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Adultery Dating Website Ashley Madison Endorses Newt Gingrich

Should make for an interesting caucus finish.

This will be his message, optimism:

“My only request to the people of Iowa is when you get ready to vote in two weeks, ask yourself, ‘Do you really want to reward politics as usual, negativity as usual, attack as usual, consultant as usual, fundraising from Wall Street millionaires as usual?’” Gingrich said in Hiawatha.

“Or do you want to vote for the only person who has consistently, steadily been positive for the entire campaign?”

He’s keeping his powder dry for Obama, the way it should be.

if Newt is the nominee. I will concede that loyalty to America is more important in a president than loyalty to a wife. However, at this point we’ve got some good loyal conservative Americans to choose from who have also managed to be loyal to their wives (or in Bachman’s case, her husband).

There is also the risk that adultery and hypocrisy will repel middle-of-the road voters, resulting in a loss by Gingrich in an election that Perry, Santorum, or Romney would have easily won.

Either that, or you have one of those expensive Japanese models.

I am not able to forget his support of the 1992 Energy Policy Act.

WASHINGTON, DC, Dec 19, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Conservatives have spoken. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has won the Townhall.com and HotAir.com National GOP Primary. Voting ended Thursday, Dec. 15 and Newt Gingrich was declared the winner after over 250,000 votes were cast.

Townhall.com and HotAir.com, the leading conservative online network, created the National GOP Primary to give conservative voters across the country an equal opportunity to voice their opinion on the GOP nomination for president. It was the largest online primary this election cycle. The voting ballots were tabulated late Thursday night and Newt Gingrich won with 36.5 percent of the votes. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney came in second with 18.8 percent of the total number of votes. Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann came in third with 17.7 percent. Texas Representative Ron Paul came in fourth with 17.4 percent. Texas Governor Rick Perry finished last with 9.5 percent.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/townhall-and-hotair-announce-results-of-national-gop-primary-2011-12-19

Miraculous that Gingrich hasn’t completely imploded like other candidates have. Not any other candidate would have survived the torrential onslaught Gingrich has by all sides. And he’s still in top 2-3? Hardly an implosion.

“AMES, Iowa — A new Iowa State University/Gazette/KCRG poll of 330 likely Iowa Republican caucus goers finds Ron Paul in the top spot among GOP presidential candidates with 27.5 percent, followed closely by Newt Gingrich with 25.3 percent. Paul’s lead over Gingrich is within the poll’s margin of error at plus or minus 5 percentage points. ”

http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2011/dec/ISUpoll2

If Ron Paul does well in IA, the long knives will come out for him, especially on his dangerous foreign no policy. That will give Gingrich a nice rebound opportunity going into Newt Hampshire and SC.

Keeping his powder dry for Obama.

gingrich the adult in the room.

And the DC elite are crybabies saying Gingrich is mean? It’s time we get someone in office to ruffle a few elitist feathers in DC.

DES MOINES — Newt Gingrich put a pox on all parties in Washington for failing to pass a payroll tax extension, but he especially condemned the Senate, where Republicans joined Democrats to vote for a two-month extension of the tax break, which affects 160 million Americans.

House Republicans under Speaker John A. Boehner rejected that plan.

“They can’t figure out how to pass a one-year extension, so the Senate leaves town?” Mr. Gingrich said Wednesday morning. “It is an absurd dereliction of duty, and it’s game playing.”

He pointedly did not criticize Mr. Boehner for rejecting the Senate compromise and indicated Republicans would not be punished by voters.

But Mr. Gingrich conceded that the spectacle on Capitol Hill did not look good.

“I think this is an example of why people are sick of Washington and sick of politics,” Mr. Gingrich said, noting that it was another example of why a change in leadership is needed in the next election.

He added, “Obama is so inept as a president, and the Congress is so dysfunctional as an institution, that we are lurching from failure to failure to failure in a way that I think the American people find very, very disheartening to think that their leadership cannot get together and be mature.”

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/gingrich-condemns-the-senate-for-collapse-of-payroll-tax-cut-extension/

Newt doubles down and calls out Romney. HAHAHA Just what he’ll do to destroy obama in the general. Romney is a PANSY and has a glass jaw.

