Comments on: Gingrich: I’ve been consistent on Libya all along

By: Weekend Linkorama « Mike's Meandering Mind

Weekend Linkorama « Mike's Meandering Mind — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:50:02 +0000

[...] Gingrich’s Presidential campaign is doomed: over at the very Right Wing site Hot Air, only half of the users are buying his bullshit in re: flip-flopping on LIbya. When the half the Right Wing [...]

By: Preview: Republican Debate on Foreign Policy « News « @griffinrc

Preview: Republican Debate on Foreign Policy « News « @griffinrc — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:54:57 +0000

[...] cultural battle against radical Islam. Newt Gingrich generally shares the same views, though his prevarication on Libya was once thought to have condemned his (now-resurgent) campaign to the political margins. [...]

By: Newt Gingrich stumbles out of the gate on presidential campaign (Daily Caller) « FEED NEWS

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:54:56 +0000

[...] a Libya issue, Gingrich claims he’s been consistent, while others disagree. Certainly, for a male who has been in open life [...]

By: Gohawgs

Gohawgs — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:04:59 +0000

Who knew that Newt wanted to grow up to be John “I was for it before I was against it” Kerry?

By: disa

disa — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:21:18 +0000

I’m just going to say it once – no, Newt, you are not getting my support. You are a politician before all else, and we’ve already had too much of that in America.

YOU did not support the Tea Party (until you finally woke up and smelled the winds of change). Fageddaboudit.

By: lexhamfox

lexhamfox — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:39:06 +0000

It’s Newt in election mode. He does his best stuff outside the election cycle. During elections he panders too much and it shows.

By: nukemhill

nukemhill — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:03:27 +0000

Great screen-cap!

By: Hilts

Hilts — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:19:25 +0000

I cannot stand the sight of Newt Gingrich.

By: slickwillie2001

slickwillie2001 — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:17:17 +0000

Many of Newt’s flaws come down to the fact that he so much wants the liberals to love him.

By: rickyricardo

rickyricardo — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:03:34 +0000

Newt is a bowl of mush.

Horrible candidate and a classic Republican who melts at the sight of a smiling Democrat bearing gifts.

By: txmomof6

txmomof6 — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:36:26 +0000

He must have taken “slick” lessons from ole Willie.

By: mankai

mankai — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:12:20 +0000

RBMN on March 30, 2011 at 10:59 AM

Anybody who pursues a path that denies he was ever married to his other wives, after treating them with such contempt, is not worth listening to. There are no “right” words only “convenient” words.

If he had a true “change of heart” he’d reject his latest marriage, not deny he was ever married before.

By: RBMN

RBMN — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:59:39 +0000

RBMN on March 30, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Why should I care? mankai on March 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM

You don't have to care. It's an opportunity to listen to Newt, and judge for yourself if he's had the change of heart he says he's had. He says all the right words, but there's not a lot of passion in his voice. That's what I took away.

By: JimP

JimP — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:57:34 +0000

To be objective, I should have added a word about Neo-cons to my earlier comment. Neo-cons are deserving of scorn for their jingoistic, invade the world to force them into democracy impulses. Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard being a good case in point. He reportedly thinks going to war in Libya is a ‘Hoorah!’ moment. We pulled the democratizing thing off in post war Germany and Japan and South Korea. But timing is everything as they say. That was then. We haven’t pulled it off since. See Vietnam etc. Iraq and Afghanistan you say? Call me a year after we are gone, then we’ll discuss it. We can’t get involved, for moral and practical reasons, in every Hatfield vs. McCoy clan inspired feud around the globe and stay there for 100 years while the locals learn to become civilized.

By: munseym

munseym — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:42:10 +0000

Of course his position is consistent. It is consistently the opposite of whatever the sitting president’s position is. That is not a platform. That is the platform that Obama was elected on.

By: mankai

mankai — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:27:32 +0000

RBMN on March 30, 2011 at 10:09 AM

Why should I care?

