It’s What He Does: At The Height of Conservative’s Struggle Against Democrats in the 80′s Newt Attacked Reagan!

The second point to make is that Gingrich made these assaults on the Reagan administration just as Democratic attacks were heating up unmercifully. Far from becoming a reliable voice for Reagan policy and the struggle against the Soviets, Gingrich took on Reagan and his administration. It appears to be a habit: He did the same to George W. Bush when Bush was making the toughest and most controversial decision of his presidency — the surge in Iraq. Bush was opposed by many of the top generals, by some Republican leaders who feared the surge would hurt in the 2008 elections, and of course by a slew of Democrats and media commentators.

Here again Gingrich provided no support for his party’s embattled president, testifying as a private citizen in 2007 that the strategy was “inadequate,” contained “breathtaking” gaps, lacked “synergism” (whatever that means) and was “very disappointing.” What did Gingrich propose? Among other things, a 50 percent increase in the budget of the State Department.

By Gary P Jackson

When you tell a Newt supporter the truth about the man, they will, unfailingly call you a liar. Claim you are just attacking a good man.

Thing is, I rarely talk about Newt Gingrich without reminding them that when it comes to the fight between Conservatives and socialist democrats, in reality, good vs evil, Newt always stands with evil. Worse, Newts stands with his socialist fellow travelers at the very time Conservatives are fighting them the hardest.

When Ronald Reagan wrote an Executive Order forcing the FCC to stop enforcing the Ani-American “Fairness Doctrine” Newt gathered up his socialist buddies and wrote legislation bringing it back. This passed legislation actually passed, and Reagan was forced to veto it. Reagan stopped Newt and his comrades from the continued destruction of Liberty and Freedom.

We all remember that at the time Conservatives were fighting the hardest against the global warming scam, Newt sat on the couch with Nancy Pelosi and begged Americans to fall in line and support the socialist “green” movement. In fact, Newt has never stopped backing the socialist greens. It was only after he became a presidential candidate that he fired the lefty who was ghostwriting the section in his book, due out in 2013, on global warming.

Then there was L’Affaire Scozzafava.

Obviously there have been more betrays of Conservatism, and America, by Newt, there is a definite pattern of this disgusting behavior.

You can read more about it here.

Elliott Abrams has more examples. This time Newt sides with the socialists against Ronald Reagan. The ultimate betrayal of all, except for maybe stabbing President George W Bush in the back during the lead up to war. [emphasis mine]

In the increasingly rough Republican campaign, no candidate has wrapped himself in the mantle of Ronald Reagan more often than Newt Gingrich. “I worked with President Reagan to change things in Washington,” “we helped defeat the Soviet empire,” and “I helped lead the effort to defeat Communism in the Congress” are typical claims by the former speaker of the House.

The claims are misleading at best. As a new member of Congress in the Reagan years — and I was an assistant secretary of state — Mr. Gingrich voted with the president regularly, but equally often spewed insulting rhetoric at Reagan, his top aides, and his policies to defeat Communism. Gingrich was voluble and certain in predicting that Reagan’s policies would fail, and in all of this he was dead wrong.

The fights over Reagan’s efforts to stop Soviet expansionism in the Third World were exceptionally bitter. The battlegrounds ranged from Angola and Grenada to Afghanistan and Central America. Reagan’s top team — William Casey at CIA, Cap Weinberger at DOD, and George Shultz at State — understood as he did that if Soviet expansionism could be dealt some tough blows, not only the Soviet empire but the USSR itself would face a political, technological, and financial challenge it could not meet. Few officials besides Ronald Reagan predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union entirely, but every one of us in positions of authority understood the importance of this struggle.

But the most bitter battleground was often in Congress. Here at home, we faced vicious criticism from leading Democrats — Ted Kennedy, Christopher Dodd, Jim Wright, Tip O’Neill, and many more — who used every trick in the book to stop Reagan by denying authorities and funds to these efforts. On whom did we rely up on Capitol Hill? There were many stalwarts: Henry Hyde, elected in 1974; Dick Cheney, elected in 1978, the same year as Gingrich; Dan Burton and Connie Mack, elected in 1982; and Tom DeLay, elected in 1984, were among the leaders.

But not Newt Gingrich. He voted with the caucus, but his words should be remembered, for at the height of the bitter struggle with the Democratic leadership Gingrich chose to attack . . . Reagan.

