth is having a bad week. First Andrew Breitbart exposes him for being a slimy snake and a liar and a fear monger-for-profit, then a majority of the Tea Party dump Beck because he called them racists. Top it off with an elevator ride last night where his neighbors in the building teased him. Poor Glenneth.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:46pm

      oh my. How much fun can one person have? https://twitter.com/#!/AndrewBreitbart
      A modern day “Clash of the TightOnes”

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:50pm

      Gingrich is pro amnesty, he is pro Patriot Act(not as is, but making it STRONGER), he is pro health care mandate(or was before this), and worst of all he was pro global warming. Everyone of these programs ARE BIG government. You are being duped. Pick a real conservative, not one that says what he has to say to get elected.

      Bachmann, Santorum, heck even Perry are better choices than this guy. The more I learn from what he says the worse he looks to me. I now have Mitt above him, as well as, Ron Paul(I was a Herman Cain person first).

      If nothing else, look at how Obama will deal with him in the “battle” for ideas. He will bring up the government shut down under Gingrich’s watch. If you think that Gingrich shrunk the spending, that is also wrong. He only slowed the rate of growth. Every year the budget went up. This man is a nightmare for anyone that is a real conservative. When your favorite presidents include FDR, Teddy Roosevelt, and Wilson, that should be enough for you to run screaming the other way. I only hope that enough people learn about these skeleton’s in his closet before it is too late.

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:02pm

      @veruca salt
      My dear, you haven’t listened to Beck very much have you. He has invited Van Jones on multiple times, it is Van Jones that will not accept the debate.
      He has had Newt on at least twice and debated with him over his FDR view point.
      He has had Britebart on many times, and the two agree frequently. Ever heard of negative advertising? It is done by a company to get their ratings up by flaming someone else. Glenn and Andrew both do it, often.

      Since you chose the name Veruca Salt, I can only assume that you want to be known as a know-it-all brat that wants her way at any cost. That wont fly here. Too many free thinkers for that.

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    • veruca salt
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 11:27pm

      @Jackrabbit

      You‘re right that I don’t listen to Mr. Beck’s radio program, but mainly due to the fact that low ratings forced him into the 9 pm time slot in my market so it’s just not convenient. No disrespect, but I don’t believe your claim that Beck challenged Van Jones to a debate multiple times. Google “Glenn Beck Van Jones Dabate” or any other combination of those key words and plenty of evidence of Jones directly challenging Beck pops up, but not the other way around. Also, included in the search results, is plenty of commentary from multiple sources about Beck giving plenty of cowardly excuses not to take Mr. Jones up on his offer. So, please enlighten me and I will stand corrected and admit that I am wrong.

      I will reciprocate and make the observation based on your “free thinkers” comment that you obviously don’t read many of the comments on the Blaze, as there is not a plethora of free thinkers here. Your defense of the coward Glenn Beck is touching, though. Though we may agree to disagree, this is America and I will always support your right to defend a coward.

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  • Rightallalong
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:25pm

    Newt is not a Tea Party candidate. If Tea Party members vote for Newt in the primary then they are not true to what the Tea Party’s original purpose. WHen the general election comes around and its Newt VS Obama then we have a choice between Terrible and Horrible (you can decide which is which), and it will be a decision to get to the collapse quickly or slowly. WIth either Newt or Obama we will have a huge and ever growing government, profound corruption, crony capitalism and we will have a continued reduction in our freedoms in the name of security.

    Also please watch the video of BILL O’Reilly saying how supporting the oath to the constitution is kooky and people should not be able to protect themselves in times of crisis.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isd0FlGb_LY
    and
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICoiFBWGX4M&feature=related
    BILLO is a traitor AND A PINHEAD

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    • Restored One
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:32pm

      Today on the View Donald Trump said that he will be endorsing someone soon and if this person does not get the nomination, he WILL RUN as an Independant.

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:37pm

      I would say Glenn is right but said it poorly.

      If candidate R and candidate D hold the same exact policies, progressive, how does one choose to vote R over D or D over R? 

      I would agree with Glenn slightly, one part may have to do with race, on both sides, but the major factor is the little letter beside their name, D and R. 

      Partyists, those voting D or R regardless of the candidate, are the destroyers of our country. R’s will vote R and D will vote D regardless if both R and D are the exact same. That is how progressives were able to gain power so long ago and retained it for so long. 

      Partyists are the useful idiots on both sides. Partyists believe the party and vote for such party even if the party slowly moves from their original platform. 

      There is only one candidate running who’s policies are not progressed. His platform is the Constitution. His name is Ron Paul. 

      Another progressive will not be better then Obama. It will be the same as Obama. 

      Wake up! 

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    • RDG013
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:39pm

      Restored, actually Trump did not say that. He stated if a candidate that he cannot agree with were to get the nomination, that he would consider running. In other words, Trump was saying if Ron Paul were to somehow get the nomination, he would run, which means Trump will not be running as a third party candidate.

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    • Gold Coin & Economic News
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:39pm

      I would never vote for him but, I would just love, love, love to see Newt debate Obama. Gingrich would eat Obama for lunch, grind him up and spit him out and that would be the end of his presidency. Man, that would be fun.
      http://www.congressinsiders.com/2011/11/did-congress-actually-think-the-super-committee-would-succeed/

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:40pm

      I would say Glenn is right but said it poorly.

      If candidate R and candidate D hold the same exact policies, progressive, how does one choose to vote R over D or D over R? 

      I would agree with Glenn slightly, one part may have to do with race, on both sides, but the major factor is the little letter beside their name, D and R. 

      Partyists, those voting D or R regardless of the candidate, are the destroyers of our country. R’s will vote R and D will vote D regardless if both R and D are the exact same. That is how progressives were able to gain power so long ago and retained it for so long. 

      Partyists are the useful idiots on both sides. Partyists believe the party and vote for such party even if the party slowly moves from their original platform. 

      There is only one candidate running who’s policies are not progressed. His platform is the Constitution. His name is Ron Paul. 

      Another progressive will not be better then Obama. It will be the same as Obama. 

      Wake up! .

      Okie from Muskogee  
    • JohnnyMidknight
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:49pm

      You fail to see one thing… The Tea Party is not the GOP. There are blue dog Democrats and Independents that are part of the Teas Party. The issue that the Republican Party has to cater to the establishment, much like the Democrats. People are only now waking up to this. Dole saw it after the stunt that Perot pushed that cost the 1992 election.

      Look at Dole’s Stances in 1996:
      http://www.4president.us/issues/dole1996/dole1996issues.htm

      He didn’t win either. The GOP took this as a rejection of the conservative model and has been tacting more and more left each election. As Dole’s platform was to appeal to the conservative base, again Perot took votes and cost the Republican bid for the White House. Because of this, the GOP started pushing more and more social Republicans, which brought us W.

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    • marybethelizabeth
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:52pm

      Mr. Beck predicted that the Republicans would be successful in the midterm elections in 2010 but that the economy would get worse. The Rebulicans would then be blamed for the economic downturn and President Obama would be elected for 4 more years.

      Mr. Beck was wrong. The 2010 Congress has done nothing and that’s about all the blame they share.

      Mr. Beck can still salvage his prediction of a President Obama 2nd term by supporting a 3rd party and splitting the opposition vote. He talked a lot about 10% being a threshold of change. It wouldn’t take even 10% of the vote going to a third party to guarantee a win for President Obama.

      But the big winner would be Mr. Beck whose prediction would be accurate. When all is said and done, isn’t that what is most important?

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    • JohnnyMidknight
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:01pm

      @ marybethelizabeth
      A third party support would end up in one thing, Obama winning. Perot did it in 1992 & 1996 by getting 10% of the vote. You will not split the Democrats, they are openly Progressive. Obama is not Progressive enough is the largest issue with his base. However, he has to be as the progressive do not have full support of the GOP in congress, nor are they the majority in the house.

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    • last frontier
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:08pm

      “If you have a big government progressive, or a big government progressive in Obama… ask yourself this, Tea Party: is it about Obama’s race? Because that’s what it appears to be to me. If you‘re against him but you’re for [Newt Gingrich], it must be about race. I mean, what else is it? It’s the policies that matter.”
      Glen it should be progressive, vs progressive light, or our progressive vs there progressive, or a rino progressive vs a liberal progressive, or catholic progressive vs a muslim progressive, I dont think it’s a race issue.

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    • mad_hatter_
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:10pm

      This is where I completely agree with Glenn beck and Ron Paul, Gingrich is no conservative: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/dec/paul_ad_access.html

       
    • NHwinter
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:16pm

      Sometimes I think Glenn gets very silly and his examples get sillier. I am a fan of Glenn, but I wish he would stay on the serious side. The Tea Party racist thing was just food for the Progressives although I understood what he was saying. There is so much in fighting with the Republicans that I think they are going to defeat themselves. Glenn and Fox have critized most of them so much I wonder how the heck Republicans can ever win. I don’t see a light at the end of this tunnel. The Progressives have dumbed down Americans so much that it wouldn’t surprise me if they re-elected the destroyer in chief.

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    • IMAWAKENOW
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:33pm

      As I am writting this I have Glenn Beck scratching away madly on his blackboard about Teddy Rosevelt. He is doing this to convivce us to HATE Gingrich. So far, in 25 minutes of rant I have not heard more than two comments from Newt. I may be wrong here but T.R. is quite dead and not running for office. If Newt is our candidate I WILL VOTE FOR HIM. We need to beat Obama at all costs. Just because Newt has had a position that has changed at some point, so what. I’m pretty sure I have changed my mind a time or to myself. Don’t you suppose Glenn has made a few changes over the years as well? I have noticed several in the three years I have been watching.
      I can not forgive anyone from our side that says they would rather let Obama ruin this country before they would vote for Newt.GB said as much this morning saying a Ron Paul 3rd party would get his vote. WE CAN’T SPLIT THE TICKET!!! Please come back from the brink Glenn.

