From: Gary Britt 

I do support Newt.  I think he's brilliant as a thinker and political
philosopher.  He just wouldn't be my first choice for President, but out of
the current crop of candidates he could be.  If he were to run I would be
concerned that the Clinton spin machine so demonized him so completely from
1994 to 1998, spending about $60 Million dollars in negative ads and
placements about Newt, that he has been too damaged to be electable.  I
also don't have a feel for how good a manager/executive he would be which
is important for a President.  Sometimes the brilliant idea men and
philosophers are best left to coming up with ideas and philosophies rather
than having a hands on executory role in things.

Gary

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> You said "Their wrong doing started with the coup against Newt
Gingrich".
> It's easy to assume you are/were a supporter from that quote. I never
> assumed you wanted Gingrich to run for President.  assumptions on  .. >
>
>
> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> news:464c9229{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Stop reading your personal prejudices into what I write or you think I
>> think.  I never said I wanted Newt to run for President.  I said the
>> congress began its journey down the wrong track at the point in time when
>> they executed a coup against Newt.  Yes Newt may have personal failings.
>> Everyone does.  Newt's personal failings didn't involve improper behavior
>> on the job however.
>>
>> I said it will be or could be Bush who delivers the final blow, not that
>> the republican congressional leadership didn't deserve a lot of blame for
>> the party's current situation.
>>
>> Try to read what I write and not what you think I would write.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> John Cuccia wrote:
>>> As much as you'd like to lay all the blame on Bush, you can't.  The
>>> entire leadership of the GOP deserves blame for the near-destruction
>>> of their party.
>>>
>>> "It's the hypocrisy, stupid."
>>>
>>> And as much as you guys are hoping for rescue by deus ex machina in
>>> the body of Newt, remember this: he's as hypocritical as any of the
>>> current crop of GOP leadership.  His only support in a national
>>> election will come from the ~30% of the electorate that constitutes
>>> the GOP base.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 17 May 2007 12:43:54 -0400, Gary Britt
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> I agree the Republican party leadership in congress craped out and
>>>> should all be fired.  I agree with several of your points about what
>>>> they did wrong.  Their wrong doing started with the coup
against Newt
>>>> Gingrich.  That was the start of all the ills you complain about.
>>>> However, despite all of those wrongs, it could be (not yet
certain but
>>>> could be if Bush and the Congress pass comprehensive
immigration reform)
>>>> that Bush II will do an even better job of destroying the republican
>>>> party than his father did, and his father, like I said,
left the party
>>>> in tatters worse off than before Reagan came into power
and rebuilt the
>>>> party.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>> John Cuccia wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 17 May 2007 10:54:39 -0400, Gary Britt
>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I really don't understand how you can make the
statement below or on
>>>>>> what basis or facts you deduce such a statement is correct.
>>>>> It's simple.  While W is indeed an abomination, the Republican
>>>>> Congress was just as bad.
>>>>> They swept to power promising to clean up Beltway
(read, Democratic)
>>>>> corruption.  Instead they raised it to an art form.
>>>>> They were elected on promises to restrain the growth of federal
>>>>> spending and the federal government.  Instead they
spent like drunken
>>>>> sailors and grew the government.
>>>>>
>>>>> They promised to run the country like a business. 
Well, that's one
>>>>> promise they kept.  Republicans in Congress ran the country like
>>>>> Kenny-boy and friends ran Enron.
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