Gingrich Wins SC Primary
- Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:02pm by
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(The/Blaze AP) Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stormed to an upset win in the South Carolina primary Saturday night, dealing a sharp setback to former front-runner Mitt Romney and scrambling the race for the Republican presidential nomination. CBS video:
“Thank you, South Carolina!” Gingrich swiftly tweeted to his supporters. He appealed for a flood or donations for the next-up Jan. 31 primary. “Help me deliver the knockout punch in Florida. Join our Moneybomb and donate now,” said his tweet.
Already, Romney and a group that supports him were on the air in Florida with a significant television ad campaign, more than $7 million combined to date. Aides to the former Massachusetts governor had once dared hope that Florida would seal his nomination – if South Carolina didn’t first – but that strategy appeared to vanish along with the once-formidable lead he held in pre-primary polls.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Texas Rep. Ron Paul trailed badly in the South Carolina voting.
Exit polling showed Gingrich, the former House speaker, leading by a wide margin among the state’s heavy population of conservatives, tea party supporters and born-again Christians.
For the first time all year, Romney trailed among voters who said they cared most about picking a candidate who could defeat President Barack Obama this fall. Gingrich was ahead of the field for those voters’ support.
Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, swept into South Carolina 11 days ago as the favorite after being pronounced the winner of the lead-off Iowa caucuses, then cruising to victory in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary.
But in the sometimes-surreal week that followed, he was stripped of his Iowa triumph – GOP officials there now say Santorum narrowly won – while former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman dropped out and endorsed Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry quit and backed Gingrich.
Romney responded awkwardly to questions about releasing his income tax returns, and about his investments in the Cayman Islands. Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, benefited from two well-received debate performances while grappling with allegations by an ex-wife that he had once asked her for an open marriage so he could keep his mistress.
By primary eve, Romney was speculating openly about a lengthy battle for the nomination rather than the quick knockout that had seemed within his grasp only days earlier.
There were 25 Republican National Convention delegates at stake, but political momentum was the real prize with the race to pick an opponent to President Barack Obama still in its early stages.
In all, more than $12 million was spent on television ads by the candidates and their allies in South Carolina, much of it on attacks designed to degrade the support of rivals.
Interviews with voters as they left polling places showed nearly half saying their top priority was finding a candidate who could defeat Obama in the fall, followed by wishes for experience, strong moral character and true conservatism.
In a state with 9.9 percent unemployment, concern about the economy was high, and almost one-third of those voting reported a household member had lost a job in the past three years.
The exit poll was conducted for The Associated Press and the television networks by Edison Research as voters left polls at 35 randomly selected sites. The survey involved interviews with 1,577 voters and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Santorum announced shortly after the polls closed that he would open his campaign in Florida on Sunday.
Paul has said he intends to skip the state and focus his efforts on caucus contests in Nevada on Feb 4 and Missouri several days later.
One piece of primary day theater failed to materialize when the two men avoided crossing paths at Tommy’s Ham House in Greenville, packed with partisans holding signs that read either “Romney” or “Newt 2012.”
Romney rolled in earlier than expected, and had left by the time Gingrich arrived.
Santorum got a lift hours before the polls closed when the Iowa Republican Party declared him the winner of the caucuses on Jan. 3. Romney was pronounced the victor by eight votes initially, but on Thursday, party officials said a recount showed Santorum ahead by 34. Even so, they declared the outcome a tie.
Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, pinned his South Carolina hopes on a heavy turnout in parts of the state with large concentrations of social conservatives, the voters who carried him to his surprisingly strong showing in Iowa.
Paul had a modest campaign presence here after finishing third in Iowa and second in New Hampshire. His call to withdraw U.S. troops from around the world was a tough sell in a state dotted with military installations and home to many veterans.
As the first Southern primary, South Carolina has been a proving ground for Republican presidential hopefuls in recent years.
Since Ronald Reagan in 1980, every Republican contender who won the primary has gone on to capture the party’s nomination.
Romney’s stumbles began even before his New Hampshire primary victory, when he told one audience that he had worried earlier in his career about the possibility of being laid off.
He gave a somewhat rambling, noncommittal response in a debate in Myrtle Beach last Monday when asked if he would release his tax returns before the primary. The following day, he told reporters that because most of his earnings come from investments, he paid about 15 percent of his income in taxes, roughly half the rate paid by millions of middle-class wage-earners. A day later, aides confirmed that some of his millions are invested in the Cayman Islands, although they said he did not use the offshore accounts as a tax haven.
Asked again at a debate in North Charleston on Thursday about releasing his taxes, his answer was anything but succinct and the audience appeared to boo.
Gingrich benefited from a shift in strategy that recalled his approach when he briefly soared to the top of the polls in Iowa. At mid-week he began airing a television commercial that dropped all references to Romney and his other rivals, and contended that he was the only Republican who could defeat Obama.
It featured several seconds from the first debate in which the audience cheered as he accused Obama of having put more Americans on food stamps than any other president.
Nor did Gingrich flinch when ex-wife Marianne said in an interview on ABC that he had been unfaithful for years before their divorce in 1999, and asked him for an open marriage.
Asked about the accusation in the opening moments of the second debate of the week, he unleashed an attack on ABC and debate host CNN and accused the “liberal news media” of trying to help Obama by attacking Republicans. His ex-wife’s account, he said, was untrue.
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Comments (436)
nanzofsc
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:28pmYAY – Newt wins SC!! I am proud to have voted for him this morning!
I will be proud to vote for whoever wins the nomination!
I will be proud to vote for ANYONE BUT OBAMA!!
Robert-CA
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:35pmThat’s the keyword : ANYONE BUT OBAMA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »bolsen00
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:36pmWhat an idiot you are to admit you have cotton for brains! You ought to be ashamed of your sheer stupidity! Thankfully, the rest of the nation won’t be lead around by the nose and taken for chumps like south Carolina. I can’t wait till Romney drops that chump in the debates…Gingrich won’t get much farther.
