NCTexan Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 That's it. I'm done with Newt and heartily endorsing Bob Dole. @Rokke Let's not be coy concerning your reasons for endorsing Bob Dole. "When Bob Dole speaks... Rokke listens!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 That's it. I'm done with Newt and heartily endorsing Bob Dole. @Rokke Let's not be coy concerning your reasons for endorsing Bob Dole. "When Bob Dole speaks... Rokke listens!" No one takes greater pleasure in having fun at Bob's expense (talk about low hanging fruit) than I. I would like to point out He was the first one to arrive in Fla. and rally the troops during the 2000 post election battle. As I recall reading at TOS he was like the energizer bunny, running everywhere encouraging people to fight on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Coordinated Avalanche Against Newt Doesn't Match My Memory of Reagan Years - The Rush Limbaugh Show So I knew something like this was gonna happen. It's not really that it's been doctored, but that it has been selectively chosen from. So I sent it up to Cookie 'cause I can't listen to it, I didn't have the time to listen it. Cookie said, "Look, this thing is an hour long. I'm sure he praises Reagan at some point or another, but I wouldn't say it's doctored." So my expert says it's not doctored. The blogger says it's been selectively edited or chosen. So I just wanted to get it out there. I think Cookie is protesting having to listen to an hour of Newt, basically, in order to find -- (laughing) -- what I asked her to find. He-he-he-he-he-he. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Cookie is defiant. She's giving me a minute and a half after of the Newt bite and she's insistent that nobody's doctored this and nobody's changed -- and I've read the transcript, that's true. Newt still says look, the eighties were great but we gotta look forward, people -- people care about the future, da-da-da-da-da. He praises Reagan in the bite, which the first -- the -- the excerpted bite doesn't include any of but it doesn't change the fact that while praising Reaganism, he still says to George Bush, you -- you're wasting your time if you campaign on Reaganism. Nobody wants more of the past. We want to look forward, nothing changes about that. So the -- the Cookster was right. END TRANSCRIPT Rush's actual recollections of the Reagan/Gingrich time and things he is surprised to learn now. Shock, video of Newt bashing Reagan misleadingly edited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Coordinated Avalanche Against Newt Doesn't Match My Memory of Reagan Years - The Rush Limbaugh Show So I knew something like this was gonna happen. It's not really that it's been doctored, but that it has been selectively chosen from. So I sent it up to Cookie 'cause I can't listen to it, I didn't have the time to listen it. Cookie said, "Look, this thing is an hour long. I'm sure he praises Reagan at some point or another, but I wouldn't say it's doctored." So my expert says it's not doctored. The blogger says it's been selectively edited or chosen. So I just wanted to get it out there. I think Cookie is protesting having to listen to an hour of Newt, basically, in order to find -- (laughing) -- what I asked her to find. He-he-he-he-he-he. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Cookie is defiant. She's giving me a minute and a half after of the Newt bite and she's insistent that nobody's doctored this and nobody's changed -- and I've read the transcript, that's true. Newt still says look, the eighties were great but we gotta look forward, people -- people care about the future, da-da-da-da-da. He praises Reagan in the bite, which the first -- the -- the excerpted bite doesn't include any of but it doesn't change the fact that while praising Reaganism, he still says to George Bush, you -- you're wasting your time if you campaign on Reaganism. Nobody wants more of the past. We want to look forward, nothing changes about that. So the -- the Cookster was right. END TRANSCRIPT Rush's actual recollections of the Reagan/Gingrich time and things he is surprised to learn now. Shock, video of Newt bashing Reagan misleadingly edited @Valin. I took it to mean that it was NOT edited. Reading the transcript of the whole show, I get the idea Rush is conflicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Coordinated Avalanche Against Newt Doesn't Match My Memory of Reagan Years - The Rush Limbaugh Show So I knew something like this was gonna happen. It's not really that it's been doctored, but that it has been selectively chosen from. So I sent it up to Cookie 'cause I can't listen to it, I didn't have the time to listen it. Cookie said, "Look, this thing is an hour long. I'm sure he praises Reagan at some point or another, but I wouldn't say it's doctored." So my expert says it's not doctored. The blogger says it's been selectively edited or chosen. So I just wanted to get it out there. I think Cookie is protesting having to listen to an hour of Newt, basically, in order to find -- (laughing) -- what I asked her to find. He-he-he-he-he-he. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Cookie is defiant. She's giving me a minute and a half after of the Newt bite and she's insistent that nobody's doctored this and nobody's changed -- and I've read the transcript, that's true. Newt still says look, the eighties were great but we gotta look forward, people -- people care about the future, da-da-da-da-da. He praises Reagan in the bite, which the first -- the -- the excerpted bite doesn't include any of but it doesn't change the fact that while praising Reaganism, he still says to George Bush, you -- you're wasting your time if you campaign on Reaganism. Nobody wants more of the past. We want to look forward, nothing changes about that. So the -- the Cookster was right. END TRANSCRIPT Rush's actual recollections of the Reagan/Gingrich time and things he is surprised to learn now. Shock, video of Newt bashing Reagan misleadingly edited @Valin. I took it to mean that it was NOT edited. Reading the transcript of the whole show, I get the idea Rush is conflicted. Well I imagine we will find out in about 10 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rokke Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 That's it. I'm done with Newt and heartily endorsing Bob Dole. @Rokke Let's not be coy concerning your reasons for endorsing Bob Dole. "When Bob Dole speaks... Rokke listens!" Like I said...nice guy...but... I just actually read the ad. It's got to be a joke. Funny thing was I just assumed it was serious. Poor Bob. Maybe Viagra would have made a difference in '96. