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Gingrich Climbing ‘Fast’ as South Carolina Voters Go to the Polls

Gingrich Climbing Fast as South Carolina Voters Go to the Polls

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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Primary day at hand, fast-climbing Newt Gingrich told South Carolinians on Saturday that he was “the only practical conservative vote” able to stop front-runner Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential race. Romney acknowledged the first-in-the-South contest “could be real close” and prepared for an extended fight by agreeing to two more debates in Florida, next on the election calendar.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum braced for a setback and looked ahead to the Jan. 31 contest after getting the most votes in Iowa and besting Gingrich in New Hampshire. Texas Rep. Ron Paul made plans to focus on states where his libertarian, Internet-driven message might find more of a reception with voters; his campaign said it had purchased a substantial ad buy in Nevada and Minnesota, which hold caucuses next month.

Gingrich Climbing Fast as South Carolina Voters Go to the Polls

(AP)

The first contest without Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who dropped out this past week and endorsed Gingrich, was seen as Romney’s to lose just days ago. Instead, the gap closed quickly between the Massachusetts governor who portrays himself as the Republicans best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama and Gingrich, the confrontational former House speaker from Georgia.

Romney avoided a run-in with Gingrich at Tommy’s Country Ham House, where both had scheduled campaign events for the same time. Romney stopped by the breakfast restaurant 45 minutes ahead of schedule. When Gingrich arrived, just minutes after Romney’s bus left the parking lot, he said: “Where’s Mitt?”

Earlier, Gingrich had a message for voters during a stop at The Grapevine restaurant in Boiling Springs not long after the polls opened: Come out and vote for me if you want to help deny Romney nomination.

He told diners who were enjoying plates of eggs and grits that he was the “the only practical conservative vote” to the rival he called a Massachusetts moderate. “Polls are good, votes are better,” he said.

Gingrich also said he would put a stop to federal actions against South Carolina’s voter ID and immigration laws.

Romney’s agreement to participate in Florida debates Monday in Tampa and Thursday in Jacksonville was seen as an acknowledgement of a prolonged battle with Gingrich.

“This could be real close,” said Romney as he chatted on the phone with a voter Saturday morning and urged the man to go vote.

Romney still has significant advantages over his three remaining Republican rivals, including an enormous financial edge and a well-organized campaign.

But with his Iowa victory now rescinded, losing in South Carolina would be a setback that could draw the primary contest out much longer. Just 10 days ago, Romney’s campaign team was looking ahead to the general election as it anticipated a quick sweep in early primaries.

By Saturday, state Treasurer Curtis Loftis, a top Romney backer, was on an automated telephone message attacking Gingrich’s ethics record in Congress, while Romney’s wife, Ann, was on a separate one urging voters to consider the candidates character.

“Look at how they’ve lived their life,” she says. “And that‘s why I think it’s so important to understand the character of a person.”

Before the ham house standoff that wasn’t, Romney stood outside his Greenville headquarters and undertook a new attack on Gingrich. He called on Gingrich to further explain his contracts with Freddie Mac, the housing giant, and release any advice he had provided to the company. He has said the contracts earned two of his companies more than $1.6 million over eight years, but that he only pocketed about $35,000 a year himself.

`I’d like to see what he actually told Freddie Mac. Don’t you think we ought to see it?” Romney said.

It was another response to pressure on Romney to release his tax returns before Republican voters finish choosing a nominee.

A day earlier, Romney had called on Gingrich to release information related to an ethics investigation of Gingrich in the 1990s. Gingrich argues that GOP voters need to know whether the wealthy former venture capital executive‘s records contain anything that could hurt the party’s chances against Obama.

Romney has said he will release several years’ worth of tax returns in April. Gingrich has called on him to release them much sooner. On Saturday, Romney refused to answer questions from reporters about the returns and whether his refusal to release them had hurt him with South Carolina voters.

Gingrich, buoyed by Perry’s endorsement as he left the race Thursday, has called Romney’s suggestion about releasing ethics investigation documents a “panic attack” brought on by sinking poll numbers.

The stakes were high for Saturday’s vote. The primary winner has gone on to win the Republican nomination in every election since 1980.

It’s very important, but it’s not do or die,” Paul told Fox News

Some of South Carolina’s notorious 11th-hour devilry – fake reports in the form of emails targeting Gingrich and his ex-wife Marianne – emerged in a race known as much for its nastiness as for its late-game twists.

“Unfortunately, we are now living up to our reputation,” said South Carolina GOP strategist Chip Felkel.

State Attorney Gen. Alan Wilson ordered a preliminary review of the phony messages to see if any laws had been broken.

Gingrich’s ex-wife burst into the campaign this week when she alleged in an ABC News interview that her former husband had asked her for an “open marriage,” a potentially damaging claim in a state where the Republican primary electorate includes a potent segment of Christian conservatives. The thrice-married Gingrich, who has admitted to marital infidelities, angrily denied her accusation.

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  • audiemurphy
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:15pm

    Newt should change his name to chameleon .
    The man had freaking changed his tune and pretends to be something he is not!
    Obama will eat him up on the general regardless of how good he can debate. The media will make gingy look like an unprincipled idiot and how is he going to take on the media and Obama? Can’t be done if he get the nomination I am going to piss my pants laughing and screaming at all the dum arse s that thought Newty tooty could explain his way out of all the baggage that will rise to the surface and paint him as an untrustworthy flip flipper who has no morales and mad his money off of Freddie and fanny!
    Good luck with that Newt and your blind a s s followers.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:22pm

      exactly… chameleon…
      he might be a a shapeshifter? … just saying. ;P

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:26pm

      For all that the Tea Party stands for, please do not vote for Newt Gingrich. These are videos of him, in his own words praising the progressive FDR as the greatest president in the 20th century, not Reagan. He calls himself a ‘real politic Wilsonian’ after the progressive Woodrow Wilson, and praising the progressive movement as a greatest movement in our time. These are not just clips taken out of context, they are full quotes. We need to fight to keep progressives out of our government, for he is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
      Remember that he also wanted a FEDERAL individual mandate as early as May 2011, on Meeting the Press. Then he changed his rhetoric after his campaign fell apart, which fell apart because of his praise of the IM and against conservative social engineering, most likely because of political necessity. Here he praises it in 2008. Remember also that he admitted that he had changed his book, removing the section on Global Warming, because of political pressure, this within the last few months. Even his scientist friend that wrote the chapter as his ghost writer, for his book, is speaking out against his change.
      If these are true changes, why would they have changed within the last few months. Remember also that he has written and spoken on the importance of growing the government, starting with the state department, increasing it by 50%.

       
    • 10-32inIdaho
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:36pm

      WTF! I do not understand. WE HVE TO BEAT OBAMA NOT THE POLITICIANS! It is not up to Newt Rick Ron or Mitt. This idea of individuals beating Obama is totally wrong. We the people need to elect a person we all can agree with on some terms. I like Paul for sec. of the Treasury. I like Newt for sec. of the press, (Funny as He!!). There are so many choices but we need to unite on what our common beliefs are not become devided on personalities. I am not going to voice my support for any one canidate. Truth is the choice will be made long before my vote gets counted. Please people lets not tear each other apart by what we disagree on.

