Tea Party Nation Chief to Gingrich: ‘Your Campaign Is Sinking Faster Than an Italian Cruise Ship’
- Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:42pm by
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Despite giving Newt Grinch his endorsement last fall, Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips is fed up with the way that the former Speaker of the House has run his campaign, voicing his frustration in a blog post released Monday entitled “An Open Letter to Newt Gingrich.”
“When I endorsed you, I believed you were not only the best candidate to be the next President but really the only candidate who offered us any hope that we could roll back the damage done by the Obama, Pelosi, Reid axis of fiscal evil,” writes Phillips. “That was then and this is now.”
Phillips is a former Shelby County, Tennessee, assistant district attorney and organized the 2010 National Tea Party Convention.
“Your campaign is sinking faster than an Italian Cruise ship. I don’t know if anyone is telling you what is going on in your campaign but right now it is a disaster.
Last week, I was in Florida with the Tea Party Express tour. At the events, other campaigns had surrogates. By default, I became yours. I did not mind, but your campaign should have had someone there. While I was at the events in Florida, Romney supporters were there with signs, Ron Paul supporters with signs and Rick Santorum supporters with signs. Your supporters were there. They asked me for signs.
Because there was no one from your campaign attending, there were no signs to give.
In short, your campaign in Florida was in complete disarray. And it isn’t just Florida.”
Phillips goes on to write that Gingrich’s campaign failed to respond to his multiple offers to help support Newt in Tennessee, and says he has heard similar stories from disillusioned supporters across the nation. Aside from firing ineffective staff, Phillips suggests that Gingrich tries to campaign not against Romney but on an idea to “change American and restore it.“ Phillips writes that Gingrich should attempt to assemble a ”team“ of 100 or more conservatives running for Congress and rally behind a ”team agenda” similar to his Contract with America in 1994.
“Your campaign is not working. The first rule, when you are in a hole, quit digging.
You need to do something. The choice is yours.
You can fight or you can let Romney win.”
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academica2020
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:03pmHere we go!
Report Post »academica2020
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:21pmThe Paulbots and Newtsters are going to be in full battle mode now…
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:37pmHere, here… Let me get it started.
What the Tea Party Nation Chief should have said to Gingrich was:
‘Your Campaign Stinks Worse Than an Italian Chef’s Armpit’
Report Post »ghostsouls
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:59pmRegardless of who said what to whom, this was an inappropriate comment to make. They still have not been able to remove the bodies of all that dies on the Costa Concordia. To use it in this manner, is totally uncalled for, and I don’t care who said it. People are still going through hell over the Costa Concordia, those that survived, and the families of those that unfortunately did not survive. A lot have not even been buried yet, and someone is trying to make political points using it….. shame on you!!!!
Report Post »ConservativeCanucklehead
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 9:01pmI kinda like Newt as the Nominee. I think he would have the best chance of besting Obama.
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 9:57pmNewt’s poll numbers over time look like a roller coaster. If Newt is the nominee, we‘re rolling the dice on where he’ll be on election day. The media will certainly do their best to make it one of his worse weeks.
Report Post »midwesthippie
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:57am…i’m with you GHOST..what an absolute J***@$$ to use that tragedy to backtrack on newt’s endorsement. if judson doesn’t like newt as of today he should just admit it. so, now who does he endorse? romney? spineless…
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:28am@colt…
As on of Italian heritage, I am offended!
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LOL
Seriously, though…
How do you know what an Italian Chef’s armit smells like?
Eewwww!
I support God's Israel!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 3:58pmThis was one of the MAIN REASONS I gave up on the Tea Party. Originally, it was supposed to just ‘rally the conservatives’ together and NOT ENDORSE ANYONE. Now, it is an entity of its own. When it endorsed Newt, the Progressive, I said, ‘THAT’S ENOUGH, I AM NOW INDEPENDENT AND AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH THE TEA PARTY.” A lot of my friends felt the same way. This is WHY, at least here, in my home state, why the Tea Party is failing miserably. We even had a Democrat masquerading as a Conservative, gun-toting zealot at that. Oh he was no Conservative because he wanted to continue with ENTITLEMENTS, in fact, he wanted to INCREASE ENTITLEMENTS. Needless to say, when he ran for office, HE LOST, thank God. But, the point is, HE INFILTRATED OUR TEA PARTY with his progressive cancer and I tried and tried to talk to him, but he would not listen. All I can say is, he was an infiltrator and he failed.
I do believe the Tea Party has other infiltrators like those who endorse candidates. Look at Senator Scott Brown from Massachusetts. This guy has some real progressive tendencies, yet the Tea Party applauded him. WHY???????????????? Someone explain that to me. Is it because they think they can CHANGE HIM? The Tea Party has been dumbed down and have inched away from their beginnings and it is very sad as they could have been a SMART movement. Now, some of them are just like the other politicians – DUMB.
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 8:59pm@TomFerrari No ill intended. I was thinking about, The Cake Boss. Those guys know how to work hard and quick. Now imagine the same, but in the heat of the kitchen. LOL. I only said Italian, because the headline said Italian.
