NAFTA Newt Must Drop Now!
I am participating in an online debate regarding the nation that Newt Gingrich must drop out of the Presidential race for the good of the nation.Here is my opening salvo:
"...Far too often political debates degenerate into rancorous jeremiads with neither side proving much except their own emotional incontinence.
(My opponent) and I agree one the most important issue of all. Mr Obama is a threat to Christian values and in his arrogance Mr Obama has emboldened our enemies abroad and weakened our nation at home. His judicial appointments have been a catastrophe and his administration is openly hostile to the republican form of government as enshrined in our U.S. Constitution.
The fundamental question is which candidate is best suited to unseat Mr Obama in the upcoming election?
I must state that I am not overly impressed with any of the four remaining GOP candidates. In a nation that is overwhelmingly Protestant, it is peculiar that the political party most strongly associated with evangelical Christians has a Mormon front runner and two Roman Catholics as its top three candidates.
Let's examine the field. I have read Ron Paul's explicit Christian testimony and am heartened by his statements in favor of life and other issue of profound importance to Christian voters. Dr Ron Paul is outstanding in his analysis of the Federal Reserve and Austrian (Free Market) economics, and his domestic policy is overall quite good, but for a variety of issues that deserve a fully developed treatment and analysis, it is perhaps best to say that he has made a few remarks that are "off the reservation" with regard to current mainstream GOP voters. He will not be the GOP nominee (but I believe he can make an important contribution via his delegates at the GOP Convention in Tampa, Florida.) Beyond that it seems that Mr Paul is far and away the dark horse of the GOP field and as such not really a part of the discussion at hand.
That leaves the other three. In an effort to address the most crucial issue before us, how to unseat Obama I will stipulate, for the sake of this debate only, that Governor Romney has some problems.
Having said that, we are left with Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.
If we table the viability of Governor Romney, the problem before us is: If not Romney, who?
Realistically, one of the other two should step aside so that the votes of those opposed to Romney may be pooled together. Who must step aside? It must be Newt Gingrich.
I agree wholeheartedly that Mr Gingrich's attacks on the sanctimonious liberal media are delightful to watch but the sad truth is that he is an enormous liability to the Republican Party.
Gingrich claims he is a "Reagan Conservative." This claim has as much validity as Islamo-Atheist Obama claiming that he is a Christian and that the Bible instructs him to raise taxes. Simply making a statement does not make it true.
Mr Gingrich is not a traditional conservative. Conservatives do not leave their wife (suffering with cancer) for another woman and then do the same to wife #2 (who suffered from MS) while carrying on an elongated affair with wife #3. Gingrich libeled his former wife by claiming he had "witnesses" that he never asked for an "open marriage." This defense is absurd on its face. Were these alleged witnesses with him at every moment? Were they privy to his bedroom conversations with his wife? If so, how reliable are their claims?
Even if you believe Gingrich's abandoned wife is a liar, you must face the reality that a triple-marriage career politician is better suited to the party of Clinton than than the Party of Reagan (Yes, Reagan was divorced once. His wife left him- enormous difference).
Can we be so naive as to believe that Mr Gingrich's "friends" in the media will not revisit this sordid affair over and over as he campaigns against beloved Obama?
Gingrich polls in the low 20% with GOP women and even lower among independent women and democrats. There are more women registered to vote in the United States than men. This argument alone ought to be dis-positive on practical grounds.
For the sake of argument, let us continue with Newt's disqualifications beyond his personal moral failings.
Fundamentally, the argument is that Gingrich represents "true" conservative values and Romney does not. The issue then becomes defining what you mean by "conservative."
Gingrich is a committed globalist who shepherded through GATT and NAFTA for Bill Clinton. These treaties sundered American sovereignty and resulted in the hemorrhaging of millions of manufacturing jobs and the massive influx of illiterate Mexicans whose own traditional economy was shattered as a direct consequence of NAFTA. Gingrich has never once apologized for his vital role in these fiasco and indeed boasts of it.
Did conservatives endorse pro-abortion/pro-homosexual "marriage" candidate Dee Dee Scozzafava over a TEA Party candidate? No. But NAFTA Newt did.
Do conservatives join with Nancy Pelosi endorsing the idea of man made climate change and make commercials on behalf of this sideshow? No, but NAFTA Newt did.
With millions of American citizens out of work and illegals FLOODING the US to take jobs away from unemployed Americans, do conservatives endorse the DREAM Act and amnesty? No, but Newt does. His Hispandering is nauseating.
The list goes on and on. I have not even started on Newt's profiting from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Newt is no conservative.
His erratic behavior and hubris guarantee an election campaign overflowing with gaffes (such as his "moon base" pledge) that will be fodder for the very media Newt disparages.
If anyone ought to drop out, it must be Newt."


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