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    • Rached Madcow SHOW
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:41pm

      Bachmann is a liar and Glenn Beck is a fraud. He stands with liars. He called the Tea Party racist and Bachmann made herself look like an idiot. Glenn asked for examples of Newt hijacking Tea Party language and she couldn’t. She then changed the subject about Newts’ record in office and the first words out of her mouth was “Newt lowered taxes and cut spending”. Lower taxes and cut spending! The Tea Party hates lowering taxes and cutting spending so why would they vote for Newt? OMG Newt is white!!! Time to hit the bottle again Glenn. Saying there is no difference between birthers and 9-11 truthers was pretty foul, but you have hit a new low.

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    • DesertReb
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:46pm

      I just don’t understand this talk by Glenn about supporting a third party if Gingrich is the GOP winner… Why not just vote of Obama instead of bleeding off votes?

      No, Gingrich would not be my choice either, but hell, I would vote for Donald Duck to beat Obama… Do you really think we can survive another 4 years of Obama rule? … You Newt haters better get some common sense and not let the enemies of liberty divide our forces.

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    • kritacul
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 6:03pm

      You are so right about all of this and TRUE Tea Party members need not to support a Progressive in Newt and a Flip-Flopper in Mitt.

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    • Ookspay
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 6:32pm

      I was a huge Glenn Beck fan, until very recently… Like most great people, he was fine until he started to believe he was great. Now his ego is out of control. He may have been right on a few “prophecies”, but now he borders on proselitizing, I’m out.

      Rush Limbaugh has ten times the political knowledge as Beck, yet somehow manages not to come off preachy or condescending. Glenn needs a long vacation, I worry about him.

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    • byehlik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 6:41pm

      I think Glen is being consistent. Newt is a big government “progressive” thinking it can be all things to all people. I also think Ron Paul is out because his stay at home defensive posture of the military is bad business. The fed has but three constitutional functions comprising the “general welfare” of the country. ONE Defense. TWO Foreign Policy. and THREE Infrastructure. Not every Tom, Marry, Dick and Harry!
      The Federal Government is way beyond the bounds of the constitution in my opinion and the power and corruption that has become a citizen public servant. There is still time, but it is running short.
      Newt ain’t it! People better wake up! Bauchman (SP) may be it?????? She has never changed her positions, and has had a powerful learning curve to come up to speed. I will watch her “message for a week to see what is happening……? I do not like Newt, nor Romney. BAD CHOICES!

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    • werbaz neutron
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 6:47pm

      You mean to say that the Contract With America that got us fiscally “right” was not under the leadership of Gingrich in the House back then. You mean to say that balanced budget (achieved by spending reduction and not tax increases) is NOT Tea Party? I do not understand.

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    • Rached Madcow SHOW
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:01pm

      I’m not saying there is some funny Mormon biz going on, but somebody has lost their mind as soon as Romney lost his lead. Saying that any media or any party is pushing Newt was the first lie that caught my attention. The crowds at the debates see what I see as they rise to their feet and applaud. They are the only truth tellers in this election. Beck now he stands with an anti-Semite that blames America for 9-11! He wants to go 3rd party and hand the election to black Stalin. You are a fraud. Bachmann saying Newt was for single payer until last May, prompted me to look at Newts’ 2008 book To Renew America. In that book Newt talks about getting rid of any 3rd party, that comes between the Buyer-Seller relationship. The same relationship we have when purchasing any other product. Return the power to the patient so they can shop around to get the best value. Bachmann lost me when said IOWA 3,000 times and begged her way to straw poll victory. Shots causing retardation didn’t help, but she is pulling out all the stops. I would cancel my subscription to GBTV but I’ve gone from fan to know thy enemy. Newt standing for truth and calling Palestine a fraud is a stark contrast to G.Beck “I tell my kids that Muslims are good people that have a few bad seeds”. Get a real Koran by penguin classics. The command to kill permeates the whole book. It is interrupted by the occasional pedophile and goat raping etiquette, but if that is your religion, it only comes in extreme.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:08pm

      If the Donald gets in the race then obamer wins for sure.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:11pm

      Ron Paul is the real thing! But! The population has been SOOOOO brainwashed to what a president should look like, speak like and act like that they cannot bring themselves to envision a man like Paul as their president. He is radical in his approaches but this is what America needs most. A real honest radical that is anything but progressive, liberal or far right.

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    • Faith1029
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:13pm

      I do not need anyone telling me who to vote for or who I should not vote for. The Media can state their opinions all they want but at the end of the day it’s just that, their opinions and I have to vote for who I think would be best for the country, and I don’t appreciate name calling for having an opposing view. I am capable of thinking for myself. I used to look forward to Glenn on the radio but lately I’ve had to turn the station because of some of his comments. Glenn Beck is a good man, I do like him but I don’t hang on his every word. He is not Moses.

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:14pm

      @Byehlik

      “I also think Ron Paul is out because his stay at home defensive posture of the military is bad business”

      That position right there is how Progressives hijacked the Republicans. 

      Defense is all that’s authorized by the Constitution.  
      Aggression and policing the World is not of the Constitution and is policy of Progressives. 

      I hope you learn the difference…

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    • smackdown33
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:17pm

      Bill O’Reilly is a dweeb… a fake conservative dweeb. Add Hannity to that list. Both support the progressive Republicans.

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    • THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:26pm

      @chief Goerge
      I completley disagree with you mainstream and establishment fed comment that Dr Ron Paul’s positions are extreme..If you would take the time to study or learn the Constitution you would seecthat his views are completly normal and rational just like our founding fathers, Extreme is the pure manure being pushed on us by rino repubs and liberal dems, Dr Ron Paul is the only one with sane solutions to the insanity these other treasonus politicians are spewing out.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:28pm

      Yeah the Tea Party just isn‘t what it’s cracked up to be.

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    • byehlik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:35pm

      @Okie from Muskogee

      Being a Navy military vet, I beg to differ on military “presents” and it’s importance of keeping an ever shrinking world and enemies at a distance. We have to project power or our enemies, having seen a few, will be right over. So though you are obviously drinking Mr. Paul’s Kool-Aid, I will continue weighing my options based on my “world” experience, thanks!

      And I hope you…can tell the difference!

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    • Emrys
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:40pm

      Yes, yes, yes, because if Newt had been president over the last three years, Everything that Obama has done, he’d have done. That’s the argument, that they’re exactly the same, no difference, both progressives.

      Hello? Is it even plausable that someone thinks this? Both may have big government tendencies (in Obama, it’s more than a tendency), but to say there’s no difference? How about on taxation? Favoring unions? Abortion? The justices they would name to the Surpreme Court? The person they’d put in charge of the EPA and its policies? Oil pipelines and oil drilling in the U.S.?

      Of course there would be differences, and I‘m damned tired of some people saying there is not a dime’s worth of difference in the two parties.

      One other difference: As bad as people may think Bush was, at least we had some sway over his policies. Remember amnesty? We shut that down. Remember his attempt to name Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court? No, hell no, we made him take that back! And who did we get from Bush? Roberts and Alito, because we demanded conservatives! No more Souters!

      What say have you had in the last three years over Obama? Zero, zip, nada. Vote for Newt? You have a say. Vote for Ron Paul as a third party candidate and let Obama win? Get used to having no say for another four years. I’m not a Newt supporter, but I’ll be damned if I vote third party and let Obambi win another term because of it. That’s how T.R. screwed up the election of 1912 and Wilson got

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    • byehlik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:45pm

      It will come down to is Obama and “other”. I chose other.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:55pm

      If the vote comes down to being between a white progressive or a black progressive, I’m voting for the black progressive just so I can plague you bunch of racists.

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    • nationalcalvin
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:59pm

      Through this nomination process I have come to the conclusion that the Tea Party doesn’t stand for anything. If we can’t nominate a small government conservative this election, than we’ll never will be able to. America as we know it is going to collapse, it’s unsustainable. But I guess if a Republican wins everything will be alright at least we beat the Democrats. In the end though, we’ll get the same results as if the Democrats won.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:00pm

      I know many people who were alright with the Bill Clinton but against Obama, and I know Republicans who won’t vote for other Republicans just because they are uglier than another Republican. Glenn, center America is much more shallow than you think. That’s why I say America is doomed.

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    • Miami
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:02pm

      Glenn, all my tea loving friends and even the Paullights. My friends I love you as much as I love this country. My parents came here seeking freedom which Castro and a hand full of envy ridden people stole. With the same OWS mentality of, it‘s mine it and if you don’t give in they’ll take it by force. On this Glen has been clear.

      I like much of what Bachmann says, even what Paul has to say and would vote for them if they are the nominee. Hell I would vote for Beck if he ran but the fact of the matter if we don’t get Obama out of the office we will lose the nation.

      Newt has his faults and I guess you could call him a progressive but he want to progress in the other direction back to the founding fathers. From what I’ve gleamed from his vision, is to do it slowly with choice not to tear the bandage off but to wash it off as to minimize the shock.

      Even Paul has said the same thing to do it in steps but I don’t hear anyone calling him a progressive. The point is what direction are you progressing too. If one takes a walk, one makes progress to their goal or destination.

      I’ve heard them all say the same things and like Beck loves to bring up the difference is speed. It has taken a hundred years to get to where we are a drastic change back to were we where a hundred years ago would force the country in to a civil war and most likely a world war at that. Fought in our own cities both with our neighbors and those who would seize the opportunity to do this nation

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:02pm

      I can honestly say this country makes me sick and I’m going to enjoy watching people squirm, because it is food for me.

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    • Miami
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:05pm

      harm from a far.

      The president does not have the power other than to sign in to law what the houses have passed. God willing we retake the senate and grow the advantage we now hold in the house. There is no way to put forth a Liberal big government agenda with a conservative house and senate. But giving Obama a second term would cement Obama care, Dodd – Frank and all the EPA expansions of power. He would just Veto his way to a collapse.

      In this I say to divide the vote is insane please come to reason before it’s to late and except whom ever the system nominates. I pray that you think hard and pray on this hard as well. .

