Dear Newt Gingrich: Meet Ronald Reagan
So, Newt Gingrich is invoking Reagan to defend his endorsement of radical leftist Dede Scozzafava in the NY-23 special congressional election?
“If you seek to be a perfect minority, you’ll remain a minority,” says Gingrich. “That’s not how Reagan built his revolution or how we won back the House in 1994.”
Let’s quote Reagan back to Gingrich, shall we? From his seminal 1975 CPAC address:
Let our banner proclaim our belief in a free market as the greatest provider for the people.
Let us also call for an end to the nit-picking, the harassment and over-regulation of business and industry which restricts expansion and our ability to compete in world markets.
Let us explore ways to ward off socialism, not by increasing government’s coercive power, but by increasing participation by the people in the ownership of our industrial machine.
Our banner must recognize the responsibility of government to protect the law-abiding, holding those who commit misdeeds personally accountable.
And we must make it plain to international adventurers that our love of peace stops short of “peace at any price.”
We will maintain whatever level of strength is necessary to preserve our free way of life.
A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers.
I do not believe I have proposed anything that is contrary to what has been considered Republican principle. It is at the same time the very basis of conservatism. It is time to reassert that principle and raise it to full view. And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way.
Perhaps it is time to go your own way, with Al Sharpton and Nancy Pelosi:
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Related: Voter fraud in NY-23 involving Scozzafava’s good friends at ACORN front Working Families Party:
Brian Suozzo voted with an absentee ballot in the Working Families Party primary on Sept. 15 because, as his application stated, he was “at home recovering from medical procedure.”
Jessica Boomhower’s application said she would be attending a “work conference in Boston.”
Michael Ward couldn’t vote in person because he was “taking care of elderly parent.”
Kimberlee Truell was on a “Bus trip to casino,” as was Miguel Vazques.
The only problem with these absentee ballot records at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections in Troy, N.Y., is that they’re phony, voters and investigators say — and they’ve prompted what’s being called an unprecedented investigation of suspected voter fraud.
Thirty-eight forged or fraudulent ballots have been thrown out — enough votes, an election official admits, to likely have tipped the city council and county elections in November to the Democrats. Candidates would have been able to run both on the Democratic and Working Families Party lines in two weeks, and that could have given the Democrats the general election.
A special prosecutor is investigating the case and criminal charges are possible. New York State Supreme Court Judge Michael Lynch ruled that there were “significant election law violations that have compromised the rights of numerous voters and the integrity of the election process.”
The Doug Hoffman campaign asks Obama for federal monitors. Can’t expect much from a corrupted DOJ, but at least the request is on record.
Related: Scozzafava campaign leaks info about conservative journalist inquiries to left-wing websites.
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Newt where have you gone.
Gingrich succumbed to the “D.C. disease” over a decade ago. He has been worse than useless since then.
It’s the same thing with Reagan’s 6th(?) Law of never criticizing another Republican. If you can not voice your criticism of your party to your party, that leaves only option: quit the party.
Republicans have figured out their own path to dictatorship thru redefining words, concepts and logic. DO WHAT YOU’RE TOLD!
I’m sure Vidkun Quisling would be a Republican today.
Calista is no Jeri Thompson.
Newtered Gingrich must go. A man is known by his friends, and his new friends are our enemies. He needs to be given a watch, a handshake, and shown the door. There really is nothing more to say.
I had high hopes for Newt. The man is brilliant, but he’s turned into another RINO trying to be everything to everybody. Republicans will NEVER win by abandoning conservatism. Why don’t they get that?
You can’t win without your base Newt and your base is CONSERVATIVE!!!!!!!!
This is very, very disappointing.
Except, perhaps, I might add this to what is needed as he is shown the door: To paraphrase my late father, “A size 12 to his backside.”
Newt was OK when he was a back-bencher. Some people can’t handle the limelight.
How can so many old white guys be so willing to give away our nation… Pat Buchannan on MSNBC makes me sick.
According to this Newsbusters link, 33% of voters identify with Democrats, 20% as Republicans but get this 38% identify as CONSERVATIVES!
Why is voting 3rd party voting for Obama again? Because voting for that 3rd party, Republican, is voting for Obama. Conservatives are the biggest party of all.
It would be interesting to see how big the 38% number would be were the GOP to make it official and merge with the Democratic Party. The combined number would NOT be 53% but much lower. My bet is that it would be about 40-45% or at parity with conservatives with about 5% remaining independent.