The best examples come from a famous floor statement Gingrich made on March 21, 1986. This was right in the middle of the fight over funding for the Nicaraguan contras; the money had been cut off by Congress in 1985, though Reagan got $100 million for this cause in 1986. Here is Gingrich: “Measured against the scale and momentum of the Soviet empire’s challenge, the Reagan administration has failed, is failing, and without a dramatic change in strategy will continue to fail. . . . President Reagan is clearly failing.”

Why? This was due partly to “his administration’s weak policies, which are inadequate and will ultimately fail”; partly to CIA, State, and Defense, which “have no strategies to defeat the empire.” But of course “the burden of this failure frankly must be placed first on President Reagan.” Our efforts against the Communists in the Third World were “pathetically incompetent,” so those anti-Communist members of Congress who questioned the $100 million Reagan sought for the Nicaraguan “contra” rebels “are fundamentally right.” Such was Gingrich’s faith in President Reagan that in 1985, he called Reagan’s meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev “the most dangerous summit for the West since Adolf Hitler met with Neville Chamberlain in 1938 in Munich.”

Read more here.

What more do so-called “conservatives” need to know about Newt Gingrich? The man has a record of stabbing Conservatives, and by extension America, in the back. And that record spans over two decades!

Do you really think after all of this time Newt has changed?

If so, I have this wealthy uncle in Nigeria who needs your help!

A dedication to Newt and his fellow travelers:

Woman Claims Neighbor’s Energy Efficient Windows Are Melting Her Toyota Prius

By Gary P Jackson

The rule of unintended consequences on full display:

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — A SoCal woman says the energy efficient window installed in a neighbor’s condominium is melting the plastic components on cars parked in her carport.

Heather Patron of Studio City was dealing with a mystery regarding her Toyota Prius.

“The side view mirrors were melting,” says Patron. “Anything that was plastic on the car was melting.”

Toyota told Patron nothing was wrong with the car. After having the mirrors replaced, she noticed the mirrors on the car parked next to hers were also melting.

Patron then observed a powerful beam of light that was reflecting off the window of a next door condominium, casting a concentrated beam over her carport.

CBS2’s Randy Paige placed a thermometer in the pathway of the beam on a partially cloudy day. The temperature registered over 120 degrees in less than five minutes.

“I’m positive that this window is what is causing the damage to my car,” says Patron.

Patron is not alone. Reports across the country have alleged damages brought on by concentrated sunlight reflected off of energy efficient windows. The National Association of Home Builders is now conducting a study on the matter.

“I just don’t feel like it’s fair,” says Patron. “I feel like it needs to be known that this is happening. And a lot of people probably have damage out there, that they aren’t aware that it’s the windows that are causing this.”

Click here for more, and video of the car owner’s interview.

It stands to reason that anything that reflects heat, will of course, direct that heat elsewhere.

It also stands to reason that heat reflected, rather than absorbed, may actually contribute to warmer outside temperatures. Especially, if enough of these kind of windows are used in a particular area.

Once again, the do-gooders in the environmental movement are causing more harm, than good. It is kinda poetic that a Prius is the victim of this heinous act though, don’t ya think?

Obligatory:

The Doors – Light my fire (Ed Sullivan Show)

Allen West Speaks at Right to Life Rally in Washington

By Gary P Jackson

Some wonderful thoughts from a truly wonderful man.

This is a man of true conviction. After listening to the GOP clowns on the debate circuit it’s like a drink of cool water to a man in the desert.

The right to life is the most important issue of all time. It’s the most important right we have. Without life, no other rights matter. None. Thanks to Allen West for such eloquent support for those who can’t defends themselves.

Earlier on Monday Michael Williams, who is running for Congress out of Texas tweeted this:

Yet another grim reminder of how evil abortion is.

No, Mitt Romney Didn’t “Praise” Hezbollah’s Health Care System

By Gary P Jackson

Let me start out by saying I really like Pamela Geller. She is good people. She is one of the leaders in fighting against radial Islam. However, here she is just wrong. At least about the facts from this 2007 video, when Romney was running for president :

It’s pretty easy to understand what Romney is saying here. He was asked about the efforts of George W Bush to eradicate AIDS in Africa. Bush spent more money fighting AIDS than any president. A noble effort. It also bought America a whole lot of good will in Africa.

The lady in the video asks if he would continue Bush’s support of humanitarian efforts around the world. During his answer Mitt mentions the fact that after elections in Lebanon, Hezbollah showed up with all kinds of aid. They built hospitals, gave people free health care and so on. Now OF COURSE this bought the terrorists a lot of good will.