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    • byehlik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:07pm

      @Okie from Muskogee

      I must have been studying and defending a different constitution for the last 50 years???? Yours must be the “shoot from the hip printing”. Sorry haven’t read nor seen that one. There are Libertarian points I like about Paul, but he has a naive military defense strategy, and in today’s shook up world, is not a good idea to pull back. If you don’t know…..World War is entirely possible at this moment in time, that is if you have ever followed history. It is repeating.
      I‘ve read all Paul’s stuff, as well as all of the others. I like allot of his views and his independence. Paul, will never be my choice for the reasons I state. But that is me. However, if he becomes the “other” choice, I will vote for him. That must happen first, and he is not getting it.

      I hope you learn the difference…

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    • Dkoonz
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:15pm

      Beck is correct. I for one will never vote for a progressive even if the rest of the Tea Party members do.

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    • byehlik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:16pm

      @Eliasim

      “If the vote comes down to being between a white progressive or a black progressive, I’m voting for the black progressive just so I can plague you bunch of racists.”

      Is that all you got Troll? Really? Is that it? I think you can go back to the children’s table, I heard Huffpo is tanking……Really? That’s it? LOL! It’s about policy, not race, you Buffoon. You miss that somewhere in translation? Some of us here, not into socialism, get it? But that response is the extent of your intellect? LOL I hope you are not an educated moron are you?

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:18pm

      @Byehlik

      You aren’t the only person who served their country and been around the world. Get over yourself. 

      With the capability to annihilate any city around the world within one hour we have no need to obtain bases in all parts of the world for USA defense. For other country maybe but that is progressive not constitutional. 

       ”We have to project power or our enemies, having seen a few, will be right over.”

      That is exactly what Stalin, Mao, and Hitler all would agree to. That also shows you do not understand the current enemy. Projection is aggression. Strategically we should project peace. War is hell and should be the last thing anyone wants or projects. 

      Also, haven’t the enemies been over while we were over there? So the theory we have to take the fight there or they come here is shown false, otherwise the TSA wouldn’t be in the airport and some highways. 

      Power is met with Power. Respect is met with Respect.

      I see you have drank the progressive Kool-Aid. I will continue speaking the truth based on my “world” experience. 

      I hope you learn the difference in Constitutional defense and progressive intervention. Our Navy has failed you if you cannot. 

      Have a great night! 

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:34pm

      @Byehlik

      “I must have been studying and defending a different constitution for the last 50 years???? Yours must be the “shoot from the hip printing”. Sorry haven’t read nor seen that one.”

      What the crap are you talking about? Break out your copy of the Constitution and show were it grants permission to keep troops all around the world. I’ll be waiting. 

      “There are Libertarian points I like about Paul, but he has a naive military defense strategy, and in today’s shook up world, is not a good idea to pull back.”

      What is naive about bringing troops home? Why do you think our troops are around the world? They aren’t defending the USA while stationed in Japan or Germany. They are the world police. 

      “If you don’t know…..World War is entirely possible at this moment in time, that is if you have ever followed history. It is repeating.”

      What is repeating? World war is possible at any moment. Quit trying to scare people and find some honor. 

      Vote for who you want, but have enough honor and integrity to state what you believe. If you believe in intervention, you believe in Progressive policy making you a progressive. Non-Intervention as supported by Ron Paul is Constitutional. LEARN THE DIFFERENCE! 

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:36pm

      Many people keep whining and moaning about the possibility of the U.S flag going away; the Star Spangled Banner going away; the Pledge of Allegiance going away; the history of the Founding Fathers going away; when the thing that it really is that they aren’t getting taken away from Americans by other people, but that Americans are going away from them, and God is taking them away. And this generation of Americans is truly a corrupt generation, and if we keep going this path you can mark my word that twenty years from now you will have no Stars and Stripes; no Founding Father History; no Star Spangled Banner; and no pledge of Allegiance. Because all those things and the history of them are far far more deserving of another people. This generation of Americans is a disgrace to the Founding Fathers; a disgrace to the U.S Flag (of seven wife stripes); and a disgrace to the Star Spangled Banner.

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    • AOL_REFUGEE
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:39pm

      To say that Newt Gingrich is equal to Barack Obama simply by tossing the expression ‘big government’ around is just like saying that ‘forward-looking’ means politically progressive: It’s absurd. Qualify it. Compare and contrast. Broad brush strokes and word games just won’t cut it.

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    • momroots
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:41pm

      Garbage! I am a big fan of Beck – but he is wrong here. Gingrich is NOT a progressive. The progressive of the GOP bunch is Romney. Never thought I’d say it — but I’m beginning to think Beck is getting his orders from the “Prophet” and wants Romney because he’s a Mormon.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:54pm

      Dr. Savage has offered Newt $1 Million dollars to get out of the presidential race! He has 72 hours to respond! Now that’s putting your money where you PATRIOTISM is! God Bless Him!

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:56pm

      byehlik,
      Oh really, you’re not a Socialist? Do you like the Federal Government paying for highway construction, do you like the elderly having Medicare and Medicaid? If the answer is Yes, then I’m hate to break the truth that you are a Socialist.

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    • PoliticiansRCrooks
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:59pm

      Does any one else notice newt always talking about Reagan. He wants the vote because he said Reagan.

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:07pm

      @Don4Logo

      Not true! Only Progressives want us to believe we must vote out of the two groups, so they can obtain power.

      You are just mad Newt has been shown for what he is, progressive. If your HONEST Obama and Newt are a lot alike, both are progressive and both are full of crap! 

      @MomRoots

      Why do you think there is only one progressive in the race? 

      Romney and Newt both are progressive. Newt is more progressive than Romney. Both are like Obama. All 3 suck! 

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    • jjoy
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:20pm

      ..

      Time for a 3rd party… ‘Cause there ain’t a nickel’s worth of difference in obama, newt, romney, and perry…

      Are you up to it Tea Party???

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    • garyM
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:36pm

      Romney is not a conservative, if anyone votes for Romney, they are not a Tea party person or a conservative, they are a Beckster! Go Newt, the only candidate that can beat Obama, Are you forgetting brother Romney could not beat the RINO McCain and also the conservative candidate Huckabee who had very little campaign money in the 08 primary? I haven’t, tell me how is Romney going beat Obama when he could beat McCain whom Obama slaughtered in 08! Remember when the media and Beck were discussing what exactly Cain meant when he suspended his campaign? Beck knew what it meant because he knew that was exactly the words Romney used when he got far behind and dropped out in 08 but Beck did not chirp a word about it I heard and I watch him daily, I hardly ever miss a show, if I do I go back and watch it on the archives!

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:48pm

      In anticipation of Trump running as a Third Party candidate, let me share why the whole idea of his that China is “kicking our butt”, economically, is based on bad economics.

      If one country is able to sell goods to another country for cheaper than the first can produce it themselves, that’s actually a great thing for both countries, since it allows the selling country to attract wealth they wouldn’t otherwise have, and the purchasing power of the buying country’s money is increased.

      This increase in purchasing power can be put toward savings which can then be loaned to entrepreneurs who create the capital necessary to lower the price of goods, here.

      By freely trading with other countries, you‘re actually creating the incentive for them to abandon any central planning they’re engaged in – there’s a limit to how productive slave labor can be made to be, compared to a free, capital-intensive economy.

      See here.

      Defending the Undefendable (Chapter 23: The Importer) by Walter Block
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTT_WHyzZ54

      And here.

      Ron Paul on the Economy, International Trade, AIDS and the Environment (1988)
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYp5BD-omG4

      Ron Paul (answering a question on what he’d do about trade deficits): “Well, we wouldn’t worry a whole lot about it; We’d have sound money. And when you have sound money and free trade, you don’t worry about trade deficits.”

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    • MadKat
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:54pm

      I agree with most of what Glenn has to say, but he’s wrong assuming Tea Party members are racist if they support Gingrich. I believe it comes down to most of the Tea Party is made up of Republicans, even if they deny it and claim to be conservatives. They may believe and want a smaller and more conservative government, but Republican vs. Democrat is so ingrained in them it’s hard for them to take a leap of faith and vote the best candidate rather than what they perceive as the safest candidate. This has nothing to do with racism, but everything to do with wanting to win.

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    • Miami
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:10pm

      With all due respect to the I‘m more patriotic than you are crowd there’s only time and room for one party in this election and that is the get rid of the Marxist and chief. Its not about his skin color but his vision for a Red Amerika.

      Bachmann is right this is our last chance to save the nation and the only way is uniting behind whom ever wins the nomination. If you want a candidate vote for them but when we have a winner, we must MUST support them.

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    • Ookspay
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:24pm

      Big deal! The name progressive is like calling someone a racist. It has lost it’s punch and is almost meaningless. Too many here think that by simply calling someone a progressive, defines their entire existence. How very simple and intellectually lazy. Kind of like saying that because the sky is blue, that’s all it is, blue.

      There is not much new being learned here at The Blaze or on Glenn Beck radio or TV anymore. Just the same tired arguments. A war inside the party has been instigated, fomented and stoked by DNC trolls and apparachiks. Say what you want about liberal’s, but at least they are always united and effective at making us eat our own, sad.

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    • spankadonkey
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:24pm

      Hey, OKIE, get real. Ron Paul is unelectable so of the viable candidates, which one would be your second choice? I believe you are on record for disparaging every other candidate.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:29pm

      Another reason why beck and the purists are fools for speaking this way. They look at the progressive movement as if it were a virus that must be avoided at all costs lest the infection find its way in. Anyone who shows signs of te progressive infection is yto be shunned. Zero tolerance! As if there were any place NOT infected. Progressivism has been in the philosophical water system for a hundred years. We’ve all been drinking it whether we knew it or not. We all have been infected.

      Besides, progressivism is but the latest strain of a virus that goes back to the Tower of Babel. It doesn’t matter if you could eliminate all traces of Progressive teaching so that everyone was a committed Libertarian/Constitutionalist. the same impulse lying deep in the hearts of all men would still find a way out and create a new idea for “perfecting” the world through human designs. Construction on the tower would be resumed in the vain hope of becoming like gods and men’s freedom would again be trampled in the utopian pursuit.

