You claim Gutman was wrong, then offered NOTHING to support -- merely a series of apologies and appeals.
Gingrich's failed "revolution" is all one needs to readily conclude he is merely part of the problem. Imagine had the Rs followed through with their rhetoric .... Obama who?
Regard$,
--MJ
"Gingrich has never been a conservative," according to an appraisal in May 2011 by The American Conservative magazine. "Gingrich has rarely, if ever, been for smaller government. He simply believes Republicans can preside over big government more effectively."
“The intellectual level of debate in the Senate and the House is very low, and it’s in that context that Gingrich comes off as more profound than he really is,” Siegel said. “He is the tallest building in Wichita.”
"Some years ago, I was invited to speak at a National Review conference in the government capital. In my talk, I praised our predecessors in the Old Right, who came together in opposition to FDR's domestic fascism and drive to war. Afterwards, in the question period, up pops a furious Newt Gingrich to say, at length, that conservatives must love Roosevelt -- he was Reagan's hero, after all -- and to criticize Franklin or his policies was to risk being written out of the conservative movement. I responded that this is what's wrong with contemporary conservatism: its corporatism and militarism. I never saw Newt again, and I was not invited back.
"Newt is a neocon, i.e., a champion of the corporate state and perpetual war, and a corrupt DC lobbyist of the worst sort. He may talk a good game, once in a while, with Obama in power, but it is all just a partisan trick." -- LHR, Jr.
At 08:30 PM 7/14/2016, you wrote:
Kevin Gutzman's facts are completely wrong and off base. I've read several of Gingrich's books, and his praise for FDR is somewhat truthful, but so is his criticisms.....Gingrich would have been all of 20 years of age during the Goldwater run for the Presidency; so I don't necessarily think he could be faulted for supporting Rockefeller; especially today when Gingrich uses the "Rockefellerian/North-East Corridor/Blue-Bloods" synonymously with the "Pseudo-Intellectual Georgetown Bar Crowd"; and neither term is flattering or endearing.--
Gingrich is a Tea Party conservative, has been and still continues to be a "Washington Outsider". Gingrich has supported the flat tax; and was a Reagan conservative.
On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 8:08 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < [email protected]> wrote:
- But yeah, he's done a good job on the fiscal matters. I just wish he'd keep his religion a bit more to himself.
- He has described himself as a “ pretty ordinary Christian†and as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order.â€
- But he also once said, “I made a commitment to Christ. I’m a born-again, evangelical Catholic.† That’s not a combination you hear every day, as journalist Craig Fehrman, who has covered the Indiana governor for Indiana Monthly, has pointed out.
- Here are five faith facts about Pence and how his unusual faith mix has shaped him as a politician.
- http://religionnews.com/2016/07/14/5-faith-facts-on-mike-pence-a-born-again-evangelical-catholic/
- I never heard that term - evangelical Catholic; have you? But I agreed with him on fighting against getting more refugees here. The ones we were forced to take from Burma have resulted in skyrocketing rates of TB. :(
- On Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 7:30:48 PM UTC-4, Navybrat wrote:
- I had to call family in Indiana to find out a what they thought of Pence. My brother in law said he was pretty conservative fiscally...but he also said he wasn't a social conservative...and I'm hearing differently. What do you think of him Perp?
- On Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 12:56:18 PM UTC-6, Perplexed wrote:
- The deadline for Pence to withdraw from the governor's race is tomorrow (the Star is saying he already has). Then, a committee of 22 republicans have 30 days to name his replacement on the ballot for November. That means whoever does get the nod then has 2.5 months to campaign before the vote in November.
- Second, the three people being mentioned for Pence's replacement are US Representative Susan Brooks, US Representative Todd Rokita (both of whom have made preparations to remove themselves from ballots and run for governor instead) and the current Lt. Governor Eric Holcomb - who was named as a replacement in March of this year when the previous Lt. Governor resigned.
- So that throws 2 of the House races here into disarray and in need of replacement candidates too.
- To top it off, former democrat representative Baron HIll, who was set to run for our US Senate seat vacated by republican Dan Coats, has withdrawn his bid and former governor and US Senator Evan Bayh will be running against republican Todd Young, who is currently serving his second term as a US representative - thus leaving yet another congressional district with no incumbent.
- I've never seen such upheaval at one time in my life! This state is going to be as fun to watch as the national elections for once.
- For the record, I'd like to see Susan Brooks win the governorship and Todd Young in the Senate. I voted for democrat Evan Bayh twice as governor and twice as senator - as he used to be a very moderate/conservative democrat, but then in his second term veered far left right alongside Hillary during the 2008 presidential campaign (he was widely touted as a potential running mate for her when everyone thought she would win the nomination). Bayh and Clinton were among the 2 dozen leftwing democrats to oppose the nominations of two highly qualified SC justices (Roberts and Alito) and then turn around and vote to appoint the least qualified and most radical one ever nominated - Sonia Sotomayor.
- Should be interesting. Bayh has the huge advantage (having been governor), but it will depend on how many recall that he sadly became such a partisan hack before leaving the Senate to become a lobbyist.
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