Report Post »ambrosia
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:40pm@NANZOFSC
GREAT JOB, NANZOFSC !
Wonder how that Tea Party traitor ‘Nikki Benedict Haley” is feeling ?
Report Post »bhelmet
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:42pmPerhaps SC should just go ahead and secede again – Anyone but Obama? Newt = Obama. I am cancelling all my plans to visit SC in the future – no more Myrtle Beach – no more Hiltonhead. What a bunch of dupes, oops I mean dopes.
Report Post »saranda
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:43pmSo proud of SC to reinforce the family values of the GOP by backing a two time adulterer who left one wife with cancer and the other wife with MS. Family values my ass.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:45pmSadly, if Newt gets the nomination and ends up in the election in November, the only choice we will have is between the Communist/Muslim and the Communist/Progressive. The only practical difference between those two choices, is the speed at which the train will be traveling, that takes us all to the concentration camp eventually.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:50pmNANZOFSC, I feel 100% the same. Thanks for voting. I would have preferred Santorim but I have never thought that he stood a chance. Newt has been strong and the past day or so I have begun to lean toward him I don’t care for Romney or Paul for prestident.
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:58pmHere in FL, I’ll be voting for the candidate who is a successful businessman, governor, Christian, and faithful husband – MITT ROMNEY. Of course, I would vote for whichever goes up against BHO, but Newt is a double adulterer who was canned by the RNC years ago, and should be defeated now!
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:58pmDeja Vu all over again… Just four years ago, we got stuck with the absolute worst candidate to win the nomination, John McCain… Neither Obama nor McCain would be good for America. It was a win-win for the establishment and a lose-lose for the American people.
Now it appears, once again, we’re headed in the same direction… Newt Gingrich or Barack Obama? What difference does it make? Two open-border, One World Order Progressives and neither one good for America.
When will voters start doing their homework? When will they start thinking outside the box? When will they be able to see the forest through the trees? Nothing worse than voting for a candidate simply based on a couple of glossy ads or a couple of good stage performances!
Nothing will improve in this country if we can’t get enough people to open their eyes…
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:59pmNewt isn’t electable against Obama. I‘ve been a registered republican my whole life and I don’t even want to vote for him.
Independants and blue republicans are now going to stay home or go third party. Thanks a lot.
Report Post »TRUTHandFREEDOM
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:04pmSantorum can easily win the rest of the primaries.
All he has to do is run ads with the audio and video of Romney and Gingrich.
Gingrich is using Romney’s own words against him in radio ads.
Santorum can run the same ad and say “How can a conservative hold those positions? He can’t! He’s not a conservative.
Then he plays the audio/video of Gingrich saying that FDR is the greatest president of the 20th century – from numerous speeches and then Santorum can say ‘ FDR made the depression last for years longer than in the rest of the world. Only the US had a GREAT depression. FDR mandated prices that businesses had to follow and if they gave customers a better deal, they went to jail. It happened! FDR lead a US ban on personal ownership of gold! He also set up internment camps in the US. How can a real conservative call FDR the greatest president of the US? Newt also calls himself a Wilsonian! Woodrow Wilson gave us the income tax, lobbyists, segregation of the military and post office and a US department of misinformation and propaganda to keep the American public misinformed. Wilson did not believe that we are each born with with pre existing rights! How can any conservative call himself a Wilsonian? I am the real Conservative. Vote Santorum 2012!”!
He can then go back to putting his ideas forth, but first, he has to educate the electorate as to who the others are.
Report Post »spankadonkey
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:05pmIt looks like all you Paulbutz are not holding up your end of the deal. I suggest that it’s time for you all to have another MONEY BOMB for FRAUD Paul. BADDOG, might be a good time for you to send FRAUD Paul that $10k you have been bragging about. And you non-military Paulbutz be sure to send in more money and designate it as having come from military contributors so FRAUD Paul can continue to claim he has gotten more money from the military that all the other candidates. What a guy.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:06pm“anyone but” is why we are in the mess we are in…
Report Post »are you people serious? do you even know what Newt stands for? lol.. o man…
NOTvotingforRomney
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:07pmTodd P
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:58pm
Here in FL, I’ll be voting for the candidate who is a successful businessman, governor, Christian, Mitt Romney
___________
Republians will commit RomneyCide if we nominate Romney because the left and REAL CHRISTIANS will LAUGH AT Romney’s magical underwear, believing he can become a GOD after he dies to rule over another planet in the Solar System AND continue to have spirit babies with his Goddess wife (who are equal to or greater than Jesus in power)
Christians believe in ONE GOD and that man is NOT equal to Jesus and that when we die we go to heaven or hell. Mormons are NOT Christians. And Christians don’t believe in magical underwear.
10 Ten Amazing Things Mormons Believe
http://www.worldviewweekend.com/worldview-times/print.php?&ArticleID=1588
BIBLE VERSUS MORMON SCRIPTURE
Report Post »http://www.irr.org/mit/is-mormonism-christian.html
Buy this book and its update (Step by Step COMPARISON)
Is the Mormon My Brother? Discerning the Differences Between Mormonism and Christianity by James R. White Costs around $12 at Amazon ISBN 0-7642-2047-0
jb.kibs
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:07pmi call sham. i don’t think SC voted for Newt… we are being scammed…
Report Post »CaliNative
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:09pmAs a lifelong conservative I cannot vote for a man that cheated on not one but two wives. A man that can‘t be trusted by his own family can’t be trusted by the America people. Will the global warming Newt Gingrich pick his couch buddy Nancy Pelosi to be his running mate. If Newt gets the nomination I will be voting for a third party candidate.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:10pm@Todd P, ahh yes, that “successful” business man… oh you mean the one who took a highly successful chain Key Bee Toys and ran it into the ground? Or the washer and dryer company he started using cheap parts on to cut cost which drove away all the local business which was manufacturing those parts for the washers and dryers… yeah… real classy… the man is a greedy little liar… look into his eyes and prove me wrong…
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:11pmBS 3monkeysmomma,
Y’all are so thick skulled. You WILL get off your sorry azz and vote for WHOEVER the nominee is or you WILL get 4 more years of Obama. I am sick and tired of all this petty hatred in here, you are all childish fools. They ALL suck! Three RINOs and a fruitcake. NONE of them are worth a cup of spit. But they are ALL better than Obama.