      We will NEVER be free of the danger, as long as sinful men remain. And sinful men are all that we have to work with. If Adam could fall, so could a new George Washington, because the Original infection is in us all.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:40pm

      “there ain’t a nickel’s worth of difference in obama, newt, romney, and perry”

      Really? Obama despises this country and its Constitution. Hw wants to destroy capitalism and subject America to the rule of international bodies. However much Newt, Mitt and Rick Perry may flirt with big government they at least love this country and don’t want to destroy it. Isn’t their love for America worth at least a nickel?

      Such is the thinking of fanatics.

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:57pm

      @SpankADonkey
      Hey, SpankaDonkey, I am real. 

      I will write in Ron Paul. Each time I hear “unelectable” I just laugh. That‘s what they said about Ron Paul in ’08 so I voted McCain and we see how electable that Progressive sellout was. Not doing that this time around. 

      Yes-I point out the other candidates’ Progression. I suppose that upsets you? Too bad for you. 

      I believe you are on the record for only downing Ron Paul and not standing by a candidate but blowing like the wind to the next American Republican Idol flavor of the week, week after week. At least your consistent in being inconsistent. 

      Who is your choice this week? 

      Are you a Partyist? 

      Would you vote for Satan over Obama? 

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    • dane7902
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 1:04am

      GREAT POST! Couldn’t have said it better myself! At least someone here is using common sense and looking ahead. Keep up the good work!

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 4:18am

      If Paul does not get the nod, I will be pushing him, along with many others to run third party. If he does, and all of you are really serious about kicking Obama out, then the only “logical solution” as Spock would say is, vote for Ron Paul to ensure a victory. Paul supporters will not back down from this and you can take that to the bank. Stop and ponder that statement. It is the truth guy’s.

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    • reform
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 7:28am

      Personally I know people will take this the wrong way I like Michele but the chances are with her views on social policies in which I’m agreement 100% on I do not feel or should I say she will not get the liberal independents or the blue dog Democrats at this time to vote for her social policy changes that we desperately need in this country. And as I told friends and family right after the election how fast the Democrats and the president will take this country in a different direction their response was he can’t get too far because the house is controlled by Republicans. In Herman Cain’s words how is that working out for us today? And let’s not forget they keep saying it is not true but you tell me do you really think that Barack Obama will not put Hillary Clinton on the ticket with him? she would have the woman vote, the gay vote, the communist leaning vote and don‘t forget for the life of me I don’t know how she still polls better than him. And if you don’t believe that this could be a reality then my guess is you are living on cloud nine, the trial balloon has been sent out and the left really loves this idea, like I said my family told me back then no way but time will tell they will not give up the power.

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    • neverfinal
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:30am

      If we would all do the homework, we would all know Newt, Mitt and Trump are all Progressive NWO traders. If any of them are elected we get more of the same, just slower. Only a true conservative in all areas should be elected. Values and morals along with Christianity and truth will get us to turn this mess around. Restore the Constitution, immigration, Healthcare and clean out the Czar’s, EPA, UN, Communist orientation must be removed. We the people need to get into Local State political position’s to turn the ship back. Equal Justice must be equal, not just more for a minority. That is not equal.
      If the parties divide we will lose. Or go with the divide all the way, force our own divide for the Tea Party people. Most important is to vote out every prog. Liberal in office, both Rep. and Dem. because neither of them are anything except Traders to their Constitutional Oath and Office. Removing all of them will stop the President’s progress to lead the Country down the wrong path and into Communism.

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    • Go-rin-no-sho
      Posted on December 14, 2011 at 7:41am

      For the love of god, stop saying “NEWT OR BUST”. We haven’t even had OUR FIRST CAUCUS YET.

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:16pm

      For all of those that are “Pro Newt”, there are some real things that you need to know that will cost him the election, no matter what.
      1. He lead to the government shutdown in the 90′s
      2. He is for amnesty is some form
      3. He is for INCREASING the power of the Patriot Act

      Now, if you can live with these three little things(of which there are many many more), then vote for him, but realize that you are voting AWAY your RIGHTS when you do so. Mitt Romney or Perry are better than this clown(and I don’t like either one of them), but at least they have run a government before.

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  • Searchingforthelight
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:25pm

    I honestly believe if Glenn slipped on air and said he used a certain toilette paper the press or someone would put a spin on it, and it would somehow be linked to the tea party in some defaming way.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:37pm

      Glenn Beck needs to be very careful with his “third party” allusions. A third party will cost us the election and retain Obama in office..an outcome this country simply cannot endure. Let‘s not play footsies with the devil’s domain in our pleas for ideological purity. If Gingrich gets the nomination he has my unwavering support. If Romney gets the nomination he has my unwavering support. If Paul gets the nomination he has my unwavering support. If they stink in office then they’re tossed out in the next primaries. Anyone but Obama.. ANYONE BUT OBAMA!

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    • HAPPYRWE
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:22pm

      @Avengerk….IT does not matter who the GOP nominates, we still need to vote our conscience. They will elect Gingrich or Romney, what does that mean….an R next to Progressive is still a progressive. Gingrich and Romney are closet Progressives. Why get on the same sinking boat.

      Ron Paul is the only Constitutional Candidate, no matter what Michele Bachman says. No matter who thinks he’s against Israel?? We are going to lose this election because A: The Scriptures prophecy predicts things are gonna get worse before they get better or B: We as Conservative, Tea Party, Pro-Freedom lovers are not on the same page .
      It just seems we are already split, Paul VS. The Big Government Pick………I vote for Paul he’s nerdy, brilliant, a founder, 100% Constitution and an impeccable record for proof. I don‘t get the confusion on everyone’s part…………..

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:50pm

      @ AvengerK, who: Glenn Beck needs to be very careful with his “third party” allusions. A third party will cost us the election and retain Obama in office..an outcome this country simply cannot endure. Let‘s not play footsies with the devil’s domain in our pleas for ideological purity. If Gingrich gets the nomination he has my unwavering support. If Romney gets the nomination he has my unwavering support. If Paul gets the nomination he has my unwavering support. If they stink in office then they’re tossed out in the next primaries. Anyone but Obama.. ANYONE BUT OBAMA!

      Avenger, I totally agree with everything yoiu say! The country is in such great peril that we simply do NOT have the luxury of holding out for ideological purity. Job one is THROW OBAMA OUT OF OFFICE. If we fail at that, it won’t matter how ideologically pure we are, we are all screwed. And so, like you, whoever is nominated will have my full support. Because any one of those candidates running would be better than seeing that Communist puke get re-elected so he can finish the job of destroying our country! A third party would be a disaster, because they ALWAYS take votes away from the Republicans, which invariably throws the election in favor of the Demonrats.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 6:10pm

      HAPPYRWE….let me get this straight…you’ll stay home and let Obama have another 4 years to do his worst on America if anyone but Paul gets the nod? We‘ve already got an Iran on the ascendency thanks to Obama’s “open hand not closed fist” foreign policy idiocy. The middle east is a powder keg. Europe is a basket case. Putin is rattling his cold war saber. At home we’ve got chronic under-employment not seen in decades. The national debt skyrocketing and Obama’s policies are keeping business on the sidelines and not hiring or investing. Really? You think Gingrich and Romney will offer more of that? Gingrich has already hinted that he’d consider John Bolton for Secretary of State. The first order of business for EVERY GOP candidate will be the repeal of Obamacare and Dodd/Frank..that alone will spark business in this country.

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    • bhohater
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:52pm

      Comparing NEWT to OBUMMER? I’ve sensed for awhile now that Glen Beck has too much s–t going on inside his head . He needs to take a long vacation and clear his thinking.

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    • jjoy
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:26pm

      @AVENGERK

      “Glenn Beck needs to be very careful with his “third party” allusions. A third party will cost us the election and retain Obama in office..”

      Nope… What Beck does or says will not “cost us the election and retain obama in office.”

      What will “cost us the election and retain obama in office”, will be the RINOs nominating another loser like romney, newt, or perry and expecting us to again vote for the “lesser of the two evils”…

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    • reform
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 7:02am

      Okay is it just me what is the primary function of the President of the United States answer me that? If people would just wake up is it not the Senate and House of Representatives that really control which way the country moves or am I not reading who really makes and passes the laws did I miss something in civics class? okay Ron Paul gets elected what then do you really think the state which both houses now exist would pass any of Ron Paul’s laws or ideas? What has infected us is our Congress pure and simple and that’s what bothers me we look to feel as if the president will solve all matters and that my friends is pure fantasy. Going back to the defeat of McCain in 08 you can only look as how they destroyed Sarah Palin right after his defeat, I don’t remember any prominent Republicans coming to the defense of the party do you? You see they had to take her out early as she was gaining momentum and they could not have that both sides that is, because they seen what she did in Alaska. I am neither Republican or Democrat so then on the scene comes Mr. Herman Cain and once again they did the same thing to him as they did to Sarah Palin do you suppose he was a threat? The one thing I do know is that this country I believe is at its final hour so I say choose wisely or forever suffer the consequences.

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  • neverending
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:24pm

    I could not and would not vote for Gingrich. I remember EVERYTHING about him but Michele lost me several debates back. And at the latest one she says she is 55 and been in politics 50 years and claims they are still coupon clippers when just her salary alone is about $174,0000 + not to mention all her benefits. Cry me a river!

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:08pm

      She said she had been working for 50 years….perhaps she opened her 1st lemonade stand at or sold Girl Scout cookies when she was a Brownie

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:47pm

      Bachmann has about 5 strikes on her record as not voting conservatively in the short time she has served. Yet she calls herself the most conservative candidate? It’s just not true. Voting records prove that Ron Paul is the most conservative and his record is 5 times longer than Bachmann’s.

      It just goes to show — we can’t listen to these candidates — we have to look up the good, bad and ugly ourselves.

