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National News See other National News Articles Title: 27 Reasons Why Newt Gingrich Would Be A Really, Really Bad President In recent weeks, the poll numbers for Newt Gingrich have absolutely skyrocketed. Many now believe that he has a legitimate shot at winning the Republican nomination. But the truth is that he would be a really, really bad president. Gingrich is a big time Washington insider who believes in individual health care mandates, who supported the bailouts, who was instrumental in cramming NAFTA down the throats of the American people and who is either soft or wrong on just about every single issue that conservatives care about. His personal life has a history of being a mess, his finances have a history of being a mess and his campaign was such a mess a few months ago that most observers considered his candidacy to be completely dead. He has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations for two decades and he has been spotted attending meetings at the Bohemian Grove. He sounds good during a debate, but it really boggles the mind that anyone would consider voting for someone with such a nightmarish track record. The funny thing is that a lot of Tea Party activists are now jumping on board the Gingrich bandwagon. A couple of years ago, the Tea Party movement was very much anti-establishment and Tea Party activists declared that they were sick and tired of "fake conservatives" and "RINOs". Well, other than Mitt Romney, there isn't anyone left in the Republican field that is more of a "fake conservative" than Gingrich is. Gingrich is a big time "RINO" that represents just about everything that the Tea Party is supposed to be against. It just seems inconceivable that a big chunk of Republicans would actually be thinking of voting for Gingrich at this point. Yes, four more years of Obama would be a complete and total disaster for America, but so would a Gingrich administration. The following are 27 reasons why Newt Gingrich would be a really, really bad president.... #1 In 2008, Newt Gingrich did a television commercial with Nancy Pelosi in which he stated that they both agree that "our country must take action to address climate change". He now calls making this commercial "a mistake", but this is yet another example of the lack of sound judgment that Gingrich has shown throughout his entire political career.... #2 Newt Gingrich also worked with Nancy Pelosi to promote the idea of a national sales tax on energy. #3 In a 2007 interview with PBS, Gingrich endorsed the idea of a "cap and trade" scheme to limit carbon emissions.... #4 During this campaign, Newt Gingrich has loudly denounced Obamacare, but in 2008 he wrote a book entitled "Real Change" in which he endorsed an individual mandate for health insurance. #5 In fact, earlier this year Newt Gingrich stated during an interview on NBC's Meet the Press that he still believes in an individual mandate. The following is from an exchange between host David Gregory and Gingrich during the show.... (Videotape, October 3, 1993) REP. GINGRICH: I am for people, individuals--exactly like automobile insurance--individuals having health insurance and being required to have health insurance. And I am prepared to vote for a voucher system which will give individuals, on a sliding scale, a government subsidy so we insure that everyone as individuals have health insurance. (End videotape) MR. GREGORY: What you advocate there is precisely what President Obama did with his healthcare legislation, is it not? REP. GINGRICH: No, it's not precisely what he did. In, in the first place, Obama basically is trying to replace the entire insurance system, creating state exchanges, building a Washington-based model, creating a federal system. I believe all of us--and this is going to be a big debate--I believe all of us have a responsibility to help pay for health care. I think the idea that... MR. GREGORY: You agree with Mitt Romney on this point. REP. GINGRICH: Well, I agree that all of us have a responsibility to pay--help pay for health care. And, and I think that there are ways to do it that make most libertarians relatively happy. I've said consistently we ought to have some requirement that you either have health insurance or you post a bond... MR. GREGORY: Mm-hmm. REP. GINGRICH: ...or in some way you indicate you're going to be held accountable. MR. GREGORY: But that is the individual mandate, is it not? REP. GINGRICH: It's a variation on it. #6 Newt Gingrich has made some very curious statements about Obamacare. For example, he recently made the following statement about the Obamacare law.... #7 The truth is that Newt Gingrich is very, very soft on health care. Just consider the following excerpt about Newt from a recent Washington Post article.... #8 Newt Gingrich voted for higher taxes on numerous occasions. While he was Speaker of the House, the amount of taxes collected by the federal government from the American people increased from $1.001 trillion to $1.511 trillion. Would the amount of taxes extracted from us increase by another 50 percent during a Gingrich presidency? #9 In 2008, Newt Gingrich stated that he would have voted for the TARP bailout if he was still a member of Congress. #10 In 2003, Newt Gingrich boldly promoted George W. Bush's prescription drug bill. Because of that bill, the federal government is now facing an additional 17 trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities. #11 Newt Gingrich is a big time Washington insider that is often paid huge sums of money for doing next to nothing. Gingrich has said that he was paid $300,000 