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    • smokeysmoke
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:38pm

      jb.kibs
      Might be a shapeshifter?
      wow how dumb…
      it is most obviously lying out of his face hole
      it wants to do big government solutions
      but it claims to be the only small govt conservative
      he is asking the only small govt conservative to leave the race
      he is shifty

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    • colt1860
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:39pm

      There’s one thing for certain, if Gingrich wins nomination, don’t expect for him to steal much needed democrat votes, or convince many independents to support him.

      Gingrich had to cancel a campaign event at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, because of poor attendance. He lacks grassroots support. http://www.mercurynews.com/presidentelect/ci_19782823

      At the same College of Charleston in South Carolina, Ron Paul was able to attract a huge audience of more than 1000 attendees. http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=ARmSkJTlK6E

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    • whkell
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:46pm

      Bling followers?..you talking about satanic cult member Beck and his lemmings??..LOL!!!..poor cult member Beck did everythign he could to get rid of Newt…faux endorsing Santorum who everyone knows has ZERO chance..in order to help his fellow cult member have a free glide into the nomination…it was so funny to hear cult member Beck melt down because his lemmings were not following his lead..LOL!!!!!…hey “Mr. Truth lives here cult member Beck”…why don’t you tell people the TRUTH that you think you will die..become the god of your own planet..and have an endless supply of women to make spirit babies with????..LOL!!!..

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:02pm

      John McCain reborn…Thanks South Carolina…for NOTHING!

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    • oneshiner
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:06pm

      Some of you people get all hung up on Morals, and act holier than thou! Why don‘t you look past Newt and his moral faults and look at some of the others we’ve voted for in D.C? Did we even hear about any of their moral codes or was that hushed up? Go to, Washington Insider Man’s Club, and see what some of the others have been up to. You might be as shocked as I am. At least, Newt likes women.

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    • AOL_REFUGEE
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:10pm

      Can’t help liking the idea of Gingrich b*tch slapping that arsewype in the White House around with authority. Barack O’turdo deserves it.

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    • Buck Shane
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:12pm

      @ TeaPartyForRomney

      The Tea Party is NOT for Romney. Romney is a big Government Progressive.

      Romneycare

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    • Diamond Girl
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:21pm

      AUDIEMURPHY…

      Ditto that!

      Couldn’t have said it better myself. ~

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    • mikem1969
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:38pm

      1) Voting for Romney is like voting for obahitlerstalinmao, one big a** mistake America. Romney is a Rino and DREW THE BLUEPRINT FOR OBAMA KILL YA CARE. If you call yourself a conservative or a republican and you voted for him you are a moron.
      2) Paul is weak on foreign policy.
      3) Santorum is Green and even as green as he is, he has a lot of PORK under his belt.
      4) Though I hate carreer politicians, Newt is the only one with balls enough to get the traitor and chief out of the white house.

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    • spankadonkey
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:43pm

      Ha Ha All you Paulbutz are seeing what real conservatives think about your babbling hero and all you can do is continue your phony tripe about the three real candidates. SC is a state with a large percentage of military families yet FRAUD Paul is set to finish last. Guess that tells us all we need to know about all that military contribution support you Paulbutz manipulated.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:52pm

      I thought Newt IS the traitor in chief:

      Not talking about marriages either

      Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich have different ideas of what to do with federal bureaucracies. Ron Paul fights to rein them in and shut them down before they can do harm. Gingrich pads his personal bank account while they wreck our economy.

      While Ron Paul was fighting environmental extremists, the out-of-control EPA, and the Soros-funded green movement, Newt Gingrich was filming commercials with Nancy Pelosi.

      While Ron Paul was fighting government bailouts, Newt was saying he would have voted FOR them.

      Don’t be fooled by the words candidates use when they are running for office. Look hard at their records. Ron Paul’s record is one of true limited government, anti-Washington, D.C. conservatism.

      Newt Gingrich has a long record of liberal appeasement, flip-flopping on key issues, and lobbying for insider millions.

      THEY CAN’T WIN against Obama:

      • Newt Gingrich is not on the ballot in Missouri and Virginia and did not qualify for all of the delegates in Tennessee.

      • Rick Santorum is not on the ballot in Virginia, Ilinois and Washington, D.C., and did not qualify for all of the delegates in Ohio and Tennessee.

      http://www.revolutionpac.com/2012/01/ron-paul-a-national-candidate-one-of-only-two-republicans-on-all-state-ballots/

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:53pm

      I just cringe each time I see that _____, Callista.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:59pm

      Saying Paul is weak on foriegn policy is really saying that you do NOT understand the Constitution. You can say it a million times, repeat what the media and Glenn beck tells you. But the Constitution says that CONGRESS takes us to war…we do not have the Constitutional authority to build nations, send drones in at the pleaseure of the President and topple other Governments.

      Let the Constitution stateour foriegn policy and you will see that the ONLY man who is correct is Ron pal. The rest would not know their place in thier role as president…Eat it Neocons. You have been served.

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    • joel228
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 4:00pm

      Picture this. Newt Gingrich who is really good at domestic affairs wins South Carolina and the republican nomination. He picks former SC gov Mark Sanford who is really good at foreign affairs as his running mate. With that kind of domestic and foreign experience the two would be unstoppable.

      On second thought maybe South Carolina should declare succession again and live with their own choices. In fact let’s encourage them to do so.

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    • psadie
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 4:08pm

      @AOL_REFUGEE

      LOL Newt is a pitbull that we need to unleash on Obama and the Democrat Party.

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 4:17pm

      Romney stopped in his tracks. Gingrich win is good for Santorum and Paul.
      Now we strategize to get one or the other in.
      Gingrich will fall soon do to meadia attacks of his personal relationships.

      As far as Obama. He’s gone either way unless there is massive voter fraud. Then it don’t matter anyway.

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    • NOTvotingforRomney
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 5:03pm

      mikem1969
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:38pm

      1) Voting for Romney is like voting for obahitlerstalinmao, one big a** mistake America. Romney is a Rino and DREW THE BLUEPRINT FOR OBAMA KILL YA CARE. If you call yourself a conservative or a republican and you voted for him you are a moron.
      2) Paul is weak on foreign policy.
      3) Santorum is Green and even as green as he is, he has a lot of PORK under his belt.
      4) Though I hate carreer politicians, Newt is the only one with balls enough to get the traitor and chief out of the white house.

      _________
      I voted for Ron Paul in the Florida Primary already BUT my 2nd choice was Gingrich and my 3rd Santorum. I would vote for ANY of these men if they get the nomination in the general.
      I will NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS vote for RomneyCare.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 5:09pm

      We all want to love a guy that tells us what we want to hear. Newt’s got all these great ideas that look great on paper, but he doesn’t have the vision (or self-discipline) to separate those that work from those that are disastrous or simply foolish. The academic in him gives him the arrogance to think whatever he thinks up on any given day is going to work – without ever giving it an more due-diligence in terms of really thinking through things. He’s an academic, after all. There’s a reason why some people stay in academia, while others venture into the real world and become productive.

      So, which is “really” worse I ask? Having a RINO institute basically no change for the country, which after 4 years would force conservatives to explain to the brain-dead why republicans do no better than democrats? Or, is it a better long-term solution to counter-intuitively hope Obama gets 4 more years to destroy the nation further – which means the people that pay the bills in this country will really get a wake-up call, and most will finally understand which type of “republican” is going to get crap done.