I’ve been saying for quite some time on my blog that Newt has been irrelevant sinmce he left Congress with a cloud over his head. He abandoned his principles as a conservative and became nothing more than what he and the Contract with America campaigned against. Now he pals around with Al Sharpton?
Say goodbye, Newt – I for one have no use for you, no matter how bright you are. A man without principles is not a man I can support for anything.
Darth to Newt: “It is too late for me, son. The Emperor will show you the true nature of the Force. He is your master now.”
The Newt was a Lizard shortly after becoming Speaker & he’s gone downhill since.
F#@k’em…
Battleground Poll Question D3
OK, possibly a dumb question. It there an actual national Conservative Party? I see lots of websites that appear to want to be THE national party site, but none seem to be the real deal.
Interesting. I wonder how many of the self-identified conservatives are currently registered as Ds or Rs? (myself included)
Newt makes me sick. He, like the rest of the GOP “Leadership,” are more in love with themselves and power to remain true to any conviction.
Newt sold out a long time ago and every time I see him shooting off his mouth about anything I just turn him off.
Newt needs to go somewhere and write fantasy novels. Of course, perhaps that is just what he is doing when he pretends to be a “family-values conservative!”
Since Reagan’s not around to take Newt to the woodshed, I recommend Mark Steyn for the job:
If you are looking for a conservative party try the Constitution Party at http://www.constitutionparty.org/.
Flyoverman, MtsEdge:
Why do noseholders vote Republican? Because they now have their very own party, the aptly named “Stupid Party”.
Newt…Newt…Newt. What the heck are you doing. This is why I could never enter the political arena.
It means becoming an invertebrate.
Newt abandoned conservatism years ago, but I didn’t realize, until now, that he had also abandoned sanity.
Reagan? He’s invoking Reagan? God’s gonna get him for that!
I voted for the R ticket in ’08 b/c of Palin. McCain just happened to be on the same ticket.
I SURE hope Palin doesn’t turn into whatever Newt has turned into.
It is a tough call to adhere and reconcile with the fundamentals and a perfect minority. Not sure I would want to see a Congress with a total of twenty Republicans who are ‘fundamentally perfect.’
I would include over and unnecessary spending as a fundamental requirement for the party. However, there are local issues that separate Republicans from different regions and each has different priorities. Yet, try to reduce, or eliminate, a subsidy for corn, milk, sugar, regional airports, or flood insurance, etc. Or, closing a military base to ending a specific procurement. Any Republican, for that matter any Democrat, will fight tooth and nail, to continue that over and unnecessary spending.
I am partial to Pres Reagan’s 80/20 principle. The question as it applies to Scozzafava is, where is she on this scale and does Gingrich know it.
The republican party and Newt are making two key mistakes: assuming the trend is to the left and that the conservatives will always be the reliable base that never votes against the GOP. Poll after poll for decades has shown the majority of people identify themselves as conservative. And the giant groundswell of apathetic people waking up demanding limited government, low taxes, accountability, etc sound pretty conservative to me. Newt and his RINO cohorts also don’t see the writing on the wall: conservatives no longer consider themselves republican. I care about my family and my country. Not the GOP. If the GOP won’t stand for principles, and is only concerned with money and power, what’s the point of keeping them alive? If they keep nominating these leftist RINO’s like Dede Suzzbag, Snowe, Specter, and McCain not only will they keep losing elections, but lose us conservatives forever.
President Ronald Reagan stated: “The Conservative Party has established itself as a preeminent force in New York Politics and an important part of our political history.”
At the bottom of this page!
http://www.cpnys.org/history/history.html
MtsEdge: my comment wasn’t intended to be an insult to you. It was aimed at the false assumption that noseholders always make when attacking us conservatives who vote 3rd party or stay home, that we conservatives are a selfish minority whose only hope is to support Republicans. It’s the other way around, we outnumber Republicans by almost 2 to 1.
GOP registrations are down to levels where only the most ignorant loyalists would vote for that party. I estimate that to be about 15-18% of voters, same size as the nuttiest liberals.
The two major parties used to share the moderate middle voters by and still manage to articulate two different, though not extremist, principled positions. The intensity and language wasn’t as extreme then because their stated positions were closer to the truth than today’s parties. Today, both parties are owned by the same monied special interests demanding a specific post-constitutional one-world-without-borders agenda while pretending that the other party is the radically extreme and dangerous party.