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Coordinated Avalanche Against Newt Doesn't Match My Memory of Reagan Years - The Rush Limbaugh Show So I knew something like this was gonna happen. It's not really that it's been doctored, but that it has been selectively chosen from. So I sent it up to Cookie 'cause I can't listen to it, I didn't have the time to listen it. Cookie said, "Look, this thing is an hour long. I'm sure he praises Reagan at some point or another, but I wouldn't say it's doctored." So my expert says it's not doctored. The blogger says it's been selectively edited or chosen. So I just wanted to get it out there. I think Cookie is protesting having to listen to an hour of Newt, basically, in order to find -- (laughing) -- what I asked her to find. He-he-he-he-he-he. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Cookie is defiant. She's giving me a minute and a half after of the Newt bite and she's insistent that nobody's doctored this and nobody's changed -- and I've read the transcript, that's true. Newt still says look, the eighties were great but we gotta look forward, people -- people care about the future, da-da-da-da-da. He praises Reagan in the bite, which the first -- the -- the excerpted bite doesn't include any of but it doesn't change the fact that while praising Reaganism, he still says to George Bush, you -- you're wasting your time if you campaign on Reaganism. Nobody wants more of the past. We want to look forward, nothing changes about that. So the -- the Cookster was right. END TRANSCRIPT Rush's actual recollections of the Reagan/Gingrich time and things he is surprised to learn now. Shock, video of Newt bashing Reagan misleadingly edited @Valin. I took it to mean that it was NOT edited. Reading the transcript of the whole show, I get the idea Rush is conflicted. Well I imagine we will find out in about 10 minutes. Eliot Abrams just got taken to the wood shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rokke Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Well I imagine we will find out in about 10 minutes. So is Rush conflicted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Well I imagine we will find out in about 10 minutes. So is Rush conflicted? Nope. I hope it will be on the net later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Well I imagine we will find out in about 10 minutes. So is Rush conflicted? Nope. I hope it will be on the net later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I know it may come across like I am obsessing on this, and that is not my intention....but Ricochet: Yes, Virginia, There is a Republican Establishment Troy Senik 1/27/12 Over the past several weeks we've seen the Republican presidential race increasingly framed as a fight between the GOP establishment and conservative insurgents. Following that development, a number of thoughtful critics -- some of them here at Ricochet -- have wondered aloud whether an "establishment" really exists or whether it's just a clever way of caricaturing one's opponents within the party as insufficiently conservative. That was the note that Jeb Bush sounded to Time Magazine when he recently told the publication, "I don't know what the Republican establishment is. I haven't learned the secret handshake, and I don't know where to go for a membership card." While it's true that there's no shadowy cabal meeting in a safe room under the Lincoln Memorial, anyone who doesn't think there are party grandees trying to impose their will on primary voters is deluding themselves. I say this by way of introducing a bit of information I received yesterday from a very well-placed source. A veteran member of the House Republican Caucus recently received a phone call from within the RNC (it was not disclosed to me who placed the call) soliciting his help in convincing Newt Gingrich to step aside and clear a path to the nomination for Mitt Romney. Whoever cooked up this idea was not exactly firing on all cylinders, since {A} the member in question, despite considerable seniority, is far from influential and {B} attempting to stand athwart Newt Gingrich's ambition is like sticking your head in a howitzer. (Snip) The reply he got...well it is not the kind of language that a good Catholic boy should be using. Somebody is going to have to say 37 Our Fathers 16 Hail Mary's and make an act of contrition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Fox Nation: Gingrich Strikes Back at Ann Coulter (Click On Link For Audio) (Snip)Victor Garcia: You have been taking a lot of hits from Tom Delay now, Ann Coulter some of these people that some would consider on the far right of the conservative spectrum. What is your response to the criticism of those ones? Why do you think they are attacking you? Newt Gingrich: Look I think there are a whole bunch of folks who represent the old order; they attacked Ronald Reagan in 1980 exactly the same way. They are looking at a national poll that shows me ahead of Romney 52-39 in a two way race and they are recognizing that if I come back as president, that I will be for very dramatic, very bold change and they are terrified. I have no interest in what Tom Delay did that got him in trouble. I thought it was wrong and a mistake, I have a very different approach to that and I have no Idea what motivates Ann Coulter but I find that she is all over the map. Basically she is for Romney and therefore anything she says about me is a reflection of the fact that she is for Romney. I expect people who are for Romney to attack me because they are terrified because he is losing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 For what it's worth, and I am not a Romney fan or supporter, the way Massachusetts works is that if you unenroll in a party, you can choose which primary you vote in. After casting your ballot, you can unregister in the party that you voted in. The election that Mitt voted in the Democratic primary was a vote for Paul Tsongas against Bill Clinton. So Romney has a point that he voted against Bill Clinton twice in the same year. That's not a bad thing. Romneycare, now that is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Full interview: Greta on the campaign trail with Newt Gingrich Posted by The Right Scoop on January 27th, 2012 in Politics | 42 Comments This is the full interview from Greta’s show tonight with Newt where they talked about everything from the debate to a lunar colony: [videos are at the link] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 @ saveliberty Newt at his best. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 @ saveliberty Newt at his best. Thanks. You are welcome, @Valin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Romney I want to go into space too! “In the politics of the past, to get your vote in the Space Coast, I’d come here and promise hundreds of billions of dollars,” Romney said. “Or I’d lay out what my mission is, here’s what we’re going to accomplish. I’m not going to do that. I know that’s somewhat attractive, very popular, but it’s simply the wrong thing to do. It’s not the best decision to make.” Because I've never given it much thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 January 28, 2012 It's Not About Newt By Joseph M. Koenig GOP voters are sending a clarion call to the party establishment, but it seems GOP leaders are not getting the message. The statement being sent to the GOP elite isn't about Newt, and it goes beyond even Romney. It is about a deep dissatisfaction that has been building for years within the Republican rank and file. With the proclamations of Bob Dole and others against Newt Gingrich recently, it is clear the GOP establishment fears a Gingrich nomination. In truth, however, it is the GOP establishment's own ineffectual leadership that led to the recent surge of the former Speaker of the House. The prevailing wisdom in Washington and the media is that Newt's re-birth in South Carolina is due to his fiery debate performances, which is true, but what happened in the polls goes far beyond clear articulation of conservative principles and debate prowess. Yes, the Republican voters want a fighter, someone who will take on President Obama, but Newt's boldness and passion resonated so well with the disaffected party base, they were willing to overlook his huge political and personal shortcomings. There is a larger lesson here. According to Rasmussen Reports, just five days before the South Carolina vote, Mitt Romney held a 14 point lead over Gingrich. After two debate performances, the final primary results showed a nearly 27 percentage point swing in Newt's favor, with the Speaker finishing almost 13 points ahead of Romney. A shift that large, that fast, reveals a weakness not just in Romney's support, but in the establishment GOP's support as well. Read more: http://www.americant...l#ixzz1km95wylQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rokke Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Great article Save. That really sums up where I am. I got to hear a weekly review Rush broadcast this morning. I think it was from his Monday or Tuesday show. Hje was saying the same thing. At this point, if a candidate simply runs against the Washington establishment (including the media folks like Bill Kristol et al) they get my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Hope & Change A lot of people are concerned about the next election and whether Obama can be defeated. I'm concerned too. But then, I'm an eternal pessimist. I hope for the best, yet there's always a nagging doubt. Just think about this: How many people do you know who voted for McCain and now say, "You know what? Obama turned out to be a good President. I think I'll change my vote next time and vote for him."? I don't know any. Not even one. Now, how many people do you know who voted for Obama and, realizing the mistake he was for America, plan to vote against him in the next election? I know quite a few. Sure, there are always the die-hard supporters who are going to support Obama no matter what. But there are not very many who have changed their mind in favor of Obama. The pessimist I am, I still have difficulty seeing Obama win again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Hope & Change A lot of people are concerned about the next election and whether Obama can be defeated. I'm concerned too. But then, I'm an eternal pessimist. I hope for the best, yet there's always a nagging doubt. Just think about this: How many people do you know who voted for McCain and now say, "You know what? Obama turned out to be a good President. I think I'll change my vote next time and vote for him."? I don't know any. Not even one. Now, how many people do you know who voted for Obama and, realizing the mistake he was for America, plan to vote against him in the next election? I know quite a few. Sure, there are always the die-hard supporters who are going to support Obama no matter what. But there are not very many who have changed their mind in favor of Obama. The pessimist I am, I still have difficulty seeing Obama win again. The election is really only about the results in 1/2 dozen states. What way will those swing states go this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 @Draggingtree A. Glad to see you dragging your tree in here B. There is a line from Babylon5..."Always bet on stupidity." Cheating aside, and make no mistake there will be cheating, The Obama campaign has some very good sharp people working for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Right Scoop: New Romney Ad smears Newt over old ethics charges (Snip) Also, it’s worth nothing that NBC is calling for this ad to be taken down because Brokaw doesn’t approve of his likeness being used this way. So watch it while you can. UPDATE: I’ve replaced it with a mirror version to keep it from disappearing later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkikKelEuQM DemRapidResponse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 My opinion of endorsements...big fat hairy deal...that said Actor Jon Voight Endorses Romney, Says Newt Gingrich ‘Falls Short’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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