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    • Chloesmom
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 6:07pm

      Mitt isn’t the ideal candidate, but I think he’s less likely to sell out than Newt is. And Newt’s been a Washington insider forever, and we all know how trustworthy Washington insiders are.

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    • werbaz neutron
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 6:49pm

      I understand the Tea Party to be in favor of balanced budget achieved by spending reductions and not tax increases. Did not Gingrich, as Speaker of the House, provide the driving force that got us there?

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    • ZeitgeistBuster
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:19pm

      “I balanced the budget” , “I got Americans back to work” etc.

      I now know what bothers me about Newt. REAGAN would NEVER claim this kind of credit. He credited the success of his policies to the efforts of the American People.

      The average guy was the HERO of the REAGAN REVOLUTION. Newt seems to have a need for SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT.

      When he proposes things we disagree with, don’t expect to have much influence on him once he is in office.

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    • bhohater
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:44pm

      Whoever the Republican candidate is has my vote, but I will bet $1.00 (can’t afford $10,000) that Obummer gets re-elected. I base my prediction on the fact that at least 51 percent of the 200 million registered voters are either on the public dole or have IQ’s below room temperature. You can’t fix stupid.

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  • SquidVetOhio
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:24pm

    Screw you Beck. How dare you question my patriotism because I like Newt. I’ve worn the uniform of my country while you were a freaking DJ. I was a conservative before it was cool. You are a punk. (I’m just using hyperbole to get a point across……)

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    • Welfare-Warfare State
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:30pm

      I’m glad you were in the military. It’s too bad you have been conned by Progressive Newt (D). This doesn’t bother me so much because I recently became aware that the men and women in uniform have given more to Dr. Paul than all the other Republicans COMBINED.

      It’s not too late to join the majority of the men in uniform and get behind Dr. Paul.

      By the way, Newt never served in the military either. Dr. Paul served for 5-years. He even spent time in Iran.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:33pm

      Beck is simply asking you to do your homework.

      Here are some good places to start if you want to know Gingrich:

      http://www.newtexposed.com/

      video ad just released: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=hRdqGKA782A

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    • diggyorange
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:42pm

      DO YOU UNDERSTAND ITS NOT ABOUT NEWT !

      DEAR GOD WHATS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE ???????

      He called people racists for supporting a candidate !!

      thats totally uncalled for.

      Man you people are DRONES

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:45pm

      Glen must not realize that it is impossible to turn this big ship around on a dime. Bachman, Santorum, and Paul do not have the numbers. If they go third party it will assure Obummer’s election which will be a disaster. The only choice is Romney or Gingrich and I think Gingrich is the better of the two. We stand a better chance with Gingrich than with Obummer.

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    • Dagger82
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:52pm

      @ SQUIDVETOHIO

      Tone it down. I, too, wore the uniform for 26 years and saw action in both Vietnam & in the desert, plus unnamed placed in between. He hasn‘t defamed your patriotism because you’re considering voting for Gingrich. He’s simply illuminating the fact that the man is an avowed Progressive ~ so was Teddy Roosevelt. And remember, he (Roosevelt) began the Bull Moose Party (Progressive) that ended up splitting the vote in 1912 which resulted in Woodrow Wilson’s coming to power. Mark my (and Glenn’s) words, that’s what the Progressives have in mind if a Progressive Republican is not drafted. They’ll do it this way: http://www.americanselect.org/ So, quit being obtuse and think and act with your patriotic heart.

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    • FEISTY
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:05pm

      Thank you Squid!!! Beck is really wearing me out with this crap and his hatred of Newt. Just come out and say it and save us the meandering namecalling and labels. Is this what your Love Convention is going to be all about? You don’t like the reaction the GOP field is getting so you start taking cheap shots at them? OK, so Newt is not your guy. George Washington is dead. But many of us support him and feel he can start moving the country in the right direction again. You sound like a petulant little child. Your candidates are polling 8% and you’ve got a problem with that. Sorry. Maybe, Glenn, you should stop saying Newt is FOR an health care mandate because he is NOT. And he explained his positions in the the last debate.
      I get the feeling you’d like Obama for 4 more years because the squeaky clean natural born leader with ultra-conservative views and whom has never had anything but ONE opinion his entire political career is not available right now. Politics is an ever-changing game. And the longer you’ve been in it, the more b.s. there is to exploit. But Newt has laid out a plan and he‘s very vocal about what he will and won’t do. You’d rather attack his character based on what he did or said 5, 10, 15, 20 years ago.

      And your girl Bachmann is out of it. She’s done. Now she’s just throwing bombs.

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    • americanfirst
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:23pm

      I’ll stick with Mitt Romney in this one!!

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    • Lucy Larue
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:48pm

      SQUIDVETOHIO,
      Your post rings false to me.
      If you truly were a vet you would be more tolerant and you would not hype your“SERVICE” and yourself while making the denigrating comment that Glenn was nothing more than a D.J..

      I think that with all Glenn Beck has done to speak TRUTH to power , he ranks right up there with our brave Military. And I do not think that you are included in the “BRAVE SOLDIER” lineup Squid.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:49pm

      LOL Glenn says Mitt is a “tiny” bit better than Newt — and that they are BOTH progressives — which, in truth, they are!

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    • betterthantv
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:32pm

      He never questioned your patriotism. Please know what your talking about before you go spouting off. If your for the individual mandate? If your ok with him taking money from Fannie and Freddie? If your ok with his love for Teddy Roosevelt? Then more power to ya! What Beck was saying was that if the Tea Party supports Newt, then their is obviously a problem. He NEVER said anything about anybodies patriotism! You obviously don’t know the man like you think you do.

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    • THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:36pm

      Well, well, the rug gets lifted up on progressive newt and all the cockroaches are crying foul…some people love the dark and when the light of truth comes on it makes them mad and scurry back into their seedy little dark holes.

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  • 4stmichael
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:21pm

    …don’t necessarily agree with point of view on Gingrich… still listening
    ..like that he can undo obam’s damage but does he have the iron will of Bachmann to rid U.S. of the health care Take-Over, student loan Take-Over and the rest of nationalization that was imposed.
    ..still wondering his idea of a centralized computerized health care data base one each citizen.

    I do know that I am %100 Santorum %100 Bachmann

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    • Locked
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:34pm

      “I do know that I am %100 Santorum %100 Bachmann”

      Both of whom are running on social conservative platforms, not fiscally conservative ones, and thus should not appeal to Tea Party voters if they truly believe in fiscal reform. When it comes to government size, they are as bad a Gingrich; the difference being, Gingrich would give money to wealthy right-wing donors in the financial sector, while Bachmann and Santorum would give money to right-wing church groups, legal teams, and pro-life advocacy groups. None of them follow a fiscally conservative route of actually reducing the government’s size to something manageable.

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    • diggyorange
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:34pm

      OMG……… IS ANYONE GRASPING WHATS GOING ON HERE?

      its about GLENN BECK saying if you vote for a candidate (one that he happens not to like ) THEN YOUR A RACIST .

      what part of that dont you all get ?

      you’all are acting like ******** who will deny the obvious truth just to protect their guy .

      GLENN SAID IF YOU VOTE FOR NEWT IT MUST BE ABOUT COLOR

      DO YOU GET IT ? He’s calling you a racist if you vote for him. get it ?

      not about newt its about Glenns poor choice of words .

      we are owed an apology and Glenn needs to own up to this one .
      its so obvious to EVERYONE he race-bated ………. but I for one can forgive him, but he must admit his wrong. Now he’s just compounding the issue but spinning it into an unprovoked attack on him.

      YOU own this ONE Glenn !!!!!!!!

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:34pm

      Don’t listen to any candidate.
      Look at their past records.
      Do you think they’re going to tell you their ghosts of the past?

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    • RDG013
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:35pm

      I Newt does win, do not rule out Santorum as his VP choice. Very interesting how Santorum suddenly was palying nice with Newt on Saturday while everyone else was attacking him? Keep in mind PA is going to be a very important state, not to mention OH, which has a lot in common with PA. Santorum could be someone that makes a Newt ticket more conservative and at the same time gives them a very good shot at PA and OH.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:50pm

      No VP ever made a candidate more conservative. VPs are usually nominated for the state they hope to carry and the VP must carry-on the ideas of the president = progressive!

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    • eagleye
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 6:01pm

      Frankly Glen I‘m aliitle fed up with this attack of your’s on all the GOP Candidates.If you presume to think you have any better Solutions than by all means get up and state them,but I suggest that you try getting behind these people to do everything you can in support to defeat Obama.As it stands right now it appears that you would rather obama win.We need someone who can go tow to tow with Obumdo in the debates and that by far is either Romney or Gingritch and so you need to help the GOP in exposing that Commi Liberal peice of crap Obama and his record instead of attacking those who are trying to defeat him.
      Keep it up and I will close my account on GBTV

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    • reform
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 7:48am

      Question to you do you receive social security or Medicare? then if you do you also know that Senior Dimensions, Humana and United healthcare already have your files centrally located this is a fact as I take care my 87-year-old mother and have to deal with this all the time. My only question is what do we do with the people that have numerous reasons why they cannot afford health insurance? Do we just parked them out in the street and let them die or not get treatment I do believe that was what Newt was trying to say not that I’m defending him. What do we do with these people as I know many of my brothers friends in the past that were addicts and did not care what happened to their bodies but yet most were admitted for drug overdoses and behold they survived only to carry on another day. For me my two people that I was counting on was taken out by the mainstream media, I’m very interested in and if who Sarah Palin will be willing to endorse or for that matter Herman Cain.

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:21pm

    There are times on the blaze when he just may be correct about race. There have been times I have left the blog, the comments were so bad, so even if he was making a point, there is a grain of truth. Examine your own heart Tea people. I thought we weren’t racist until certain times on this very blog. I agree about Newt, if he ends up all that’s left, I will vote for him, but I won’t like it, it will be a vote against Obama , not for Newt.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 6:32pm

      That isn’t what Glenn meant. He was trying, although very poorly chosen words, to emphasize what he considered Newt’s progressive ideas. I know Glenn does not think the Tea Party is racist. I don’t think people on the Blaze are racist. Most of us backed Cain for a long time. It comes down to agenda and only agenda. That said, its time for Glenn to stop bashing the Republicans and get on the bandwagon to defeat Obama. Enough of this silly stuff. This is too serious for this type of debate.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:57pm

      “its time for Glenn to stop bashing the Republicans and get on the bandwagon to defeat Obama.”