America is not buying which is why both parties are shrinking. We need to get over our foolish fears and be willing to see the obvious. The GOP is the 3rd party. If conservatives unite, which we are doing, we ARE the biggest party. All we have to do is to speak and act like a party and it will happen and quickly. Like next year. Like next month in NY-23.
Correction:
The two major parties used to share the moderate middle voters
bywhile still managing to articulate two different, though not extremist, principled positions.Newt ~ the Republican’s Jimmuh Cahder.
To your question, “why old white guys are o.k. about
giving away our Country?”……..You have answered the question yourself…They are so mad about being old and pushed aside…like old beautiful women that won’t give up the chase….Instead, if they would get ripe and wise with old age they could remain dignified and helpful….I would bet newt’s young wife has a young un’ in the bullpit.
That’s right, Newt. Break out that straw man “You want the perfect candidate” argument. It worked so well for your party in 2008.
I didn’t even agree with Reagan all of the time, but I still admire the man. It’s not about 100% purity or completely agreeing with someone. It’s about getting candidates that aren’t mislabeled Democrats.
This parade of Other Democrats you Republican fools think you’re going to make us swallow isn’t going to fly. Whine, put up straw men “perfect candidate” arguments, and condescend all you want. It won’t help you.
Newt aside, the best thing we can do to keep RINOs out of office is close the GOP primaries.
I would love to see an initiative on this. Any ideas?
…As I’ve said before in other blog posts, Newt Gngrich has been and may have already have been off the conservative bandwagon years before he became speaker…I really don’t know how he got to know Alvin and Heidi Toeffler, the authors of “Future Shock”, and a pair of transnationalists, but he did, and he wrote the forward to their sequel to “Future Shock”, and in that he seemed to imply that the challenges of the 21st century may render the US Constitution inadequate to handle them-this was in 1995-he was already Speaker of the House. I think Newt has liked to play the conservative game when it has benefitted him, and has been more than willing to throw it out when it doesn’t make him more famous. That’s why he backed down to Clinton over the budget stalemate and government shutdown…It is from that point Newt began his (visible) descent from conservatism.
I do think it is past time Sean Hannity quit givng Newt softball questions and promos for his latest whatever book…this is what got Schwarzenagger the help he should never have gotten.
I left the GOP not because I couldn’t or wouldn’t compromise on a couple of points but because I realized that the GOP intended to compromise EVERY principle they once held and were well along the the way toward that goal.
The GOP is only slightly less socialist than the Dems. Look at the party leadership. They are stumbling to the left on every key issue.
The GOP is well on its way down the path of the Whigs. And the sooner they get to the end the better for conservatives and the nation.
It took me nearly 30 years but the GOP convinced me they had become Democrats. Like Reagan said, “I didn’t leave the party. The party left me.”
I,too, like Mts. Edge, wonder what is really going on with Sarah Palin….at least she hasn’t endorsed Hoffman’s opponent, Dede in NY-23
Ditto!
That is a necessary requirement for credibility for the Republican Party to continue surviving as a party, and continue to get any votes out of me.
If they can’t or won’t do that, then going to a viable third party with competent leadership will be the only for me as a conservative to go.
Newt is too busy making his movies and appearing on talk shows and . . . . .
I know and I completely agree.
Nobody is seeking a perfect minority you moron! People are seeking to protect the traditions and values of this country from all out assault by the radical left.
Sucking up to every rabid leftist you see just guarantees the GOP will be a minority party because those that make this country work refuse to compromise principle.
Wake the hell up!
Agreed, the GOP is America’s 3rd party once again.
It’s been an amazing 120 year fade.
Hey Doug Hoffman, Michelle Malkin and Dick Armey:
Thank you!
Although I too would be very disappointed if Sarah didn’t step up here, keep in mind that no one else who has STATED that they are running for president has weighed in either, Romney, Huckleberry, Pawlenty, etc.. Why do they get a free pass?
The 2012 election already looks like the 2008 election where all candidates stood by while many of us here were plastering Washington with e-mails, faxes and calls to stop the Bush/Kennedy/McCain amnesty bill TWICE.
It seems lately that candidates’ decision whether to label themselves as R(INO) or D in order to run for office depends on who their Dem opponent would be and whether they want to risk it all in a primary or make it to a general election. After all, ideologically they are pretty much on the same page these days, with stimula-palooza, government-owned business (fascism), and stifling dissent, including the voices of those whose principles they *claim* to espouse most, e.g., most Americans.