      I mean, to think Newt is the answer when he’s one of the people that has placed America in the position it is in, is really, really frightening thinking.

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    • SgtB
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 5:10pm

      @ MikeM1969, Listen here you ignoramus. Ron Paul is not “weak” on foreign policy. If you are meaning that he does not want to start wars or maintain palace like embassies and bases on foreign land, then you should correctly say that he doesn’t agree with your policy of neoconservatism or imperialism. Which ever you prefer is fine. But to say that the man who actually wants to follow our Constitution, allow other countries to operate as sovereign, and wants to ensure the national defense in a proper manner is somehow “weak” merely shows your arrogance and how little you think of other people’s intelligence.

      I am a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, and I support Ron Paul. Freedom, liberty, a strong national defense, a smaller federal gov’t, a budget that decreases our national debt, and an end to fiat currency.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 5:17pm

      Also, I ‘m more than a little concerned that so many people on our side do not understand the fundamental difference between spending on national defense and military spending.

      I hear the same bogus argument even from guys that should know better, like Rush Limbaugh. Everybody loves Ron Paul, but then end their love of him by claiming he is weak on foreign policy. Republicans of all people – having gone thru what we have gone thru the last 10 years – should know better.

      So, you take away the facetious foreign policy issue and Ron Paul wins hands down. I’d ask those with the ability to think rationally and reasonably to re-assess what “foreign policy” really is.

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 5:21pm

      AUDIE, your a day late and a dollar short. Obama has way substantially more baggage than Obama, and this time around, aside from Obama’s pathetic record for 3 plus years, 4 by November, there is going to be a firestorm when some of the revelations that he was able to hide when he was first elected, are about to come bubbling to the surface. Watch and behold!

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 5:29pm

      Against a real debater, the Imposter-in-Chief, will lose his breakfast, lunch and dinner. Contrary to the daft, who think Obama is a good speaker, “the One” is lost without a teleprompter, and you can not use a teleprompter in a debate. Shame isn’t it?

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    • bhohater
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 6:04pm

      During his political career Newt has a 98 percent conservative voting record, which is good enough for me. As Governor of the great liberal state of Massachusetts Romney’s was around 60 percent.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 6:24pm

      @hauschild I agree that defense spending and military spending are different. We armed Saddam Hussein in Iraq to fight Iran, then we fought Iraq. We armed and gave billions to Qaddafi, then we spent millions on drones to bomb his country, and then aided the radical Muslims to oust him. We helped Lebanon have elections, and then they elected Hezbollah, who is now bombing Israel. We give billions of dollars to Pakistan, who has a nuke, and then we find out they’re hiding Osama bin Laden. We sold a bunch of F-15s to Saudi Arabia, though women can’t even drive there, and fifteen of the nineteen hijackers were Saudi Arabian, and they have as by the neck with their oil (drill here!). Exactly WHAT THE HECK ARE WE DOING? This is insanity, appeasement, corruption, and lunacy.

      NO FOREIGN NATION will come to our backyard when OUR TROOPS ARE HOME, carriers are out in force, submarines are ready at a moments notice, satellites with missiles are pointed at every which direction, and a gun is behind every blade of grass. That my fellow American, IS NATIONAL DEFENSE.

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 6:27pm

      Getting crazier on this blog than it is out there going through the primaries. Not so sure that either Romney or Gingrich will win out for the nomination. Santorum? Maybe, Maybe not. Ron Paul? Doubtful, but not implausible either.

      One thing for sure, it is a good thing for Gingrich to give Romney a run for his money, and Romney does have a lot of that, but the most important thing is to play this out, for the Romney people were just about to pack up their bags and head home, thinking they had the nomination locked up. Very foolish, and more importantly, we do not want or need, nor can we live with an establishment candidate.

      By dragging this out well into the spring, with no clear front runner, we may be preparing or paving the way for the real candidate who may yet jump in to take on and defeat Barack Hussein Obama. Who could that candidate be? Let the games which have begun, play out. There are forces at work behind the scenes that neither the establishment nor the elitists are aware of nor capable of combating once these forces are loosed and brought into play.

      What governs these forces and from whence do they come? Suffice it to say that concerted, committed, ignited light forces are being engaged through fervent, effectual prayer of righteous men and women, and He who is being petitioned has been long awaiting, and His answer is on its way. Patience and trust are indeed great virtues, especially when the real One’s aid and assistance is being sought.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 6:28pm

      How is building a 4 billion dollar embassy in a wasteland beneficial to National Defense?

      “The 104-acre compound, bigger than the Vatican and about the size of 80 football fields, boasts 21 buildings, a commissary, cinema, retail and shopping areas, restaurants, schools, a fire station, power and water treatment plants, as well as telecommunications and wastewater treatment facilities. The compound is six times larger than the United Nations compound in New York, and two-thirds the size of the National Mall in Washington. It has space for 1,000 employees with six apartment blocks and is 10 times larger than any other U.S. embassy.” Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,476464,00.html#ixzz1jBfHQ7Jm

      Paul wants to cut back on militarism, not defense. Defense is putting our own troops on our own borders to secure our own country. Militarism is sending our troops to Uganda or Libya to protect and serve foreign rulers and their citizens on our dime in another country. This is bankrupting our Nation, and spreading our military too thin around the world.

      JIM DEMINT SAID THIS RECENTLY ABOUT PAUL’S FOREIGN POLICY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=QA_dIaF1nrQ

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    • colt1860
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 6:31pm

      How can we leave out oversea spending in any discussion regarding fiscal conservatism, when our economy is tanking, our dollar is loosing value, our debt is ever increasing, and the continuation of our Republic is hanging by a thread?

      What’s wrong with having Congress write a Declaration of War, as per the requirement in the Constitution, and then having our Commander in Chief, fully authorized and commissioned, to fight our enemies, win the war, and come back home? What’s wrong with not wanting to engage in nation building? I say this, if we want to go to war with anyone, we better be willing to leave our enemies in the freaking stone age, and then come back home. Why should we use our money, troops, time, and other resources to rebuild the homes of the enemies we just defeated?

      Father of the Constitution, James Madison, said, “The power to declare war, including the power of judging the causes of war, is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature … the executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.”

      George Washington said, “The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.”

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:03pm

      COLT1860, very valid and good points. What is amazing, and more likely than not, not in a good sense, is the 700 million plus spent on the newly built and newly occupied US Embassy in Baghdad, the largest and most expensive ever built. Lot of money spent and will cost a lot more money to finance with 1000 employees and ancillary expenses.

      What does this say? Obviously we will be maintaining a large presence in Iraq – very large with no doubt a large troop and weaponry contingent to protect the embassy in a very volatile area of the world. There is definitely much more than meets the eye that is being withheld from the American people – a bit disconcerting to say the least.

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:07pm

      Just trust that these DIEBOLD electronic machines with no paper trail that can be hacked by a 14-year old with 20 bucks are accurate.
      Nothing to see here…. move along……

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:11pm

      If this Global Elite Buffoon is the nominee, RON PAUL will be our President in 2012 regardless of the Global Elite’s Manipulation of the Press and Voting machines.
      RON PAUL does not run as an Independent, he will have more write-in votes than either Obummer or Grinch.