      I’m becoming afraid that Glenn is more interested in being a religious fanatic demanding purity than someone willing to work in grown up politics. The “there‘s not a dime’s worth of difference between them“ or ”the lesser of two evils is still evil” mentality is the purist who would rather let the city burn than get dirty trying to save it. It is fit for permamnent outsiders.

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  • Rob
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:19pm

    Beck you better not get Obama reelected!

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    • Welfare-Warfare State
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:36pm

      If Barack H. Gingrich or Barack H. Romney are elected, then Obama gets a second term.

      I think some of you are so brainwashed by people like Bill O‘Reilly that you can’t think straight. There isn‘t a dime’s worth of difference between Gingrich, Romney, and Obama when it comes to the size and structure of the federal government.

      None of them are going to return to a constitutional monetary system with gold/sivler along with ending the Federal Reserve system. We can’t have a free market so long as we have a Federal Reserve centrally planning money, banking, and interest rates.

      Ron Paul is the only free market constitutionalists.

      Newt is not only a progressive, he is corrupt at his core.

      Newt hi-jacks the language of liberty and free markets in order to advance statist schemes. Romney is no different.

      Wake up people! The only choice is Paul.

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    • diggyorange
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:39pm

      Right ……… that crap he pulled is giving the left much needed ammo against the TP.

      its SOOO wrong.

      He acts like NEWT is SOOOO bad , what about MITT? HE’s for Healthcare mandates , global warming , abortion today but not yesterday , maybe tomorrow along with a whole host of other issues he flip flops on.

      BUT NEWT is the boogie man.

      IT was a bit dramatic and poor choice of words and Glenn needs to admit it and apologize

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:40pm

      The Republican contest this cycle is like watching a trapped animal chew his own leg off. Which would normally be a sad thing except the animal, in my metaphor, was trying to kill me so I’m pretty happy about it.

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    • cous1933
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:51pm

      Welfare-Warfare State,

      You summed that up perfectly. Unfortunately clear logic and truth doesn’t seem to sink in with some Blazers of the neocon persuasion.

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  • The Sugarbear
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:19pm

    Beck does not like Newt, but he loves Romney because both are Mormons and they both think the Mormon Church is going to save America as told by old Joseph Smith years ago. Personally I don’t like any of the republicians. They never do what they say and they never stand up to these stupid democrates

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    • Unbelievable
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:27pm

      He’s not a big Romney fan either…

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    • CurlyJ49
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:30pm

      You obviously don’t listen to everything Glenn says, he’s not backing Romney either.
      Your comment just comes across as religious hatred towards Latter Day Saints.

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    • capitalizmworks
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:31pm

      @ The Sugarbear
      Glenn has been supporting Michelle Backman, not Romney…get your facts straight.

      just the same, I do feel like Glenn threw the race card out there and I’m so tired of it! I don’t know why he had to go that route just when the Tea Party was finally not hearing it every single day..then a Tea Party friend throws the race card….really ****** me off.

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    • diablamonkey
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:39pm

      that is an incorrect statement- Beck has said over and over he doesn’t care much for Romney-he is more in Bachman and Santorum camp cuz of their religious views-wrong reason to vote or not vote for anyone-who cares? I care about having a spine and doing the hard things to get the country back on track

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    • thekuligs
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:50pm

      I believe Beck said he wold vote for Rommney if he “absolutely had too” call me a skeptic, but that doesn’t sound like LOVE to me.

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    • DRSAVAGE24
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:04pm

      There’s one other difference between Newt and Obama. That is that Newt calls himself Republican, Barry says he’s a Democrat. Some voters, including Tea Partiers cannot see past that. They are willing to tolerate Newt’s progressivism, not because he’s white, but because he’s a Republican. Beck is taking a cheap shot at the Tea Party here. He‘s obviously trying to attract attention to himself by saying it’s about race and that’s the only difference between Barry and Newt.

      I‘ll give him credit for saying he’d vote for Ron Paul over Gingrich if Paul runs 3rd party. And all you Republicans out there who are ready to blame Ron Paul for Obama getting re-elected if he runs 3rd party, look in the mirror. Paul wouldn‘t have to run if idiot Republicans wouldn’t nominate such despicable candidates like McCain and Gingrich. Ron Paul is just the messenger, so don’t blame him if he stands on principle and another RINO goes down in flames in November 2012.

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  • diggyorange
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:18pm

    THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS POSITION ON NEWT everything to do with

    RACE baiting. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    He SAID that if your for newt then its about race.

    THAT IS WRONG AND I TAKE GREAT OFFENSE TO THAT , BUT BECK DOESN’T GET IT.

    ITS STILL ABOUT HIM AND HIM BEING RIGHT.

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    • mdlwoods
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:29pm

      Then you obviously do not listen to Glenn on a regular basis. I understood perfectly what he meant. Why don’t you get your facts straight before you spout off.

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    • SUMTHINSTINKS
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:48pm

      I AGREE! I find Glenn’s statements very unsettling. I’ve watched and listened to Glenn for the past couple of years. I was disappointed when his show on Fox went away. I always appreciated his informative shows, but I found it difficult to listen to his preaching to people on some of the shows. It’s bad enough that Judge Napolitano has to push Ron Paul on everyone every single night on his show. I get sick of people telling us who we should or should not vote for. I don’t like the so called Republican Establishment wanting to push their candidate down our thoats. But….to be called a Racist because I like Newt Gingrich!!!!!! I have lost a lot of respect for Glenn Beck. I won’t be spending any of my hard earned money paying for GBTV! I think a few other people should reconsider the money they spend as well……

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    • diggyorange
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:49pm

      Why dont you clean out your ears and listen to what he said.

      DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAID ?
      YOUR A DRONE JUST LIKE THE OBOTS

      YOU REFUSE TO SEE WHATS RIGHT BEFORE YOU.

      I’m not claiming he meant what he said , I’M TELLING YOU WHAT HE SAID .

      IF YOU VOTE FOR NEWT YOUR A RACIST .

      GET IT ? GET IT? THINK …. REAL HARD ………. YOUR A RACIST IF YOU VOTE FOR NEWT, BECAUSE ACCORDING TO BECK, ITS HAS TO BE ABOUT COLOR IF YOU SUPPORT/VOTE FOR NEWT.

      DO YOU KNOW WHAT RACISM IS? I DO ….. I WAS SUBJECTED TO IT FOR MANY MANY YEARS I KNOW IT WHEN SEE IT AND HEAR IT , AND HE’S CALLING PEOPLE RACIST

      OPEN YOUR EYES …….. BIG MOUTH !

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    • HAPPYRWE
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:27pm

      People voting for Newt have no idea he is Progressive. It is not about race. Love Beck but I don’t agree with this statement, unless he is gearing it toward a particular person.
      Saying O with racism and Tea Party at the same time is detrimental since the elite liberal media does it all the time.
      I know Beck does not believe the Tea Party is racist, cause it is simply not true. But I still don’t like the analogy, could have used something better.
      I am for Ron Paul no matter what Beck says anyhow, I choose to Question with Boldness….

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    • betterthantv
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:29pm

      Nice try, but that’s not even close to what he said. I swear, some of you in here are no better than the bimbo’s on The View!

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    • red1
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:30am

      Dittos to what DIGGYORANGE said

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    • dsm
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 8:45am

      You are an effin idiot. Apparently, you did not listen. He was trying to make a point I had no problem understanding what he was saying.

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  • NewLife56
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:16pm

    I Love ya Glenn, But I dis-agree with you on this one Bro. You changed your life around and Newt seems to have also mellowed and become more Conservative. Give him a chance Glenn, we did you, and you paid off.

    God Bless

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:20pm

      What a great point! And anyone but Obama to be sure. Once we finish the primaries, we have got to be one voice for our candidate–no matter the name. If he/she is GOP then that’s the lever for me!

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    • RGVTexan
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:23pm

      Couldn’t agree with you more NEWLIFE56. Glenn has certainly made mistakes in the past and he has corrected those mistakes and is a better person for it. Newt has also said he has made mistakes in his past so, Glenn, what is the difference between you and Newt. Clearly a double-standard Glenn.

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    • diggyorange
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:25pm

      iTS NOT ABOUT NEWT PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!

      ITS THE FACT THAT GLENN SAID IF YOU VOTE FOR NEWT ITS BECAUSE HE’S WHITE
      THAT WOULD MAKE YOU A RACIST .

      IF NEWT IS THE NOMINEE I’M VOTING FOR HIM SO I GUESS ILL BE A RACIST – IF A HORSE WIN THE NOM , I’M VOTING FOR THEM , AS LONG AS WE GET RID OF OBAMA ,

      DONT NAME CALL ME BECK BECAUSE I AM WILLING TO DO WHAT EVER I HAVE TO , (EVEN IF IT MEANS HOLDING MY NOSE AND VOTING) TO GET RID OF O.

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    • neverending
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:26pm

      Totally different.

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    • mdlwoods
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:26pm

      Very, very good point NewLife. I did a lot of deep thinking when I found myself leaning toward Newt. I thought about the times I have seen him on differing issues on Fox News and how I seemed to agree with most of what he said. I have read some of his more recent books and have begun to pay attention when he does appear on news programs and I have not found anything (much) that I disagree with him on. I do believe that turning your life over to Christ is a true life-changing event and also changes your way of thinking. I agree: Glenn, give Newt a chance. I always told my daughter’s boyfriends that I would trust them . . . until they gave me a reason not to trust them! Lets do the same with Newt and quit trying to tear him down. I is aparent that he may be the Republican nominee and, no matter who it is, we MUST get behind that person 100% and support his/her campaign. We MUST NOT have 4 more years of Obama…we won’t survive.

