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Speaker Gingrich IS Volitile-Isn't That What it Will Take To Get the Government off the Dime; and its duff?

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Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Jan 23, 2012 at 12:15

It has taken more than 40 years to develop my own political understanding of things in American politics; and for the record I am not conventional in my perceptions of things since the time of Kennedy's assassination-which was the first time I was forced to observe how American politics was forced to face reality. While I am not a conspiracy theorist, I do recognize that things are not always as they seem to be.

Newt Gingrich was always in the past observed by me as being someone in the shadows, working behind the scenes on things he was convinced needed his support, changing stature only as his political ambitions gained traction. Politics seemed to have been the driving passion in the early years, taking its toll on personal and political endeavors, some not so well. But in it all, finally resorting to an historical academic regimen, he learned. In that, what he seemed like in the past, is not always what it seemed to be.

Now, to be sure in this, all the candidates have their quite compelling articles of the political beliefs they hold dear, but some more compelling than others. Dr. Paul, as always devout in his libertarianism, defends today what he has always held, that America's politics has built its fortress of government so heavily upon the former politics of the freedoms and liberties and the pursuit of happiness that that the government is now the only visible front on American politics and the former foundations are cracking from the weight. That being said, Dr. Paul's views would force America into isolationism again and we cannot afford another Pearl Harbor or World Trade Center loss at the expense of foreign oil.

Candidate Santorum is an upcoming star, for which the hope is that if he cannot make the potential electorate of this cycle fall in line with his ideals, that he will not give up when the next opportunity for re-establishing conservative ideals in leadership, while not being found too deeply rooted in the intuitionalism that has the government in such a strangle hold that allowed the current office holder any chance to impose his globalist whims.

Candidate Romney is being held up for the institutionalist republican idea of conservative influences, which I have come to the conclusion have become as much of a problem, though not necessarily as bad, as a democratic candidate can make it. His credentials as a businessman are, from a capitalist's viewpoint, impeccable. And from this perspective, that may be yet a reason that we cannot make the break from the stranglehold that has America drowning in financial and ethical debt. It is the business practices that he has held to and has used for his empire building that I have found to be the proximal cause for the extreme retirement losses for uncounted friends and family in a market environment that is allowed to be too exposed for trusting investors to rely upon. It is therefore, for me, a trust issue about Former Gov. Romney. I could elaborate further, but I'll refrain.

So that leaves Former Speaker Gingrich. Yes, he IS volatile; outspoken; direct; unpredictable; and full of complex issues of times past and potentially controversial items of debate. But that does/should NOT disqualify him. Having baggage is not necessarily a bad thing if one looks at the hard things he faced, to be sure some of his own doing; yet having passed through them and have come to the other side potentially a better man for it, showing that he learned and has value to take him to the next level of wisdom. And that's what he has as his best result of that investment of time, more value than all the monetary treasure that one might accumulate-wisdom.

Now which candidate has been touted as the best alternative to make the current officeholder obsolete to the type of Republic the founders imagined? That's the question the debates are supposed to discern; but that's not what's happening. Instead, the divisiveness of the republican partisanship is being used against itself to the glee of the opposition party(ies). The republicans are making the oppositions' argument for them; such as how their tactic of using the republican party's obstinacy of House Speaker Boehner's appearance of not bowing to the Chief Executive's whims as being the reason for nothing being accomplished. That's what is being perceived-that if the republicans cannot get past upholding true conservative values without making all the constituents (both enfranchised and the disenfranchised) feel their concerns are being met, nothing will continue to get done and the perception of NOTHING BEING DONE in deference to the politicking to keep and gain political office will reinforce the negative attitudes about it all; and that's what the progressive democrats are counting on.

Speaker Gingrich's posture is that the campaign is starting to take the shape of trying to distinguish himself from the standard republican rhetoric, something that needs to be defined further and the electorate needs to be educated on. It cannot be republican business as usual and the institutional republican line seems to be wanting just that. Conservative values are indeed the practical core values that America needs to function in its 'exceptionalism' of the past, something that has been diluted from the time of Kennedy, but has been lost in the business as usual mentality of most of American politics. Reagan was the brief wind in the chimes of freedom, but even in his terms, the institutionalists on both side of the aisle made their dissatisfaction felt and heard (opinion: the shooting attempt was no irrational act). Bush senior came as a result of that, but lost it to Clinton. Bush Jr. continued in Bush Senior's path, the WTC notwithstanding.