I almost hope Obama does win. Y’all deserve it…
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:12pm@B..S…. Romney will only drop himself. He’s not a fighter, he’s a moderate. No matter what the cause of the week may be, less than 40% is where you’ll find Romney.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:15pm@TXPilot
So Newt is a COMMUNIST? Hahaha!
Sour grapes, Paul cult members. Sour grapes.
Report Post »PoliticiansRCrooks
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:15pmmotha F you people. Your cowards. SLAVES. i CAN’T WHEN AMERICA gets destroyed. Its all gonna be your fault for voting for such FRAUDS. I hate Republicans now.
Report Post »TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:26pmSad day when a conservative state votes for a big government progressive. What is the conservative movement to do? WIN FLORIDA, NO MORE NEWT…
Report Post »mchris
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:38pmI wouldn’t say Newt is a communist. I would say he is an adulterer and a liar. Is this who we want as the leader of our country? How will electing a liar and an adulterer as POTUS help us in the eyes of God? The only way we can survive as a country is with God’s help. We need someone willing to choose good over his own self interests. Do Newt’s actions demonstrate this? How can we trust a man to be honest with us if he cannot be honest with himself?
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:42pmThis is just a plan of the left to bankrupt (or try to) superpacs on the right. Watch, anytime someone starts to take the lead, more donations will flow in to the losers, then someone else will take the lead and the same thing will continue. All the way to the end…
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:45pmFor years the media has told us we have to nominate a moderate centrist republican. Someone who will play nice and not offend the media or the independents. We saw how that worked out, Bush, Bush, McCain. Even when we won, we lost and “they” got to pick our nominee.
Newt is a true conservative and not a McCain-Romney moderate. His record on taxes, deficits, budget, govt spending, Guns, abortion, school choice etc; has been excellent. There are some, like Beck who will take snippets from millions of spoken words and try to define Newt as a progressive. Newt’s record completely contradict that assertion. He is not a big government progressive or a moderate, he is a CONSERVATIVE!
Bluedog78
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:48pmOh he’s a good debater, yea, just like Clinton was. Both narcissistic, philandering, megalomaniacs who scold the media for questioning their morals. He’s such a buffoon, sure, he had mistresses on the side but NEVER asked his wife for an open marriage, yea right, a real gentleman…….. ANYONE BUT NEWT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Duckfoot11BangBang
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:51pmAnyone but Obama? So, Does that include Hitler? He’s dead so I guess not. What about that guy that Black Panther dude… hes not Obama. Stupid.
Report Post »CaliforniaD
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:06pmI’ve noticed that those who know Newt really well tend to dislike him, while those who know Mitt very well like him a lot and trust him as a great leader. This tells me a lot.
Report Post »filiusdracul
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:12pm@NOTVOTINGFORROMNEY
Report Post »Why not talk about the issues instead of just outing yourself as an “anti-mormon”. There‘s plenty of legitimate websites to quote so that you don’t look like a religious bigot. WWJD brother.
eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:31pm@ NANZOFSC
GREAT JOB!
Thank you and SC for voting for Newt.
Let’s KEEP THIS TRAIN ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND TAKE IT
INTO FLORDIA AND BEYOND!!!
WAY TA’ GO, NEWT!
Report Post »YAAAAHHOOOOOO!
Badler
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:33pmI will vote for Newt, and I already sent him money, and plan to send more.
I have always agreed with much of his vision for the future, especially his great ideas for the space program. He has had these ideas for decades, and has not flip-flopped. He has been improving them and improving them. A lot of the candidates in this primary run also gave him great ideas)
Go Newt!!!
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:35pmThe people who voted for Gingrich have some seriously compromised values.
How do you vote for a man that cheated on numerous wives?
He can’t be trusted…and you’re a gullible fool.
Report Post »MSGT
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:36pm@nanzofsc
I got your back. The Glenn {I want to restore love} crowd can’t see past their cheerios. They are the most uninformed in the country. You did good. Semper Fi
Report Post »Veritas
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:11pmI am also for Newt at this point, but I would vote for Beck’s shoe over Obama!!!!
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:16pmIf you say “Newt is a true conservative,” you may as well have said, “I am an ignorant buffoon.”
I would cite all of the reasons Newt is a deceitful, arrogant, unpredictable, progressive spin machine, but if you are supporting Newt you have obviously already looked right over these qualities. You might as well just vote for Obama. At least Obama is honest enough to declare himself as a Democrat.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:52am@KRYPONITE……Sorry to disappoint you, but I am no fan of Ron Paul. As far as Newt goes, anyone who promotes ideas that are found in Communism, can be described as a Communist. Newt is not pro-Capitalism and believes in an all-knowing, all-doing, nanny state government, where people are more subjects than citizens. While he is certainly not another Joseph Stalin, he is also not the second coming of Ronald Reagan, no matter how much he wants everyone to think so.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:53amThank You South Carolina! VERY WELL DONE! America Is PROUD OF YOU!
UPWARD AND ONWARD NEWT!
NEWT 2012
Report Post »NewFreedomBlog
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:51amIt is all pretty simple when you break them down one by one. Gingrich by far has the intellectual abilities to knock Obama out of the White House. He is a debate specialist. Romney can’t debate his way out of a wet paper bag. Santorum‘s only link in life is to promote the social issues which are of no concern to today’s voters. Plus, Santorum has already been defeated by one of Pennsylvania’s least capable Senators in the past 200 years, Casey. If Santorum lost to Casey for a Senate seat, what will Obama do to him? The answer is very easy. Ron Paul? Just the mere mention of his name will cause people to run out of the voting booth and back home to hide in their closets waiting for the end of days to come.