Report Post »Randyrocker
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:54pmThe Tea Party rallied around and backed the wrong candidate, and now they‘re having buyer’s remorse, when the candidate that they should’ve supported and backed all along was Ron Paul, who is doing all he can to fight for what these pretenders were fighting for from the start. Newt Gingrich was a stuffed pudding filled with huff and puff fluff. If the Tea Party wants to redeem themselves and quickly, they will immediately start supporting Ron Paul, or their message will be flushed down the drain. Santorum has never been a Tea Party guy, and to switch from Gingrich to Santorum would make the Tea Party as redundant as they are starting quickly to appear to be.
Report Post »The Tea Party better wake up soon or lose it all, and be Obama’s whipping boy in the coming election for their support of a failed Gingrich election bid.
Jabboe9
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:22pmLook………I’ve had it with you Paul-ittites trying to sale crazy at a discount to those of us that are truly serious about our Nation’s future!!!
I’m going to make this completely understandable for all of the Paulies out there……….THE MAN IS A FRIGGIN’ WACK JOB! As a matter of fact, there really is no classification for his ideology! Even Manson will, at times, profound an interviewer or a small group of misguided individuals and make them go “Oooooo and Ahhhhh.” If he were running on the Rattle-Head ticket, he’d get more votes!!!
Problem with Paul’s campaign is, there are just way too many voters that don’t believe in Leprechauns, Unicorns, or that Iran is not a Country worth bombing the Hell out of if they don’t stop acting like we have lost our b@lls!!!………………….
OK……. I’m better now…………I am sorry for you affliction, and I hope that you’ll start supporting a Candidate that can win!
NEWT!!! NEWT!!! NEWT!!!
Report Post »Tankertony
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:30pmWe Tea Party people are primarily conservatives, not libertarians. Mr. Paul makes most of us cringe, especially with his views on Isreal, foriegn policy, drugs, and American exceptionalism.
Report Post »Nice try though.
BTW, whomever the republicans nominate, we will spank the little marxist man-child come November. Have faith.
kalayaan
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:42pmNewt for President!!!!
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:54pmtankertony. True enough. But you must admit you need the libertarian republicans on the economic front – otherwise you will not have enough numbers to influence the establishment.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:13pmHa! Ya mean Ricky has pandered to his audience? Well, well. So he’s gonna fight us Tea Partiers to end the rebellion within the GOP ranks. Huh.
What a phoney.
Newt is the one man best qualified to be president. Period!
Why Mitt Is Desperate to Force Newt Out
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jjoy
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:54pmThe sad truth of the matter is that the Tea Party was just a “flash in the pan”… Without leadership, Tea Party members did nothing but send “cute” little emails and sign “petitions” that the politicians in D.C. ignored…
Now the RINOs will nominate romney, who is just another loser like mcCain, and obama will be re-elected…
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 9:29pmUghhhhhhh!!!!!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:23pmRANDYROCKER RP is a failed 30yr politician with a weak resume that panders to a kook base
Report Post »midwesthippie
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:04am…JJOY you are correct. the tea party candidates were a complete failure (bachman,caine.et al). those who claim the tea party is closed to libertarians and independents are digging the tea party’s grave, as well as the “conservative progressive” (R) party. a third party is the ONLY way to break the two party corruption in d.c.
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 4:07pmLook, I have had it with all you Newtie Fruities. NEWT IS A PROGRESSIVE WITH BAD CHARACTER FLAWS. Yes, he is smart. Yes, he can talk a good talk. BUT, yes, here comes the BUT…he is also a fruitcake that has MORE PROGRESSIVE TENDENCIES THAN PAULIES. Paul would be great if it wasn’t for his stand on Iran and Israel. THEN, I WOULD EVEN SUPPORT HIM, but clearly, Paul has his head in the sand on foreign policy. NEWT TALKS A GOOD TALK AND THAT’S ALL. I don’t even like Romney.
NONE of these candidates measure up to what the American people truly deserve – NOT ONE OF THEM, so we have to settle????? I am sickened by it all and if I don’t vote, then it is a vote for Obama, which sickens me even more……….MUCH MORE, so I have to, don’t I. I would LOVE to see a 3rd party run and I have someone in mind that I know, A LOT OF YOU WOULD LOVE, but I won’t mention that here.
NO TO NEWT AND PAUL. BIG NO TO ROMNEY. BIGGER NO TO OBAMA.
We are doomed.
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 4:14pmjjoy:
Sad to say, but you are so right. TEA PARTY IS OVER. They are no longer believable. In fact, and I have to say this, they are going in the WRONG DIRECTION and are no longer credible.
I was so FOR THEM, TOO and was a part of them UNTIL………well, until they began endorsing candidates. When someone tries to speak FOR ME, I have a real problem with it. Look at your government. THEY SPEAK FOR YOU EVERYDAY AND YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. Do you like it? NO. The Tea Party is just another strong arm for conservative voters…….actually, they are not longer conservative. They are MODERATE CONSERVATIVES.
Shame on the Tea Party. SHAME ON THEM.
Report Post »Fella
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:49pmI’m with Jabboe9, Ron Paul is a kook.
See you guys at the moonbase colony!
NEWTNETNEWT!
