Why I could never vote for Gingrich

[Anonymous]

I am a independant, and I think Newt is smart enough to be president. I could forgive him for making a mistake and cheating on his wife, once. He left both of his wives just after they had been diagnosed with horrible diseases. He carried on an affair while trying to take Bill Clinton out for doing the same thing. I know that many of our presidents have carried out affairs while in office. I guess this just really bothers me. He seems so smug about it. How can he honestly sit there and talk about "defense of marriage" or "sanctity of marriage". Like I said, I am a forgiving person, I voted for Bill Clinton twice, and I probably would have voted for him again. Newt just eeks me out. This whole situation is very good news for Obama and Romney.

[takoma]

I also could never vote for Newt, but for reasons of policy and what I guess I would call public integrity. Although the private integrity issues gross me out, I might, with some reluctance, be able to accept his idea that he can separate his private failures from his public actions.

But all the stories of his undependability as speaker, as well as his penchant for taking credit for the successes of Reagan and Clinton, convince me that he's an egomaniac who should not be trusted again in a position of public power any more than in a private relationship.

[Anonymous]

He was entrusted once in position of public power and, he abused it so egregiously that he was fined and fired.

This by a Congress that would probably look the other way if you fondled an intern in front of the C-Span cameras.

The idea that anyone would vote for Newt over Obama just mystifies me.

[TheManWithAUsername]

Anonymous wrote:I am a independant, and I think Newt is smart enough to be president. I could forgive him for making a mistake and cheating on his wife, once. He left both of his wives just after they had been diagnosed with horrible diseases. He carried on an affair while trying to take Bill Clinton out for doing the same thing. I know that many of our presidents have carried out affairs while in office. I guess this just really bothers me. He seems so smug about it. How can he honestly sit there and talk about "defense of marriage" or "sanctity of marriage". Like I said, I am a forgiving person, I voted for Bill Clinton twice, and I probably would have voted for him again. Newt just eeks me out. This whole situation is very good news for Obama and Romney.

I actually agree with him that he wasn't a hypocrite for supporting the impeachment b/c it was about lying, not adultery per se.

That said, he's a hypocrite in the other ways you mention, and generally a lousy person.

[Anonymous]

I'm disgusted. I remain disgusted with Bill Clinton, but I don't feel like he held himself out as some paragon of virtue.

People who give speeches about the integrity of marriage and the corruption of American family values and then pull this shit make me want to punch them in the mouth.

He's a pig. He has no integrity. I don't care if he's a genius.

[Anonymous]

The WSJ had an article about him a couple of days stating how he applied to be the college's president within a year of getting his first job as a history professor. After getting rejected with a "chuckle", he applied in short order to be the chair of the history department and didn't get that either.

His ego must obviously rest somewhere in his abdomen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The WSJ had an article about him a couple of days stating how he applied to be the college's president within a year of getting his first job as a history professor. After getting rejected with a "chuckle", he applied in short order to be the chair of the history department and didn't get that either.

His ego must obviously rest somewhere in his abdomen.

The guy has his own reality distortion field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The WSJ had an article about him a couple of days stating how he applied to be the college's president within a year of getting his first job as a history professor. After getting rejected with a "chuckle", he applied in short order to be the chair of the history department and didn't get that either.

His ego must obviously rest somewhere in his abdomen.

The guy has his own reality distortion field.

...Although if that field only affects you, it's just delusion.

[Anonymous]

Oh I thought it was because he was an old, fat, fugly, greedy and self-centered man.

[Anonymous]

in addition to all that I'm pretty sure he's the one candidate with multiple confirmable DSM diagnoses of psychotic and other mental illnesses related to his delusional sense of self importance, disconnect between public statements and private standards, psychopathic behavior etc.

IOW, you wanna talk "dangerous"? That sick f@ck would take the cake.

[Anonymous]

I could never vote for Romney, too sleazy and those offshore funds
I do not like Newt, but might be forced to voter for him is there are no other candidates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could never vote for Romney, too sleazy and those offshore funds
I do not like Newt, but might be forced to voter for him is there are no other candidates

Did you hear Santorum last night. The conservative Republican Congress did not want Newt. They kicked him out. He is grandiose.

[Anonymous]

Yes, there is another candidate -- an excellent one.

Obama.

[Anonymous]

I couldn't agree more...I too am a registered Independent and of all the R's the only one that had any integrity was Huntsman, yet he too started to get tainted as the race progressed...of those still in the field it'll wind up being Romney....not that i'm voting for him if he is the candidtate the R's put up.

[Anonymous]

Oh please.

Obama bailed out banks and took the middle of the path and ineffective route. Only credit I give him is that he did help stop the economic bleeding that Bush left him, but most of it was the Fed pumping money into the economy cause the government wasn't doing jack.

Both Bush and Obama squandered the crisis and opportunities they had (Bush for squandering goodwill and support after 9/11 to start 2 wars, tax cuts, and unfunded programs, and Obama for not sending criminals who gambled with the economy to jail).

And Obama just signed that bill to allow indefinite detention of us citizens if president says so (what's habeas corpus?), still have Gitmo open, assassination of us citizens without trial, and still haven't closed down that security theater of DHS.

NONE of the current politicians running for president are worth a vote, imo. Is it sad that I'd rather vote for Steven Colbert?