Letters to the Editor
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I would have paid money to be there
Seriously. Just to watch the reactions.
Is Newt positioning himself as a uniter, not a divider? Unreal.
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oops
I think it's G. Gordon Liddy, not Libby. It's easy to confuse those Republican convicts
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If Tom Tomorrow doesn't pick up on this one...
He's sleeping.
A room full of young Brittanys and Jareds in their J. Crew outfits hooting and cheering for the War in Iraq.
If they are so gung ho, why the hell are they here and not over there?
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Positioning
Gingrich/Bloomberg '08 anyone?
I can see the Unity Party chomping at the bit right now...
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Newt
is a calculating bastard, but that might be the first time that man has made sense. ever.
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The Next Generation of Chickenhawk creeps?
How come none of those stupid little Republican fucks is in Iraq right now?
In the future, let's remember that every single able-bodied Republican of this generation who didn't turn out to fight thier own war was a coward and a fraud.
These rotten weasels have no political future in America.
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WOW
they should invite him to the debates!!!
god, i never thought i'd say that.
will he continue this message or is this a one time thing?
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I'm convinced, some conservatives just want to hate
Wow, Newt speaking some common sense! Congrats to him, but as always we are shown that some of the strongest conservatives don't want realism, fairness, they just want to paint liberals as crazy baby killers and they just know they are better than us. Their open hatred of other races has been shot down in the public sphere, so now they just have the gays, feminists and abortion to throw pitch forks at. Hey, I'm sure most of them don't believe in evolution either, of course global warming is a scam!
I mean classic, Inhofe suggests reading a FICTIONAL book to support his belief global warming isn't happening or isn't humans fault. I mean would he suggest Jurrasic Park to say, see dinosaurs and humans did live at the same time!
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Say and Do
What he SAYS and what he DOES are two different things. Newt has no credibility with me. No Republican does.
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One thing about Newt...
I may not agree with everything he says, but he has real conviction in his beliefs about personal responsability and fiscal conservativesm. You can figure out his core beliefs and then know what his position will be.
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Gingrich is Unpredictable
Gingrich is fairly unpredictable, probably the top reason he doesn't have a place in presidential politics. He will slap Democrats with one hand, and than backhand Republicans in the same motion.
He knows he should stay on point. That why he brought up Hillary. He knows, to get the applause, he should go in their and mock Hillary, Edwards and Obama. He should claim that the problems in Detroit or New Orleans are THEIR fault, and not the problems of US society as a whole. He should say we are winning in Iraq, despite all evidence to the contrary. He knows it, and mostly he plays along, but sometimes he falls off message. I feel like he gets tired of hearing his own BS sometimes.
I don't think Gingrich is at all moving to the left. No unity ticket for him. But I believe he is a "true" conservative, who recognizes the future of the Republican party is in extreme peril because it has been taken over by extremists and cheerleaders. The extremists set policy, the cheerleaders applaud the policy no matter what the outcome.
There is no longer any intellectual honesty in modern conservatism. There is only winning - us against them. Conservatives v. Liberals, traditional families v. feminists and gays, whites v. blacks, christians v. muslims, rich v. poor. There is no consistency from one idea to the next. Only justifications for any and all actions the Leaders undertake. What are Karl Rove and Bush's policy objectives but to win, and to protect their status (and the status of their friends) in the US? There isn't a rule they won't break, a lie they won't tell.
I think this is what Gingrich is hinting at in his speech. Intellectual dishonesty is becoming the heart of conservatism. Only an extremists, a cheerleader or a fool could paint the last 6 years as a success. Under Bush, the country is literally falling apart. You can play for cheers or you can tell the truth; but you can't do both.
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I see two possible explanations for Gingrich's speech
1. All those years of cognitive and moral dissonance have caused him to have a pyschotic break.
2. One of his grandchildren had a birthday that day and wished that his grandpa could not tell a lie for 24 hours.
Either way, it will be interesting to see where he goes from here.
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Your right
he is not moving to the left, he is staying put while the republican party is moving off in some other direction. Take a look at his contract with America (1992 I think), the republicans today are nowhere close to it.
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Why Newt suddenly doesn't like attack politics
Because we're finally fighting back.
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I...uh...agree with Newt
Holy shit. I never thought I'd say that.
Just kidding. Actually, I agree (to a point) with core conservative beliefs about fiscal and personal responsibility. The problem is that is exactly the bullshit they feed their base to win elections. Once elected, all of that goes out the window.
So what should we make of he said? Nothing. Wait and see. It sounds like he's trying to position himself in the middle in anticipation of his run for the presidency. Let's see if he keeps it up. It's be very promising if he did. I've gotten really tired of this knee-jerk partisanship and the counterproductive rhetoric coming from the pundits on both sides.
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Weren't y'all listening?
This was directed at everybody, not just the conservatives in that room. In probably the first time in his miserable life, Newt actually spoke like a real person without running it through his 'politician' filter. It was his "mad as Hell" speech.
This wasn't a political speech by Gingrich-- it was him realizing that he is never, ever going to advance any farther; he has lived his entire life clinging to one party's ideals, and as a result the entire nation is a mess. The state of the country absolutely sickened him.
The fact is, a bunch of Republicans AND Democrats allowed this mess to happen. Our political system is broken. Our infrastructure is collapsing, and our long-accepted claim as lone world superpower is teetering. Newt was honest, and ironically it has come far too late for him and us.
Stop railing against the Republican agenda, or you're no better than him, folks. Or even worse, the people in that room he was addressing.