Report Post »slvrserfr
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:53pmObama is going to get annihilated in the general elections against Romney and he knows it. That’s why he would rather go against someone much like himself, like Gingrich, another big government progressive that pretends to be a conservative. If far right conservatives were serious about nominating a far right conservative, they should be voting for Santorum, not Gingrich, who has been a liar and a hypocrite throughout the entire election process about his conservative credentials. It‘s ironic that Gingrich has attacked Romney as a moderate and a liberal despite calling himself a Reagan conservative when even Reagan wasn’t initially a conservative but a liberal before he became a moderate if anything. Even Reagan raised taxes. For someone who seems to enjoy associating himself with a conservative icon, he doesn‘t seem to give much truth to Reagan’s otherwise moderate credentials, which correlate more with Romney’s principles than his own. Oblivious voters on the far right will of course continue to disregard this deception and vote for whoever their so called ‘conservative’ talk show hosts root for, such as Levin, Hannity, Palin, Cain or Rush. It should also be noted that this country was founded on center right principles. The reason for this is because polarized liberals and conservatives are the least likely to effectively compromise and reach across the aisle. Romney is the ideal candidate to not only defeat Obama (a polarized liberal) and win the Presidential nomi
Report Post »marion
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:11pmSLVRSRFR, Saul Alynski said, if you repeat the same lie often enough it will become the truth. You are about as real as the Fantastic 4 character. Sheesh. Newt will anhialate BHO, even Carter can look down on this person (he isn’t even a man to me is has been so wrong). And if you aren’t some wacked out Obama lover, you have just been listening to the wrong news reports. Mitt and BHO are so alike, if you read their words you will not know which is which. The media is simply hoping Newt will disappear if not supported or the administration shows any fear he would win, kind of, “Ignore the Elephant in the room.” They hate Newt, and they LOVE Romney, because they know he is the next Dole or McCain. This country needs a Conservative with a conservative record. A couple losses in the first five states, and if we can survive another four years of BHO if Mitt is the selectee, not only will it be our fault, but some us idiots that say Newt is what this country needs, then if 2016 exists and isn’t a full blown dictatorship, then we will only be 8 years behind our freedom, about 20 Trillion dollars in debt, and go from there. In the meantime, Mr. TEA Party Nation Leader, it is our responsibility to support Newt, meaning We as TEA Party members should be available for the groundwork to have things sate by state for Newt as a starter. Can’t say we support Newt, then say, Newt, where is your ground forces? TEA Party is about support, not looking for support, right? Fix this country
Report Post »CarolinaGirl
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:17pmYou are totally RIGHT!
Report Post »byudabomb
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:37pmCompromisers cut babies in half.
Report Post »johnnylingo
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 2:25pm@Marion. The Women will sink Newt and assure Obummers reelection. Just because you don’t hear them ranting and raving about Newts treatment of his wives, doesn’t mean the female Ladies of the Tea movement will agree with Sarah. Vote for a team with real character. Romney/Rubio 2012
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 4:24pmmarion:
Report Post »I think you are MISSING THE POINT. Newt/Romney may annihilate Obama, but why would we WANT to put the SAME TYPE OF POLITICIAN BACK INTO OFFICE? They are all PROGRESSIVES (gimme, gimme, gimme). Oh, I see…..take the best of the worst. Mmmmmmm…..THEY ARE ALL BAD, IDIOT. You are dumber than a box of rocks. And, your diatribes about Saul may be true, but look at the facts. FACTS AND TRUTH are the only things that matter.. AND, your statement, “I have no problem sopeonas to judges with a liberal agenda and stepping on the Constitution and the rule of law.” is DANGEROUS TO EVERY AMERICAN’S RIGHTS UNDER THE U.S. BILL OF RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTION. You are either an IDIOT, a PROGRESSIVE INFILTRATING THIS BOARD, or you just can’t say the right words so you can be understood. I will give you the benefit of the doubt: say it so we can understand it – write real slow, think about what you are saying, and then maybe, just maybe, you won’t put your foot in your mouth. I still think you are an infiltrator, who changes his ID on this board so people don’t know who he or she is……..am I right?
I support God's Israel!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 4:30pmMARION:
Again, “In the meantime, Mr. TEA Party Nation Leader, it is our responsibility to support Newt, meaning We as TEA Party members should be available for the groundwork to have things sate by state for Newt as a starter. Can’t say we support Newt, then say, Newt, where is your ground forces? TEA Party is about support, not looking for support, right?”
THE TEA PARTY DOES NOT SPEAK FOR ME OR MOST AMERICANS. Most Americans are TIRED OF THESE SAME OLD POLITICS and that is what the Tea Party has done also.
The Tea Party is about FINDING OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CANDIDATES, PUTTING THAT INFO OUT THERE SO WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN DECISIONS!!!! Not endorsing a candidate for us.
YOU HAVE BEEN DUPED and I still think you are dumber than a box of rocks for the dumb statements you have made IN SUPPORT OF THE TEA PARTY. They are just another form of government that tells you who to vote for.
Report Post »txjb
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:53pmWhat is you peoples’ problem with someone telling it like it is ? You bash the tea party and probably have never been to a rally !
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:52pmEither newt or santorum should get out asap. We need to narrow it down to 3 – each one representing the three wings of the republican party (moderate, conservative, libertarian). Right now, newt and rick are splitting conservative and romney gets to side through
Report Post »joel228
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:39pmNewt should get out. He represents the wing nut part of the party.