for "work" that he did for Freddie Mac, but according to Bloomberg he actually earned somewhere between $1.6 million and $1.8 million between 1999 and 2008. So what did he do for Freddie Mac? Gingrich claims that he warned Freddie Mac about the housing bubble, but the report by Bloomberg disputes this.... It turns out that much of the "work" that Gingrich was expected to do never actually got done.... He was expected to provide written material that could be circulated among free-market conservatives in Congress and in outside organizations, said two former company executives familiar with Gingrichs role at the firm. He didnt produce a white paper or any other document the firm could use on its behalf, they said. #12 Newt Gingrich has also had a very "cozy" relationship with the ethanol industry. The following is from a recent NewAmerican article.... #13 Newt Gingrich is a firm believer in the job-killing "free trade" agenda of the globalists. Newt Gingrich voted for NAFTA and he is a staunch supporter of the WTO. He once made the following statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.... #14 Newt Gingrich is pro-amnesty for illegal aliens. He has made statements on numerous occasions where he has advocated a "pathway to citizenship" for the millions of illegal immigrants that have been living in this country for an extended period of time. #15 In 1995, Newt Gingrich actually promoted the idea that the War Powers Act should be repealed. #16 Newt Gingrich seems very confused when it comes to abortion. Just consider the following statements.... A- "I believe most Americans are pro-choice and anti-abortion." B- "I think that abortion should not be legal, and I think that how you would implement that I'm not sure." C- "As with any public policy, the more strongly public opinion is swayed in defense of unborn life, the more our laws should and will change as a result." #17 The following is how author Dick Williams described Newt's attitude toward pro-life issues when he became Speaker of the House in 1995.... #18 Newt Gingrich supported the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 that put a significant number of new restrictions on gun owners. #19 Several of the Republican candidates are suggesting that the Department of Education should be shut down, but back in 1979 Newt Gingrich voted for the creation of the Department of Education under President Jimmy Carter. #20 News Gingrich has said that he believes that we should have Singapore-style drug tests for Americans. #21 How can we trust Newt Gingrich to manage America's finances when he has done such a horrible job managing his own finances. According to Politico, Gingrich once owed a debt to Tiffany Jewelry that was somewhere between $250,000 and $500,000. Politico tried to find out if this debt was still active but Gingrich was not willing to talk about it.... No comment, he said in an email. #22 How can we trust Newt Gingrich to run America when he can't even run his own campaign? A few months ago, the senior staff of his campaign resigned en masse. It is literally a miracle that the Gingrich campaign has lasted as long as it has. #23 For someone that preaches against debt, he sure seems to be able to rack it up. Back in July, it was reported that the Gingrich campaign was a million dollars in debt. #24 Newt Gingrich was once fined $300,000 by the House Ethics Committee. An article in Esquire detailed why he received such a large fine.... #25 Newt Gingrich has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 1990. This alone should immediately disqualify him from consideration for the Republican nomination. Former Congressman John R. Rarick once said the following about the Council on Foreign Relations.... The CFR is the establishment. Not only does it have influence and power in key decision-making positions at the highest levels of government to apply pressure from above, but it also finances and uses individuals and groups to bring pressure from below, to justify the high-level decisions for converting the United States from a sovereign constitutional republic into a servile member of a one-world dictatorship. #26 Newt Gingrich has been spotted attending meetings at the Bohemian Grove. I wonder what all of those evangelical voters that Newt is courting would think if they learned of the pagan rituals and mock child sacrifices that take place there every year? #27 Many Republican voters are deeply troubled by the fact that Newt Gingrich has actually cheated on two different wives and is now married to a third wife. The following is how a recent CBS News article described his marital history.... When his second wife asked him how he could give speeches on family values while he was cheating on her, Gingrich is reported to have said the following.... Newt Gingrich doesn't just have skeletons in his closet - he has a whole family of skeletons in his closet. Hopefully the American people will realize that Newt Gingrich would be an absolute disaster as president. This country is rapidly running out of time, and the 2012 election represents one of the last chances that we have to turn this nation around. If America elects Newt Gingrich, we will stay on the same road that Clinton, Bush and Obama have been marching us down. We simply cannot afford that. Please choose wisely in 2012 America. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 13.
#12. To: James Deffenbach, artisan (#0)
thanks for posting this great article. I saw newt on thew cover of USAToday newspaper Monday morning. touted as the frontrunner. What a disgusting POS. Absurd.
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