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Subscribe to RSSDODGE, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich now says the reason to vote for him over his rivals -- he smarter.
“I’m not running against any of my friends, they’re all good people," Gingrich said at a breakfast at the Best Western here. "But if you watch them and watch me, the difference in the depth of knowledge and the difference in the ability to debate Obama, the difference in actually having done it at the national level, I can’t only think if you’re worried about the future of the country and you’re worried about how we get the country fixed, I’m a pretty good mechanic who knows how to fix the car and the other folks are good at selling it.
"They’re nice people, but they don’t have the knowledge to do something like this on this scale. This is enormously complicated.”
A day after Gingrich unveiled his 10-point new “Contract with America,” he again went point-by-point on his plan -- and again apologized for taking so long to describe it, but “it took so long to put together,” he said.
Gingrich also claimed that he has been studying how to make the U.S. better since he was a freshman or sophomore in high school.
Speaking about Social Security, Gingrich said he wants Americans to have the option of choosing their own, private Social Security account.
“Grandchildren should have right to choose Social Security account they control, it has to be there, we’re going to do a commercial showing President Obama in July saying twice you’re not going to get your social security check," Gingrich said. "Send it to college campuses and say do you want to spend the next 50 years of your life working and paying taxes supposedly building up for retirement when any politician can be this irresponsible? Or would you rather have an account you control so a politician can’t do that do your money. … I’m not going to force them into this system, they have the option, very few people will stay in it if they’re 25 or 30, and think it won’t be there. … If you have this account we don’t have a set date when you have to retire. Fact is, if you have this account and you control it and want to work until you are 85, fine. If you want to retire at 50, fine. What do we care? It’s your life, it’s your money.
Gingrich also pointed to the black community as being most disadvantaged with the current Social Security system. “Sadly most African Americans are the most disadvantaged because they die the youngest so they pay their whole lifetime and it transfers to somebody else because it’s not an estate.”
Speaking about fraud in the federal government, Gingrich said Visa, MasterCard and American Express do a better job preventing fraud than the U.S. government. And claimed as President, he would have the borders controlled by January 1, 2014.
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Gingrich is an arrogant, megalomanical pr ic k
J.D. Morrison, you might just possibly be the most stupid man on the face of the earth. As for Newtty, he carries enough baggage to give a Red Cap a hernia. How he could expect anyone to vote for his sorry a** I don't know.
Darn it. The Newt never fails to surprise. Once again, his mouth opened, his tongue moved, and nothing came out.
Newt the Poot sez his friends are "all good people"? — Well, 'good people' to a whoremonger, philanderer, and all-around cheat such as himself, perhaps... ( foul birds of a feather)
@dave schaffer: The numbering of the obama certificate is out of sequence with twins born after him who have lower numbers; Document experts believe that elements of the Birth Certificate released by the White House have been "edited"; Computer experts believe the image is computer generated, and not a copy of an actual birth certificate; The name of the physician who ALLEGEDLY delivered obama differs from previously published reports; The hospital where obama was ALLEGEDLY born is different from the one he originally claimed as his birthplace; The document does not contain the words "adopted" as they would following his adoption by his step-father, the Indonesian Muslim, Lolo Soetoro; and there are many more questions that remain unanswered..........And Oh yes, I dont like him. "Semper Vigilantis!!"
Haystack... Conspiracy theories like this one are good for Faux News but not good for you. Your point is a non-winner. Face it and move on. See a shrink, you are obsessed and it's getting late for you.
Gingrich is nothing more than a smart-ASS! The pillsbury doughboy needs to go on a diet and just keep his trap shut. The voters threw him out of office and I do not understand why he thinks he still has a future in politics.
Yes, I have to agree with Newt. He is the smartest of the candidates of either party. He has more Washington experience than all the other candidates.
His main dilemma is the personal baggage he carries. Not a lot, but some.
If he somehow becomes the nominee for the esteemed Republican Party, he will have all our support.
Congratulations. You just won comment of the year award. LOL.
If Gingrich is the best the Republicans have to offer then the entire party is in much worse shape than previously thought.
Greed and corruption does not equal smart.
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If you are a Republican, do the world a favor and vote: D. NONE OF THE ABOVE.
Newt...you remind me of an old pair of shoes that have gone out of fashion. Either hidden in a back corner in the closet or on their way to the second hand store...either way full of dust. In your case, however, you are full of more than just old dust...LOL
You have certainly lowered the bar on yourself...any Dick, Tom, and Harry is smarter than this crowd. By the way, P.T. Barnum is hiring clowns and all of you all have the qualifications.
