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Is Obama a Socialist?

February 23, 2010

He’s orchestrated the wholesale takeover of the auto industry, he is attempting to confiscate 1/6 of the U.S. economy, he wants to nationalize the student loan industry, he wants tighter control over the banking industry and mortgage industry, and he wants to control the salaries of executives.  Bill O’Reilly doesn’t think he’s a socialist, but [...]

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Paul Ryan’s “Two Futures”

February 2, 2010

Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan is a budget wizard.  You don’t mess with him.  As the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, he’s got the numbers, the intellect and the talent to flatten many opponents.  In a way he’s the 2000s version of Jon Kasich, who back in the 1990s was the major contributor to [...]

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Gingrich Lists 2012 Candidates and Includes Himself

January 14, 2010

In an interview, Newt Gingrich listed the prospective GOP field for the presidency 2012.  In that list, he included himself and made a pitch.  In that, he also listed former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Minnesota  Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and himself.  He also mentioned as possible contenders governors Mitch Daniels from [...]

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The Dueling Jobs Summits

December 3, 2009

President Obama opened a “Jobs Summit” in Washington today in a  feeble attempt to salvage what’s left of the failure of his largest legislative initiative to date — the Recovery Act which has miraculously held unemployment at robust 10.2% (at least until November’s figures come out)!
Obama is basically asking for help — he obviously never [...]

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What to Make of Newt Gingrich

October 28, 2009

I like Newt.  I think he has played a vital role in the advancement of Conservatism over the years, and continues to be a vital voice in the Republican Party and Conservative movement.  I also am not that upset that he sided with Dede Scozzafava in the election.  We as Conservatives have to realize that [...]

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Waxman vs. Gingrich on the Environment

April 25, 2009

This video excerpt truly indicates the difference between those in Washington who want to solve our problems with facts and those who want to maintain the political status quo by not wanting to listen to other viewpoints:

Waxman indicated that he believes we should all just not listen to dissent (which equal ”scare-tactics” to Waxman) or information contrary to his earlier-formed opinions – just [...]

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Gingrich Joins Tea Party Movement

March 17, 2009

The Tea Party movement received a major endorsement this week, with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich now pushing the April 15 National Tea Party.  Gingrich’s endorsement of the event lends it major conservative credibility to the tea party protests.

Gingrich’s involvement may also have electoral consequences.  Gingrich articulates conservatism well, and his involvement with [...]

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Newt’s Response to Congress’ Debacle

February 14, 2009

The Stimulus Package is going to be law by Tuesday.  We all knew from November 4th that we weren’t going to win many battles.  This is no exception, in fact it’s the perfect example:  We tried. We lost.  That’s that.  No use whining anymore;  it’s happened.  The time has come for action in the arena [...]

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Reservations on Newt

February 2, 2009

One of the names being thrown around for the Republican nomination in 2012 is former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich.  Gingrich definitely has Conservative credentials, was the architect of the 1994 Republican Revolution, and is a good ideas-man.  However, do the skills that can be attributed to Newt translate well to that of the [...]

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Say “No” to Conservative Class Warfare

November 21, 2008

There is a movement of “reformers” within the Conservative movement who want to target Conservative policies to the middle-class.  Ramesh Ponnuru at National Review is one of them.  I don’t have a problem with coming up with ideas that benefit the middle class, but it should not turn into class warfare.  Ponnuru, I feel, is [...]

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Michael Steele for GOP Chair

November 12, 2008

With Newt taking himself out of the running for the position of RNC chair, Michael Steele becomes the obvious choice.  I have been a fan of Michael Steele since his run for Senate two years ago, and had hoped he’d be appointed to this position back in 2006.  I sincerely hope that the RNC has [...]

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Newt for RNC Chair?

November 7, 2008

Word has it that Newt Gingrich is considering a run for the RNC Chair position.  With our party out of power, having a party leader with real Conservative bona-fides, as well as someone who knows how to lead a minority party to a majority one, would be in the party’s best interests.  I’ll wait to [...]

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Newt and Dave Have a Plan

September 30, 2008

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has articulated a very simple immediate solution to the Wall Street crisis: end “mark-to-market” (or fair value) accounting practices which undervalues assets and solve 70% of the crisis today.  That’s why Paulson thinks he can use the $700 billion to buy these assets at 10 cents on the dollar and sell them [...]

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The Bailout Draft Fiasco

September 28, 2008

No real down-home American can stomach the $700 billion Wall Street bailout suggestion of Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson so rumor has it Congress has a draft bill going around which will do something different:
$250 billion immediately
+
$100 billion a bit later
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$350 billion thereafter
= Ok… carry the one… all right…  $700 billion?!?
This Congress makes me sick.  And not [...]

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Paulson Plan is Bad for the Economy

September 22, 2008

The Bush Administration has proposed the so-called “Paulson Plan” to fix the economic situation that we now find ourselves in.  The plan would find the U.S. Treasury buying out $700 billion in bad mortgages that is currently crippling Wall Street, in the hopes to free up the credit market and allow Wall Street to rebound.  [...]

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Zero Tax Relief From Obama

September 10, 2008

Even though there isn’t a soul in America that believes him, Barack Obama has been running around the country claiming to support a tax cut for the overwhelming majority of Americans. With that in mind, I was happy to see this piece by Newt Gingrich and Peter Ferrara in the Weekly Standard on [...]

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Close The Door

September 3, 2008

Barack Obama’s ties to terrorist William Ayres is fair game and should have been the subject of a thousand media questions over the last year and a half.  Obama’s prior cocaine use however, should not. Not unless liberals open the door that is. If left wing blogs and the mainstream media (a distinction without a [...]

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Newt Says (and I agree): Sign the Petition!

May 29, 2008

Here’s Newt making tons of sense once again:

So, SIGN THIS PETITION from Newt’s American Solutions project to get your voice heard on having a sound, pro-growth energy policy for our nation during these hard times. 
The Warner-Lieberman Bill is a horrible, anti-growth, anti-business bill that is gaining momentum in the Senate not because it is sound policy, but [...]

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A Mississippi Massacre Portends a Cold November

May 14, 2008

First Dennis Hastert’s seat in Illinois, then two seats in the Deep South over the past two weeks.  Three House seats historically and reliably Republican have fallen to conservative Dems (Blue Dogs) who have no business winning seats in these historically Republican districts. 
Yet, the Dems are winning them.  Mississippi Republican Greg Davis lost to Democrat Travis [...]

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An Early Wake Up Call For Republicans

May 6, 2008

Newt Gingrich issued this “wake up call” to national Republicans in an attempt to prevent electoral disaster this Fall.  Newt makes a series of great points in this article (even a shout-out to Boris Johnson!) about the impending train-wreck, but also offers 9 solutions to the Republican conundrum facing the party this Fall. 
I believe that [...]

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Book Review: Real Change by Newt Gingrich

March 22, 2008

I am recommending the book ”Real Change” by Newt Gingrich. Newt paints a picture of a Red, White and Blue America (clever) where on so many issues, the American people are astoundingly on the same page: that many media-driven divisions don’t really exist on a host of cultural and domestic issues like religion, immigration, the broader War [...]

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