Mitt didn’t praise Hezbollah, he simply used them as an example. Now if it had been me, I would have noted they were terrorists, and added one of the reasons the United States should be helping where it can, is to counterbalance groups like Hezbollah, who do offer people social services in many countries, in order to buy goodwill and support. But that’s just me.

If anything, Mitt is guilty of assuming his audience “got” what he meant, and we all know what happens when one assumes.

You can accuse Mitt of being inarticulate all day long. He is. Never seen a guy who was better at starting a good thought, but never finishing it, as Mitt Romney. But that’s his problem here, not that he’s supporting Hezbollah.

I’ve said over and over the last few months that I’m not a Mitt Romney fan, but I find myself defending him a lot lately over things like this, and Newt’s despicable ads in Florida claiming Mitt supports Castro.

Call Mitt dumb and I’ll stand with you. Call him inarticulate and I’ll stand with you. But don’t take things out of context.

All of these candidates for president are flawed. Flawed enough that one doesn’t have to do this sort of thing to hammer any of them. We shouldn’t do this to any candidate.

Pamela may be right about Romney and his overall cluelessness about radical Islam, but she’s off base with the video.

Despicable: Newt Goes on Miami Spanish Radio Claiming Romney Supports Castro

By Gary P Jackson

I’ve seen candidates pull some despicable stunts, but this is just beyond the pale. As everyone knows Miami has a huge Republican leaning Cuban population. Obviously they are no fans of the Castro brothers. Many escaped the island’s dictatorial grip to come to America.

I came across this story over the weekend. It’s a fine example of the sort of person Newt is. It’s right out Newt’s socialist comrades’ playbook of demonetization. Alinsky would be proud.

First the back story. In 2008, evidently trying to connect with the Cuban population in Miami, Romney used a phrase connected to Castro. Not his finest hour, and a shining example of why, if you don’t have a clue, just be yourself and hope for the best. Don’t try to “fit in” when you clearly don’t.

Now most of us would see this, make fun of Mitt Romney…. relentlessly…. and move on. Not Newt. Nope, he’s running ads, in Spanish, on radio stations that serve the Cuban market.

When Newt Gingrich stopped by WAQI-AM (710), better known as Radio Mambí, last Friday, he promised to soon be on the South Florida airwaves in English and Spanish.

He has followed through, at least in part, airing a Spanish-language ad on some of the most influential radio stations in Miami.

In the piece, a man’s voice (not Gingrich) calls Mitt Romney a “liberal” who is “anti-immigrant” and may have “fame” but not be up to the job of president. Perhaps most damning, the ad says, “Mitt Romney goes around using Castro phrases,” referring to the 2008 presidential campaign when Romney, campaigning in Miami, mistakenly associated a Fidel Castro slogan with a free Cuba.

Romney talked about Patria o muerte, venceremos — Fatherland or death, we shall overcome — a trademark phrase Castro used to close his speeches. Romney’s use of the phrase did not sit well with Cuban Americans, who, according to a Miami Herald report at the time, “
“winced.”

The ad also refers to Miami Republicans Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, who have backed Romney but whom Gingrich served with in Congress.

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Here’s the text of the latter portion of the ad. The translation is ours.

Newt Gingrich is a candidate who has committed himself to the Hispanic people, a Republican in the style of Ronald Reagan with experience. Unlike Mitt Romney, who goes around using Castro phrases, Newt Gingrich fought against the regime alongside Ileana and Lincoln to approve the Helms-Burton law. He supported the creation of Radio and TV Martí and is in favor of prosecuting the Castro brothers for bringing down the Brothers to the Rescue planes. Newt Gingrich has given his word to the Hispanic community in writing and won’t let us down.

Now obviously, beside the lie that Romney supports Castro, Mitt is not “anti-immigrant” as Newt suggests. He does have a record of being tough on illegals.

Meanwhile, Newt is the biggest amnesty shill left in the race.

The Herald has this response from the Romney campaign:

UPDATE: Here’s a response from Romney campaign spokesman Alberto Martinez:

“This ad is false and full of ridiculous claims. Mario Diaz-Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Lincoln Diaz-Balart all stand with Mitt Romney because he has laid out a clear vision for spreading democracy in our hemisphere. By attacking anyone who supports common-sense border security and immigration reforms as ‘anti-immigrant,’ Newt Gingrich is once again reading from Barack Obama’s liberal talking points.”

Read more here.

Anyone who watched Monday night’s debate knows that Mitt Romney has a pretty strong anti-Castro stance. Regime change is something he supports.