So we are left with Newt. Baggage? Absolutely. What person with over 30 years in Washington politics would not have baggage. But let’s look at the so-called “ethics” violations. The charges came down to “lying” to the Ethics Committee and a tax evasion claim. Both were summarily discharged at a later date. Newt did pay a “fine” to the House of $300k just to make the charges go away.
Report Post »What did Newt do? 1. Declared war on welfare. 2. Called for term limits for all Congressional politicians. (I do believe this is the major reason why he was vilified and was forced to step down). 3. Forced Clinton to pass a balance budget by shutting down the US Government.
Ditto Head
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:47pmThis was no “upset”. Anyone with half a brain knew he was going to take SC. And he’ll win Fla.
GO NEWT!!!
Report Post »Buck Shane
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:12pm@ TeaPartyForRomney
The Tea Party is not for Pomney.
Romney is a big government progressive.
Romneycare
Report Post »jayjayson
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 5:24pmI take issue with a lot of people that think they know Newt. I love the comment that everyone that knows him hates him. That is showing a real working brain. I can think of at least 3 people that have been on TV that don’t fall in to the “Know = Hate” process. YOU make your whole argument weaker by doing that. It also helps that I know personally, there were a number of Republicans in GA who pushed to have Newt run for governor instead of Deal.
Report Post »We should think back to One of Beck’s shows where he showed the three buildings. He pointed to the one with the crazy colored windows a basclly said that the net president would be the unpolished canidate. Well Newt fits that. Is he perfect? No. Would I trust him alone with a daughter? Certainly not. Would I trust him help bring the US back up and out of this NEW Great Recession (since Depression isn’t being used)? Yes. Any teacher that would let his/her lessions be recorded, sent out to different people for free, and told students to let parents see it, well I trust that person a D sight more then our current Educatior in Chief.
V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 8:31amYou really show what type of person you are when you vote for a slimebag like Gingrich.
Ugh. I’ll NEVER go to South Carolina. I knew it was a lot of backwater folks down there, but…ugh.
Confirms my suspicions.
I’m a black guy who supports Ron Paul.
Report Post »TrailBlazer66
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 9:02amI hope you are just as proud when he leads the country into the New world order and hands citizenship to illegal aliens on a silver platter. He is the only candidate who panders to illegal aliens and it was most likely for the vote. He knew there was a large Hispanic population in S.C, but looks like he fooled you!
Report Post »The Jewish Avenger
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:45pm@bhelmet
“Anyone but Obama? Newt = Obama”
I agree but the pro-abortionist anti-parenting Obama… oops I mean Romney Care flip-flopper that everyone is cheering for scares me just as much. Ron Paul wants to nuke isreal while smoking a blunt and the only negative thing I’ve heard about Santorum so far is that he held his stillborn child and MSM called him creepy for it…
I still stand by the statement that I gave earlier:
The Blaze should have 100 points that Democats insist is their key points: 25 each for the liberal, the moderate, the progressive and the elusive conservative.
Then for the Republicans again 100 points
Then if possible for the Libertarians the same
The of course if an Independent or a new party arrives, find out what their foundation is, create and list those points.
THEN with referenses to speeches, statements, etc that are ENDORSED by them, state where they stand and if ever when they flip flopped. Deeper explanations can be footnoted without gumming up the display of points.
THEN and only then, can you truly truly say, THIS is where my canidate stands and then back them up. The only one so far that does not seem to be the same old song and dance is Santorum BUT WHO IS HE REALLY? What does he claim to be?
Anyone but Obama? Sure, but none of us are stupid either.
Report Post »1979 Iranian Revolution comes to mind
(Think: Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini)
modilly
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:24pmI would be interesting to see one narcissist running against the Narcissist-in-Chief. Is this how the War Between the States was lost?
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:30pmWhen you put it that way, yes it would be interesting, but not worth it.
Report Post »pghpatriot
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:46pmthe war between the states has already started. it started when obama and his henchmen started SUING the very state(s) he took an oath to support and defend!
Report Post »ROMNEY2012
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:49pmFour YEARS LATER STUPID AMERICANS are support another CLOWN with ties to RADICAL THINKERS.
WHY DOES Gingrich call Himself a “CONSERVATIVE FUTURIST”?
Why DOES Gingrich support Alvin TOFFLER’S “THIRD WAVE” and “NEW CIVILIZATION”?
In the final chapter of “The Third Wave,“ TOFFLER WROTE a letter to ”our founding parents” that reads:
“For the system of government you fashioned, including the very principles on which you based it, is increasingly obsolete, and hence increasingly, if inadvertently, oppressive and dangerous to our welfare. It must be radically changed and a new system of government invented — a democracy for the twenty-first century…”
Toffler closed his letter to our founding parents with:
“For this wisdom, above all, I thank Mr. Jefferson, who helped create THE SYSTEM THAT SERVED US WELL FOR SO LONG, and that NOW MUST, in its turn, DIE AND BE REPLACED”
Gingrich WROTE the FORWARD to TOFFLER‘S’ book, “CREATING a NEW CIVILIZATION.” which suggests that the NEW CIVILIZATION will REPLACE CHRISTIANITY with secular humanism:
“I first began working with the Toffler’s in the early 1970s on a concept called anticipatory democracy.For twenty years we have worked to develop a future-conscious politics and popular understanding that would make it easier for America to make the transition from the Second Wave civilization – which is clearly dying – to the emerging, but in many ways undefined and not
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:22pmNew won because it’s his home base!! What did you expect??! Romney won New Hampshire BECAUSE it is close to his home base. Santorum didn’t win anything because the delegates have not been decided yet in Iowa!! The main reason Ron Paul’s staff stayed there!! It ain’t even close to being over!
Report Post »symphonic
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:26pmRon Paul DOES rock!
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:33pmAre you implying that Paul may have actually beat Santorum in Iowa? Paulies are really very delusional.
