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Re: The case for Newt 

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Tue, 06 Dec 11 6:28 PM | 64 view(s)
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re: "As George Will said in his most recent column, there is nothing conservative about Newt Gingrich."

I caught some of "Morning Joe" - an MSNBC program, I think, on the internet yesterday. It was an obscene Republican-bashing fest... many of the arguments were giggly, nonsensical barbs tossed into the ring just to make the nonstop character assassination more enjoyable for the participants. I don't know how anyone can stand to watch that show - though I could be on to something there since MSNBC's ratings aren't very good.

But one of the points they turned to over and over is that Newt is not Conservative. This is apparently the latest liberal talking point. Say it enough times and people will believe it. People who watch the program, that is. And I don't think there are very many.

I disagree with Newt on quite a few things. But to suggest that he's a Marxist is just ridiculous. After all, if he WERE a Marxist, MSNBC would love him, wouldn't it?

Newt *is* inconsistent. The MSNBC folks got that right. (You'll hear that on Fox News too.) But everything else MSNBC had to say was just giddy schoolgirl blather.




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The case for Newt
By: clo in FFFT
Tue, 06 Dec 11 1:46 PM 		Msg. 36658 of 65535

The case for Newt

By JOE SCARBOROUGH | 12/5/11 2:17 PM EST

I don’t know Newt Gingrich enough to hate him. The truth is the guy has been pretty damn good for my career. Add to that the fact we’ve never had a cross word in 15 years and it should become obvious to even the slowest Gingrich supporter that I have no axe to grind with my former speaker.

But when the subject switches from Private Newt to Public Newt, Mr. Gingrich drives me crazy. My criticisms of Newt have been documented in books, newspaper columns and news transcripts. Like Sen. Tom Coburn, I find his leadership skills to be deplorable. But I find his ideological inconsistency to be even more troubling.

As George Will said in his most recent column, there is nothing conservative about Newt Gingrich.

Will believes Gingrich would make a “marvelous Marxist.” He’s a firm believer in dogmatic solutions to all that ails America and has mastered the dark art of dehumanizing political opponents. 

Bland bureaucrats like Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are compared to Joseph Stalin by Newt while dorky accountants in the Congressional Budget Office are painted as part of a socialistic scheme to bring down America.

Meanwhile “Newt the Pure” champions $7 trillion socialist schemes and Washington institutions like Freddie Mac. While being paid millions to push massive federal programs, Gingrich has also found the time to trash Republican Budget Chairman Paul Ryan and his plan to rescue America from another generation of debt. 

Read Much more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/69798.html#ixzz1fkOvHd4p

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