That makes sense. Gingrich is an idiot, so he probably IS more intelligent than any of the other Repugs running.
He is the most booksmart, Washington experienced guy out of the bunch. Very intelligent. Still he hasn't said anything specific about his policies and guys like Herman Cain are becoming far more interesting to me. I like Cain's Fair Tax ideas a lot.
Jimd,
Yes, we seem to like the simplified 9-9-9 plan of Herman Cain.
However, think about the third 9. That's the 9% National sales tax part. Add that tax to the existing state sales tax where you live. In California it's 10%. In Nevada it's 8%.
So in Nevada, for instance, that adds up to 18% sales tax whenever you buy something. Will this foster a surge in garage sale, and under the counter, and barter/trade type purchases?
What is possible is what will happen. How is the tax evasion of a system like 9-9-9 countered??
Isn't Newt the guy that opined that Obama was genetically disposed to a Kenyan anti-colonial viewpoint which can be used to predict his behavior? I was struck at the time by two things.
1. What gene in our DNA carries our political viewpoints?
2. Isn't the Tea Party named to celebrate the anti-colonial sentiments of our Founders?
Newt isn't smart. He has just mastered academic-speak. It impresses the people who don't really listen to all the truly stupid stuff he says.
I want to know how Newt proposes to transition what is essentially insurance to private accounts while continuing to keep Social Security viable for older recipients? There is a several trillion dollar hole in his plan.
Falstaffmind,
In your case it would be that liberal cancerous gene that tries to get it's nourishment from all the hard-working conservative genes around it. LOL
when a person has to tell you how intelligent they are, they generally aren't.
Being smarter than a bag of hammers isn't generally considered brag-worthy.
Smarter than a macaroon!
Smarter than Ron Paul lol what an idiot he doesnt even come close.
I wonder who he will get to second that motion. Too many americans know who and what Ginghrich is really like. Wonder how he will get rid of current wife, if she doesn't get ill and he is too over the hill to attract new/younger blood for his next escapade.
Newt ain't too bright, if he is smarter than the rest, it does not say much for the rest. Huntsman is the only one with inteligence and the ability to lead.
The Gingrich that stole Christmas ranks right up there in the Republican organized crime family tree with Romney, Perry and the rest of the Republican dons.
If you are a middle class blue collar American you should not even be entertaining the thought of voting for a Republican in any way, shape or form. They only look out for themselves or their campaign donor / lobbyist cronies.
Obama may not be perfect but one overriding fact must be remembered. Bush and the Republican party caused all of the current mess we are in. They CAN NOT BE ALLOWED BACK IN to wreak more havoc while they feather their nests at our expense. The Republican Party should rename itself the Greedican Party.
I don't know about smarter than everyone else. But he was right about the Obama "green jobs/energy" plan 3 years ago. He said it would not produce very many jobs and was just a big playoff to campaign supporters. Obama modeled his green energy plan after the one in Spain. Spain has now stopped their plan because they were losing 2.5 jobs for every one they created. To date the jobs have cost us $4 million each. So Gingrich was right.
I believe that's referred to as "the exception that proves the rule".
Agreed, Newt- you were smart enough to run Clinton down while cheating on your own wife- and it took years for the truth to come out.
See: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/03/newt_gingrich_cheated_on_his_w.html
Here's your news flash, pal: we have plenty of sharp, unprincipled people in this country. What we need most in the chief executive is the ethics you and most politicians so sorely lack.
FeO2,
Just curious are you saying obama is that chief exec?
"Marxist plant", "groomed from childhood"- where do you get such information or do you spend every waking momenet trying to come up with something "worse" to spread because you are no doubt a racist birther.
Unfortunately Newt, a high IQ does NOT make up for moral turpitude. Understanding that is a lesson well learned.
ACTUALLY for those that even pay attention ,or have the comprehension ability
NEWT IS THE ONLY CANIDATE that addresses the problems ( all the problems ) facing our country AND provides solutions and or ideas for solutions for each and every one of the issues ,
SECOND for all those that keep throwing out these FALSE ACCUSATIONS , they have been prov en to be false , did not happen , BUT the name calling false accusations ,
I GUESS when that's all you got , that's all you got
AS FOR ME I would be embarrassed for other people to know that name calling and false accusations was the best I could do
BUT
each to their own
Newt Gingrich will make an excellent President and that's all there is too it. Life will get back to normal and we can all relax. What ever happened to style?... well anyway... All Hail Newt...
That may be true about Gingrich being smarter, but morally? He's bankrupt. I still remember him going after president Clinton while doing worse in the parking lot of the Capital. What a hypocrite!