Report Post »Newt Gingrich: A Crime Against Conservatism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyeB36ctO5I&feature=youtu.be
http://www.newtexposed.com/
Jabboe9
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:55pmPlease shut up, ’cause you’re a moron. Thank you.
Report Post »Jabboe9
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:10pmI’m afraid you have the worst case of I.D.-10T that I’ve ever encountered…… The only known cure for it is to immediately stop posting comments like this one on sites that promote truly intellectual conversation and debate….
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marion
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:30pmJOEL228, it is always so amazing when people not only display, but believe the Saul Alynski taken out of context snippets and quips and believe it. Newt is the only candidate that has accomplished what this country needs, not Rick, not Ron, not Mitt. Look at Newt’s voting record. Sitting on the couch with Nancy Pallooza, yes, looks bad, but WHAT DID NEWT SAY? He wasn’t in goose step with her, he was speaking the opposite, then went in and spoke AGAINST ALGORE.
Tell me who has proven the ability to fix things in the government? Sure isn’t the guy in office right now, Santorum just isn’t tough enough, good speak, just not mature enough for my taste, would get eaten my the Obama machine. Ron is out there, loved by the druggies and back to nature crowd, not me, not quite that far off the deep end, I like my security. Mitt is too much like the machine in ofice right now, two peas in a pod, Mutt and Jeff, peanut butter and jelly. I want water and oil, ice and boiling water, ying and yang. the opposite of what is in office.
Ain‘t nothing more serious than a father or grandfather saying he doesn’t want his kids living in a European Socialism style country and is going to fix it because he has the knowledge to do it.
Insider? You bet, especially when we all complained because another candidate didn’t have any government in his background and let him get wacked by rumors and ugly faces saying nothing.
Report Post »joel228
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:49pmJabboe9
Do you support Newt because he is conservative or because he is not conservative? It‘s hard to tell if you are a Newt dupe or you just like him because you’re just like him. A dishonest, cheating, immoral, moronic, IDIOT.
marion
Did you watch the hour long expose? It’s hard to take all that out of context. In fact I didn’t need to see that to know what Newt is. I watched him over many years and many times just had to shake my head in bewilderment over the positions he took and the things he said even while claiming conservatism.
When his affairs were first exposed I was inclined to think the liberal establishment was just trying to discredit him. But since that time I have seen he is worse than a liberal, he is a liberal in conservative clothing. He knows very well what people want to hear. Even today on Sean Hannity, Newt chastised Obama for claiming to create jobs but it was only days ago Newt himself tried to claim credit for 11 million jobs until he saw that wasn’t flying with those who do understand that government does not create jobs.
Vote for Santorum or vote for Romney but please don’t saddle us with someone as hypocritical and dangerous as Newt.
Report Post »Jabboe9
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 9:23pmRomney not hypocritical?
The only thing that has had more different positions on one issue than him is the Karma Sutra.
Romney not dangerous?
Only if you’re the unborn baby of a 16 year old girl that goes to a judge to get permission for an abortion because her parents refuse to allow her to murder the child….. Then he’s pretty dangerous….
Santorum not
Report Post »marion
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:34pmJOEL, I was also right in the middle of the military when all this was going on, and yes, I like Newt because he is the conservative. I have looked and compared his voting record, which is more important than a video, and yes, I have seen it before. There is not a person on the planet that doesn’t have something they have done or said on film or video, which is why you have to go with the person’s record. Voting 82 times Present, doesn’t tell you a single thing. Having a 96percent conservative vote the year before he was railroaded out of the House, and 100percent the year he was railroaded out speaks volumes of what he can do. You don’t remember the Contract with America, the Cspan nights of Newt explaining what was the truth about what the Liberals have said during the day? Hours and hours to promote the Conservative movement and what it means. Cheating on a spouse is none of our business, supportive spouses have a way of keeping zippers up and it does take two to make it happen. and even the IRS said he did not break the law on his taxes, the only ethics crime he was railroaded out of the House on, then found innocent. Hey, they got him out of office so they won, now is payback. His co-workers won’t say too many nice things about him because the RINOs were busy destroying the country and getting you to believe them. I think at the time Newt got a TKO, and now he has a second wind and ready to fight again. We need Newt, he can beat BHO and he can fix the problems agai
Report Post »Copper Catfish
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:34pmGood idea! Bye, Newt! Please take Ron Paul and Mitt with you!
Report Post »joel228
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:19ammarion
The difference between Newt and the rest of the field is that the others still have some moral values. Yes I think character counts. We used that argument against Clinton but for some reason it doesn’t apply to Newt? You can’t trust someone that not just once but repeatedly and with multiple women over many years cheats on spouses. He cheats on those he previously cheated with.
But that aside look over
http://www.newtexposed.com
I don’t give a hoot what they say his conservative voting percentage is. Look at what he did. For example I was at one point torn about the NAFTA. I thought it must be good because Newt supports it but at the same time it must be bad because Clinton supports it. I‘m now convinced that it’s bad and not a real free trade agreement. Free trade would not take over 1000 pages. The danger of Newt is that he convinces conservatives to do and support that which they would not ordinarily do or support. I’m hoping and see signs that Romney may be a conservative sheep in liberal wolves clothing. But I strongly see Gingrich as a wolf whose sheep skins just don‘t fit right and can’t cover him enough.