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    • Jefferson
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:32pm

      @NEWLIFE
      If you believe Newt has changed his spots, then you are ….well…….dumb.

      Support the Commander in Chief that the troops support.
      http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2011/jul/23/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-members-military-have-given-him-far-/

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:37pm

      I too agree NEWLIFE and the main thing we must remember is the problem TEA People have with Obama is NOT race .. it is that he is a communist Marxist who wants to “transform” America into the same. I have the same problem with Pelosi, Reid and Hillary Clinton, etc and will continue to work against their destruction of America. If that means that Newt is our candidate .. I will support him until my last breath against those who are trying to destroy the country. I would support any of the other candidates to save America .. any of those on the Right are better than Obama for the UNITED STATES OF AMERCIA.

      TEA!

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:39pm

      What was the percentage of blacks that voted for Obama??? over 95% I believe … Sounds like they are the racists not the TEA Party .. who if you will remember many supported Herman Cain just weeks ago.

      TEA!

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    • justangry
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:40pm

      If Newt’s turned himself around, good for him. I applaud him for that. That being said, I don’t think the highest post in the land is the right place for him to prove it.

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:23pm

      @NewLife
      @CatB

      If candidate D and candidate R hold virtually the same policies, Progressive, how do you decide to vote R over D or D over R? 

      Please explain as that is the scenario we have. 

      Too many claim to be “TEA” yet do not support a TEA candidate. Why would a TEA partier support a progressive? 

      Newt does not claim to be TEA nor does his policies-Progressive
      Romney does not claim to be TEA nor does his policies-Progressive
      Perry’s policies do not align with TEA-Progressive lite
      Bachmann’s policies do not align with TEA-Progressive lite
      Santorum’s policies do not align with TEA-Progressive lite

      Another progressive is not better than Obama. It will be the same. Only useful idiots say any one but Obama. 

      True TEA party members will vote for the one who began the TEA Party, Ron Paul. 

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:55pm

      I‘m going to vote for someone that I don’t have to wonder
      Did they really turn their life around?

      I‘ll vote for the steadfast person that didn’t have to turn their life around.
      It’s called honesty, consistency, steadfastness — American values!

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 6:00pm

      ..forgot to say.

      You have HONEST, deserving candidates and you choose someone “you hope turned around” instead of the ones already deserving your vote? That thinking makes no sense to me.

      Do you KNOW Newt? At all?

      Newt Gingrich — selling access: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI4DNtkF8nU

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  • PhilipJames
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:16pm

    What I do not understand at all was why Glenn Beck even brought up the question of race. WTF was that for… for effect, to get a lot of listens, to generate controversy so people would tune in to hear how Glenn explains what he REALLY said?
    I call bull crap. You can call Newt a progressive if you want (but being equal to Obama is just simply being stupid) but where did the question of race come in to it? WTF does race have to do with it?

    I don’t agree with Beck on this, no matter what he was “trying” to get across. It was just plain stupid to say and if he justifies it, then he is a race baiter.

    http://thevictorysessions.com/2011/12/12/podcast-glenn-beck-as-race-baiter-with-guest-andrew-breitbart/

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    • Darla_K
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:56pm

      Maybe Glenn was having a off day when he made the comment. There isn’t one of us who is perfect. I will give Glenn the benifit of the doubt.

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  • Locked
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:16pm

    An interesting point, but the two candidates obviously have differences. And while there’s some similarity in the big government thoughts, can you really say the other GOP candidates differ from Gingrich or Obama when it comes to the size? Bachmann, Perry, and Santorum are all big government: their true defining feature is that they’re very socially conservative. Cain? Definitely big government, what with 9-9-9 extra taxes; but his entire campaign was a joke. Romney? His motto would be “go big or go home” but he’s flip-flopped more than a flapjack to the point where his campaign slogan is basically “Hey, some Democrats might vote for me just because.”

    Excluding Ron Paul, of course, all the candidates are what I would call “Bush conservatives”; they’d have no problem continuing his policy of big government, but they’d hand money out to different groups and focus on different causes than the Democrats. Gingrich is no different than the rest in this, but has more of a sordid history… and years of experience getting money to and from his pet projects.

    But on topic, it‘s obvious Beck wasn’t calling the Tea Party racists. The point he raises is: if you truly believe in small government, there’s no reason to vote for Gingrich over Obama. What he neglects to mention is if that’s true, then there’s no reason to vote for any GOP candidate besides Ron Paul. Or else the voters need to admit they don’t really care about government size.

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  • RGVTexan
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:15pm

    Glenn, you’re about to lose me if you keep this up. If you succeed in getting Obama re-elected, it will be because you are too rigid in your own ideology. Cut the crap Glenn.

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    • diggyorange
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:21pm

      THIS IS NOT ABOUT NEWT ITS ABOUT

      GLENN SAYING IF YOU VOTE FOR NEWT THEN YOU ARE A RACIST .

      Thats just plain wrong !!!!!!!!!!!!

      Glenn is now trying to spin it into ……… ohh Newts not a prog? oh yes he is …….. because if this and that, never really addressing his RACE BAITING

      ACCORDING TO BECK IF YOU VOTE FOR NEWT YOUR A RACIST , BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN………… D-U-M-B !!!!

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    • Ohio Guy
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:24pm

      Same crap I heard in 2008!

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    • TheCalvinistPastor
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:24pm

      How can one be “Too rigid on thier idiology”?
      Should not that be our main driving force for making decisions? That is almost like saying that I should throw my biblical morality out the window for the sake of popular opinion. This campaign is not about Getting Obama out of office at all costs (Although that would be ideal) its about saving our republic, turning America back to our values, our ethics, our liberty!
      To exchange Obama because of his blue color, just to get another color in office will get us nowhere. I would submit that its not Glenn beck thats the problem. Its people like you who comprimise, and throw virtue out the window that get people like Obama into office.

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    • Locked
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:29pm

      Far be it from me to defend Beck, but…
      “GLENN SAYING IF YOU VOTE FOR NEWT THEN YOU ARE A RACIST .”

      To me it sounds like he’s saying “If you want a candidate who’s for small government, and you also say that Gingrich is better than Obama, you’re probably just voting for the white guy. When it comes to the size of the government, they’re functionally the same.”

      He said it in a terrible way, of course. He should have said “If you’re for small government and you vote for Gingrich, you’re only voting against Obama, not for a small government Republican. And that will cost the GOP the 2012 election, because Gingrich is not a small-government kind of guy but that’s what we need.”

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    • THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:46pm

      @Diggy Orange
      Did you have the day off at msnbc? You arenothing but a lying troll, you are doing nothing but trying to incite stupidity, i think you are the racist here, you surely are stupid!

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  • lildeb56
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:13pm

    I agree with Glenn on this one. Newt is not THE ONE!

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    • Jefferson
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:26pm

      Neither is Bachmann. She is just a cheap imitation of Ron Paul. For her to stand on that stage and call herself the “only Constitutional Conservative” is dishonest at best.
      Ron Paul was “Constitutional” before it was cool.
      Ron Paul STARTED the modern day “Tea Party” in 2007.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bNiDx7qTjA

      If people are stupid enough to fall for Newt, then this country deserves what it gets. I’m having faith that the people of Iowa will make the right decision, and choose the good doctor, regardless of the constant push of Newt and Romney by the corrupt mainstream media.

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    • Welfare-Warfare State
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:26pm

      I want to take on the whole balanced budget claims in the 90′s of Slick Wille and Newt Ginrich.

      This is complete B.S. for three reasons. They are as follows:

      1) The federal government doesn’t require of itself what it requires of publicly-traded companies. A publicly-traded company must include contingent liablities in its prospectus. The fed. govt. doesn’t include unfunded contingent liabilities in its annual deficits or for the national debt. If it did, the U.S. govt. hasn’t been in the black for any year in many decades.

      2) Robert Rubin, Treasury Secretary during late 90′s, put the U.S. govt. on an adjustable rate mortgage. The govt. transferred most of its debt into short-term treasuries, which meant it didn’t have to pay as high of interest on its debt. Since the overall debt can go up faster than annual deficits, this made the debt lower in the short-run, but it’s a disaster in the long-run because if interest rates spike, we have to roll over almost all of our debt within a few years.

      3) The Federal Reserve had blown up a tech bubble in the late 90′s with its cheap money/artificially low interest rate policy. Everyone felt richer for a time. More projects and jobs were started/created. But the boom turned to bust when the interest rates inevitably rose. There was never any real savings behind it. When that happened all of those inflated tax revenues vanished.

      Gingrich is a fraud. Romney is a Democrat.

      Ron Paul 2012 :)

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    • sempek1
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:27pm

      Ok, but it’s not at all about race. Good Grief! Herman Cain is a favorite of TEA! Racist? I hardly think so.

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    • neverending
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:50pm

      Agree totally. All better remember that elections do have consequences – severe ones as we are having to live with now.

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    • TEXASGRANNY73
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:55pm

      I stand with Glenn-understood exactly what he meant. @Jefferson If Ron Paul was “constitutional” before it was cool it is because he is 77 or 78 years old. Of course he is older than Michelle Bachman but she is still my choice and that was before Glenn interviewed all except Romney who was interviewed by Brett Bair on Fox. @

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    • Inquiry
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:54am

      @ Welfare-Warfare State
      I like the 3 points you make, but I cant take them purely on faith. Is there any published literature you could recommend on the subject?

      In the U.S. its as simple as following the money.

