5 posts tagged “newt gingrich”
Newt Gingrich writes about his decision not to run for President in his Winning the Future E-newsletter that is part of HumanEvents.com.
Before it became evident that Fred Thompson was going to throw his hat in the field of candidates, Newt was one of my top favorites. Newt and the Clinton family are not exactly friends. Newt was involved in slick Willie being the second President of the United States to be impeached from Office. The only thing that saved Clinton’s cajones was a Democratic majority in the Senate.
Then Newt became slimed in a scandal himself – one of the greatest Republicans next to Reagan became embroiled in an extra-marital affair. Unlike slick Willie, Newt resigned from the Speaker’s Office in the House while President Clinton received the aid of Democratic Party buddies in the Senate and actually finished his term unscathed. This occurred even though an American President out right knowingly lied to the American people – “I did not have sex that woman.” Either a blow job and ejaculation is not sex or Slick Willie lied.
I can hear the Democratic fringe now: “Bush lied people died.” If indeed Bush lied (I am not totally convinced), it was not knowingly. Bush’s decision about war was based on the same Intelligence reports that the Democrats of high levels read and endorsed the invasion of Iraq.
Here is the thing: Newt admitted his mistake and resigned from one of the most powerful Offices in America – Speaker of the House.
God knows how many people the adulterer sex offender sparkled up the pinnacle of his power. Yet the dirt has slipped of slick Willie like Teflon and his wife rather than divorce him intends to follow Slick’s tarnished but endeared Leftist legacy to the White House.
Newt would have made an excellent Conservative President however I do not think his integrity could withstand the dirty tricks that began to be hurled by a Clinton machine if nominated as expected by the Democratic Party.
Newt would be a good VP or Cabinet member in a Republican Administration; nonetheless let us read the specifics as to why Newt made the final decision not run in 2008.
There seemed to be a round of agreement that the Senate legislation on immigration was dead last week. I have come to find out from Newt Gingrich that is not the case. Apparently President George W. Bush in an ever increasing bolt from those who elected him is going to utilize political strong arm tactics in an attempt to push the outrageous immigration bill through the Senate.
It is mobilize the Conservative Forces time and do what I thought would be unthinkable: Oppose the Presidential wishes toward the Senate!
Apparently Newt Gingrich gave a dismal assessment of the GOP if voter association remains with George W. Bush during the 2008 elections. The meaning of course that the Republicans will not only have lost both Houses of Congress but would lose the White House as well.
Gingrich has accused Bush of screwing the Republican Conservative revolution initiated by President Ronald Reagan.
I agree with Gingrich on the Bush debacle. The early years of his Administration the agenda (at least in the First Administration) had spot on goals. The problem became dismal choices in the decisions to find a path to the goals. Once it became apparent that the execution of Executive decisions was faulty, the Bush Administration kept looking for paths leading away from the debilitating quick sand it always seemed to step into. Anti-Bush bureaucrats in government (Democratic and Republican appointees past and present) and fringe Leftist Democrats made sure the Bush Administration kept finding the quick sand via lies and half-truths and rarely (if ever) the whole truth.
After Congress left the Executive Branch/Legislative Branch alliance by the defeat of the Republican majority, the Bush Administration became an absolute lame duck. The only political leverage the Bush Administration retained was the “veto” and negotiated comprise with Leftists.
Thus early bad decisions on how to reach goals has led to a disastrous Presidency.
Gingrich is correct partly in his assessment of distancing Republicans from George W. Bush, yet not totally. The early aim of fighting terrorism on wherever it may lead is a good thing. The War on Terror must not be given up, rather the War has to be fought smarter and with the aggressive means to discover the path to victory. A few civilians may die but that is the casualty of a war that Middle Eastern Muslims and global Islamist civilians support (America is viewed as Christian Crusaders). The victory over Nazi Germany and Imperialist Japan in WWII was won with huge enemy civilian causalities. These civilians absolutely supported their government's war goals. Why would anyone expect a difference in the War on Terror? The terrorists (Palestinian and global Islamists) certainly expect that the death of civilians will force Western oriented nations to offer defeat, and the West should respond in kind.
Anyway that is my passionate belief about the current War. Newt Gingrich addresses other political issues in his GOP assessment.
You can watch the speech given to an American Enterprise Institute location HERE (I am unsure how long that link will be available). You can read the report provided by Fox News/AP HERE.
I was reading an article attributed to Dick Morris and Eileen McGann in the Jewish World Review today. The article seemed very supportive of Fred Thompson to commit for a run for the Republican nomination for President. I myself believe that Thompson is an articulate persona as President Reagan was. I believe he will appeal to the Christian Right, right wingers such as the NRA and so forth.
The Morris/McGann article questions Thompson’s reluctance to enter the race early might be a death knell to a later entry. The article reasons a later entrance will imply an image of lack of stick to it-ness which portrays leadership fragility in confronting a wild cat say like Hillary Clinton.
Morris/McGann point out that an early entrance by Obama circumscribed a Gore entry on the Democratic side; thus Thompson entrance NOW could circumscribe a possible Newt Gingrich (who I also like) entrance into Presidential politics.
Then Morris/McGann goes into all the what-ifs the Republicans and Thompson might face as Super Tuesday approaches in February 2008. Morris/McGann accuses Rudy Giuliani as being in the mold of old Rockefeller (pro-business yet center/left). The implication being if Thompson does not enter soon, Giuliani will have nearly unstoppable momentum. Giuliani is quite popular with everyday Joe Republican because of the strength of leadership he demonstrated during 9/11.
I personally think that Giuliani has too many skeletons in his closet to defeat a cagey Clinton gang. Because of Giuliani’s skeletons it would be tough to attack Clinton skeletons. I don’t think Newt Gingrich can defeat the Clinton Gang; he just comes across as too nice of guy for the old wild cat Clinton gang. I do believe Gingrich would make an excellent leader as President; one does not acquire Speaker of the House without skills. Unfortunately those are closed door skills that politicians rarely show publicly. I do not think Newt’s open door election skills can compete with the Clinton gang. I betray my disdain for Mormonism as a cultic off-shoot from Christianity that has the appearance of ancient Gnostics more than the orthodoxy practiced by Christians. Mitt Romney morals may be impeccable, but it would be like voting for an anti-Christian. However I have to tell you, I would vote for Romney before I would for any Left Wing Democrat.
I am sure there are other Republicans I am leaving out; however the ones I have written about are the ones I am thinking about (I guess I could throw Brownback in there and maybe others). It is the idea of a slick speaker and a quick wit like Fred Thompson that I am really drawn to. In that I am like Morris/McGann: RUN FRED, RUN…NOW!
Newt Gingrich is acting like a Presidential candidate. This week’s Winning the Future installment offers a quite remarkable plan. Whether or not Gingrich wins the Republican nomination or is a part of a Republican Presidential Administration in 2008, he has very legitimate ideas to consider. Gingrich is not locked into a “hate Bush syndrome.” The syndrome of if it comes from Bush, the idea must be fought with all political clout available.
Newt’s thesis is a common enemy should unite Democracies of which little Israel has been on the front lines since it’s modern inception.
That enemy is radical Mohammedanism. The West must find the common ground to be as one to end this Islamofascism once and for all.