Report Post »verycold
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:50pmOne of the reason we have Obama in the WH is because McCain and Clinton ran horrible campaigns. McCain imploded several times and would get back on track only to fall off again. Do we want that for president? Clinton derailed not because she wasn’t ready for debate, but because she first got arrogant, and then lied BIG and lost credibility. Obama was shielded by the media and still is and so he didn’t have to take tough questions and could just dance around issues letting others derail.
Sadly, a good campaigner does not make an able leader. If he gets elected again, we will deserve what we get which will be policies way to the left of where we are now because he will not have to worry about another term.
Report Post »marion
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:17pmTEA is the grassroots organization to get the vote and support out, not the other way around. Newt has the proper message, TEA has organized out of nowhere, imagine what it can properly accomplish if it has a timeline to do things. There is a whole network out there, start utilizing it if you are going to say you have a candidate. How do you think BHO won last time? It wasn’t because of his good message, it was because he could speak platitudes and talk negative against his competitor. McCain didn’t have a TEA Party, it happened because the BHO machine moves in the wrong direction, and if the TEA is the support, time to get the support machine working and be waiting at the bus stop to support our candidate and then get the word out that Obama is the problem and Newt is the solution.
Saying Newt has a problem organizing his campaign, coming from the TEA Party is like saying, where is my handout? You are supposed to have a handout for me!
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:49pmObviously, Phillips ain‘t gonna’ be warming up to Santorum either:
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Report Post »“I’ve got some real concerns about this movement within the Republican party…..the Tea Party movement….to sort of refashion conservatism. And I will vocally and publicly oppose it.”
-Rick Santorum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3TVoVqvt74
academica2020
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:11pmREALLY?
Report Post »You are seriously going to get into a ******* contest over who is more Conservative?
Romney isn’t. Gingrich isn’t. Paul isn’t (being a Libertarian is not conservative). Santorum is conservative, and the fact that the Tea Party (or a faction thereof) has supported Gingrinch is troubling. I want to beat President Obama as much as anyone else who opposes him, but I don‘t want someone claiming they are something they aren’t to get elected.
KidCharlemagne
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:20pmacademica2020
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:11pm
REALLY?
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Santorum says he’s opposed to the Tea Party, so I take his word at face value (unless he’s lying, of course)…
You heard him,…didn’t you??
Report Post »academica2020
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:33pmYou didn’t get my point at all! Or did you?
Report Post »You think the Tea Party is more conservative?
If they, or the faction Mr. Phillips represents, thinks that Newt is a conservative, they need to do a reality check.
f it comes down to beating the President being more important, don’t claim you guy is a conservative just to get that vote. Gingrinch is not a Conservative and he has way too much baggage. He will be crucified by the Obama Machine.
Sorry if this insults you, not my intention, but it is a fact.
Ohio Guy
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 4:54pmCould you please tell us from what speach this clip was extracted from? It was a very small sample which is a red flag for something being taken out of context.
Report Post »BlueStarMom
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:36pmHe goes on to say he will still do anything to get Newt elected, even while pointing out all the ways the campaign is failing, blaming not the candidate but his employees. Sound familiar?
Judson, Newt was a Progressive before you endorsed him and he’s a Progressive now. You‘ve just realized he can’t actually run an organization. What do you think he‘s going to do with the whole country if he can’t handle Florida, Nevada, or Tennessee?
I live in a really small town in SoCal. Yesterday a handful of young guys skipped the Superbowl to stand on a corner for Ron Paul. They had banners, signs, handouts, flyers, car decals, etc. Made a big splash. When people are passionate about something they get the message out. I’m donating to Santorum. Again.
Report Post »Nate W.
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:02pmI’m with Santorum, too. (Miracles can happen!)
Report Post »Have you ever noticed how quickly Newt supporters will criticize Rick on his prolife and moral stances?
What does that say about their own personal morality?
I think that our own “conservatives” have begun to accept culture’s “New Morality” to such a degree that they feel more comfortable voting for a guy who’s known for his womanizing and “progressive outlook” than for a candidate who stands for Judeo-Christian values. How can the party of what was once the “moral majority” be taken seriously when matters of conscience have started to become compromised?
Babeuf
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:48pm“Have you ever noticed how quickly Newt supporters will criticize Rick on his prolife and moral stances?”
Report Post »Really?? I mean just really? Now you are critiicizing our morals, after JUST stating we criticize his????
I like Rick Santorum, I don’t want him for a President. I don‘t want Paul and I damn sure don’t want Romney. There is nothing wrong with my morals, Thank you! I disagree with Santorum on some issues, particularly that Govt belongs in our bedroom and I don’t believe that a woman should be forced to have a child when she is raped or by incest. So if that makes me immoral, so be it!
And let me go on the record saying now, there will be wall to wall ads about his involvement in the K Street Project, his endorsement of Arlen Specter (who became a Democrat and helped usher in Obamacare), his “leadership PAC” (which gave a paltry 18% of its money to candidates and spent the rest on everyday expenses for Rick Santorum), his scam of a charity and his numerous “gaffes” which will help sour his appeal among women and independent voters (he blamed the church’s child molestation scandal on Boston being liberal, he equated homosexuality with bestiality and he said radical feminism is to blame for the decline of the American family). Then of course is his record which is more liberal than Newt’s. He voted against NAFTA, against Right to Work and for steel tariffs, as well as various earmarks (especially in election years). The Romney attack dogs are on the w
Babeuf
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:54pmCut off….
