Newt Gingrich for President in 08

[RealGun]

All I've said is that a McCain/Clinton matchup won't get a vote either way from me. I didn't say anything about any other potential matchups.

You said you wouldn't vote for a RINO. You said you wouldn't vote for or against Hillary. You made it clear that you would sit out the election if unable to vote FOR someone. If we all did that, we would be in serious trouble as gun owners.

But this is all so premature. The primaries are a couple years away.

The GOP picks the candidates by stocking the primaries.

By what means do they do that? Is there some conspiracy I haven't heard about.

 

[JBusch8899]

Gingrich is brilliant and capable, but not electable.

While I would embrace the opportunity for Newt Gingrich to be the next President of the United States, Gingrich solidifies the left's position every bit as much as Hillary Clinton solidifies the right.

The electable difference of the two is that Gingrich doesn't have charisma of the Clintons.

Secondly, the ignorant still fail to grasp the chief reasons for this country's economic success during the time Clinton was in office. One of those reasons was the balancing of the federal budget via Clinton's refusal to compromise and the subsequent Federal government shutdown.

Many still narrowly view the shutdown as negative and erroneously blame the entire proceedings on Gingrich. The Clinton spin machine won the PR war by brilliantly manipulating the press and redirecting the shutdown unto Congress.

If not Gingrich, whom may you ask? I have no idea.

Though the chances of a Washington insider being elected to the white house is statistically low.

 

[PWK]

What of retired General Tommy Franks?
definitly pro 2A, appears pretty conservative on other issues and would (I hope) put some real teeth in the war on terrorism.

 

[ArmedBear]

POTUS should be the best of the best of us. He should be a Constitutional historian. He should have had real jobs in his life where he had to work for a living. He should have the intelligence enough to be a successful CEO for any major corporation. He should have impeccable manners, and no skeletons in the closet.

He should be brave. He should have honor. He should have pride and morals. He should be everything we could ever hope to be, but can't.

There are some problems with finding such a President, to wit:

1. Despite all the stickers that declare that "Jesus Lives," nobody seems to have his mailing address.

2. Despite the fact that candidates from both parties like to talk about how they are on Jesus' side, if Jesus really showed up at a political convention, the room would empty faster than a high school kegger when the cops showed up.

So who the hell ELSE are you gonna find?

 

[Colt]

rg,

You made it clear that you would sit out the election if unable to vote FOR someone. If we all did that, we would be in serious trouble as gun owners.

It's become obvious to me that you're a one-issue 2A voter. I am not. Continually voting for the lesser of 2 evils is not the solution. It may help some voters reconcile their conciences, and it makes for a funny line in Master and Commander, but it's not a viable long-term political strategy.

Newt Gingrich - previously Speaker of the House - Did you vote him into that role? No? You mean the GOP leadership did? Hmmm. Does GOP endorsement mean anything to you? How about Pres Bush's backing of Specter over Toomey in the last senate primary? Hmmm. Sounds like GOP stocking the ballot to me.

Yes, it's true that the votes are the final deciding factor, but to think that the party leadership doesn't have any influence is naive at best.

 

[ceetee]

There are some problems with finding such a President, to wit:

1. Despite all the stickers that declare that "Jesus Lives," nobody seems to have his mailing address.

2. Despite the fact that candidates from both parties like to talk about how they are on Jesus' side, if Jesus really showed up at a political convention, the room would empty faster than a high school kegger when the cops showed up.

So who the hell ELSE are you gonna find?

I was specifically responding to the poster that said out President should be like one of us. I heard a lot of that bushwa before the 2000 election. People that should've known better saying they were going to vote for Bush because he had been a coke addict, and an alcoholic, and a womanizer, and he ran away from his duty in the National Guard.

Because he's "one of us".

I asked the specific question then (and I asked it now, too...) "If I ran for President, would you vote for me? Do you think I'm qualified?" The resounding answer was "No". We are the employers, looking to hire the man to fill the most important job in the nation. That man we pick should embody the best of the best of all of us.

In my opinion, Newt's not the man for the job.

 

[RealGun]

Yes, it's true that the votes are the final deciding factor, but to think that the party leadership doesn't have any influence is naive at best. - Colt

If the "party leadership" does have influence, you will need to come up with at least relevant examples of actively "stocking a ballot".

Candidates run because they want to. They can be talked into it or out of it and will ultimately be influenced by how much money they can raise.