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  • KidCharlemagne
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:14pm

    Looks like the end of the Tea Party in South Carolina:

    —————————————————————–
    “Is Gingrich a “progressive” in any real sense? Beck would argue yes. Many parts of me would scream no. I do know that Gingrich is likely capable to debate the next two points to great effect.

    But evaluate on your own.

    A video tip provides us this montage of Gingrich describing his high esteem for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Over and over again:”
    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/gingrich-flashback-progressive-fdr-was-greatest-president-of-the-20th-century-plus-seius-andy-stern-is-visionary-union-leader/

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    • MSGT
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:23pm

      The TEA party was stabbed in the back by their governor backing Mittens.

      Nice editing on the video. You should tell people the rest of it. That Newt said FDR was the greatest POTUS of the 20th century based on his ability to SELF GOVERN AND GET THINGS DONE.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:31pm

      a self admitted wilsonian, loves FDR… lol, what a loser…

      2 wilsonian points from wiki…

      1 Advocacy of the spread of Democracy[1]

      – Democracy?! (Mob Rule) that is a horrible form of government which always, 100% of the time, leads to dictatorship \ oligarchy. 51% OWNS the 49%… Why we spread democracy is BEYOND any American ideal. A Republic (Rule of Law) is the only just form of government.

      4 Pro-Imperialism,[3] in favor of intervention to further national self-interest.[4][5]

      – Where to even begin with this… intervene, only if you gain… otherwise don’t? yeah.. that will make onlookers REAL respectful of you… LOL… what a joke…

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 4:37pm

      When the Japanese sneak attack at Pearl Harbor threw the United States into a global war against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt rose to the challenge. He led the allies in a global war with remarkable skill and built the greatest military in history. Newt believes that without FDR’s leadership as Commander in Chief during World War II, the 20th century would have been a Nazi century rather than an American century. Ronald Reagan too praised FDR, saying that “like the Founding Fathers before him, F.D.R. was an American giant.”

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  • jb.kibs
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:11pm

    They are all the same, save one…
    All of them, except one, have said they would write executive orders, etc… THAT is why we are a dictatorship in the first place… “executive orders”?! nonoono…. that is not “The People” \ Congress…

    4God and 4Liberty, Ron Paul 2012.

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    • Shasta
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:21pm

      Yes, they are all different flavors of the same problem, save one. And that one is nuts. We are lost.

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    • TheTruthPrevails
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:23pm

      Yeah…lets make all drugs and prostitution legal….

      Lets investigate 911 because it was obviously an inside job….

      and lets let’s go ahead and let Iran have nuclear weapons…..

      Vote Ron Paul for a brighter (don’t look at the flash) future!

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    • MSGT
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:25pm

      I like a lot of what RP says but he will get absolutely nothing passed.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:34pm

      what? he doesn’t want to make drugs or prostitutes legal.. .he wants states to decide based on the people living in the states….

      you are really for federally regulating everything? so if the federal government fails at said regulation we ALL suffer, instead of 1 state… please… you need to sit and think a bit…

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:35pm

      yeah, just like when China, Russia, NKorea, Germany, etc, etc, all nuked someone after they said they were going to…
      name in alphabetical order, the nations who have used a nuclear bomb on another nation, i’ll get you started,
      America,

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    • colt1860
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:49pm

      @TheTruthPrevails I would have ignored your comment if it wasn’t for the falsehood of it. As President, Paul wouldn’t be able to make anything legal. Only Congress has the power to make laws. This year I will work hard to elect a TEA party congress, and I‘m pretty sure that their agenda won’t include make heroin legal nationwide. Paul doesn’t even believe Congress has the power to make drugs legal. He believes in something called Federalism. Paul actually wants to protect our union of free and independent States, and honor the ninth and tenth Amendments. Paul wants to repeal those federal laws regarding private drug use by individual Citizens. This will not legalize any drug, as each State will still have the Power to ban, prohibit, restrict and regulate whatever “drug” they want. Many federal judges have agreed to this position, for these minor non-violent drug crimes consume too much time and take up too much resources otherwise needed to deal with real federal crimes! They clog up our federal courts and slow down our judicial process.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:51pm

      @TheTruthPrevails Paul in the NH debate said he doesn’t want Iran to have a nuke. Senator Rand Paul said of his dad, “[he] doesn’t want (Iran) to have nuclear weapons, he thinks it would be destabilizing for them to have them, but he thinks there needs to be a healthy debate in Congress about what our response should be.” Paul has repeatedly said that if we want war, we should declare it, fight it, win it, and come back home. No nation building. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATmUE8TCmjE

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    • inblack
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:02pm

      @JB – Too bad Glenn Beck has not thought this through. If he did he would be supporting Ron Paul.

      Glenn fails to apply his anti-progressive mind set to our international policies.

      1) If it is wrong to pick my pocket to give it to non-producing people, why is it ok to take my money to give to socialist and islamic religious countries.

      2) If it is wrong to tell US citizens how to eat and how to pray, how is it ok for us to tell people in other countries how to act.

      3) If it is wrong to interfere in US commerce, why is it ok to interfere in foreign lands?

      You have no right to spend $1 Trillion dollars on the military in 140 overseas bases, joing civil wars in Libya, Iraq, Afganastan, protecting the riches countries in the world and creating a US Govt that is so powerful that this progressive pro-military policy has spilled over into loss of the right to trial, loss of the right to privacy, govt control of the internet.

      Wake up Glenn. Your military policy is big govt progressivism.

      No wonder Glenn’s listeners are voting for Newt when Glenn endorses the military progressive who cannot not see cutting one dime from the military.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:06pm

      Ron Paul haters now nothing about the Constitution…I am sure they have never r\ead it, and if they have, they did not understand it. They do however do a good job of parroting the liberal news media.

      Ron Paul‘s principles are as close to our Founding Ftaher’s princilples as any man in elected office… Facist and Marxist and the uninformed cannoy handle that.They know nothing of Freedom and LIberty and are all too well ready to give up their freedoms for safety….

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    • Buck Shane
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:35pm

      @ colt1860
      There appear to be two kinds of Paul supporters.
      The first type calls everybody morons and neo-cons. Insults everyone. They are cultish. I would not want to be associated with them.
      You appear to be in the second group. It seems you reason with people. You make solid points.
      While group one hurts their candidate, group two helps him.

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    • spankadonkey
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:56pm

      JBKIBS – Your babbling hero, Ron FRAUD Paul, just isn’t cutting it. Get over it. We normal people have evaluated him and concluded he is wacko, at best. I know, I know, we are all progressives who don’t like liberty or the Constitution. I sincerely hope you will wake up and join the real world and stop being so mad all the time. Your life would be so much more pleasant..

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    • colt1860
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 4:39pm

      @Buck Shane Thanks. I appreciate the kind words. I’m convinced that in order to restore our Republic, and preserve liberty, we must have a healthy debate and discussion regarding the most relevant or important issues and topics confronting our nation. I believe that most of us on here probably are much more in agreement than disagreement. This year, we must be able to find common ground, unite and elect a TEA party Congress. We must get TEA party candidates to run! Division or unnecessary factions will be detrimental these coming years, if we wish to preserve what little we have left of our Constitutional Republic. We as fellow Americans, should be able to communicate with civility and respect. And, if possible, provide substantiated research, in our discourse with others. Sharing information and educating others benefits us all, and is much more rewarding. Name calling, or personally attacking others will only divide us, and distract us from the real problems. I try my best to follow such principles and values, and on occasion break a joke or two, or attempt to be humorous but not vicious. As a Christian I always keep in mind that my conversation must be honest and with good intention. Hopefully, we’ll all learn to unite our efforts, and together, achieve the same freedom our founding fathers earned and fought for, for all of us to enjoy and protect. God bless.