Newt Gingrich has done some really rotten things in his life, but this ranks up there with some of the worst.

Politics is war, that’s for sure, but honorable men [and women] fight the battles using FACTS about the candidates and themselves. Newt is not an honorable man. He lies about his own record, and then lies about others as well.

Is this the sort of man we want leading our nation? I don’t think so.

Sarah Palin Talks with Sean Hannity and Eric Bolling; Why The Hell Isn’t She Running?

By Gary P Jackson

A couple of interviews. One with Sean Hannity one with Eric Bolling.

Big news from the Hannity interview is no endorsement. She also calls on both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich to be transparent.

The Bolling interview is a tad more lively! She kicks Chris Christie’s big fat RINO arse. Delicious.

As this was the most boring debate night ever, I think Scott Conroy summed the whole thing up right here!

One thing. Sarah says to watch who the elite is attacking and who they go easy on. Obviously meaning the one who the media and elites go after is the one to run toward. After watching NBC gang up on and even cut off Mitt Romney, while going easy on Newt, one has to wonder!

For those thinking she’s solidly behind Newt for whatever reason, you’ll note that she challenges Newt and Santorum and has some praise for Romney.

Final thought after listening? Why the hell isn’t she running!

Videos courtesy SarahNet

Rick Perry on Gingrich: If You Cheat On Your Wife, You’ll Cheat On Anybody: Why Newt Will Screw Us Over

By Gary P Jackson

I find this bit from Perry a bit ironic since the first thing he did as he was dropping out of the race was to endorse serial adulterer Newt Gingrich:

Rick is right though, and Newt Gingrich is the perfect example of this. We all know that Newt claims to be a Conservative, but has a record going back to the 1970s of standing with the far left when the chips are down.

From voting to establish Jimmy Carter’s Department of Education, which has destroyed the education system in this country, to trying to bring back the so-called “Fairness Doctrine”, after Ronald Reagan ended it, Newt Gingrich has a long record of cheating on the Conservative principles that he claims to stand so strongly with.

After being thrown out of his Speaker’s position by his fellow Republicans, Newt has consistently stood with the biggest socialists of our time.

Of course, lets not forget that as Speaker, Newt teamed up Nancy Pelosi to pass Anti-Second Amendment, un-American gun grabbing legislation.

Newt, a true believer in global warming:

Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) co-sponsors the ambitious Global Warming Prevention Act (H.R. 1078), which finds that “the Earth’s atmosphere is being changed at an unprecedented rate by pollutants resulting from human activities, inefficient and wasteful fossil fuel use, and the effects of rapid population growth in many regions,” that “global warming imperils human health and well-being” and calls for policies “to reduce world emissions of carbon dioxide by at least 20 percent from 1988 levels by 2000.” The legislation recognizes that global warming is a “major threat to political stability, international security, and economic prosperity.” [H.R. 1078, 6/15/1989]

Of course we ALL remember this deal:

Nothing like a “true Conservative canoodling with Nancy Pelosi while shilling for Al Gore’s hoax. Why he’s just like Ronald Reagan…. not!

Oh, and here’s Newt with another Conservative stalwart, John Kerry talking about “green conservatism.” Here Newt scolds Conservatives for not getting in line with the socialists and supporting the hoax. A hoax that was cooked up to line a lot of people’s pockets and steal even more Liberty and Freedom from all of us.

Notice that Newt says a lot of words but concedes the left will pass cap and trade. Something that would destroy the economy forever, and take away huge chunks of your Liberty and Freedom.

And yet some people think Newt has the guts to actually fight the socialists.

Now I’m sure Gingrich apologists will claim that he has changed and like every position Newt flip flops over and over on, they will forgive him and say he’s “learned his lesson” or just scream ”But Mitt Romney is Satan!” or something equally stupid.

Fact is, Newt is very much a global warming believer. He has a new book coming out in 2013 that is being ghostwritten by Terry Maple. Environmental Entrepreneurs was to have a chapter in it about global warming written by radical leftist Katharine Hayhoe.

As Doug Powers at Michelle Malkin.com points out, after it became known this book shilling for the global warming hoaxers was coming out, Newt bailed on the author.

Newt’s fellow travelers in the socialist movement, and the author were none too happy about this either!

Gingrich and his co-author Terry Maple never told Hayhoe — a professor at Texas Tech University, mother, and evangelical Christian — that her chapter would be junked. Hayhoe was dismayed by the “ungracious” way she found out that her work was being discarded.