Report Post »The Romney attack dogs are on the way! If you don’t think the Romney attack dogs won’t find enough fodder in Rick Santorum’s record to vilify him to the same extent that Newt has been vilified, think again.
You just watch!!
Virginia
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:25pmThese self appointed TP leaders make me laugh! Phillips doesn’t speak for me and never will…
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:38pmRon Paul is the only one representing T-Party values…all others are just war-fare and welfare progressives
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:25pmDid he compare Newt’s campaign to a disaster aboard a cruise ship where multiple people have lost their lives?
Report Post »4stmichael
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:19pmDAY ONE WITH NEWT
Through Battlefield He Strides Now; Attacked, By Both Machines,
Through Soros Owned Encompassed Minions, Eating Soros Beans;
Establishments Are Rallied Round Cacophonies Of Screechers,
To Shill His Bones, With Sharpened Phones, That Echo Off The Bleachers.
One Hundred Years We’ve Lived It, Yes! Taunted And Deceived,
By Media And Moguls‘ Politicians We’ve Been Fleeced.
They Sound Conservative Enough, They Trick And Sneak And Duck;
To Sell US Junk, Just One More Punk, And Fakers In A Truck.
We Throw Them Out, But Look Now, Redundant Petty Paws;
Carbon Copies, Wrapped And Shined Deceiving For applause.
No Thank You To Establishment’s Continued Quigley Marches,
No Thank You To The Plastic Man, No Thank You To The Marxist.
We Need A Proven Man This Time, Against The New World Order,
Against Agenda Twenty-One , Against Who Fights To Board U.S.
A Man Courageous, Standing Strong, Against The DC Hell,
Who Proved His Days, No Taxes Raised, for U.S He Suffered Well
Genuine In Word Today, A Man Who Sought Redemption,
Report Post »Accepted It With Joy And Peace, Now Raises Up His Nation,
Who Calls Upon Almighty With Trust Achieved Through Test.
It Can’t Be Bought, It Must Be Taught, For US To Be Our Best.
3monkeysmomma
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:28pmTheir once was a fellow named Newt,
Report Post »Whose own horn he liked to toot.
He promoted Cap and Trade
and the TARP bailout that was made.
All while relieving Fannie of her loot!
Rajabear1
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:22pmI vote for mammas poem. Much more accurate and honest.
Report Post »READRIGHTHERE
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 9:02pmI have chosen my hero, his words make me swoon
Report Post »Newt is the clear choice, he will prevail, his victory is soon
I do not need to review his history, nor do I care to understand
I simply need a symbol of my hopes to redeem this great land
He speaks so intelligently that I often set adrift
Daydreaming of the day that Obama will get his
Obama, you see, is the source of all of my worry and fret
He must be defeated, he is the problem, and the source of so much regret
Now, of course he is also quite smart, and intimidating in a debate
Clearly Gingrich is the only guy that serve him defeat on a plate
So I will vote Gingrich, for in comparison, he is better
Never a flip-flopper, freakily strange, or a defeated senator
We are all free to think for ourselves in this great nation in which we reside
You may vote your favorite poser, But I choose Newtie, he’s my guy
I don’t need integrity, I don’t need stability, and I don’t need consistency
I just can’t stand Romney, I just can’t be a part of his constituency
4stmichael
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:19pmBefore Defilement Ensued: Corruption On Our Benches,
A Proven Hero, Necessary, Hero In The Trenches.
Religious Freedom, Rights Restored, To Every Man And Woman;
Where Life’s Respected, Cherished; Where Life’s A Being Human.
Can A Man Redeemed, Restored, Step Up With Dedication?
For Tackled Hard We Dropped The Ball. We Search For Restoration.
‘Twas Not Just Him Who Fumbled Down, We Are Responsible.
We Rid Ourselves, We Kid Ourselves, Encyst In Horrible.
Blindsided Through Our First Request To Rid U.S. From Conceptions,
It Grew, It Rooted, Blooming Out In Selfishness Inception.
What Man Can Bring US Back To Life, Can Bring US Back To Beauty;
Our Nation’s Face, Her Hands, Her Place, Today We Find Our Duty.
A Man Who Sought Redemption With Humble Contrite Heart
Restoring Sacred Honor! Day One: A Brand New Start
Unleashing Our Own Stateliness, Reminding U.S. Of Worth;
Repelling RINOS Trickery, Reviving Our Own Birth.
Where Politicians Fear To Go, Newt Gingrich Battles On!
Solutions Practiced, Found Results For US – A Common Bond.
To Raise A Standard For The Wise And Honest To Repair,
Event Of Such A Magnitude, In God’s Own Hands We Share.
To Earthly Kings He Bows NOT, For U.S. There’s Only One;
Strong Lion Tribe Of Judah, Our Lord, His Only Son.
Across This Nation Borders! A Mighty Lion Roars!
Newt Gingrich, Captain Steadfast; Command Our Nation’s Doors!
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Report Post »READRIGHTHERE
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:18pmNewt: “Just get me in a debate and I’ll show them who should be President.”
Report Post »Campaign Manager: “That would be great Mr. Gingrich, but I don’t even know where the next debate will be held. I put a call into Romney’s campaign to double check the schedule, but they won’t return my calls.”