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“You’re kidding, of course,” Gingrich said in Manchester when asked about Romney’s comments. “Look, I’ll tell you what. If he wants to test the heat, I’ll meet him anywhere in Iowa next week one on one, 90 minutes, no moderator,” he said.

Gingrich said he took considerable heat when he was House speaker and can stand up to whatever President Obama throws at him. He accused Romney of being afraid to stand up for the ads running in his behalf, which he said were false.

“Let’s test this kitchen,” he said. “I’m happy. I’ll go in the kitchen. Go back and ask Gov. Romney, would he like to play in the kitchen? I don’t think so. I don’t think he wants to do anything but hide over here and pretend it’s not his fault that he is flooding the people of Iowa with falsehoods. That’s his money and his staff and it’s his responsibility.”
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CMON Romney, if you can’t take on Gingrich 1on1, you will fold like a house of cards against Obama.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/gingrich-challenges-romney-to-test-the-heat-with-one-on-one-iowa-debate/2011/12/21/gIQAxYFu9O_blog.html

In his “Confessions,” Saint Augustine reveals – in some opinions, rather callously, but that could be due to style – that at one point in his life he was juggling 3 women plus an illegitimate son.

Augustine had left his “companion” of over 10 years, and the mother of his son, in order to appease his mother, who had found an underage bride for him to save his soul by taming his appetite through a legal marriage. While waiting 2 years for the future bride to attain legal age, he started an affair with a third woman.

Not very admirable. Not very admirable at all.

Augustine, however, has the word “Saint” in front of his name for his accomplishments in theology and the reformation of his own life, and in dealing with both the collapse of the Roman government and the successful advance of barbarians in the late 300′s and early 400′s.

People change, and some conquer the challenges thrown in their way.

Some change because of the challenges they meet.

I’ll vote for one of them.

If not, it is simply not arguable that Newt must be the nominee over Mitt Romney.

Newt’s thoroughgoing knowledge and historical understanding of the American dynamic in the world is crucial as we begin the process of unraveling the statist leviathan.

Mitt Romney would simply be yet another social-climbing technocrat, another seat-warmer… A John Boehner without the smoking and golf.

seem to have a narrow choice of candidates that stand a chance of competing with BO in 2012. It has bemused me that we can’t produce one person that has Obama’s oration skills capable of clearly telegraphing the message about OB’s presidency and how both parties got us into this mess and suggesting that only the Republican party’s core principals can save us. Someone capable of articulating a clear plan of how to get us back on the right track that cannot be undermined by their past. Let’s not forget that the last perfect person on the earth was crucified for blasphemy (well that’s my opinion anyway). I digress..

Instead, we continue to focus on trivia which is symptomatic of America’s long romance with Democracy vs. Republicanism. Few Americans understand the difference between a Democracy and a Republic or a Democratic Republic. And, even fewer voting Americans.

Unfortunately, Republicans are forced yet again to swallow the bitter pill of the lessor evil. What a shame! With so much at stake, just one clear voice that cannot be discredited would be all we need. We get the leaders we deserve and we cannot avoid destiny. All we can do it fight this fight one person at a time and perhaps there will be a geometric proportion in that effort that can change our course in time to prevent the horrible outcome of continuing to do nothing or too little.

but, it would be dangerous to be so arrogant as to think whomever the Republican’s throw at the Dems will win whether a teleprompter or not. I would have never believed that the American public would be so stupid as to elect the Clintons much less BO.

But, I believe the problems we face will not be fixed by merely electing a Republican, particularly Romney! We’ve been steadily digging this hole for many years through ignorance and apathy. An entire generation of young people have to be “de-programed” and that will take empirical experience not political promises. Not many learn from history, particularly power hungry politicians and corporations in collusion with big government.

After all he got elected teleprompter or no and there is no reason to believe he won’t get reelected again.

Be smart, tireless and dedicated to changing the way Americans think! Find ways to engage the ill informed or ignorant and transform them into independent, personally responsible freedom loving individualists. In being Americans most of that is done for you. It’s the sense of entitlement and apathy that anything can be done about it that is the problem. Maybe not the only problem but certainly one of the greatest obstacles in fighting this fight is convincing people there is one going on and that it’s important and necessary to win if they want a future for themselves and their families.

This Diary by Common Cents has generated 5 recommendations, and 38 comments, but did not make it to the list of Recommended Diaries.