Now I am not going to say that you, or anyone else for that matter, should take my opinion and do as I say. You have your own feelings and opinions, which are just a valid as anyone else's. But what I am going to say is that America, as I believe all of the republican candidates feel, is at a crossroads that if not properly directed, will result in a catastrophic turn of events, which are shaping up to be in our lifetime. And if anyone feels that is too extreme to contemplate, remember that the Soviet empire rose in 1917 and fell in the early nineties, all within the lifetime of a close family member. America is not immune in its current status. Newt Gingrich, in my opinion, knows that better than many; and appears to better understand it than the other candidates.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
The Timeline for Progress is As Follows: [110 words]DallasFeb 9, 2012 22:26193259
1Newt's campaign [79 words]saraJan 13, 2012 17:19192563
Speaker Gingrich Understands What's at Issue - And That's the Problem For the Others [366 words]M. ToveyJan 19, 2012 12:31192563
Newt seems too volatile and unpredicatble [200 words]saraJan 20, 2012 17:03192563
Speaker Gingrich IS Volitile-Isn't That What it Will Take To Get the Government off the Dime; and its duff? [1103 words]M. ToveyJan 23, 2012 12:15192563
All good points, Mr. Tovey [271 words]saraJan 23, 2012 19:50192563
Points May Be Good For Debate - But Debates Never Solved Problems of Reality [610 words]M. ToveyJan 24, 2012 14:02192563
OK--- who then? [59 words]saraJan 24, 2012 21:32192563
Florida's Counting That Right Now-Spkr Gingrich's Electability To be Determined by Wall Street's Effectivity [673 words]M. ToveyJan 31, 2012 19:23192563
Newt unfortunately buried himself [180 words]saraFeb 1, 2012 19:57192563
Speaker Gingrich Did Not Bury Himself - He is Finding That There is No Room Left for Gentlemen in Politics [484 words]M. ToveyFeb 6, 2012 11:37192563
All politicians are the same in the end [222 words]saraFeb 6, 2012 16:32192563
American Politics Requires a Warrior Political Mentality To Regain True Government [330 words]M. ToveyFeb 13, 2012 13:24192563
3Israel has rights too [89 words]stevenJan 13, 2012 17:16192562
2History tells the tale [75 words]samJan 13, 2012 17:11192561
So tired of this whole farce [21 words]sargumJan 13, 2012 17:08192560
2Dr Pipes talk on the Palestinian Myth [43 words]Rose DeRenzoDec 17, 2011 00:37191782
11No Such thing as a Palestinian [4038 words]Michael BussioDec 16, 2011 02:25191737
Thank you! [16 words]sonnyDec 16, 2011 17:52191737
Denying History. [81 words]Amin RiazDec 16, 2011 19:34191737
2Rights of Arab's over various lands [71 words]JoeDec 17, 2011 00:35191737
1The Roman Destruction of Israel [97 words]StevenDec 17, 2011 23:27191737
Basic History [36 words]Amin RiazDec 18, 2011 09:19191737
reply ... [114 words]Amin RiazDec 19, 2011 04:52191737
2same rule for all? [73 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanDec 20, 2011 01:51191737
Great history [84 words]WilksDec 20, 2011 12:52191737
Right & Might [57 words]Amin RiazDec 20, 2011 19:14191737
Palestine was Comprised of More Than an Arabic Presence - and More Than the Current State of Israel [15 words]M. ToveyJan 4, 2012 19:29191737
1Muslim Land [121 words]saraJan 10, 2012 18:29191737
Thanks for this detailed history [13 words]samJan 10, 2012 18:33191737
8What is common between Nigeria and India? [183 words]PrashantJan 11, 2012 02:01191737
Re-transfering the name Palestinian from Jews to Muslims is... [44 words]IamJosephDec 15, 2011 23:54191733
A question of Evidence [34 words]Amin RiazDec 19, 2011 18:05191733
1Evidence. [56 words]IamJosephDec 19, 2011 21:03191733
What is Evidence? [37 words]Amin RiazDec 20, 2011 20:11191733
1Plenty of evidence from Roman and other historians of the time [968 words]saraDec 20, 2011 20:26191733
3Stop parading lies with impudence. [167 words]IamJosephDec 20, 2011 20:32191733
Where is the lie? Accusing without evidence... [164 words]Amin RiazDec 21, 2011 09:55191733
Incorrect factors negating Israel's rights & History as a 4000 year nation. [127 words]IamJosephDec 21, 2011 19:52191733
Laying out an argument [71 words]Amin RiazDec 21, 2011 20:11191733
A simple point [47 words]Amin RiazDec 21, 2011 20:30191733