Was I ever disappointed to hear Tom Coburn’s response when asked today “is the door locked” (re the closed-door Dem sessions in the Senate). His response, “well, probably not”…well, why don’t you just go in and sit down, then, Tom? I have a great deal of respect for him, but this is a prime example of why the GOP keeps getting its butt kicked. Unwilling to stand up for even the least principle, e.g., that these types of discussions, ostensibly about the future of our nation’s health care system and therefore our economy, should include ALL. Even if they stopped the discussion, at least he would have shown some spine. And he’s one of the stronger conservative voices.
When the candidate looks as much like the very liberals you are trying to defeat are you really winning?
The above is where we have also gone wrong. Accountability is non-existent. The law abiding are set aside for the law breakers. Up is down, down is up. Power is all that matters to Dem scumbags. Reliance on govt=reliance on them. Disgusting people, all.
I miss Reagan. This Country does as well.
RSS – Your propensity for citing polls that agree with your perspective is mildly entertaining, but hardly credible.
Get. A. Clue.
Newt, Olympia, Collins, McCain, et al need to “reach across the aisle” and stay there.
I, for one, feel utterly betrayed by Newt Gingrich, first Pelosi, then Sharpten, and now this left wing nut case in NY-23. Strange bedfellows to say the least.
I’m also sick and tired of hearing about Reagen’s “big tent”. No, No, No the tent was big if you wanted to enter it. It was one size as far a RR was concerned. His set of Conservative Principles defined th “size” of the tent. Not the other way around as some RINOS and Dims in sheep’s clothing would have you believe.
PC is Thought Control
LEE
Conservatism will prevail. I am certain of it.
Just a suggestion….
I don’t disagree with you in the least, but posting a slightly hidden F-bomb for an annoyance as minor as Mr. Gingrich is something that would be expected at the socialists’/collectivists’ blogs.
Let’s continue to be classier than they are.
When the real existential threats come hitting hard and heavy, I’ll be as quick as anyone to use the ultimate expletive when it is needed and fitting.
I hate the republican party!
How the heck does Newt even show up on polls as a presidential contender? I would not vote him in for dogcatcher anywhere.
Absolutely. Everyone who calls themselves Ugh! republicans *spit!* are actually democrats. This should be obvious to all. Republicans are actually the third party! Amen!!!
Preach it brother!!
Hey Newt: Go sell some books and get off the political stage; You are out of cred as a conservative.
*An aside about Newt; He recently became a practicing Catholic, which is a good thing IMHO; But I will predict right here and now that at some point in the future, he will become an advocacy pimp for illegal alien amnesty; Count on it!
*This is why MM and Glenn Beck are so spot on about an entire house cleaning being required for D.C.; Newt is the Pavlov’s Dog for my phrase, “Don’t trust, then verify why”!
Mister Newt can go back to the couch and make out with Bela Pelosi for all I care. How dare he hijack Ronaldus Magnus and use the greatest president of my lifetime to push a candidate doesn’t believe in anything Reagan did!
Time to go RINO hunting!
Newt has jumped the shark and landed in the nuked fridge. What is so special about getting a few crumbs at the Leftist cocktail parties anyway?
Completely off-topic, I hope you had a good birthday.
What’s the point of being in a photo with Al Sharpton if you’re not slapping him?
Hey, Newt! Get better. Better yet, get gone.
I gave Newt the benefit of the doubt when he did the commercial with Pelosi, but this support of Scozzafava is both indefensible and a deal breaker for Newt ever getting my support again.
Repent, Newt!
They later scrubbed the headline to remove the word “Victory!“,
but you can see from the URL that the word victory was originally there:
http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/11/victory-obama-on-the-wfp-line-and-other-results/
Bertha Lewis is both ACORN’s executive director
–and–
co-chair of the Working Families Party!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Families_Party
Wonderful. Vote for a third party that endorses democrats most of the time. I LIKE IT!
P.S. We need more images of upside down elephants. THis is so inspiring. At some point, lets post images of the democrat donkey. That would be awesome.
It appears that Bertha Lewis called on the Communist Party USA “as family”!