Report Post »Andy
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:37pmNewt 2012!
Report Post »Wat Tyler
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:40pmFox News is at it’s cheap propaganda again…Twice today I heard them say Ron Paul came in third in New Hampshire…Anything cheap attempt to diminish Ron Paul…If history doesn’t turn out the way they want in reality, they will twist it and hope you have forgotten… That Megan Kelly is the worst of the bias violators.
Report Post »MiloArk
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:40pmRon Paul’s worst baggage is the people that follow him.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:51pmMILOARK. Pithy and to the point. Ron Paul’s groupies have most likely cost Paul support. Like the Newsletters… Ron Paul owns them… Letters and supporters alike. I never thought anyone could be worse than Obama supporters, but Paul’s goupies are right up there with the rest of the libs.
Report Post »youguysready_letsroll
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:15pm@ WAT TYLER, I’ve hear FOX News say that he finished 3rd in New Hampshire on another occasion a week ago. He finished 2nd behind Mitt Romney, right? I wonder if it’s an honest mistake or are they really trying to misinform.
Report Post »Wat Tyler
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:04pm@YOU GUYSREADY_LET’SROLL:
It’s funny how all these “honest mistakes” always work to diminish Ron Paul, never the other way around….
It would give the “honest mistake” theory more credibility if these occurrences were random and proportional with the law of averages..
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:21pmLets see…Rick Santorum 1 Iowa,Mitt Romney 1 New Hampshire,Newt Gingrich 1 South Carolina
47 to GO!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:26pmYes .. Florida next .. I am going to a Santorum event on Tuesday .. (have been invited to 3 for Santorum so far) invited to one for Newt and none for Romney and Paul. Looks like Santorum is the worker in this process.
Report Post »NOTvotingforRomney
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:36pmI already voted in Florida. Probably half the state already has. I voted for Ron Paul.
WHY WOULD TAMPA FL PURPOSELY MAKE THEIR RETURN ABSENTEE BALLOTS SO WEAK AND FRAUD PRONE?
The absentee ballots are a HUGE SECURITY INVITE VOTER FRAUD JOKE in Tampa Floirda.
The large absentee ballot return envelop flap HAS NO GLUE on the sides leaving it GAPPING OPEN and the bottom of the envelope flap has glue but a pathetically amount and it is WEAK.
I wet my envelop ballot and closed it and took it to the mail box. A little later WORRIED, I went back and took it and used MY THUMB ONLY and opened up my ballot with only a tiny bit of damage – NO PROBLEM. I then used MY OWN GLUE to GLUE down both sides and bottom of the return envelope flap.
My ballot has been in over a week. I have visions of voters who DID NOT USE THEIR OWN GLUE having their ballots opened and DESTROYED if they voted for the wrong person either by the post officer UNION employees or a democrat in the elections office where the ballots are stored.
WHY WOULD TAMPA FL PURPOSELY MAKE THEIR RETURN ABSENTEE BALLOTS SO WEAK AND FRAUD PRONE?
Report Post »NV_RICK
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:12pmNevada Romney again
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:53pm48 to go, don’t forget DC.
Go Newt!
Gingrich – Rand Paul 2012
Report Post »Jo-Georgia
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:21pmThe other candidates wouldn’t even make it through a debate w/Obama, much less the media. Wake up!
Go Newt!
Report Post »Nanny
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:28pmSo you vote for another big government guy – we will lose our country in the next election.
Report Post »martinez012577
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:29pmLOL you are giving to much credit to the debates with Obama. By that time in the race debates dont matter. Obama people are going to vote for Obama, same with the anti Obama people. The only candidate on the GOP side with a chance against Obama in a election, not a debate is Ron Paul. The other three offer versions of the same thing.
More wars, more debt, less freedoms. How can they go against Obama when they are running on the same platform.
Not to mention, without the Ron Paul supporters support, no GOP candidate will get elected over Obama. So either get on board or get 4 more with Obama.
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:36pm@martinez012577, so once again the Paulies threaten to throw the race to Obummer if they don’t get their way. I personally don’t care about the support of the Paulies. There would be a price.
Report Post »Debbie1927
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:40pmOh please! Any of the candidates can take on Obama. Newt=Obama. Get real folks!
Report Post »RedDawn2012
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:56pmAre you kidding? Obumbler can’t debate! He can’t even TALK unless he has a teleprompter to read. Three of the four Republican candidates would make mincemeat of Obiteme. Unfortunately for Ron Paul, debating prowess is the least of his talents, but even he would beat Obimbo if teleprompters were disallowed.
Report Post »bolsen00
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:21pmYou think the moderators are going to keep letting Gingrich get away with his scolding crap? Attacking the media won’t get him far for long. Can’t wait till they turn on Gingrich like a bunch of vicious wolves…he’ll deserve it. Gingrich is disgusting. Worst candidate republicans have had running in 40 years…and that’s saying something. He’s a republican nightmare with self destructive tendencies. A man who is busy destroying himself, doesn’t care if he destroys the nation…Gingrich is in desperate need of being admitted to a long term mental health facility, where they can start addressing his egomaniacle destructive 60 year long destructive streak. He needs to be committed to the state hospital so we can start building America again without his interference and having to run him out of town all the time.
Report Post »patriot4ever
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:20pmProgressivism lives on…that sucks!
Report Post »NOTvotingforRomney
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:26pmGingrich and Romney and Santorum are all progressive RINOs.
Santorum probably the least and Romney definitely the most.
But Santorum is pork laden and has a little boy effect around him like he knows he isn’t ready to play with the big boys yet. It is fading but still.there. Obama will EAT SANTORUM alive.
That said, I will vote for Santorum or Gingrich or Paul. No Problem.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:34pmAll non-Pureists, that have been Republicans their Whole lives are now just Progressives , Rinos, Anti-Constitutionalists, Everyone Stay home from now on because you are not worthy to the Pureists. Just Stay home, And chant smugly FOUR MORE YEARS< FOUR MORE YEARS.