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    • Hossua
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:00pm

      @Colt1860 While it is true that congress does not have the power to make drugs legal, it is also true that they never had the authority (barring a constitutional amendment) to make them illegal in the first place.
      Many people in this country do not want drugs to be legal, so allow the states to make their own drug laws and be done with it. We have already been doing this with gambling and prostitution.

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  • Need to be FREE
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:08pm

    What is wrong here? Have people lost their common sense and reasoning? He is no better than the one we have!!

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  • audiemurphy
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:08pm

    any vote for Newt is a vote for 4 more Obama years…..
    Newt is THE ONLY Rep Candidate that could loose to Obama! He is as slimy as Obama and in many ways slimier ? Commits treason avaunt his family, ethics violations force him out if the speakers chair, and He openly admits to being a progressive.
    Any fool that calls him conservative needs his head examined!

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    • Need to be FREE
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:10pm

      Amen to that Brother!!

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    • SoulReaver
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:16pm

      What drug are you on he is the only one that can beat obummer and the repubs know it.

      Do you really think that a man who cannot call obummer a socialist is the guy?

      Santorum is a maybe but not as strong or smart as Newt

      Ron Paul 1 bill in 20 years enough said.

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    • neverending
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:16pm

      Looks like all you need to do is act like an arrogant ass to the press and you can be number l. Wait we already have that. How special is that – we don’t want to change anything.

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    • audiemurphy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:18pm

      @ soulreaver
      hey a freakin door knob could beat Obama in the general …. just not newt!
      As for McRomney not calling Obama a socialist? c’mon man ….
      Romney has been calling out Obama on his record day in and day out and that’s where HIS focus is and where their strategy is! I don’t see to much on this from the other candidates although Santorum is way more credible than chameleon Newt.
      Hate Romney for his left leanings at times but the man is organized and has a message that is going to be hard for Obama to counter…. actually surmountable for Obama to deal with.
      Santorum is a great candidate but lacks the support and organization to Win the nomination . I believe if Romney where to loose to Santorum that he would do all in his power to support and help Santorum win the presidency . That’s the kind of guy Romney is ….. unlike all out for himself Newt who burns brides everywhere he goes. He is like a virus . Bad vibes = Bad news or bad New/ts is I call it!

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  • capitalizmwrks
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:03pm

    WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARACTER MATTERS PEOPLE??? If this was a Democrat with a track record like Newt’s, you’d be all over them like he was the Anti-Christ. I don’t get this….and please don’t try and explain, you will just embarrass yourself.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:08pm

      Newt is complete evil. the man will smile and tell you everything is fine while his hand is in your back pocket… he will sell us all into slavery at the drop of a hat. the man is a sociopath, if you can’t recongnize a sociopath when you see one… welp, God help us all.

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    • neverending
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:08pm

      They would be going nuts as they should!

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    • Shasta
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:13pm

      This guy is a bigger progressive than McCain. How did we get here again?

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:15pm

      Let He Who Is Without Sin Cast The First Stone

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    • SoulReaver
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:19pm

      What happened 12 years in the past is exactly that the past. What happened to forgiveness, and he is a whole lot better than Obama and probably the only chance to beat him.

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    • capitalizmwrks
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:24pm

      @Soulreave, Republicorp

      WOW, did you think of that one on your own??? Keep telling yourself that, I’m sure it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

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    • P8riot
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:26pm

      seriously! I am amazed at the hypocracy of our own party!!! Anyone who denies that we would be screaming in the streets if a democrat with Newts history was running for president is a either a liar or has no values.

      WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US??? WHO WILL STAND UP FOR THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE NOW? Newts life is a mockery of marriage. The traditional family is the anchor to our society – if we nominate Newt, we’ll be tossed by the waves of the sea.

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    • capitalizmwrks
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:28pm

      @Soulreave

      REALLY, the only one to beat Obama? You have got to be kidding me right now!?!? If you you want to wake up every day wondering what dirt their going to dig up on President Gingrich then go ahead and vote for him. I’m looking for a President with a little less baggage. Just say’n.

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    • RedFlyer
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:38pm

      If Newt was a democrat, the media would be adoring him for originality in requesting an open marriage! No, Newt is going to win and we’re all going to ride his rear end so that he represents us.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:39pm

      Ron Paul, statistically is the only one who is going to beat Obama… ALL of the polls show this…
      RP has the support of independants, democrats and republicans (who aren’t neocons)…

      if anyone but Ron wins the Primary, it will be Obama again, they know it, that is why all the media paints Ron as nuts… i know you loved it when the media painted Glenn as nuts and he told you that they are just lashing out at him because they are afraid of what he is saying, but NOW, that is happens to Ron Paul, you don’t believe that happens, it’s ok… you just go back to sleep…

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  • Passerby
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:02pm

    20 points, he’s gonna win by 20 points. Watch.

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    • Shasta
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:20pm

      Yeah, let’s celebrate a probable win by the guy who refers to himself as a Realpolitik Wilsonian; a guy that said the progressive movement was the greatest thing that ever happened to this country; a guy who has said he favors an individual mandate and calls it self-responsibility; a guy who said FDR was the greatest American president of the 20th century; a guy who wrote “I am more a critical progressive seeking reform rather than a new leftist advocating radical change”. Yeah, lets celebrate.

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    • MSGT
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:27pm

      Hey SHASTA, google Wilsonian. Stop listening to Beck’s lies

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    • resme
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 4:26pm

      @mgst, google newt, Stop listening to newts lies.

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    • joel228
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 5:25pm

      MSGT, last I checked I did not see anything about Glenn Beck forcing Newt to sit on a couch with Nancy Pelosi and advocate the largest transfer of wealth in human history all in the name of the man made story of man made global warming.

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    • Hossua
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:13pm

      Hey, MSGT. How is the definition of Realpolitik Wilsonian going to make me feel any better about Newt? From watching him speak and from his record, I would say that is spot on. How that is a positive is beyond me, however.

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  • neverending
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:02pm

    Well one thing for sure conservatives with values of integrity, honesty, decency truthfulness and morals are just proving they are all so full of it that it is laughable and those preacher boys can now cut their sermons short because they can just say go live like the libs because as long as you say oh well you are forgiven and shout down the press then you are our number one guy. They have just falsified their message. We are going to get just what we deserve and that is four more years of obama. America had their heart attack in 2008 and this year will be the death.

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    • joel228
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 5:36pm

      Well said neverending. I was thinking electing Obama was like swallowing a full bottle of prescription drugs. There is still a chance that a good non governmental stomach pumping can save us. If we elect Gingrich we will have collectively put a bullet in our head and it will only be a race to see if we can salvage some organs for transplant to something still living.

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  • Mandors
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:01pm

    People seem to be just as ignorant about politics as they are about geography. Newt is a southerner from a border state. Of course he’s doing well in SC. Just as Romney did well in NH. Big deal.