Newt: “So Romney has sabotaged us again?”
Campaign Manager: “Yeah, that’s it, it‘s clearly Romney’s fault!”
Newt: “That good for nothing, Mushy Mormon Massachusetts Moderate Moron Malficient Meany. I am glad I have nice people like you to boost my spirits, when my opponent just wants to destroy me with negativity and lies.”
Campaign Manager: “As you know, I simply detest negativity. In fact, I am just positive that the party will positively see your positive attributes, such as your commanding intellect, and will simply dismiss our mistakes in this campaign as evidence of your mental greatness, for as we all know, geniuses are famous for not paying enough attention to details and minutae.”
Newt: “That’s right, I am really smart, aren’t I?”
Campaign Manager: “Speaking of smart, don’t you think it would be a great idea to give me a raise? I have labored so hard to coordinate the efforts of our superpac in such a way that you don’t appear to be breaking the law, I have even increased my work schedule to 40 hours per week, and we certainly don’t want anyone out there to get the idea that you require your campaign staff to work harder than public school janitors…”
Baddoggy
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:23pmNewt…”But I’m broke, I can’t pay you”
Report Post »Campaign manager….“You treat me like your ex wife”
landmark
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:12pmSad but true!!!!
Report Post »JJohnGalt2
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:11pmWhere’s Mark Skoda, from the Memphis Tea Party? Does he still support Judson Phillips’s Tea Party Nation?
Report Post »yeah I got an itch
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:11pmBob Dylan 1979
“When You Gonna Wake Up ?”
God don‘t make promises that He don’t keep
You got some big dreams baby, but in order to dream you gotta still be asleep.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up strengthen the things that remain ?
Counterfeited philosophies have polluted all of your thoughts
Karl Marx has got ya by the throat, Henry Kissinger’s got you tied up in knots.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up strengthen the things that remain ?
You got innocent men in jail, your insane asylums are filled
You got unrighteous doctors dealing drugs that’ll never cure your ills.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up strengthen the things that remain ?
You got men who can‘t hold their peace and woman who can’t control their tongues
The rich seduce the poor and the old are seduced by the young.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up strengthen the things that remain ?
Adulterers in churches and pornography in the schools
You got gangsters in power and lawbreakers making rules.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up strengthen the things that remain ?
Spiritual advisors and gurus to guide your every move
Instant inner peace and every step you take has got to be approved.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
Report Post »When you gonna wake up strengthen the
Jabboe9
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:53pm3 words: GET………..A…………..LIFE.
Report Post »SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:09pmI wish Newt would bow out,then see if Santorum can gain any traction before settling for Mitt….It wasn’t suppose to be this way but it is what it is.
Report Post »READRIGHTHERE
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:22pmMissouri will be a good test of Santorum vs. Romney as Newt couldn’t get on that ballot either. We will see very soon whether any anti-Romney candidate will break through to the top. But afterwards if the outcome is Romney, will the anti-Romney desparation cease? I wouldn’t bet on it.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:25pmI wish Newt and Santorum would leave. Then we would see Ron Paul rise to the top…He is the only one who can beat Obama…
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:47pmThe cynic in me thinks….Well, Newt has recently been talking very positive about ron paul. hmmmm
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:09pmRon Paul rise to the top, by making an alliance with Mitt who is the frontrunner is the only way Ron Paul will make it to the top!!!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:46pmNewt is a liberty raper and defiles the constitution with his promise to arrest judges he disagrees with this man has no shame and should get out of the race ASAP.
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:42pmProgressive Slayer, Nice try! FAIL!!!
Report Post »He proposes congressional legislation limiting the federal courts’ jurisdiction in certain areas, abolishing particularly out-of-control courts, presidential defiance of decisions he deems unconstitutional and calling judges before Congress to explain their decisions (hysterically translated in the MSM into “arresting” federal judges). the conservative way to address judicial imperialism.
You know and I know it’s the anti-religious rulings the court has passed Newt’s referring to. There‘s a big difference in ruling you can’t recognize God period and at least acknowledging his existence in a public place. Isn’t there a war on Religion in the country? Where do you think it gets it strength, the courts that’s where.
marion
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:43pmPROGSLAYR, I have no problem sopeonas to judges with a liberal agenda and stepping on the Consititution and the rule of law. I would much rather see the judge questioned than finding out some pedophile that gets off because they found an article that says men and boys under 12 having sex is not detrimental to the child’s mental health. It worked twice before the third lawyer found the article and discovered it was a 1950s article ABOUT DOGS and PUPPIES, not humans, and was debunked, after it was put in an APA periodical. The American Psychology Association is a science periodical, which has gone so liberal, they testified they don’t necessarily support what they publish. A science periodical that doesn’t support what it prints? Maybe stepping on the Constitution may be a reason to ask a judge what he/she is thinking.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:09pmTruer words were never spoken. Yeah no kidding – stop digging the deep lethal hole.
Report Post »JJohnGalt2
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:07pm“Tea Party” Nation is a ruse. Judson Phillips and anyone who supports the Tea Party Nation are crooks. He and his ilk are using the Tea Party to make a buck, plain and simple.