Sadly, Reagan was wrong on this. Republicans harass businesses just like the Democrats (albeit different ones), expand socialism, and offer amnesty to illegal aliens and other criminals (even Reagan did this last). I think it’s safe to say that these three items are deeply entrenched principles of the Republican Party, and largely the ones that have brought about its demise.
Reagan was the exception, not the rule. Conservatism has never had a home in the Republican Party. It has merely held on to the LOTE voter who, lucky for America, is beginning to see the error of his ways.
And not a moment too soon. Conservatives need to vote for conservatives, lest they offer more power to a party that clearly does not deserve it.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Because they never actually embraced conservatism.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Should we be surprised at Newt’s brain-damaged sellout after 8 years of Dubya and the Stupid Party spending like Reagan’s proverbial drunken sailors? I argued with many Republican’s that Dubya & the Stupids were acting like what Republicans USED TO fight against – liberal Democrats – but that because they had an (R) after their names, we were supposed to ignore their behavior and vote for the letter.
Now we have the situation where in all reality the only thing that can save us as a republic are a bunch of clowns who are as bad (if not worse) than what they used to stand in opposition for. Even if Hoffman wins, there is no way in Hades that another 217 Conservative Party members will be elected to make a majority. (Heck, another 2.17 reps would be a miracle in our binary party system.)
I wrote last year that no matter what McCain’s record of service was, he should go down in the final accounting as an utter failure who blew his final mission: to save the USA from Marxist takeover. Even though he would’ve been an absolutely terrible President – almost indistinguishable on cap & tax, immigration, global warming nonsense – he wouldn’t have nationalized 2/3 of the auto industry, sold out our allies and cowtowed to every thug around the globe.
But because his #1 goal was to get the nomination he felt he was owed in 2000, once he got it and didn’t have the stomach to battle his statist Dem pals, he sold out his nation to stroke his ego. That’s why John McCain should be viewed as no better than Benedict Arnold. At least Arnold knew what he was trying to do; hapless Mac didn’t even care to get over his pettiness.
And uniting under one banner will be the way to do it.
I particularly like this banner. It was put together by seeking the common ground among the conservative political parties and factions. This is the way to bring conservatives together.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
(and one more link just to keep Thomas happy … )
This group calls itself the “American Conservative Party”. I don’t know how close they are to the real deal. I don’t claim my “Federalist Party” to be the real deal, either, but the platform was built using much more prominent conservative factions as its basis, such as the Libertarian and Constitution Parties, as well as the New Federalist Platform from Reagan2020.us. In fact, much of it is cut and pasted after determining what all of the platforms had in common and/or what was perceived as acceptable to all in the process of writing it.
I’ve gained a few people to the cause, but it’s not a huge thing (I don’t have a particularly huge blog) but any comments about the platform are best directed to americanfederalistparty@gmail.com.
Love to have your input, as well as any help anyone can give getting the message out.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Hear hear.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
No.
In fact, we seem to be making out better with Obama.
At least the populace has finally chosen to educate itself and be in the know about what is going on. That is only going to help us in the future.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
I wouldn’t put it past him.
No one with his record should be trusted on any issue. There’s just too big a chance he’ll go the other way.
Besides, he most likely would not have provided the incredible wake-up call the current occupant of the White House did. An informed and educated populace (like the one we are currently building) will be the downfall of the socialist parties. The libs had better enjoy their run, because there isn’t much left of it.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
If I were selectively choosing polls that support my point but ignoring ones that do not (such as Hot Air and Drudge relying so heavily on Rasmussen), that would be dishonest. If you feel this data is lacking, show me some to rebut it.
I don’t know anything about Siena polls, but regardless of how they lean, you can make an apples-to-apples comparison to see a six-point swing in favor of the Democrat since Hoffman became a force in the race.
(If you didn’t see the original post, here’s the poll comparison by date.)
By the way, it’s unbelievable that Michelle Malkin is so tunnel-visioned that she cites a speech Reagan made in 1975 to rebut the indisputable fact that he relied on northeast Rockafeller Republicans to further his agenda once he was President. They weren’t as reliably conservative as your Jim DeMints of today, but they were a hell of a lot more conservative than Tip O’Neill.
Note to Michael Steele and the RNC: No $$$ for the GOP until you take out the RINO trash. You better start listening to us.