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  • tifosa
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:58pm

    The R candidate with the most hubris, least ethics (both personal and political,) bosom-buddy of the Patriot Act, supporter of gun-control, endorsed the use of an individual mandate for health insurance, cheer-led for the Medicare Drug Benefit bill and WallStreet bailouts, embraced not only the concept of man-made climate change but a federal role in developing renewable energy resources,…etcetcetc…is about to take SC. SWEEEEEEEEEEETTTTT!!!

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    • MSGT
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:05pm

      10000X better than Mittens.

      TIFOSA, do I know you from somewhere else on the web???????????

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    • fakeid200
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:05pm

      don’t forget about what he does to Nancy P when his wife is gone.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:06pm

      @tifosa
      As opposed to the Mystery Marxist…… Sweeeeeeterrrrrrr !!!!!

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:17pm

      @MSGT, really? that much better than mittens? no. Newt = Mitt = Rick = Obama = Bush = Clinton = Bush = JP\Morgan\Chase\BoA\Fanny\etc (federal reserve puppets)

      all of them want to use force against you when you have not violated anyones person or property.
      Newt supports executing 1st offence drug dealers. someone who is selling someone else something… execute them… neat. so when they don’t like, say, YOUR product, and they ban it, now they will execute you for selling it… No one FORCES anyone to buy anything, except the government… which is immoral, unjust and is economic slavery. Mafia did the exact same thing to people, forced them to buy protection… are we really that blind?

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    • MSGT
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:40pm

      @KIBBS No one = barry, NO ONE. Newt is the one that can win

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    • justangry
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 6:27pm

      I actually kind of agree with Tifosa on this one. I think the Dems are ecstatic at the thought of running against the slimy newt. I’m at a loss what the appeal of gingrinch is to the SC voter. The only thing I can think of is belligerence, a trait that seems to go hand in hand with SC. The media isn’t going to let up on him until he’s out of the limelight. Pelosi has already said they’re holding back on destroying him until the time is right. Besides newt has historically self-destructed anyway. He’s a soulless lifetime politician, a fat angry fascist, and a despicable human being. I’ve always found him to be the least appealing candidate in the field, followed closely by Santorum.

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 6:37pm

      TIFOSA, you are like the blind leading the blind. The only difference is that you are being led by the blind – not a very smart position to be end. It is only a matter of time before you step off the deep end from which there is no recovery. Your source, or sources of information, will continue to deceive you and permit you to continue in your folly, but this folly is prepared for the goats. You might want to consider becoming a sheep, for the Good Shepherd will never lead you astray.

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  • fakeid200
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:58pm

    He is not the smartest man in the room. just the biggest smart a$$ in the room.

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    • 10-32inIdaho
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:07pm

      I think people just want to watch him trash Obama in a debate. Give him a good jab to the chin because that is what Obama has done to the people for the last 3 years. I think they forget how he actually acts when it matters. Newt is Beck’s gravy stain theory. I will vote for Newt if the choice is him or Obama but as long as I have a choice no freakin way!

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    • fakeid200
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:15pm

      I agree but Obama has been kicking us in the junk not jabbing our chins more like kicking the poo out of us then rubbing our faces in it saying how ya like me now dumb a$$ white people.

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    • Shasta
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:37pm

      Yep, Newt is smart, but that does not make him wise. He, like all progressives, think that only big government can solve America’s problems and create a thriving economy. Romney is just as bad. I am finding out that Santorum is a big government guy too. Paul is crazy. Where are the Rubio‘s and the West’s? Then again, West voted for the awful NDAA. No candidate is perfect, but there must be a Ronald Regan somewhere.

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    • resme
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 4:32pm

      @shasta, Don’t forget rubio co-sponsered SOPA.

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    • Hossua
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:39pm

      Reagan wasn’t even that great, better than what we had for sure. But still not perfect.

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  • disenlightened
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:57pm

    I’m beginning to think social conservatives, like far left liberals, are their own worst enemies. Freud’s Id gone political.

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    • fakeid200
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:03pm

      Libertarian and Conservative but I will not lye down and end up with another MCCAIN progressive this just might be are last President.

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    • Passerby
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:03pm

      Maybe that’s because the Republican Party is run by degenerate social liberals that never ever do the slightest thing whatsoever to diminish abortion, for instance, in the slightest.

      Maybe we‘re fed up and we’re just not going to take it any more.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:17pm

      I actually consider many so called “social conservatives” today to be nothing more than social progressives, not to be confused with social liberals. Social Conservatives used to advocate for personal responsibility and for the Government to not interfere within our private lives. They actually understood that the only thing standing in the way of the people restoring and achieving a moral and religious society, was Big Government dictating what was a moral and religious society. Social Conservatives used to advocate for our personal lives, and choices therein, to be governed and guided, independently, by our families, our churches, and our local communities. Social Conservatives used to oppose any centralization of Power dictating to private Citizens how to run their own lives. Social Conservatives well knew that Government, or rather, the Politicians therein, were susceptible to corruption, greed, and failure. Social Conservatives advocated for limited Government, for they well knew that to avoid a large scale effect of any negative result due to bad Government, the actions and efforts of Government would have to be minimized and further divided, thus avoiding nationalism or communist policies being implemented. Social Conservatives understood the necessity to be able to easily and quickly reverse or reform any mistake committed by Government, and thus avoided national or centralized change. What we have now, is almost quite the opposite.

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:15pm

      COLT1860, another incisive, accurate and very good post. Social Conservatives, for all practical purposes, are no longer Conservatives. Social they are, more like Socialists. Conservatives, they are indeed not. Wolves in Sheep’s clothing? They have gotten so bold as to shed their clothing. Tells me they are not only aligned with the elitist, but believe they have sufficient power to get over on those who would challenge them. Bottom line – very dangerous!

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  • rodeo_clown13
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:52pm

    Go Newt.

    Pay no attention to the mindless who do not understand ‘acknowledging mistakes & asking forgiveness & guidence.

    Pay no attention to the Beckbots.

    Keep railing on the biased media even seen in the slightly right of center FOX this morning….

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    • SoulReaver
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:01pm

      very well said

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:02pm

      I concur.

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    • 10-32inIdaho
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:13pm

      He makes the same mistakes over and over and over. That is not learning. I am sure he will pay no attention just like he would pay no attention to the constitution. I love the debates. “My first day in office I will sign executiver orders….” I do not think we were founded on executive orders. He is scary not as scary as our debter and chief but scary. Yup that is what I wanted to hear.

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    • MSGT
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:14pm

      Post of the day

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    • Shasta
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:26pm

      As much fun as it was watching Newt derailing the media, our real mission is removing Obummer and saving our country. What Newt did 10 years ago is not really the problem today. The problem today is he is a huge progressive, and his current speeches and writings prove it. Romney is the same. That leaves Santorum, whom I am finding to be a big government guy, and Paul, who is a nut case.

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    • audiemurphy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 4:17pm

      A clown u are!
      lol

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  • PGMike
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:51pm

    Newt Gingrich will lose against Obama. How can the Rebuplican party nominate a man who:
    1) Was booted by his own party from the house leadership after ethics violations.
    2) Cheated on his wife while pressuring President Clinton to resign over the Lewisky matter.
    3) Took millions of dollars from Fannie Mae during the mortgage meltdown.
    4) Is famous for being undisciplined.
    Newt’s only strong point is the ability to attack the media. That will not win an election.