Report Post »Debbie1927
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:42pmNo Santorum is not a progressive but a conservative. The best choice. Newt=Obama
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:58pmDebbie1927,
YOU LIE!!!
rotflmao
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:27pm@Debbie1927 O Debbie my heart aches for you,so misguided.
Report Post »thriceconcussed
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:48amI like how writing Paul in would be eeeeeevillll! Apparently Republicans are a bunch of amoral hypocrites, because they hate the idea of voting with your conscience, even though Beck said that was the ethical path… Losers.
Report Post »jackact
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:20pmThank you South Carolina for voting for the best man.
Constitutional conservatism is the ideology of Newt Gingrich and the salvation of this great county.
It has never been proven wrong.
Bring on the Constitutional Party (2016) and lets crush the remnants of the ineffectual and politically correct GOP establishment.
Lets put Romney, McCain, Christie, Brown, Snowe, Markowski, Collins, Caffey, Krauthamer, Cristol, Barnes, Powell, Bill O’Reilly and George Will on a small boat and set the adrift to sea.
Rest in peace GOP establishment.
Gingrich/Palin 2012
Report Post »Gingrich/Bachmann 2012
Gingrich/Santorum 2012
NOTvotingforRomney
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:29pmPush Doucy, Gretchen Carlson, Brian Kilmead on the boat also.
Report Post »nanzofsc
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:30pmYou’re welcome – it was our pleasure to vote for NEWT!!!
Report Post »martinez012577
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:32pmIts amazing you call out all of those people without even bothering to look at the record of Gingrich.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?329010-Comprehensive-list-of-Newt-Gingrich-positions
READ AND LEARN!
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:37pmAn article RonPaulForums to show me how electable Ron Paul is over ANYONE, no thanks!
Report Post »Debbie1927
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:51pmWell, I don’t think they deserve a Thank You. Where are their values, character and morals. Wake Up America! This is the last chance to get it right. Look what happen to McCain
Report Post »BoyScout_Mom
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:28pmWhether Newt gets the nomination or not, you have to admit the following from Newt on O-Bum‘s Magic Kingdom Cabinet is the funniest moment and worth the whole ’12 campaign.
Heck, I think I’d like to see him win, simply because all the Press Briefings are GOING TO BE A RIOT…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8p9xAbcosM
Report Post »NOTvotingforRomney
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:20pmFANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want Ron Paul but would vote for Gingrich or Santorum.
Report Post »modilly
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:27pmGlad to see that you are clear on principles! Why do you even support Ron Paul if you feel that way? You must be an issues person.
Report Post »NOTvotingforRomney
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:45pmI am STRICTLY for the Constitution.
Ron Paul is STRICTLY for the Constitution. The others are various degrees of progressives.
Ron Paul would eliminate the TSA, Patrot Act, close every overseas base and open MORE bases here in the states on the border where we need them. He will eliminate the EPA, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy and ALL of them and give the states back the right to run their own states.
Ron Paul will PHASE OUT social security enursing the people on it and those over 45 or 50 continue to get it but everytone else gets a Brazel style IRA IN THEIR OWN NAME which politicians cannot raid.
Ron Paul will implement a MIRROR IMAGE trade agreement. What they do to us – we do to them. If they VAT our goods coming into their country, we VAT tax their goods coming here at the same rate. Every country is treated EXACTLY as they treat us – MIRROR IMAGE.
Gingrich, Santorum, Bachman, Romney will KEEP EVERYTHING above. I don’t want any of them but especially NOT RINO ROMNEY as he is TOO big government RomneyCare.
I didn’t like Perry on immigration but would have voted for him as my 2nd choice because he would eliminate WHOLE DEPARTMENTS also just like Ron Paul and put Congress on a half year. Excellent and makes up for his immigration stance.
Our country is doomed. I’m just watching on the sidelines as RINOs fight amount their progressive choices against a progressive Obama.
Report Post »symphonic
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:19pmFox News says: And Gingrich was leading among those who say it’s important that a candidate shares their religious beliefs. Romney, a Mormon, was leading among those who care less about a candidate’s religious affiliation.
What they’re saying, is that bigotry is alive and well in South Carolina. South Carolina was a slave colony from its inception. They have NOT recovered. Backwards people all wearing baseball caps and waving NEWT signs. Sad.
Report Post »NOTvotingforRomney
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:28pmMegan Kelly CUT OFF a democrat who discussed Romney believing he can become a God and rule over other planets and believed outer spacemen seeded Earth.
The LEFT is going to have a field day with Magical Mitt Underwear.
Report Post »martinez012577
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:34pmYes, the south wont vote for a Mormon as I have said many times. The problem I cannot figure out is why they would vote for a Catholic either (besides LA). There is only one evangelical in the race left. You support him even though you are a Mormon.
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:57pmSYMPHONIC, you do not have the right to judge all SC popoulation . That wasn’t fair and was insulting. I would assume you are for Paul, am I right?
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:13pmPK. Of course he’s a Paul supporter. Paul supporters are not really much different than the Dem Party… both despise Republican Conservatives and post as such.
Report Post »miren
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:18pmBetter Newt than Mitt and Paul.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:59pmMIREN, Ditto
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:45pmThe ron paul revolution is a fizzle
Report Post »thriceconcussed
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:54amBecause of sheep with low IQs. You are the type of easily led people who ignored the Jews being shipped off by Hitler.
Report Post »Vigilante
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:16pmI do not know what Glenn has to say at this.
Report Post »He needs to really look back into Newt and change his mind.
He is the more electable… Believe me!!!
symphonic
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:21pmNewt is a political pig and has more baggage than one can comprehend. His personal life too is shameful. No one should be getting behind this guy. He HAD his chance once and blew it.