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:12pm

    a single vote for a 3rd party or a single vote that doesn’t GET voted because someone does not like the candidate, is a vote FOR obama. it is that horrifyingly simple. obama is planning to landslide back into office because the GOP will offer us BS like McCain again. as soon as obama gets re-elected, he will actually murder America. it will be teh most massive civil war teh world has ever seen, bloodsoaked American homes and bloodsoaked neighborhoods and bloodsoaked schools as we fight back. and he will gleefully laugh as he rallies his giant multi-national private army, telling them how the Americans who didn‘t vote ’GOP candidate’ were to credit with his win and the whole-scale national destruction

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  • cntrlfrk
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:11pm

    ‘
    If your only choice is a Radical Progressive (Obama) versus a Conservative Progressive, it isn’t racism to still choose the least evil candidate. However, that should be determined in the primary anyway

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  • SALTANDLIGHT
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:11pm

    Ok, so I got in on this a little late as I didn’t get to see the Gingrich interview. As I was scrolling through twitter, I saw lot’s of Breitbart, as per usual, but then as I started reading them I started to see the Beck hate. Breitbart, who’s witt and energy I generally like, is acting like a child who just got his toy taken away from him. Beck has always used “Question with Boldness” as a motto so why is the Tea Party off limits? I consider myself someone of Tea Party values and am a huge supporter BUT we/they are just people and are not immune from critique from anyone, especially from the right. I believe this is exactly why Glenn and Co. started the 9/12 project to bring morals to a growing movement. Breitbart has not only lost a fan, but has shown the genius of Glenn’s foresight.

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:09pm

    The way I see it I will be choosing a progressive over a socialist. Not much difference, granted…

    Beck needs to be careful though, if there is a third party ticket Obama will be guaranteed a second term. In fact, I agree with Beck’s prediction that Obama quite possibly will win a second term.

    I am so thankful that I am blessed enough to be able to get out when necessary. I will be found floating around the Caribbean and ALL governments can be damned…

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  • capitalizmworks
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:06pm

    While I agree with Glenn saying that Newt is a progressive, I do not agree at all that if someone from the Tea Party pulls the lever for Newt, they must be rascist. Thats so far fetched. Newt may have a lot of similarities to Obama, but Newt can balance a budget and does not hate America. He does not apolgize for America and he stands by Isreal. That’s the difference. Although I am not voting for Newt in the primary, I will gladly give my vote to him over Obama anyday!

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    • capitalizmworks
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:51pm

      & I feel incredibly betrayed by Becks comments!!!!!!!!

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:52pm

      I agree. A Tea Party person pulling the lever for Gingrich may not be a racist. They just may be stupid and not know the history. Maybe they just think Newt is the “Smartest man in the room” or that Newt is
      “a good debater.”

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  • diablosho
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:05pm

    I guess it all boils down to this for me: If I (as a adamant Tea Party supporter) vote for Newt Gingrich over Obama, am I racist Glenn? If not, then what you said to the Judge doesn’t seem to make any sense, given that you wouldn’t have been saying anything at all.

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    • Dagger82
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:39pm

      @ DIABLOSHO

      I, too, am an adamant Tea Party supporter. Please go back and listen to Glenn’s conversation with the Judge again. He’s not referring to Nov 2012 Presidential election ~ he’s talking about NOW. We’re in the national primary stage at the moment and it seems Tea Partiers and other conservatives are preparing to choose Newt Gingrich as our choice to run against Obama. If Gingrich is simply a Republican Progressive (as is Mitt Romney), then why would we choose him over another candidate that IS NOT a Progressive? Think about it. Rep Bachmann is more in line with Tea Party small government values, yet everyone seems to pushing Newt and/or Mitt. We need to put that Progressive banner above all else and support the candidate that does not mirror Obama’s Progressive agenda.

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  • Plan B
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:02pm

    A progressive is a progressive-whether they have a D or an R after thier name. If you are choosing one progressive over another, race might be the reason…..

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:42pm

      NO .. it might be that one is a “progressive” light .. and the other is a MARXIST!

      It will take time to rid ourselves of many of the progressives … at least in the Republican party we have a chance .. if not then we will have to go to plan B.

      TEA!

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:02pm

    Glenn is right, the matter is more than trying to beat Obama in 2012, for the candidate we need also has to be one who will turn the tide back against the progressive storm flowing for generations now.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:10pm

      So what do you suggest? Reality has a bad way of biting you in the ass…

      It will be Romney or Gingrich. Vote or don’t vote, it doesn’t matter…

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    • lildeb56
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:15pm

      Go back to 2008 – who would have thought we would have ended up with McCain? The field is wide open, folks! There’s still a shot for Bachmann and/or Santorum. We are not STUCK with Newt or Romney. Stand for who you are! Don’t vote for someone just because you think he may win! This is pure stupidity!

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:31pm

      I am NOT a paul-bot. I hate paul-bots. They are shallow and mostly ignorant. That said:

      I will probably be voting Ron Paul in the primary because he is the ONLY one that can make the difference. Congress will balance out his foolish Libertarian foreign policy. He can be effective in cutting the size of government, which I believe is the biggest thing we ALL want.

      I will vote Ron Paul. I seriously doubt he could ever win the primary. If all you people are serious about getting back to a smaller, balanced government you will shut up quit the infighting, and vote Paul too. But you wont.

      In the general election, it is ABO. I dont care if it is Hillary Clinton on a Republican ticket (almost choked typing that), it is ABO. I will vote Donald Duck or Homer Simpson if I have to. Let the chips fall where they may, I am done talking about it…

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    • Ortho
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:40pm

      Snow
      I agree. Funny how there are so many “ new” names posting here and bashing Glenn. Like DingyOrange, huh, never seen that name before. Go away.

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    • Nobel Reggie
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:52pm

      Snow, I had to look so far down to find your reasonable voice. I am glad you are still here.

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 11:34pm

      Thank God a regular voice or reason. Who are some of these people and where did they come from?

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    • MirabellaDesign
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:05am

      @ trolltainer… I never thought you were for Ron Paul… Your posts reek of progressiness

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  • deeberj
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:00pm

    I sure do hope Newt isn’t our candidate.

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    • neverending
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:37pm

      Many of us with you. I do not see how any fiscal/social conservative could trust him and vote for him.

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 3:58pm

    apologies of a sort to Glenn, we admire him immensely and follow his advice re ammo and gun safes and food storage.. but we are not so forgiving American Christian in this family as he is, and without Mr Cain or LtCol Rep. Allen West running for President, we are going with “ANYONE BUT obama 2012”.

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    • Plan B
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:06pm

      Yes, but shouldn’t we fight to get someone that in not a progressive the nomination??

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    • RamboTheDog
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:09pm

      I agree – Glenn is patently wrong on this one.

      ABO. Period. and Newt will not follow the same progressive path as obama (we wouldnt let him)

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    • louise
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:24pm

      Burnthills:

      If both Obama and Gingrich are progressives (and they both are), It makes no difference because they both have been supportive of progressive policies. Gingrich is another Obama who is in love with himself and power.
      People are now saying they admire Gingrich’s oratory skill……but everyone said the same thing of Obama, didn’t they? Words mean nothing if there is no good fruit.
      As far as the Tea Party goes…it was hi-jacked by the GOP progressives a few years back when they discovered how popular Ron Paul’s (the father of the Tea Party movement) message of liberty was. The GOP progressives are thieves just like the progressive democrats. They don‘t care about upholding the Constitution and they don’t care what we the little people think either. They say what they think we want to hear so they can get our votes. They don’t care about God, and if they did, our country would be a better place today.
      It kills me to know what my beautiful grandsons were born into. All I can do is be good influence on them and pray they come to know the Truth of God because that is what is ultimately the most important thing.

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    • JohnnyMidknight
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:26pm

      @ Plan B

      The thing is, the GOP controls the primary… Why do you think we got Bush, McCain, and either Gingrich or Romney? Fight all you want, but the conservatives will not be able to help the GOP vote for a candidate. We conservatives left the party long ago and became Independents. We have had nothing but Progressives since Reagan in truth. It is because you are an extremist if you push for states rights and limiting the federal power house. Republicans have been in office and had control of Congress in the 90s. but they still support the broken tax code that benefits two groups the rich that make money from the stock market and pressuring their politician friends and the poor.

      This is the progressive tool to separate the uber-rich and the poor… Meanwhile the middle class and responsible rich play by the rules and see 40-60% of everything they make taken from them and further creating the gap between the elites and the serfs. We are on the road to serfdom. You need to look outside the system if you want to change it. The presidency is just to keep you from seeing the true source of issue – Congress. Congress makes the laws. With Congress you can bypass the Presidents veto power. We really need to focus on a conservative super majority. Then and only then will the progressives be stopped. The House is easy… the Senate? That is going to be the real fight.

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    • DRSAVAGE24
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:16pm

      Glenn is wrong on this one, but that doesn’t mean I think Newt is any good. In fact, Newt is a turd. Bachmann or Paul would be 1000 times better, but I prefer Paul because of his opposition to the Patriot Act, militarism, and the Federal Reserve. Bachmann agrees with Obama that the president should be able to assassinate American citizens without a trial or even charges. She also calls herself a constitutionalist but seems to disregard the 4th and 5th amendments with the Patriot Act. Ron Paul is the clear choice. Romney or Gingrich would be terrible, about as bad as McCain. If that happens again, even after the emergence of the Tea Party, a lot of us are going to pick up our toys and go home and start a 3rd party or just join the Libertarian party because it will be clear that the establishment outnumbers us in the Republican party.

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    • reform
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 8:53am

      Johnny midnight that‘s what I’ve been trying to pound in people’s heads basically to me the way I see it the president is irrelevant in many aspects, the focal point should be on electing sound conservatives to the Senate but just like most the attention is based on the president while we overlook the obvious the people that actually write the laws that we are to live by. Now the president does not like or object to something that he feels is relevant to him he has a chance to veto it, but if you put people in office that have your core convictions and a majority to override his veto as I said he becomes irrelevant. For me it is more in focusing on who we are going to put in Congress that’s where the difference lies, this back and forth arguing between the house and Senate is nothing but a game they play why because they can and we allow it. As far as Newt Gingrich being a progressive would it even matter if the Senate and House were made up of conservatives that follow the Constitution but when you have both parties infected with progressivism nothing will change no matter who is elected to be president the focus should be on Congress period. As for me I was one of them Democrats then switch to Republican and now proud independent, if you are for the American people and I know your record on your values does not matter if you have a r or d I will probably give you my vote.

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