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    • tbb
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:57pm

      Not to mention Newt‘s policies are no different than Obama’s

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    • drphil69
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:03pm

      RESULTS RESULTS RESULTS –

      1st (R) controlled congress in 40 years – NEWT
      1st “balanced” budget in ?? years – NEWT
      Welfare reform – NEWT

      I want Rick Santorum, but I would take NEWT over Romney.

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    • LeadNotFollow
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:03pm

      It’s not the Republican party, that will nominate Newt.
      It’s the New World Order.
      Just like when (Elmer Fudd) McCain received the nomination.
      They will pick someone Obama can easily beat.

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    • fakeid200
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:23pm

      That is the plan. He is going to lose to Obama. The whole time I have had 2008 in my head. I have been remembering how MCCain was getting tore up. Then how he all the sudden was all that was left and now see the biggest cancer of a president we have ever seen win. Illuminati has already picked the winner. it’s Obama and Newt is the white house he will ride to victory on. I think he will always ride the white horse all the way to the Temple mound

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:51pm

    I dont care what conventional wisdom or any polls say…. A bucket of steamin Turds could beat Obama, aka: the Mystery Marxist… Just Watch !!!!! Have Faith People….

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    • tifosa
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:02pm

      Once again you describe the Repub candidates better than I can. “Steaming” is a nice touch. :^)

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    • naql
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:10pm

      Well, Newt is a “steaming bucket of turds”, but I think you are wrong about him beating Obama. He is unelectable.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:11pm

      @ tiffy
      Yup, and most would prefer that bucket a steamin turds to your HIV positive Mystery Marxist Boy… Come on Obama… Release your medical records !!!!!

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    • fakeid200
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:11pm

      I agree STEAMING is good Republicans suck. Democraps are just as bad Ron Paul has a bad Foreign Ploicy and Santourm is a dope. Newt is a Steaming Turd bag and Mitt is well Mitt. I say MITT-Paul 2012. I wanted Bachman-Paul 2012 I think we need Paul but IIIIIIIIIIII’m not to sure anymore vice President for sure.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:11pm

      TIFOSA why don’t take your commie A$$ and go occupy something

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    • SoulReaver
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:13pm

      You are wrong the Obama machine is good. They destroyed Alan Keyes who was one of the most highly touted conservatives, prior to facing Obama. Reagan Called Keyes one of the best Americans period. he ran on the constitution and Declaration of Independence. It is going to take our best and brightest to beat Obummer.

      As it stands now there is only one person and that is Newt.
      Romney does not have the fire and balls to beat obummer and can’t even call him a socialist in front of republicans. How is he going to take it to him in front of msm.
      Santorum showed some fire in this last debate but he does not have Newts wit. Even he said that Newt gets big things done.
      Ron Paul is a joke and everyone not allied with Alex jones knows it. 1 bill in 20 years. Start eliminating waste by Quitting.
      Newt has past issues no doubt about it. But his wit and intelligence is our only hope. Bachman may have had the best message and fire but people did not get behind her.

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    • SoulReaver
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:30pm

      The Obama machine is very good do not under estimate them. Look at what his team did to Alan Keyes in Illinois. he destroyed him by almost 50%. Do not get fooled by Glenn this will be tough and we need a guy that can take it to him.

      So far only Newt has done it.
      Santorum has a chance
      Romney is like a school boy looking for the moderator to help him. he will get smoked

      Ron Paul 1 bill in 20 years enough said

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    • fakeid200
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:37pm

      @SoulReaver I agree with just about everything you just wrote however I think Alex Jones is the Joke not Ron Paul. Alex is on point until he comes after Glenn then I tune him out. And 911 stuff. But Police State videos are on point. With that said Ron Paul is not A joke just his if we leave the terrorists alone they will leave us alone crap. If Glenn had not pointed that out I would still be all in for paul. I hope you are wrong about newt I see another MCCain and another Obama victory. Newt is a looser and I don’t like our chances. THE NWO has already picked for us and it’s a progressive anyway you look at it. America is over. We never had a chance. If newt wins we will go broke if paul wins we will fight a war at home if mitt wins we kick the can down the road and if obama wins omg thats my greatest fear. This sucks I should not be more scared of our current President then I am of anyone else in the world.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:50pm

      @soulreaver
      Your correct, the Obama machine is good, but the candidate sucks, he will not win this time around… He has something , that he has never had….. A track record ! And it sucks, and even my Democrat friends aint doin it again… He and his media buddies hid his marxism quite well, and all his welfare losers that voted for him… They’re still welfare losers, he didnt put gas in their tanks or pay their electric bills, like they thought… So no motivation there… Have faith and watch…

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    • Hossua
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:48pm

      FakeID, Glenn told some pretty big lies about RP on foreign policy. Biggest one being that RP didn’t vote to go into Afghanistan.

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  • SychinLegacy
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:46pm

    It’s coming abundantly clear that nobody has learned their lesson over the past few years. Kind of pathetic really. Go ahead everyone. Keep voting for Romney, Gingrich, and Santorum. Keep yourselves trapped in this “US VS THEM” cycle they have created to fool you while they rob you blind.

    No matter who wins, we’re still going to lose people. The sooner you realize that the sooner we can get back onto the road of recovery. Until them keep on fighting to get a “TRUE CONSERVATIVE” to replace Obama.

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:52pm

      Sadly, it’s starting to look like that next November, we will have a choice between Obama the Communist, or Newt the Progressive. The only difference between them, will be the speed at which we all become slaves…..unless a third option becomes apparent……Civil War anyone?

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    • SychinLegacy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:57pm

      Won’t be much of a civil war if any. With NDAA the progressive regime can incarcerate any potential “threats to the state” without any questions asked. It‘s funny how most people don’t even realized that our government just created their own Gestapo. Heck the Blaze even did a story a few weeks ago about how the FBI is now using predator drones against civilians.

      It really is pathetic how few people have learned their lesson. So many fools come to this site posting “GUYS IT DOESN’T MATTER AS LONG AS WE BEAT OBAMA WE WIN YEAHHH“ or ”WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR (insert progressive) BECAUSE HE HAS THE BEST CHANCE TO BEAT OBAMA YEAHHH”.

      I mean how many times do we have to scream Obama is not the endgame. You can beat Obama and replace him with another progressive and guess what, we still have the EXACT SAME problems to deal with. Except with even less time now because you fools thought that defeating Obama would suddenly cure us of every problem and we would all live happily ever after.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:01pm

      The clear choice Ron Paul – Kucinich 2012!
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4DRZP9JgBA
      The conservatives dream team!

