(On Deadline) Lately former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has been dropping hints that he might run for President in 2012. Gingrich stated that the groundwork will have to be laid to run for the presidency by either February or March. Both Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity on the Fox News Channel have seriously posed that questioned to Gingrich. Gingrich has stated that he'll talk it over with his family and he'll know by February or March for sure whether or not he'll run for president.
Joseph Farh, the editor of the "World Net Daily", posted an article on the website on May 24, 2010 entitled, "Newt is not the Answer." Farah was making the point that when Gingrich became Speaker of the House in 1995, he was the politician instead of the revolutionary. That is correct. The problem with Newt Gingrich isn't his intellect capability nor does he not have solutions to answer the political problems plaguing America. Gingrich is a brilliant intellectual and he does well at the group which he founded recently entitled, "Solutions for Winning the Future." He's held "solutions" conferences across the country. I have no qualms with him there. Consequently, he can't handle power. He was great in articulating the case in 1994 about the changes that were needed in America. He and a few other fellow Republicans wrote a document entitled, "Contract With America." That helped enable the "Republican Revolution" of 1994. That year the Republicans swept both Houses of Congress. That was the first time the Republicans gained control of the House since 1954.
Following the Republican Revolution of 1994, Gingrich was a politician more interested in posing with the president on Air Force One that trying to derail President Clinton's agenda. There was an instance in late 1995 when the Contract with America was stalled when certain portions of the Federal Government were shut down due to a disagreement between Congressional Republicans and President Clinton on the annual budget. There were approved appropriations that were set to expire and they did because no budget agreement was worked out. The Congressional Republicans were trying to slow the growth of government spending. It was said that Gingrich took the hard line stance he did because he was snubbed by the President when he was on the airplane heading to former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's funeral. That really did some damage to Gingrich's reputation along with some allegations concerning Gingrich over the college course that he taught and he took a tax-exempt status for it. He served as Speaker for over four years and resigned in 1999.
There's no qualms about the brilliance of Newt Gingrich. Everything he's said about the Obama administration is correct. He can offer some solutions on paper what needs to be accomplished in Congress and the White House. However, Gingrich won't stand up to his principles when he's in power. He didn't then and he certainly won't today. We need someone who will stand up to those in opposition in Congress and stand for the Constitution. Gingrich is an establishment Republican. He will compromise and bend to whichever way the wind blows. It wasn't too long ago that he made a commercial with current Speaker Nancy Pelosi over climate change, which was phony. Last year he supported RINO Dede Scozzafava for New York's 23rd Congressional Seat over a more conservative third party candidate Doug Hoffman. Gingrich has proven that he's not always steady. Given the state our government is in today, we need a rock solid candidate that won't bend to political correctness and compromise when it comes to the Constitution. I appreciate the work Newt currently does and he needs to continue doing that. He's been in the political arena long enough.
Joseph Farh, the editor of the "World Net Daily", posted an article on the website on May 24, 2010 entitled, "Newt is not the Answer." Farah was making the point that when Gingrich became Speaker of the House in 1995, he was the politician instead of the revolutionary. That is correct. The problem with Newt Gingrich isn't his intellect capability nor does he not have solutions to answer the political problems plaguing America. Gingrich is a brilliant intellectual and he does well at the group which he founded recently entitled, "Solutions for Winning the Future." He's held "solutions" conferences across the country. I have no qualms with him there. Consequently, he can't handle power. He was great in articulating the case in 1994 about the changes that were needed in America. He and a few other fellow Republicans wrote a document entitled, "Contract With America." That helped enable the "Republican Revolution" of 1994. That year the Republicans swept both Houses of Congress. That was the first time the Republicans gained control of the House since 1954.
Following the Republican Revolution of 1994, Gingrich was a politician more interested in posing with the president on Air Force One that trying to derail President Clinton's agenda. There was an instance in late 1995 when the Contract with America was stalled when certain portions of the Federal Government were shut down due to a disagreement between Congressional Republicans and President Clinton on the annual budget. There were approved appropriations that were set to expire and they did because no budget agreement was worked out. The Congressional Republicans were trying to slow the growth of government spending. It was said that Gingrich took the hard line stance he did because he was snubbed by the President when he was on the airplane heading to former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's funeral. That really did some damage to Gingrich's reputation along with some allegations concerning Gingrich over the college course that he taught and he took a tax-exempt status for it. He served as Speaker for over four years and resigned in 1999.
There's no qualms about the brilliance of Newt Gingrich. Everything he's said about the Obama administration is correct. He can offer some solutions on paper what needs to be accomplished in Congress and the White House. However, Gingrich won't stand up to his principles when he's in power. He didn't then and he certainly won't today. We need someone who will stand up to those in opposition in Congress and stand for the Constitution. Gingrich is an establishment Republican. He will compromise and bend to whichever way the wind blows. It wasn't too long ago that he made a commercial with current Speaker Nancy Pelosi over climate change, which was phony. Last year he supported RINO Dede Scozzafava for New York's 23rd Congressional Seat over a more conservative third party candidate Doug Hoffman. Gingrich has proven that he's not always steady. Given the state our government is in today, we need a rock solid candidate that won't bend to political correctness and compromise when it comes to the Constitution. I appreciate the work Newt currently does and he needs to continue doing that. He's been in the political arena long enough.
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