Gingrich: Most illegal immigrants should leave, reapply to become citizens

[spence]

Originally Posted by PRBuzz

You can be in the preparation (digging) of a hole without having exercised the option to jump into such hole with both feet. Give him time, the media are sure to turn up something which has Newt diving head first into that hole, not feet first.

Bingo. Newt's problem is that he's not nearly as smart as he thinks he is...

That's not to say he's not a very smart guy, rather, he actually suffers from a sharp intellect and quick wit...he doesn't think a lot of his ideas out first, he just blurts them out.

People are looking for policy that makes sense, not an edgy partisan attack artificially bolstered by a few historical factoids.

For the brightest guy out there he seems to be spending a lot of time backtracking and clarifying his positions.

-spence

[Saltheart]

Originally Posted by spence

For the brightest guy out there he seems to be spending a lot of time backtracking and clarifying his positions.

-spence

That's because he is absolutely hated , hated by the left wing media. He is the most feared man in America right now by the left wingers because he has so much knowledge and intellect that he can eat them alive in face to face discussions. Because they fear him so much as a candidate , they are using every journalistic trick in the book to twist what he says , take things out of context and spin all they can. Dirty left wing journalism is the only weapon they have because he beats their brains out with facts , knowledge, a true understanding of the countries problems and , although difficult to swallow sometimes , real world solutions to those problems.

I don't know why the left is so worried. Very few Americans actually want someone who knows whats going on as their president. They just want someone who will continue to promise a free ride to all the people with their hands out. Gimme , gimme , gimme and I will vote for you...as we slowly slip into economic ruin from too many taking and too few paying.Newt is by far the most capable candidate but he has no chance of winning because he tells the truth.

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No, the left fears a new brand that can deliver the goods without the baggage or the ego. Newt they can contain, he's a known quantity.

Originally Posted by Saltheart

That's because he is absolutely hated , hated by the left wing media. He is the most feared man in America right now by the left wingers because he has so much knowledge and intellect that he can eat them alive in face to face discussions. Because they fear him so much as a candidate , they are using every journalistic trick in the book to twist what he says , take things out of context and spin all they can. Dirty left wing journalism is the only weapon they have because he beats their brains out with facts , knowledge, a true understanding of the countries problems and , although difficult to swallow sometimes , real world solutions to those problems.

I don't know why the left is so worried. Very few Americans actually want someone who knows whats going on as their president. They just want someone who will continue to promise a free ride to all the people with their hands out. Gimme , gimme , gimme and I will vote for you...as we slowly slip into economic ruin from too many taking and too few paying.Newt is by far the most capable candidate but he has no chance of winning because he tells the truth.

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[Sea Dangles]

I would suggest Newt is very smart but not a skilled politician.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

That's because he is absolutely hated , hated by the left wing media. He is the most feared man in America right now by the left wingers because he has so much knowledge and intellect that he can eat them alive in face to face discussions. Because they fear him so much as a candidate , they are using every journalistic trick in the book to twist what he says , take things out of context and spin all they can. Dirty left wing journalism is the only weapon they have because he beats their brains out with facts , knowledge, a true understanding of the countries problems and , although difficult to swallow sometimes , real world solutions to those problems.

I don't know why the left is so worried. Very few Americans actually want someone who knows whats going on as their president. They just want someone who will continue to promise a free ride to all the people with their hands out. Gimme , gimme , gimme and I will vote for you...as we slowly slip into economic ruin from too many taking and too few paying.Newt is by far the most capable candidate but he has no chance of winning because he tells the truth.

Phenomenal post Saltheart. Dead-on. The only thing I disagree with is that you said he has no chance of winning. I think Newt is less electable than Romney, but I wouldn't say he has no chance. If the GOP ticket is Gingrich/Rubio, it comes down to a few states like Ohio, PA, and VA. Obama is polling terribly with independents in those states.

"he can eat them alive in face to face discussions."

Damn right. I cannot tell you how badly I want to see a debate between Obama and Gingrich. I've been dying to see that for years, and there's a great chance it will happen. That would be the ultimate battle of style versus substance.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

problem is that he's not nearly as smart as he thinks he is...

he doesn't think a lot of his ideas out first, he just blurts them out.

edgy partisan attack artificially bolstered by a few historical factoids.

For the "brightest" guy out there he seems to be spending a lot of time backtracking and clarifying his positions.

-spence

wow...sounds exactly like you? Yes, that's a rhetorical question.....

[spence]

Originally Posted by scottw

wow...sounds exactly like you? Yes, that's a rhetorical question.....

So you're saying I'm the brightest guy out there?
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

So you're saying I'm the brightest guy out there?
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fixed it

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

Bingo. Newt's problem is that he's not nearly as smart as he thinks he is...

That's not to say he's not a very smart guy, rather, he actually suffers from a sharp intellect and quick wit...he doesn't think a lot of his ideas out first, he just blurts them out.

People are looking for policy that makes sense, not an edgy partisan attack artificially bolstered by a few historical factoids.

For the brightest guy out there he seems to be spending a lot of time backtracking and clarifying his positions.

-spence

"People are looking for policy that makes sense"

Once again, your statements don't even have a passing relationship with reality.

Let's see what makes sense. Obama wants to tax and spend. Gingrich wants to shrink government spending and give more $$ to they free market. There's no better way to decide which makes more sense, than to see what happened when each of those ideas was put in place.

In Clinton's second term, Gingrich's GOP legislature cut taxes, cut spending, balanced the budget, got millions of us off welfare and back to work. After he did that, the economy grew like crazy, and unemployment shrunk.

Liberal policies of tax and spend? Ain't working in Europe, and it ain't working here.

Spence, I'm not a conservative because someone tells me I should be. I'm a conservative because all of the actual, epirical evidence, CLEARLY TELLS US that liberal Keynesian economics do not work. My conclusions are based on historical facts, not blind ideology. If the government could simply print enough money to give all of us a billion dollars, no one would be opposed to that. But despite how great it sounds, it cannot work.