“Nice to hear that Gingrich is tossing my #climate chapter in the trash,” Hayhoe tweeted in response to the news. “100+ unpaid hours I could’ve spent playing w my baby.”

So not only does Gingrich pal around with socialists, he’s also an insensitive jerk who can’t even be trusted to honor the deals he makes. His wives know this all too well, don’t they.

Environmental Entrepreneurs sounds like it will suggest more Solyndra type corruption. Something Newt has proposed before.

Oh, and don’t forget, in 2009 Newt again teamed up with his couch mate Nancy Pelosi, to try and pass the “energy tax” President Obama [Democrat-Socialist] wanted.

Newt has been paid hundred of thousands of dollars by Big Ethanol to push that boondoggle down America’s throat too.

In 2009 Newt also teamed up with race hustler Al Sharpton and Education Secretary Arnie Duncan [Communist-Chicago] to push Obama’s education plan.

And don’t even get me started on Newt’s love for GOVERNMENT MANDATED health care insurance. Newt has teamed up with good buddy Hillary Clinton to shill for that, and has taken $37 million from Big Pharma and Big Insurance for his trouble. I assure you that bunch doesn’t pay out that kind of money for “history lessons!”

For more reading about Newt’s Big Government mandates check out:

Flashback: Newt’s Passionate Support of Mandated Health Care Insurance, RomneyCare

Government Mandates: Newt Gingrich and the Art of the Con Explained

And of course:

May 15, 2011: Newt Gingrich Supports Individual Mandate Would Force ALL Americans to Have Insurance

Do you REALLY think Newt is going to do anything about ObamaCare? If you listen to what he’s been proposing for years, you’ll come to understand it’s basically RomneyCare, except for the entire country, something even Mitt Romney understands is wrong.

I’ve been around a long time, and I have yet to find an instance where Newt Gingrich has stood with Conservatives and backed them up the way he has his socialist friends.

Let’s never forget Newt called the Tea Party “militant” not that long ago. This of course allowed the socialists over at the Daily Kos to gin up even more hate for every day Americans.

Thanks Newt.

By the way, showing how out of touch Newt really is, he called the Tea Party the militant wing of the Republican Party.

Most of us are independent, and there is also a significant amount of angry democrats in the Tea Party as well. Newt doesn’t know this because he’s never been part of the Tea Party movement. He’s a Big Government Statist and a Washington insider. The sort we are trying to run out of politics forever. Tea Party people aren’t his sort.

Newt is not, and never has been a Conservative. He’s more of a Manchurian Candidate, a life long democrat, who has infiltrated the Republican Party.

Again, I have never seen Newt stand with Conservatives the way he has with the socialists. He’s been too busy helping further their agenda for that. It’s not a stretch to say that Newt has done more to advance socialism in this country than many democrats.

Where was Newt when the Tea Party was formed? He was lobbying Congress to stop legislators from stopping Freddie Mac. That’s where. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are two of the biggest reasons our economy collapsed, and Newt was on the wrong side of that fight.

When has Newt ever went out and campaigned for Tea Party patriots? Spoke at Tea Party events?

Where was Newt in 2010 when Conservatives fought to take back Congress?

Newt was busy supporting far left Margaret Sanger Award winning De De Scozzafava, who was to the left of the democrat, over real Conservative Doug Hoffman. That’s where.

Hoffman was endorsed by Sarah Palin and once she endorsed, absolutely every Conservative worth talking about followed.

Newt kept saying De De was “conservative enough for him.” Newt didn’t even know De De wasn’t chosen by New Yorkers. She was the result of a backroom deal. But Newt kept talking about supporting the “will of the people.” Putz!

Oh, and how did De De “thank” Newt for his support? Once she realized she was going to be destroyed at the polls, she dropped out and endorsed the democrat!

That Newt sure can pick em!

Newt has no problem lying to Conservatives and conning them at every turn, because he’s had so much practice doing the same thing with his wives. Newt has been carrying on, with multiple affairs, and multiple wives. He went for years cheating on wives number one and two, without getting caught. That was great practice for what he’s doing now in the political arena.

Newt is a Big Government “progressive”. He has a lot more in common with Barack Obama and the rest of the socialists, than he does Conservatives and the American people at large.

Just as Newt cheated on his wives, Newt has spent decades cheating on Conservatives. Sadly, just like his wives, Newt has been able to con Conservatives into taking him back.

It hasn’t been that long ago, that Newt was universally despised by Conservatives for the exact reasons I have highlighted. When the chips are down, Newt ALWAYS stands with the socialists. For some reason, conservatives are allowing Newt’s pretty words to erase the horrific memories of Newt’s actions.

