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thepeel
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 Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:11 am Post subject: Newt Gingrich for president? |
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Newt Gingrich for president? It could happen.
In an interview with Diane Sawyer on "Good Morning America," the former Republican speaker of the House said there was a "great possibility" that he would run for president.
He will make that decision sometime in the fall. Sawyer noted that previously Gingrich had only said he was "thinking about" a run for president.
"You said you'll make a decision at the end of the September,{is it} more likely, less likely this morning? Sawyer asked Gingrich. "I think right now, it is a great possibility," Gingrich said.
"A great possibility you'll run? Sawyer asked. But Gingrich declined to elaborate. "I don't want to get into all this stuff," Gingrich said. "I want to focus on what we have to do to make America successsful."
Gingrich was visiting "GMA" to talk about his new book, "Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December the 8th," which he co-wrote with William Forstchen.
But Gingrich took time to assess the field of declared candidates and said he wasn't happy with the current contenders, comparing them to contestants on "American Idol."
"We're in this virtually irrational process," he said. "It's exactly wrong as a way of choosing a national leader."
Gingrich said Republican candidates needed to champion large-scale reforms.
"I think unless a Republican who is nominated is committed to fundamental change in Washington they will certainly lose the election," he said.
According to Gingrich, Republicans need to realize that Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has a good chance of winning the White House if she gets her party's nomination.
"They are very effective at raking on their opponents," he said of the Clintons. "I think she has a very good chance to win the presidency."
Time for Another Conservative Contender?
Polls show that the Iraq War is a big undertow for Republicans. Gingrich said as far back as 2003 that Bush had "gone off a cliff" with the Iraq War. Gingrich believes the United States should get out of Iraq as soon as possible.
"I think we have to turn over policing responsibility for the Iraqis as rapidly as possible," he said. "Pull our troops out as rapidly as possible."
A Newsweek poll has every Democratic front-runner beating every leading Republican: Clinton edges out former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani by three points. Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards beats Arizona Sen. John McCain by 10 points, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by 37. Illinois Sen. Barack Obama prevails over McCain by 13 points.
Republicans also appear to be hitting other potholes on the presidential path. Conservatives are wary of Giuliani's staunch support of abortion rights, while McCain is seen by some as unreliable on other conservative issues, such as immigration. |
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/story?id=3171298&page=1
Well, that would change things a tad.. |
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Octavius Hite
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:47 am Post subject: |
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| Finally, someone from the moral majority. If you can't trust a man who cheats on and then leaves his cancer ridden wife, who can you trust? |
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thepeel
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:52 am Post subject: |
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| Finally, someone from the moral majority. If you can't trust a man who cheats on and then leaves his cancer ridden wife, who can you trust? |
Dude, can we please move beyond the personal lives of candidates as an indication of their ability to govern? Compare Bush and Clinton, their private lives and the effectiveness as leaders.
As a disclaimer, I'm not saying NG would be a good president. BUT, the reasons that he would suck have nothing to do with his disgusting and soulless actions to his wife. |
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Octavius Hite
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:57 am Post subject: |
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How can you trust a man to be president and lead a country when his moral compass is so broken he would commit that kind of act. Add to the fact that he claims to be Christian and that Christians should vote for him.
Its not a personal attack (that would be talking about Guliani's cross-dressing) its a fair discussion point for a man that is going to want Americans and the whole world to trust him.
He would be a terrible man to run. He was an awful congressman and he would be an awful president. |
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thepeel
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:08 am Post subject: |
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He would be a terrible man to run. He was an awful congressman and he would be an awful president. |
I don't want to argue the other point and have this thread go on for pages and pages.
The point quoted above in one I fully, 100% agree with. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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Gingrich scares me, every since that 'Contract with America' thing he organized.
I could see the Religious Right really rally behind him however. |
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stevemcgarrett
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Monty Python's exclamation, "He changed me into a newt" comes to mind.
Newt has the ego to run--on that speculation there should be no doubt.
He has the savvy to build a good campaign staff BUT...
He smirks too much and comes across sometimes as a wise guy.
Dr. Hite, I wouldn't expect you to give the man his due since you paint all conservatives with the same broad brush. Heck, even I have given Bill his due from time to time.
And you ask what is that? He helped reform welfare along with Tommy Thompson, something about which Clinton jumped on the bandwagon only after the saw it rolling out onto the street.
Agreed, what he did to his wife was deplorable but no more so than what Bill repeatedly did. But I suppose as a hedonist you'd say Bill was just being adventurous and Hillary knew what she had on her hands--er--in her home, right? |
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Octavius Hite
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey Stevie, I'm just saying that for a party hat proclaims to hold the moral majority, Newt is hardly the candidate that represents that moral line. |
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fiveeagles
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: Vancouver
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey Stevie, I'm just saying that for a party hat proclaims to hold the moral majority, Newt is hardly the candidate that represents that moral line. |
People change and learn from their mistakes...it's called grace and forgiveness. At least Newt is transparent enough to be open about it and confess it to 10 million people rather than try and cover it up.
OH, here's a bible study for ya. Who did God deem to be a man after his own heart?
The perfect pharisees that followed the law to the tenth?
or
David, who was an adulteress and murderer?
or how about
Hitler
vs
Churchhill
Which one looks better on paper? I guarantee you that most of the candidates don't have half the character that Newt does. |
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stevemcgarrett
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| Hey Stevie, I'm just saying that for a party hat proclaims to hold the moral majority, Newt is hardly the candidate that represents that moral line. |
Agreed--fair enough.
And although Newt's bright, he's not as intellectual as he thinks he is. Kinda like the Republican equivalent of libertarian Bill Maher and Democrat James Carville. |
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