Another diary on Christopher Hitchens also has 5 recommendations, and 10 comments.

The latter is on the Recommended list, but not the former.

What is the reasoning behind this?

Allow me to second the comments of Wayne: we are reaping the whirlwind of stupidity and cowardice sewn by 80 years of Leftist propaganda, which has infected schools public and private, the airwaves, the churches, and departments of government from dogcatcher to the White House, with very few exceptions.

Countering all this will either take a complete collapse, so that the consequences of Socialism/Communism become REALLY obvious, or the arrival of Republican leaders who are not cowards and who will DARE to explain the superiority, morally and economically, of a Conservative position on government.

Merry Christmas!

There are basically three groups of people running: the establishment candidates, the upstarts, and the kooks.

The establishment candidates are Mitt and Newt. Both of them having been moving through the revolving corporate/lobbying/political appointment revolving door for so long is seems like they were born there. They are tanned, well-coiffed, and for all they yammering about making significant and fundamental changes, won’t do anything to upset the establishment unless they have no other choice. If you are resigned to choosing an establishment candidate take one of them. I personally give the edge to Newt because he did actually change things back when he was in office. But then as now, some mysterious force emanating from the Senate, deflected blame for the incompetents over there to the leader of the House. Mitt’s two big accomplishments: saving the 2002 Olympics and Romneycare.

The kook: Ron Paul. Some might add Huntsman. I put Huntsman in with the upstarts. Never vote for the kook. It is okay to be sorely tempted, just don’t actually pull the lever.

The upstarts: Bachmann, Perry, Huntsman. For me, each of them has some really good positives, and a one or two bad negatives. On paper Huntsman has produced the most Republican fiscal platform seen since Reagan. He definitely would work for smaller government. But for me he mirrors Ron Paul too closely for me to be comfortable, and there’s that whole ambassador to China thing. Bachmann is a better debater than Perry, but in the end Perry has the record for creating jobs in Texas. So my choice is Perry.

Santorum? Although I like him, I’m not sure if he properly belongs in the upstarts or the Establishment. He seems to have one foot planted firmly in both camps. Which probably explains why he never caught fire.

is certainly not helping. (save helping Obey.)

Sowell is making a great, (as usual), point about having a President who actually looks out for America over the Komrade O.

The thing that causes confusion is the character issue.
A candidate who has established core principles will not
dither when answering any question. His character determines one’s actions in any particular situation.

The candidates who have changed, repented,or “learned from experience” beg the question of what is genuine and what is for upping their numbers in the polls.

The burden of proof, as with everything in life, is on the transgressor who made the mistakes, to prove that they have really changed. If they have really changed their core values, then great.

Please be understanding, however if we exhibit a tendency to doubt a politician’ s veracity.

Regards

Most of the stuff of his that I have read is drivel.
He might be old, does that qualify him?

http://www.c-span.org/Events/In-Final-Stretch-Newt-Gingrich-Holds-Town-Halls-in-Iowa/10737426689/

A great overview of his plans.

I just think he’s got the best economic plan of any of the candidates. I love the idea that he wants a strong dollar–that was clearly Reagan all the way. An optional flat tax, that’s wonderful. Spending restraint. If you look at some of his reforms of programs, it is just a very, very good, well-designed economic package and that’s what I am all about. I figured it would be remiss of me not to come and out and say, “I think he’s the best candidate.”

http://www.newt.org/news/video-art-laffer-endorses-newt-gingrich-fox-news

Laffer will be in IA campaigning w/ Gingrich.

that’s been feverishly at work trying to Islamize America as fast as they can (with assists from Obama, Eric Holder, Soros and his minion outlets, leftist useful idiots, etc, of course), in its tracks.

For the general, it helps that Newt has the best potential among the GOP contenders to out-debate Obama.

There is some chance that he can still pull it off (the nomination) if a few currently unpredictable chips fall his way, but he definitely needs to exercise more discipline as well as political alertness, and work tirelessly here on out to build a competent organization.

to read some of these comments.

I think Sowell makes a lot of sense. The ONLY legitimate arguments against Gingrich are that (1) the lying MSM won’t have to lie quite so much to poison him publicly, and (2) he’s just too smart for the general public. In fact, Newt’s smarts are just what Obama’s were supposed to be.

(Supposed: “Everybody says Obama is really smart, so I suppose he is.”)