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:24pmI understand this outcome. Obummer has been such an absolutely terrible failure of a president that the fear of him having another four years becomes the ONLY issue for many conservatives. Newt is great in debates and he is taking on the media But awful on the important issues. He is a huge progressive. Like I said, I understand this outcome, but I do not agree with it.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:26pmDoesn’t it give you pause to know Gingrich favors global warming, cap-n-trade, amnesty, etc.?
At some point, negatives like these are bound to surface once again.
He’s been good at the debates, but he doesn’t have any competition. I’m all for unseating the Marxist, but would also like to see some real changes. I don‘t see real changes from a man that has had a hand in forming what we’re currently having to live thru.
Report Post »Andy
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:40pmHey Symphonic, shut up with the Paul crap. Hes a freakin loaser! Lew-se-her!
Report Post »Dakota Hawk
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:19pmGlenn needs to take Newt out for dinner and try to redirect or school Newt on just how important the next president is to the survival of this country. I would say appeal to Newts proud side and explain just how history would look at him if he could fundamentaly transform this country back to its constitutional and God Driven beginings!
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:53pmNewt is a great historian and debater. He’s also a great adulterer with more baggage than Samsonite. He might win the debates and win the nomination – but he will lose in the general election, and then we will have 4 more years of BHO. Only 1 candidate polls nationally equal to or beating BHO, and that’s MITT ROMNEY. You might want to think about that, before you hand the election over to the Dems. And as for Romney being a Mormon – I couldn’t care less. At least he’s not a Black Liberation Muslim. Get a grip, people!!!
Report Post »Vigilante
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:33pm@symphonic
Report Post »An who are you? the perfection on earth??? Nwet is with the values of God, and that will save our beloved Nation. We all have pains and sufferings and mistakes, but have the right to change for GOOD. God is mercy, and Newt at the present is only trying to SAVE AMERIACA. from a dictatior!!!
what do you want OBAMA? And be in a cage dominted by a MARXISM REGIME???belive me I know what MARXISM IS, I WAS IN RUSSIA.
May God bless America again.
cwirvin
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:55amHard to believe from the comments that anyone has an understanding of what forgiveness means. What if Newt really has changed his perceptions regarding his faith and how to live it. Seems most people buy into Glenn‘s hypothesis of Newt’s stance on the issues. Sorry, listening to Romney I see another McCain facing Obama. I’m not going to buy that White Horse. There are some issues with Newt that I don’t appreciate. But, he is definitely the one to articulate conservative principles the best of all the candidates. Whether you like it or not, Newt does have a record of producing results on conservative issues. I think Newt is the best chance to make Obama look like more of an idiot, I don’t believe he will be afraid to look nasty to Obama. Just the facts, ma’am.
Report Post »My favorite candidates were all run out on innuendo and bad press from the beginning. I’m glad we still have something of a choice, there is definitely a wide range of personalities represented among our candidates. By the way, I don’t think it matters who the GOP candidate is. If the GOP looks like they may take it (regardless of candidate) a third party will come out to destroy their chances. Not to mention the amount of fraud that will take place to ensure an Obama victory.
Besides, the people offended by evangelicals and Bible Belt choosing Newt, you need to understand that the USA is no longer a Christian nation. The only thing Obama has gotten right this term.
Cola
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:15pmUgh!!!!! South Carolina, you have justed handed us another 4 years of Obama. Thanks. Not!!
Report Post »NOTvotingforRomney
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:23pmI wonder if all the Romney worshipers will vote for Gingrich or Santorum if Romney doesn’t get the nomination. When they thought they were winning NH/Iowa, they SHOVED that down our throat.
Now each man standing has won 1 state each. South Carolina being the one which normally picks the candidate.
I was willing to vote for Gingrich or Santorum if Ron Paul was not nominated – just not Romney.
Will the Romney people vote for any other Republican candidate or will they take their toys and go home?
Report Post »Nanny
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:25pmHere we go again; they voted for Obama because he could read the teleprompter real good now they are going to vote for another ego maniac because he is a good debater. Our Nation is in deep trouble.
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:39pmNOTvotingforRomney
Report Post »I don’t think Paul has won one yet and he is still standing.
Shasta
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:14pmSo a conservative state like South Carolina votes to select Gingrich as their republican nominee for POTUS. Why? Because he is great in debates and is taking on the media. Issues be damned. The TEA Party must be dead, at least in SC anyway.
Report Post »symphonic
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:23pmWhat he is, is a BULLY. Newt takes things to the BULLY level, and he slams the media for ever bringing up his baggage and trash, and then wants to expose Romney etal like a total hypocrite, which he is. Newt is a bully and the media should shove it right back his way, turn DOWN his mic, and talk over him, because that’s all Newt ever does is talk over and filibuster filibuster, and then filibuster some more. He needs to be held accountable and shut down when he does that. C’mon media!
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:29pmAccording to Fox News 7 out of 10 people who voted for Newt were Tea Party supporters
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:40pm@Babeuf, like I said, the Tea Party is dead, at least in SC
Report Post »ROMNEY2012
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:17pmI will never vote for Gingrich.
He is unstable and unfit to lead this country.
Report Post »wwwjr
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:13pmCongratulations to Newt Gingrich. In the face of being misrepresented by the MSM, FOX, and GBTV his factual message won the days. Would have preferred Michele Bachmann, but she is out. Best choice now is anyone but Romney. I don’t want a president that talks down to the nation, whether he Black, White, or half of each.
Report Post »tbacct
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:13pm*sigh* No words…
Report Post »ROMNEY2012
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:24pmA sad day for America.
Newt Gingrich is no better than Barack Obama.
Both can work a crowd and get the lemmings to fall in love with them.
Both are In Your FACE, BIG IDEAS, I”M GONNA TRANSFORM WASHINGTON guys.
NEITHER one is a LEADER.
For God’s sake people, listen to what the PEOPLE WHO KNOW HIM Say About Newt Gingrich.