Report Post »Expose the fraud, Judson Phillips, for what he is. Any other Tea Party that supports or pays attention to lawyer Phillips are frauds too. Guilt by association, particularly in political circles.
txjb
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:43pmNot saying you are wrong , but , show proof !
Report Post »JJohnGalt2
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:08pmHe still owes me $1,000 from 2010 Las Vegas Tea Party Convention he was putting on and subsequently cancelled.
Report Post »You want proof? Ask Phillips himself. He hung a lot of people out to dry when he cancelled the so-called “convention”. He said he had a “cash-flow” problem and could not reimburse.
I have a debit off my Schwab account for proof.
Why don’t you ask the “Tea Party Nation ”.
qpwillie
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:06pm‘The tea party“ is not an organization so it has no leader or ”chief”. The Tea Party Nation is one of thousands of groups around the country. No more or less important than any of the other groups.
Report Post »txjb
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:46pmWhere in the world have you been ?
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:02pm@txjb
Sounds like you don’t know what the tea party is. Actually the tea party movement is a ……………. movement. There are many groups but a person doesn’t even need to belong to one of those groups to be part of the tea party movement.
The Tea Party Nation is no more “the tea party” than the Tea Party Express, The CNY Patriots, the Pasadena Tea Party or any of the other groups.
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:57pmHe’s right. I’m a “Paulie” and our people really turn out for political events in our area. We are like soldiers, organized and prepared. The Romney people also have a presence and seem to have some kind of direction.
But everytime I see Gingrich people, there’s rarely more than a couple and they always look lost and depressed.
Report Post »JJohnGalt2
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:56pmJudson Phillips. He is a crook. He still owes me $1,000 from 2010 Las Vegas Tea Party Convention he was putting on and subsequently cancelled.
Report Post »I can not believe he is even mentioned in any article on the Balze. He is No Tea Party person. He was, and is, in it to make a buck and exploit the Tea Party movement.
Hey, Judson and Sherry, where the he11 is my refund?
HKS
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:55pmIf the tea party is not supporting him, what’s his gripe? I haven’t heard of that support.
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:50pmSounds like the tea party needs a little adjustment. Maybe they should go check out that Ron Paul feller.
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:03pmAmen! Wasn’t part of the reason the tea party formed to protest Republicans that spend money and trample the constitutionjust like Gingrich?
I hate to say it friends but I think like the GOP, the Tea Party has officially lost its way.
Report Post »TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:48pm@3Monkeys The Tea Party was formed to protest taxation without representation. How hard is that? Same as Boston Harbor. The Tea Party was composed of all parties and people who came together across the nation. Hard? No representative or anyone who represented ANY party was supposed to speak although some did. Do you not remember Barney Frank and Sheila Jackson Lee amongst the Dem. party being questioned as well as Republicans? Just two names in a sea of congressional representatives (Hey, Arlen Spector, both parties according to the wind blowing).. For myself I spit myself out of the system and became just a voter according to my personal beliefs. Not any party nor tea. Thank you to Glenn Beck for history because I have researsched on my own and we have been to use a word I do not like…screwed. And @ Mr. Postman, if Ron Paul had the right answer to defense of our country and Israel he could be President hands down. He did not and won’t. If all the people who gripe and complain about conservatives (I am a conservative) had supported true conservatives or other candidates who entered things may have been different. We have who we have.
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:04pm@ TexasGranny73
Stated purpose of the Tea Party: Endorses reduced government spending,opposition to taxation in varying degrees, reduction of the national debt and federal budget deficit, and adherence to an originalist interpretation of the United States Constitution.
Americans don’t have taxation without representaion, we have taxation with BAD representation. Like your friend Newt who supported the TARP bailout, Cap and Trade, and engaged in unethical practices as speaker of the house, which he admitted and paid a 300k fine.
You’re so quick to dismiss Paul but the fact is, if we had listened to him 20 years ago when he first started warning us about these issues, we wouldn’t be in this mess, now would we?
Report Post »possom
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:47pmSince when doe’s the tea party need any type of leadership? In my mind the teaparty is every man, woman, and child fed up with the state of affair’s in washington. Anyone who say’s they represent the teaparty is a poser and a liar!
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:14pmWell somebody has to be in charge of getting to permits for the rallies…
I do take your point about being authentically grassroots but their are practical matters that have to be managed.
Report Post »Nate W.
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:40pmI can see your point, “Possom”, but you’re sounding more like an Occupier when you talk like that.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:24pmThree people can get a permit and set up a sound system and then call on a few good speakers to come, but that does not make an organization. What I like most about the tea party is access to information, like Glenn does to help me do the homework, and pick who I want to vote for. No Big Shots needed.
Report Post »ph2691
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:15pmI agree possum.. there are many who would like to co-opt the teaparty for their own.. it is one thing to organize.. it is another thing to do it for personal power.. the tea party is not any one group..
Report Post »Robert999
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:03pmNewt is the only thing that stands between America and Romney/Obama. I’m not in love with Newt, but at this point he’s the only answer conservatism has. If any person in the Tea Party supports Romney, he/she should make it clear they speak for themselves, not the Tea Party. The Tea Party is for America, for Conservatism, for Fiscal Sanity, and for Republicans. Face it, Paul ain’t gonna make it, neither is Santorum. Newt is it if we want to stop Romney and Obama. Tea Party Americans, if you can’t support Newt, then stay quiet.
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