Ever wonder why Limbaugh, Hannity, and Levin are angry that staunch conservatives are out in force in support of the conservative principles espoused by Governor Romney while they are denouncing Gingrich? It is not just rhetoric that Gingrich is the ultimate Washington insider who is most likely to increase the size of government (his lunar colony with 13,000 Americans is only one tiny example).
Hannity, Levin, and Limbaugh are entertainers first. Their radio and television ratings go through the roof when a liberal is in office and they tank when a conservative is President. It is no surprise to this writer that these celebrities are pulling for the guy with all the dirty laundry. Am I implying or stating outright that these guys want Obama for another four years? No, I am not. But clearly their media “value” is much higher with Obama as President — there is no question about that. So, for me anyway, there is no surprise here (though Hannity is clearly toeing the Murdock line as his lackey for Gingrich).
If I asked the question — “Which of all the modern presidents is the favorite of Mr. Gingrich?” — what would you say? Reagan, right? WRONG.
Let Mr. Gingrich tell you directly:
Don’t get me wrong. I consider FDR a hero for the way he took it to America’s enemies in World War II — no question about it. But he expanded the federal government in unprecedented ways that can never be reversed.
Three Gingrich quotes from this clip:
1) “In my judgment, FDR is the greatest President of the twentieth century.”
2) “The most effective President of the twentieth century.”
3) Responding to the question of which modern day President is the favorite of Gingrich, he replies, “FDR”
The important question one has to ask, when considering how a Romney or Gingrich President would govern, is which is most likely to expand the federal government? A President Gingrich or a President Romney?
Gingrich admits that his thinking is grandiose.
It is my opinion that the probability that Gingrich, as President, would reduce the size of the federal government is less than one percent.
Gingrich is definitely a big-government Washington insider.
[Thank you to my friend Troy Tate for sending over this clip]
Victor is a businessman working in the healthcare industry. He and his wife of 33 years have five children and four grandchildren. Vic has been blogging for Mitt Romney since 2007.
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Vic, it’s toeing, not towing.
…(though Hannity is clearly towing the Murdock line as his lackey for Gingrich).
Corrected. Thanks Alan!
I never saw this clip before. WOW! FDR tried to stack the Supreme Court with additional Justices so he could jam through New Deal legislation to destroy the US Constitution. He lost that battle but as he, himself, said, he won the war when two Justices died and he was able to appoint liberal judges. Then usurpation of power to the Executive Branch became the norm and the balance of power shifted allowing unconstitutional programs to be multiplied and funded in and run by the federal government instead of the States.
This is what Gingrich loves about the Progressive (liberal) FDR, and what he obviously would also like to do. His “grandiose” ideas which will cost billions and perhaps trillions of dollars prove this. Oh does he ever want to be like FDR. Only Romney stands in his way and he will say anything, any lie, to get past him.
But of course, if he does, he will still lose to Obama because Obama will play him like a fool. It takes one to know one; the Democrats do not fear Gingrich at all! Unlike the oh-so-gullible public, they have Gingrich figured out from day one.