By: mankai

mankai — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:26:40 +0000

Best news I heard yesterday… Dick Morris feels as though Gingrich has the best shot at the nomination… and we all know Dick Morris has a spotless track record.

That Condi vs. Hillary race was a barn burner! And he nailed the GOP pickups in the House with his “over 90, maybe 100 or more” prediction.

By: Baxter Greene

Baxter Greene — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:26:29 +0000

Gingrich clearly has no convictions except to make the President look as bad as possible no matter what the circumstances. This is typical of conservatives including the readers here at HA, and Ed,
underceij on March 30, 2011 at 9:52 AM

Do we need to get you a tissue with all of that whining you are doing…

….WAAAAAA!!!!…leave Obama alone!!!!!!

How dare we hold the President responsible for his failed policies and hypocritical positions.

Sorry underceji….thinking people choose not to go around with their lips stuck firmly to your liberal Messiah’s butt.

If you and your hero Obama can’t handle critical analysis of his failed “Hope and Change” boondoggle he sold to the American people…then by all means go back to community organizing.At least his failures their didn’t hurt millions of Americans on a daily basis.

By: Baxter Greene

Baxter Greene — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:18:07 +0000

This is all I needed to see to know that Newt is not who we need to lead the Conservative movement:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RQKNH_nwM4

….looking at the picture of the post though…
………when was the last time a blatant,hypocritical flip-flop by Obama….you know…the President of the United States….was considered “breaking news”???????

By: slickwillie2001

slickwillie2001 — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:17:52 +0000

Yes, to be fair to Newt, the correct answer to ‘what do we do about Lybia’ is changing.

Initially, when little Bammie was ignoring Lybia, the right answers could have been no-fly or do nothing. Little Bammie dithered for three weeks and then sent in US forces. Now the rebels’ chances of success have been diminished, and Qhudafy is enraged.

The correct answer today is -all in. We must get rid of Qadaffi or he will exact revenge for our interference, and he has the money and CB weapons to do so.

By: RBMN

RBMN — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:09:46 +0000

EWTN: The World Over w/ Raymond Arroyo
Guests: Newt and Callista Gingrich and Austin Ruse
Date Produced: 4/30/2010
Description: Newt and Callista Gingrich on their new film Nine Days that Changed the World, about John Paul II’s 1979 visit to Poland….. (and Newt’s conversion to Catholicism)

http://ewtn.edgeboss.net/wmedia/ewtn/audiolibrary/wo_04302010.mp3

By: Conan

Conan — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:09:19 +0000

Like a game of chess good moves are based on the moves that appear on the board. A good opening move makes no sense once the pieces change position. I have sympathy for Newt there and agree that in war timing is everything and every battle plan has an expiration date or changes when you meet the enemy. What I would take issue with is that he, like the WH has said we should take him out and we should leave him alone and he should have included the words “at this point…” when he changed positions to include that the time had past for that to be clear what he was saying now and before.

By: Vince

Vince — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:57:51 +0000

Gingrich’s explanation makes sense but I don’t think he gets it yet. He’s an intelligent man but that only helps him in the DC circles. I don’t think he gets us folks that do the voting.

He reminds me of Nixon. I just got out of the Army in 1972 and I voted for Nixon only because McGovern was running against him. I believed that Nixon was a liar and did not like his handling of the Vietnam war.

I think of Gingrich in the same way. Duplicitous and willing to throw anyone under the bus. Hey! He’s our Obama!

By: annoyinglittletwerp

annoyinglittletwerp — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:55:12 +0000

PappyD61 on March 30, 2011 at 8:57 AM

I think T-Paw is quite serious.

By: underceij

underceij — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:52:21 +0000

Gingrich clearly has no convictions except to make the President look as bad as possible no matter what the circumstances. This is typical of conservatives including the readers here at HA, and Ed, which is why he ends his post with a poll asking if Gingrich has been convincing in claiming consistency when it’s clear he hasn’t been and why.