People need to wake up to the harsh reality that is Newt Gingrich. Newt would be like granting Obama his second term. Newt has never met a problem that he couldn’t think up a Big Government [and expensive] “solution” for.

Newt must be stopped. As president he would be our worst nightmare.

Caveat Emptor

Sarah Palin Wins South Carolina Primary No Endorsement Moving Forward Wants More Ideas Discussed

By Gary P Jackson

When it looked like Mitt Romney was going to run away with the South Carolina primary, and the nomination, Sarah Palin stepped up and said we’ll just see about that!

In an effort to make the primaries and the debates continue, Sarah suggested a different plan, and it worked. Like many of us, Sarah believes in tough competition and hard fought battles. Competition, strong competition, only makes everyone better. As she said: “steel sharpens steel.”

By continuing the fight, Sarah is forcing all of the candidates to be at their best. This is a good way to force the cream to rise to the top. Whomever wins the nomination will have earned it, and be in a better position to defeat Obama. This primary battle will expose all the warts, and steal the democrat’s thunder. It will make the eventually nominee much stronger.

Speaking with Megyn Kelly on Saturday night, Sarah said she was pleased with the outcome, but would not be endorsing any candidate yet. She also said Rick Santorum should fight on. We agree!

If there is one thing that saddens us, it’s that all of this just reinforces the fact that had Sarah run for president herself, she would have won it all hands down.

One thing I have to point out though. While she’s right, Newt Gingrich did fight against HillaryCare…. sorta…. in 2005 Newt teamed up with Hillary to push government mandated health care insurance. Newt has consistently pushed for government mandated health care insurance for almost a decade. His last big push was in May of 2011, when no one was paying attention. After that he’s laid low, hoping no one would notice that NewtCare is basically RomneyCare, except for the entire nation.

On to Florida!

Video courtesy SarahNet

Why Mitt Romney Should Release His Tax Returns Immediately

By Gary P Jackson

I’ll be honest, I really don’t care about any of these candidates income taxes. I haven’t cared if they release them or not, at least not until now.

Newt Gingrich and others are trying to make a big deal out of the fact Mitt only pays capital gains taxes, which works out to around 15% on his earnings. They are trying to make it seem like Mitt is some sort of tax cheat. It’s rather sad.

Thing is, Mitt Romney has been, for all intents and purposes, unemployed since 1999. Romney left Bain to go turn the Olympics around. He worked doing this, but received no salary. He also refused his salary as governor of Massachusetts. In other words, all of his income is generated by investments, which are taxed at a lower rate. This is, of course, a long standing tax law that encourages people to save and invest. That drives the economy.

Now it seems Newt Gingrich is yet again playing dirty.

Newt made a big deal last night of releasing his tax return.[s]

Newt only released one year, 2010. Now he’s trash talking and saying he won’t release any more until Romney releases his, and then only as much as Romney releases.

From Byron York:

Speaking to reporters after the CNN debate in North Charleston Thursday night, Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond said when it comes to releasing any more returns, the campaign will go only as far as Romney. “We will release everything Mitt Romney releases,” Hammond said. “If he shows a little leg, we will show a little leg. If he goes to the kneecap, we’ll go to the kneecap.“

“So this is it unless Romney releases something?“

“Yes, that’s correct.“

Last Sunday on “Meet the Press,” Gingrich, looking for a way to pressure Romney into disclosure, pledged make his own records public. “This coming Thursday I will release my income tax records,” Gingrich said. “We have our folks working to be able to release our records on Thursday.“

Gingrich’s words left the impression that he would release records — plural — but when Thursday came, he released just his personal return for 2010, plus the return of a personal foundation, also from 2010. The Gingrich campaign released the documents during the debate itself, when many reporters were focused on events onstage.

York goes on to give us the numbers from Newt. Bottom line is the Newt paid around 32% in taxes. I’m no tax expert, but I have always done my own taxes. You can’t tell me someone who earns that kind of money, and has the sort of assets Newt has, doesn’t have more deductions that he is entitled to.

I agree with John Sununu. It’s almost like Newt deliberately over paid his taxes, hoping to be able to use this as a weapon at some point, against one or more candidates:

The amount of tax Gingrich paid was substantial — an effective tax rate of about 32 percent. Earlier this week, Romney, whose income derives mostly from capital gains, said he paid taxes at about a 15 percent rate. Gingrich is hoping to show a contrast between his taxpaying and Romney’s — a strategy not lost on Romney’s advisors, who accused Gingrich of deliberately structuring his income to showcase his payment of a high tax rate. The 2010 return is “what I would call the carefully crafted one, last year, that Newt Gingrich built primarily for the purpose…of being able to release it,” said former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu, a Romney ally, on Bill Bennett’s radio program Friday morning. “I know Gingrich. I know that’s the kind of thing he would do.“

Read more here.