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    • Cat
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:33pm

      Republicorp >

      Paul / ? in 2012
      Ron is 76, and will be 77 in August
      Ron gets elected with a young, smart, conservative as his VP
      Ron suffers a severe stroke in his first months of office and is rendered unfit for service
      He graciously steps down as president and offers the presidency to the younger VP
      The socialists go berserk and file lawsuit after lawsuit against the new president claiming is not suited to be president
      The House looses all credibility as a result of the new president’s failure to pull the conservatives together after suffering extreme personal financial loss due to all the lawsuits against him
      The socialist controlled Senate pulls out all stops and files bill after bill just to gum up the system even further
      Nothing gets repealed, nothing gets done and our money flows faster out of our pockets and into DC
      The country collapses in two short years and another socialist experiment fails
      Ron Paul gives it up three years later while trying to speak at a rally held in his honor and ends up diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, in a bed somewhere in Texas …

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  • Jude 4
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:44pm

    Neocon establishment still holds sway. Only people that demand principle and truth as the primary factor, will decide to investigate Mr Paul, the only one that rejects lawlessness. Mr Gingrich and the others, are the most stylish with their words, especially when they talk about how they have ‘changed’ and are now going to ‘do better’. Mr Paul is simplistic with his words, and he has no need to explain away any violations of our constitution. These neocon politicians can wax eloquent while they are violating the law, and do the same when covering over the reasons why they violated the law and their oath. They are flatterers, and people love the evil speaking of flattery i.e., Hannity, Beck & crew, O’reilly, Coulter, Malkin, Ingraham, Bolton, Huckabee, Palin, Limbaugh, Levin, etc.. These people are good at entertaining their listeners about how great they are, while being too proud to admit that they were not fighting the lawbreakers consistently, like Mr Paul, but upholding them for their own benefit.

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  • disagreeableness
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:43pm

    Do we really spend this much time and energy vetting the character of POLITICIANS? Its as if we want to select the one who has done the best job fooling us into believing that they have led their lives as ordinary, principled people. I like Newt, skeletons aren’t skeletons if they exist for all to see. Romney strikes me as the GOP’s Al Gore, not quite as ridiculous, but lacking heart in the same way. Support Gingrich, win in 2012.

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    • 10-32inIdaho
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:21pm

      I agree we need to expell the politicians out of our political process. It should be a service not a career. Term limits, we don’t need no stinking term limits VOTE PEOPLE! Do not vote based on parties.

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  • TheTruthPrevails
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:42pm

    The way I see it if the guy makes it so easy to lie and cheat on his wife(s) how much easier will it be for him to lie to the American people? But it is more than a simple morality ethics thing. Gingrich claims to be the most conservative candidate when his record proves different…again another lie that he seems to believe. I for one cannot put my vote behind this guy.
    As conservatives we can agree on one thing….getting rid of the mistake in the White House and denying him a second term to finish off America. Many polls have shown by far Romney is the candidate that can beat Obama. He may not be the perfect conservative candidate as everyone has their own idea of what the perfect conservative candidate would be. But as long as polls show he will beat Obama, he gets my vote.

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    • LTinUT
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:00pm

      I agree. I don’t understand why people close their eyes to a man with a long history of having no personal honor or integrity. Having an affair once is a mistake. Twice is a pattern. All can be forgiven but forgiveness and TRUST are not the same. Also, do Americans really want a woman who has an affair with a married co-worker as their FIRST LADY?? In my eyes, any woman knowingly and willingly conducting herself in that manner is no lady. The title would need to be changed to First Madam.

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  • larrylarrylarry
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:41pm

    Will Newt have an open marriage in the white house?

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    • MSGT
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:43pm

      SUCK IT BECKBOTS

      Mittens hasn’t been forced on us yet

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    • MrMagoo
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:50pm

      No doubt Larry x 3.
      We had enough sexcapades in the W.H. with Bill Clintoon ridin’ dirty in the oval orifice.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:56pm

      @LarryLarryLarry
      Doubtful, he’s no longer the studmiester he once was….. But then again, a custom built 747 can do wonders with the Ladies…….

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:40pm

    Hmn…..
    We will see.
    I believe the Ohio poll that is not opinion is March 3rd.
    Let us see who is still standing.

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  • MrMagoo
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:38pm

    Unbelievable.I gave this progressive republican a snowballs chance in hell of ever having a chance at being the nominee a few months ago.Voters get what they deserve though,Obama’s a prime example.

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    • fakeid200
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:01pm

      This dope was pre-selected for us long ago. Just like McCain we need another looser so Obama can win again.

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    • Shasta
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:30pm

      Well Newt was right about one thing. He said the MSM and the toxic political environment make it hard to get good candidates. He was so right. Because of that, we get these guys instead. We all loose.

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  • fakeid200
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:37pm

    Another McCain this is how O buttmunch is going to win term 2!

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    • NOTvotingforRomney
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 5:11pm

      Yep. Nominate another rich RINO like McCain only this time make it Romney and we will LOSE.

      Obama and Romney have so much in common

      1. Both grew up in wealthy families and attended private schools. They never struggled for anything in their lives.

      2. Both were born to fathers who were FOREIGN BORN (Kenya versus Mexico).
      ( and I read that even Romney‘s mother was born in Mexico and if true at least Obama’s mother was born in Kansas. Where are the ROMNEY BIRTHERS????????????????????

      3. Both men were born to POLYGAMIST fathers. (Muslim nad Mormon)

      4. Both men supported TARP (Bail out of private banks) and thus do NOT believe in the Free Market

      5. Both men BRIBED Iowa voters by supporting Ethanol subsidies which a TAXPAYER BAILOUTS for PRIVATE FARMERS and NOT Free Market.

      6. Both Men agree that ALL GASOLINE CONSUMERS should have their FREE MARKET rights thrown under the bus and FORCED BY GOVERNMENT to put Ethanol into their gas tank whether they want to or not.

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  • Grace1798
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:36pm

    Gee, I already posted and it shows nothing. I’m voting for Newt because he has a proven past of being Conservative. Romney’s proven past is Moderate at best but mostly left leaning.

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  • Grace1798
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:34pm

    I am voting for Gingrich in the Pennsylvania Primary. AND I don’t care what criticism they come up with, I already know all about Newt, I am 63……..saw it all. He’s still more of a Conservative than Romney is. Romney has proven past of being moderate at best and left leaning.

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    • JohnTwoFeathers
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:41pm

      Smartest man in the room. Got my vote

      Semper Fi

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    • fakeid200
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:42pm

      63 and you still don’t understand the dangers of progressives. LOL I guess you cant teach old dogs new tricks. But wait progressive-ism is not a new trick? So whats wrong with you. Paul , Mitt , Santourm ,newt , obama’s dog.

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    • SychinLegacy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:48pm

      A bird is “more human” than a fish. Does that mean that birds are human?

      If you know all about Gingrich and his progressive tendencies then you must be a progressive.

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:52pm

      I’m all in for Newt–yep, smartest man in the room.

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    • fakeid200
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:52pm

      Is a painter more of an artist then a piano player. If you know about Elton Jon and his **** tendency’s then you must be a ****!

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    • thegrassroots
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:02pm

      Rather A Man who has made his mistakes [like we all have] And Has Gone On, By The Grace Of God, To Learn From Them —

      Than:

      The Man Who Hides In The Shadows Of The Cayman Islands and Reeks Of Long Festering Dishonesty.

      Go Ahead and Fire Those Smear Guns, RomBama! You’ll Drown In The Splatter From The BackFire! It Will Only Cause America‘s Resolve and Newt’s Resolve To Grow Stronger!

      Newt 2012!

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    • marvel
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:04pm

      “Smartest” does not equal the most conservative, or the best candidate.

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    • Netsurfer2
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 5:50pm

      I hear you! Newt is the only one left! I don’t trust Mitt! Look at Massachusetts in what he did! He shoved healthcare down the throats of the people he governed! Just like Obama did! I also believe “the book of Mormon” is false! Just like the church of Scientologist’s are false!

      Glad that at least someone see’s through the smoke and mirrors!

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