Former House Speaker and GOP candidate for President Newt Gingrich and House Minority Leader Nancy PelosiNancy Pelosi on Speaker Gingrich
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said in a CNN appearance with John King that Newt Gingrich will not be president. "That's not going to happen. Let me just make my prediction and stand by it--it isn't going to happen." She says she knows something about Gingrich. Gingrich, on the other hand, told Fox News on Wednesday, "I think if she knows something, she ought to say it, and if she doesn't know something, she ought to quit saying it." Does she know something? Or is she bluffing? As Fox News anchors always say, "we'll let you decide."
I don't have a very high opinion of Pelosi. To tell you the truth, I have a very low opinion of her. However, I wouldn't be surprised that Nancy Pelosi knows something about Newt Gingrich. She's served with Gingrich in Congress for 12 years. I don't believe the public has seen all of Newt's dirty laundry. If we were to see all his dirty laundry, it would probably astound us. I'm not insinuating that I want to see all his dirty laundry. I don't. If Gingrich becomes the GOP nominee to face President Obama in the fall, I believe we haven't seen everything yet. I can recall Newt Gingrich back in the 90's when he was Speaker of the House. During that time, the mention of Gingrich evoked negative images to the public. He had a very high negative ranking when he was House Speaker. He was involved in a House ethics charge in 1997. He also had a mistress named Callista Bisek, who is now his current wife. Gingrich is also a globalist. He voted for NAFTA and GATT in 1993 and 1994. He supports amnesty for illegal aliens. He's made stupid comments such as the Paul Ryan plan for Medicare amounts to "right-wing social engineering". He's also made a global warming ad with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2008. The John Birch Society says that Newt Gingrich is a globalist and isn't a conservative.
I hope Newt Gingrich isn't the GOP nominee to face President Obama in the Fall. As of right now, I wouldn't count that out. His poll numbers are favorable in Florida and Rasmussen Reports has Newt Gingrich ahead of Mitt Romney nationally. The Obama political machine will have a heyday airing negative ads against Gingrich for this Fall's election. They will roast Gingrich. Let me make a prediction with all candor: If Newt is the Republican nominee in the Fall, he will lose handily to Obama. Make no mistake about it. He has too much baggage.
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