RSS,
Your interpretation is correct except in one regard: Reagan was stating his vision of how it wanted it to be, but when he got in he had to go by the political reality that was manifest at that time and seek 3/5 of what he wanted to achieve-The Dems never lost control of the House and the Repubs only had the Senate for a few years; this was another case of history repeating itself where the Repubs might come up with one or two good leaders and the rest are wussy “go-along, get-along ” types, much like the present era…weaning people off Socialism as a political philosophy takes longer, and honestly requires people to know why its bad, believe that it is bad, and then do something to get rid of it.
Reagan’s ascent and the subsequent 1994 revolution were necessary stepping stones to first convince the public that it was possible to have conservative President at all, and then it became easier to have them accept a much more Conservative Congress later-on….This despite the fact that the Republican Party has been dying from its own lack of principles since Theodore Roosevelt took office (no I’m not a fan of T. Roosevelt’s domestic policy or his view of the constitution -funny that seems to run in their family, doesn’t it?).
Since the current Republican Party is behaving with its cyclical “do-nothingness” again, it’s time leap from this polluted party-its purpose served long-ago- and have conservatives go solo-the question for conservatives is how to do it and who are best people capable of leading this ‘party’. This is in fact the next stage of conservative “evolution”…
It is those certain fundamental beliefs that seem to escape the Speaker; celebrity has not served his character well.
Somebody needs to tell Sean Hannity about Newt, because he keeps having him on his program. Newt sold his soul to the libs just to get invited to the “big dance” on Friday nights. What a joke Newt has become. It is time for him to shut up.
But Newt, but Newt…they still hate you! Really. When you turn your back, they heckle and snark.
You have submitted yourself to the idea of a permanent democrat majority and will find yourself in a very lonely place when the conservatives regain leadership again.
Gingrich has fallen to the depths of being a hack, just like so many in his party. If the true “small-r” republicans were to simply form their own coalition and quit the GOP, I’d have no problem with it. This party is finished.
I don’t know what sort of man Gingrich was when Reagan was president, whether he was simply a partisan creep like he is now, only he seemingly touted a more conservative party line, but it doesn’t matter anymore. He’s a charlatan, and I see in him the same enemy as anyone in Washington, DC. Mr. Gingrich, you are dead to me.
Reagan stood on principle and that’s why the country loved him. The singlemost important principle that Reagan followed was to be perfectly in concert with our own Constitution by putting “We the People” FIRST – ahead of government and politics.
Basically, Gingrich is admitting that he really has no principle to stand on other than political expediency and is therefore willing to go as far as to lie about Ronald Reagan in order to carry it out.
There is no compromise between the truth and a lie. Reagan understood that – Gingrich never did.
He also has anti-Semite, Nazi apologist Pat Buchanan on his program all the time too. A line must be drawn between the sane, thinking people in this country and those who do that which is expedient or in accordance to their hateful tendencies. I wouldn’t touch many of the guests that Sean Hannity has on his program with a ten-foot pole.
For the former there are only two choice – leave or stay. If we stay then outright RINOS and people like Gingrich have to GO!
Gingrich is suffering from beltway fever. Few can spend years in DC and not catch it. A true statesman guards his heart and does not compromise. Newt is not a statesman.
Great. Another RINO/third party discussion.
Mister Newt has officially jumped the shark.
Hopefully we can deftly segue it into a discussion about atheism and evolution.
Add a kick in the pants to help him on his way.
Speaking of Ronald Reagan’s speeches…
Unfortunately, many of the “remarkable things” that were happening under Mikhail Gorbachev have now been reversed by Vladimir Putin.
In my opinion, it appears that Putin now has his puppets running Russia (Dmitry Medvedev) and the U.S.A. (Barack Obama)
Well, Newt does appear to be devolving….
Agreed!
My sentiments exactly, as earlier noted.
If they were stepping stones, I don’t know what they led to, other than sow the seeds for a passionate base. There hasn’t been a “true conservative” as y’all define it to even win the Republican presidential primaries since Reagan (who as I’ve said before kinda wussed out on his own conservative bona fides).
I have considered him irrelevant ever since he sat on the couch with Comrade Pelosi.
I have some terrible news …. Terrible, terrible news:
RNC Beats DNC in September Money Race
It’s really sad. QUICK! Let’s donate more money to third parties and to the DNC to offset this horrible turn of events. Because the RNC is supposed to wither on the vine and die.
The death of the republican party is our only hope!!!
Newt hasn’t done anything for the cause in years. He seems to enjoy rubbing elbows with the liberal elite.
Not before we rehash gay marriage first!