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5766
Newt Gingrich is a political chameleon that has inexplicably managed to fool conservatives for 30 years. He is a globalist to the bone and supports every opportunity to erode American sovereignty and the constitution. He disguises his statist positions with an abundance of flip-flopping and pandering as needed. He has a long history of expanding the Federal Government and deficit spending. He is the very definition of an Establishment Insider.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?329010-Comprehensive-list-of-Newt-Gingrich-positions
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:04pmOnly 1 candidate has consistantly tied or beat BHO in the national polls – Mitt Romney. Newt might win the nomination, but he will lose in the general election because there are a lot of people out there who will never vote for a bully like Gingrich. He might win the battle but then lose the war. And wait until the MSM starts parading his sordid past before the cameras… no wonder Pelosi was rubbing her hands with glee at the prospect of a Gingrich nomination.
Report Post »AzCowboy
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:13pmI wish that we could elect an official. Who wins has the money. Ok Newt wins, he has less than Romney. Their both millionaires. Until we can vote for principal instead of money we’re doomed. It’s just a game.Obummer has a billions, how does that happen. A dum cowboy
Report Post »jH…
disenlightened
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:13pmHi, I’m Rick Santorum, and I don’t have a prayer.
Report Post »CarolinaGirl
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:13pmI’m ashamed of South Carolina, my home state. We need Mitt Romney. NOT Newt…. the arrogant, egotistical, bipolar, wife-cheating, BULLY.
Report Post »symphonic
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:26pmHe absolutely IS a bully. The media needs to stand up to him, turn down his mic, and put him in his place.
Report Post »nanzofsc
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:31pmYou couldn’t be more wrong – and I am proud to have voted for NEWT!!!
Report Post »ambrosia
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:50pm@SYMPHONIC
“Symphonic”…..hmm……you should really change it to “MORONIC”.
Report Post »ddg7
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:12pmSaintorum didn’t win? Put Glenn and his posse on a suicide watch.
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:15pmWhat a ridiculous thing to say.
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:16pmWhat a joke! A true Progressive Elite, fooled the masses. We are doomed!
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:12pmWow, Say good-bye to the election. Here comes Obama !! You stupid idiots in South Carolina. This is proof to me that the I no longer consider myself part of the Conservative party. I will change my registration to Independent and no longer support the pathetic idiots on the right. You keep putting these progressive candidates up there, as Newt smeared Romney, did nothing but talk dirty on him, bad mouth, call him a liar, everything under the sun. Never heard a word of that come from Romney’s mouth. The Super PACs are another story, but that is on both side and not directly from the candidate. Newt has done nothing but talk crap. You people want to support a progressive go right ahead. I am not doing it again. You freaking bigots, and do I wonder how many of you are closet racists, seriously. Newt will get shredded by the liberal media. The media keeps saying the establishment candidate is Romney, meanwhile, if you are a Romney supporter, as I am, you would see how he gets bashed from every angle, every outlet, especially any spokes person who is an Evangelical. You Evangelicals have ruined the election and brought us every idiot that has won and lost dating back to the 90′s. Freaking hypocrites…. Can’t even stand behind Santorum, how sick is that. That is pure proof of bigotry and where my anger resides. I can’t count myself part of so many people who are so idiotic they have been fooled by the media supporting Newt Gingrich. Just as Obama wants. Way to go Bible belt !!
Report Post »CarolinaGirl
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:15pmYou’re right. I voted for Mitt Romney today. This Newt win makes me SICK.
Report Post »symphonic
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:18pmMore like the EVANGELICAL party. Those crazy backwards people who used to believe in SLAVERY.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:18pmRomney is not a progressive?
Wake up! They are all three from the same mold, it makes no difference!
Report Post »Lib2libertarian
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:35pmRomney of Romneycare, that stuttering 1%er, that tax dodger who throws people out of work while raking in millions… that Romney? Oh yeah, like he has a snowball’s chance in hell of beating Obama!
Report Post »But, by all means, let’s call Newt a “progressive” and buy into the media elites’ choice of Romney to lose against Obama. By all means, let’s pay attention to the ex-wife with an ancient ax to grind.
filiusdracul
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:29pmBoth Newt and Mitt have past issues (seems like a lot more on Newt’s side), but only one of them seems to be honest. Doesn’t that count for EVERYTHING?
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:57pmI’m here in FL, ready to vote ROMNEY. I’ve only got 1 vote, but I’ll make it count!
Report Post »ITOLDUSO
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 8:24amu mad or something, idiot?
Report Post »Captain77
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:12pmHow can they project a winner when none of the polling places have reported!? Anyone else find this fishy?
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:36pmThey base it on the exit polls. I wish they would just wait till all precincts were reporting and every last vote was counted.
Report Post »Debbie1927
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:48pmYes I do that is absurd!!
Report Post »BONETRAUMA
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:11pmRomney headed down the toilet. Another turd that would like to go back where he came from. Oh well…..
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:00pmI wouldn’t call second place down the toilet.. or do you know what secnd place is??? We have three states, and three different winners.. Its going to be awhile before you can call a turd down the toilet!
Report Post »symphonic
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:09pmHorrible news.
Report Post »bocajojo4
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:07pmNO NO NO………..but the fat lady hasn’t sung! Thank God!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:05pmThanks South Caolina. You gave us NcCain, now Newt. You need to remane your state the ****** State.
Report Post »Buchanan16
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:13pmHahahahaha, That’s hilarious!
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:17pmRon Paul’s “South Was Right” Civil War Speech With Confederate Flag
Report Post »http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mccalla/ron-paul-made-south-was-right-civil-war-speech-with-confederate-flag/
TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:21pmDon’t worry BADDOGGY… there were probably fifteen, maybe twenty disgruntled Vets like you there in S.C. who put their support behind Paul. To the disgruntled Vet he’s a ROCK STAR!
Better luck to Paul in Florida… another Vet rich state!
Paul will concentrate his efforts where the Democrats like to roam…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 7:27pmPaul is polling DEAD LAST in Florida … look it up!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:17pm@CatB Too bad for the republic then.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:28pmPaul is polling DEAD……… the old racist fart is done
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