This is just more of Newt’s democrat style class warfare nonsense. A way to divide people rather than unite them.

We all know Romney is a wealthy man. He earned it and earned it honestly. That used to be considered honorable in America. Something most Americans were not only proud to see, but aspired to themselves. We’ve always been a nation that celebrated success. Americans have always striven to succeed.

I guess those days are gone.

It seems now that class warfare, attacking capitalism and free markets as well is the American way of life, is the new normal in the era of Obama/Gingich and the “occupy” movement.

I weep for America as it seems her glory days are now officially behind her.

I call on Mitt Romney to release all of his tax records. Go back to at least the days when Newt Gingrich was shilling for Freddie Mac. Longer if possible.

Let’s call Gingrich’s bluff and force him to release the rest of his returns!

Is Sarah Palin Looking To Toughen Up Mitt Romney For Battle With Obama?

Governor Sarah Palin with Air Boss, Capt. Gordon Smith, aboard the air craft carrier USS John C Stennis

By Gary P Jackson

I have to be honest, I didn’t see Sarah Palin’s interview on the Sean Hannity Show live. Hey the Barrett-Jackson auction is going on all week, and there are more things to life than politics. Besides, I knew our friend Ray, who publishes the SarahNet blog, would have me covered with video.

Once I took a look at emails and such last night, I saw everyone was talking about Sarah’s “endorsement of Newt Gingrich. The Gingrich campaign had this “endorsement” up on their website in record time, and of course the media ran with it with little thought.

Here’s what I heard from Sarah and how I see it:

I want to see this continue because iron sharpens iron, steel sharpens steel.

Sarah Palin is an athlete, and a tough one at that. Our readers are quite familiar with her basketball prowess. They also know she not only played in her high school’s championship winning game, but did so on a broken foot, and would score what would be the game winning point.

This is a woman who runs marathons, for fun.

She’s also a tough, hard nosed politician who has taken on Big Oil as well as Big Government, and Big GOP. She’s come out on top every time. She understands that politics is war.

She also said:

If I had to vote in South Carolina, in order to keep this thing going, I would vote for Newt and I would want this to continue – more debates, more vetting of candidates, because we know the mistake made in our country four years ago was having a candidate who was not vetted to the degree he should have been.

If that was an “endorsement” of Newt, it’s the strangest endorsement I have ever seen! Though she praises Newt’s debate performance earlier, at the “endorsement” stage of the interview, she never talks about Newt, the man. Never tells us how great he’d be as president. Nope, she goes into how she wants the race to continue. How she wants all of these candidates vetted more. How she doesn’t want to see any October surprises.

Something else, while she agrees there’s this Romney vs “not Romney” vote, when pressed, she doesn’t call for any candidates to drop out and voters coalesce around Newt [or any candidate] Instead she seems more concerned with continued vetting, and more ideas being floated.

Again, this is only my conjecture, but who needs toughening up? For whom does the phrase” iron sharpens iron and steel sharpens steel” seem to be most directed at? Who needs to be bloodied in battle the most?

Readers know how I feel about Newt Gingrich. He’s a Big Government Statist. He’s spent a lifetime standing with the socialists and working against Conservatives at the most critical times in our struggle against them. Newt’s latest stunt, attacking free markets, capitalism, and the American way of life, using Communist/Occupy talking points tells you all you need to know about Newt.

That said, even I would pay real money to see Newt debate Obama! Newt is a con man, and has learned his craft well. He “wins” every debate, because he’s good at it. Too bad he’s such a phony.

Newt doesn’t need to do more debates to get better at it, and by now all of his baggage is out there, and it’s more than American Airlines hauls in a year.

We already know Perry is done. Ron Paul is insane, and Santorum, a nice fellow, isn’t doing well. So Sarah isn’t looking to toughen those cats up. If she wants to see the race continue, to drag along, it’s only logical she urges voters to look at Newt.

This seems to be Sarah’s very own “operation chaos.”

By keeping the debates going, she’s looking to force candidates to bear all. Get everything out there before the democrats have a chance. It’s a brilliant move. Genius even.