3criticism = hatred [322 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanDec 21, 2011 21:24191733
1A LIE BY OMISSION IS A LIE. [70 words]IamJosephDec 22, 2011 18:29191733
2A Simple Point is ----- You have no proof ! [330 words]saraDec 22, 2011 18:31191733
1quite simple [99 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanDec 22, 2011 19:01191733
Which proof have you given? [357 words]Amin RiazDec 22, 2011 19:11191733
What Prejudice Does to you [97 words]Amin RiazDec 22, 2011 19:17191733
Got Cha! Answer for Dhimmi ... [605 words]Amin RiazDec 22, 2011 19:46191733
5Blame it on the Soviets [1033 words]Wallace Edward BrandDec 23, 2011 16:38191733
Objection! [47 words]Amin RiazDec 23, 2011 20:48191733
Great historical details! [94 words]saraDec 24, 2011 18:01191733
wrong target [180 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanDec 24, 2011 20:38191733
1AR Is obviously very handsome! [139 words]Amin RiazDec 25, 2011 20:03191733
2self-evaluation - rarely accurate [351 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanDec 25, 2011 22:33191733
A pot calls the kettle black [909 words]Amin RiazDec 26, 2011 20:05191733
2a bigger issue goes unaddressed [316 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanDec 26, 2011 21:20191733
1requested examples [638 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanDec 27, 2011 23:10191733
Tit for Tat [705 words]Amin RiazDec 28, 2011 17:51191733
1questions ignored [283 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanDec 28, 2011 20:06191733
Dancing [586 words]Amin RiazDec 29, 2011 19:11191733
... INCAPABLE OF UTTERING A SINGLE TRUTH - THANKS TO TAQIYAH. [152 words]IamJosephJan 2, 2012 19:54191733
Denying the Old Testament? [272 words]Amin RiazJan 4, 2012 18:19191733
4beliefs [1005 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanJan 4, 2012 21:11191733
2To All Muslims, Christians, Jews and Hindu [434 words]Abdul RahmanJan 5, 2012 03:00191733
Testing theories [193 words]Amin RiazJan 5, 2012 20:13191733
Dhimmi DOES NOT know Arabic. [235 words]Amin RiazJan 5, 2012 20:23191733
6Let's help Muslims to reprogram their heads [572 words]Abdul RahmanJan 5, 2012 22:00191733
222 ISLAMIC REGIMES ARE ILLEGALLY OCCUPYING LANDS [195 words]IamJosephJan 6, 2012 01:41191733
You do tickle me so! [37 words]Amin RiazJan 6, 2012 19:10191733
Still Denying Old Testament [151 words]Amin RiazJan 6, 2012 19:11191733
5Any spiritual remedy which must be fearfully and angrily defended is no remedy at all. [435 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanJan 6, 2012 20:33191733
1Dhimmi does not know any Arabic! [304 words]Amin RiazJan 7, 2012 21:20191733
1ISRAEL IS ARABIA'S MOST HISTORICALLY AND LEGALLY LEGITIMATE COUNTRY. [156 words]IamJosephJan 8, 2012 00:11191733
5Amin Riaz ran away from my logic [134 words]Abdul RahmanJan 8, 2012 22:25191733
Deduction. [58 words]Amin RiazJan 9, 2012 22:50191733
Result - showing hand. [119 words]Amin RiazJan 9, 2012 22:57191733
4an example please [255 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanJan 10, 2012 19:40191733
GAZA IS NOT OCCUPIED BUT DISPUTED TERRITORY. [225 words]IamJosephJan 10, 2012 20:04191733
Dhmmi Not even Aware of Basics of Arabic! [279 words]Amin RiazJan 11, 2012 19:28191733
5Deduction? [240 words]Abdul RahmanJan 11, 2012 20:27191733
Answer or go away... [77 words]Amin RiazJan 12, 2012 21:33191733
3examples not given [275 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanJan 13, 2012 19:51191733
1Dhmmi Not even Aware of Basics of Arabic! [245 words]Amin RiazJan 15, 2012 00:48191733
6acts of omission [962 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanJan 15, 2012 21:24191733
Old Testament Tells Why Gingrich is More Right - If One Truly Wants to Understand [555 words]M. ToveyJan 17, 2012 13:14191733
1Geography [397 words]WahineJan 20, 2012 22:13191733
Jews/Israel/Zionists are the savior of Muslims. [429 words]IamJosephJan 21, 2012 18:31191733
Cannot be bothered [17 words]Amin RiazJan 24, 2012 17:54191733
Too Bad - Cannot Help You with That [98 words]M. ToveyJan 25, 2012 10:44191733
huh? [126 words]Amin RiazJan 25, 2012 19:17191733
The Point No One is Getting - Gingrich will Not Solve the Middle East Land Issue [642 words]M. ToveyJan 27, 2012 14:34191733

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