Newt and all the other old farts now running the Republican party can go crawl under a rock. If this country is to be saved fron the traitors who are destroying it it will take a lot of new people not those whose sole purpose in life is to get reelected.
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote: > On Gingrich: A legacy of surrender > TAGS: > > - Barack Obama <http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/BarackObama> > , > - Newt Gingrich<http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/NewtGingrich> > , > - NAACP <http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/NAACP>, > - Opinion <http://topics.politico.com/index.cfm/topic/Opinion> > > > - Listen <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40213.html> > - > Print<http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=0CA13584-18FE-70B2-A8290D1777CC7415> > - > Comment<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40213.html#commentsform> > - > Email<http://dyn.politico.com/emailfriend.cfm?uuid=0CA13584-18FE-70B2-A8290D1777CC7415&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epolitico%2Ecom%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0710%2F40213%2Ehtml> > - <http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php> > - Subscribe <http://www.politico.com/rss/ideas.xml> > > By HOWARD RICH | 7/26/10 4:27 AM EDT > Updated: 7/26/10 4:27 AM EDT > Text Size > > - - > - + > - reset > > DIGG/BUZZ IT UP > > - > - Digg this > Story!<http://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epolitico%2Ecom%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0710%2F40213%2Ehtml&title=On%20Gingrich%3A%20A%20legacy%20of%20surrender> > - Buzz it > up!<http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?publisherurn=politicocom345&guid=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epolitico%2Ecom%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0710%2F40213%2Ehtml> > - Add to > LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epolitico%2Ecom%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0710%2F40213%2Ehtml&title=On%20Gingrich%3A%20A%20legacy%20of%20surrender&summary=Opinion%3A%20He%20is%20an%20enemy%20in%20the%20fight%20for%20greater%20freedom%20for%20all%20Americans%2E&source=www%2Epolitico%2Ecom> > > POLITICO 44 > > The news that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich folded like a cheap suit > in the wake of a brazen political attack on the tea party movement was sad. > But not surprising. > > As far back as his second term in Congress, in 1980, Gingrich sided with > big labor interests until brought to his knees by a National Right to Work > education campaign. Contrary to his image, Gingrich has demonstrated > throughout his political career that he possesses no real ideological > mooring. > > Now, his legitimizing the NAACP’s crass political attempt to play the race > card reveals him to be nothing more than a rank political opportunist – a > White House-aspiring demagogue who prefers looking good for the liberal > legacy media to standing up for our rights as citizens and taxpayers. > > Practically-speaking, Gingrich no more subscribes to the tea party ideals > of limited government, individual liberty and personal responsibility than > President Barack Obama. At least, that’s what one could infer from his > endorsement of liberal “stimulus”-supporter Dede Scozzafava in upstate New > York last year. > > In fact, Gingrich previously dismissed the tea party as nothing more than > the “militant wing of the Republican Party” — a crude diminution of a > diverse group of freedom-loving Americans. > > That’s why, when the National Association for the Advancement of Colored > People decided to play the race card against the tea party earlier this > month, it wasn’t shocking to see Gingrich immediately raise the white flag > and suggest that the Tea Party should give credence to this attack by > co-hosting town hall meetings with the NAACP. Rather than rebuking this > unfounded attack and exposing its political motivations, Gingrich chose to > cave – again – in hopes of giving America a “teachable moment.” > > This policy of appeasement had disastrous results in past. In fact, it is > responsible for the GOP’s fateful retreat from its limited government roots > after the “Republican Revolution” of 1994. > Pages > > - 1 > - 2 <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40213_Page2.html> > - » <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40213_Page2.html> > > > > Read more: > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40213.html#ixzz0unSpLKGf > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