Watch the interview:

Notice that when pressed, after her initial plea to vote for Newt, she sidesteps more talk of Newt and goes right back to talking about vetting the candidates. She also says, like we all are now, “anybody but Obama.”

Mitt Romney is our likely nominee. The rest have proven themselves to be inadequate. Mitt isn’t who many of us want, but at some point we must all face reality and adapt to it.

Newt’s despicable attack on Romney over his time at Bain and Company was actually a blessing. The democrats are hopping mad their usual co-conspirator [Newt] stole their thunder!

The truth came out, and other than die hards, who refuse to understand how business works, people have moved on. I’m sure the democrats will try the Bain line of attack in the general election, but by then it will be old news that has already been dealt with. Won’t have much impact.

Romney has a lot of things like Bain that need to be dealt with. Romney needs to learn how to battle. How to really fight the democrats. More debates, more vetting is key. Sarah Palin certainly understands this.

Again, I’m not speaking for Sarah, this is just my own opinion based on the way she “endorsed” Newt. The words she used, as well as the words she didn’t.

Sarah has always been a fan of contested primaries, as have I. In fact, if I had my way, no candidate anywhere, at any time, would run for office uncontested, in either the primary or general election.

Competition always sharpens the contestant. Clarifies their ideas and positions. Makes them better.

As we move forward we gotta vet ALL of these candidates. We can’t let any have a pass just because we like them. That would be wrong, and exactly the opposite of what Sarah is trying to achieve.

That said, we must use FACTS and let those facts take us where they take us. I know it’s hard to have an open mind sometimes. I also know our readers are passionate about politics. That’s a good thing, but don’t let the passion get in the way of critical thinking.

Over the years I’ve been writing, I have sliced and diced every candidate currently running for president. All of our writers have hammered Romney. I’ve exposed Newt as the Big Government Toffler Marxist he is, and Rick Perry as the crony capitalist he is.

Honestly, my candidate isn’t running, so anyone is merely second best [at best] for me.

I agree with Sarah’s attempt to slow this race down so we can continue to vet these candidates. In Romney’s case I think we need to continue to pressure him.

I don’t think there is any “there” there, but we should keep up the pressure on Romney to release his tax records. Though we must also remember that only Rick Perry has released his, and that is because Texas law requires him to. These other candidates, some who have called on Mitt to release his, have not released theirs. We need to ask them why.

Frankly, I think all we are going to see is the fact Mitt is worth a whole lot of money. Not a crime [yet] no matter how much Newt and his buddies on the left want it to be!

I also think people like Newt, and those in the democrat party, [I know, redundant] would love to play the class warfare game with Mitt. It’s not like Newt has grossed a $100 million and has a six figure line of credit at Tiffany’s, or anything, is it!

One thing from Saturday’s debate that hit me, and makes me understand why we need a few more GOOD debates, was something Juan Williams brought up.

Williams attacked Romney for being the toughest on illegal aliens. Illegal immigration is a big deal. Billions of dollars are spent dealing with the effects of illegals in our country. Romney is the only one who doesn’t talk about some form of amnesty. He’s hard core. His record in Massachusetts was pretty good.

I especially liked the fact Massachusetts requires English immersion for students whom English isn’t their first language. Here in Texas, our government’s solution is to hire bi-lingual teachers so the students can be taught in their native tongue. I mean why ask them to work a little, right? .

To me that is cruel, as we speak English in America, and by not teaching children the language, we are dooming them to a hard life in America. English is the universal language of business.

It’s little moments like this though, that continued debates will help clarify, for all candidates.

Now some think I am wrong. A lot of my fellow Palinistas think Sarah’s “endorsement” of Newt is merely a stall to drag things out. That this will lead up to her announcing her own candidacy for president at CPAC in a few weeks. After all, she’s the keynote speaker, and every eye will be on her as she closes the conference with one of her patented barn burning speeches. It would be one hell of a close if she ended with just such an announcement.

Personally, as much as I would love to see it, I don’t think that will happen.

I do think Sarah knows what she’s doing. She has the best political instincts of anyone I have ever seen. She understands if Mitt Romney is not really beat up and battle hardened, he will be easy prey in the general election against Obama.

Of course, this can be said of all of the candidates, but it especially applies to Romney. He needs to face the fire, and be made to defend his record.

So do all of these candidates though.

We need to steal the democrat’s thunder, so come November, whatever they try to use will already be old news that has already been answered. This applies to all of the GOP candidates equally.

Beating Obama is essential, and our nominee is going to have to be up to the task. This continued process will only make him stronger.