Newt Mocks Obama: “If He Wants to Use a TelePrompter That’s Fine… We Have to Be Fair”

There is no doubt in my mind that Newt wouldbury obummer during a debate; he is intelligent, knowledgable, and well spoken.
The issue I have with Newt is his ethic,and honesty, and whether he could convince enough voters to elect him to be president – that I just do not believe. Would he once again betray us, or is his corruption to be forgiven?

@cali: I am not necessarily a champion of Newt, but I must remind all the potential GOP primary voters that the only ethics violation that wasn’t dropped against him during his tenure as Speaker of the House was a tax code violation. In the subsequent IRS audit/investigation, they found him innocent of tax evasion.

I think what happens when you get a strong conservative that has the moxie to get things done rather than to compromise just for the sake of compromise, you get the left doing anything in their power to discredit that conservative. Just look at what the left did, I should say tried to do to Sarah Palin. At least in her case, those attacks merely make her stronger.

Now before any comments get thrown at me about Newt not being a conservative, I agree that there are areas where he and I disagree. But then again, my favorite President of all time, Ronald Reagan signed into law a bill that exploded the abortion rates while he was Governor of California. No one candidate is perfect, but if I can agree with 7 out of 10 issues and one of those issues that is Pro-Life, then I can feel comfortable voting for that person.

My “horse in the race, so to speak is Herman Cain. I like his outside the box thinking and loads of executive experience. True, he is rough around the edges, but I admire his overcoming adversity, his success as an executive in several large companies, and most of his straight forward way of answering questions.

The GOP nominee is going to have to put forward a very positive, upbeat message and have a coordinating positive demanor to beat Obama. I just read a study that links a winning, genuinely warm smile with the winners of the last few Presidential elections.

In part, it says:

When two (or more) candidates “face off” in a general election for president, history shows that the winners are the “congruent” grinners—those whose smiles, combined with their positive messages, inspire rather than irritate voters.

That was the case in 2008 when Barack Obama’s grin, combined with his consistent “hope and change” message captured the imagination and matched the mood of the public.

Obama’s smile beat John McCain’s grimace, as McCain’s messages (and mouth) flapped around in the final months of the election, from “the fundamentals of our economy are strong” to our economy is in “a total crisis.”

In 2004 and 2000, George W. Bush alternated between a smirk and a cocky smile. But even those mixed facial expressions—and Bush’s messages of strong leadership—provided the “grinning edge” over his mirthless opponents, the terminally serious and insufferably pompous John Kerry and Al Gore.

In 1996 and 1992, Bill Clinton flashed a jaunty smile and a relentless “man from Hope” personality. His leadership accomplishments—first as a governor then as a president—showed a willingness to find a “third way” between warring Democrats and Republicans.

In 1996, scowling, ranting Bob Dole didn’t have a chance against Clinton’s sunny smile and Clinton’s confident insistence that he had put America on the right track.

That same year, Reform Party candidate Ross Perot’s bizarre smile and angry manner made Clinton look even better by comparison.

In 1992, against the strained smile of President George H.W. Bush and the weird rictus of alarm of the insurgent, Perot, Clinton likewise looked every bit the winner. Bush couldn’t believe that a scandal-plagued politician nicknamed “Slick Willie” could shuck and smile his way past the storied Bush résumé. But Bush had his own “congruence” problems when voters read his lips and saw how he broke his “no new taxes” pledge.

When George H.W. Bush won his single term in 1988 his frenetic grin was positively endearing when contrasted with the mechanical smile and robotic messaging of Michael Dukakis. Plus, Bush had the advantage of surfing on Ronald Reagan’s golden legacy, having served as “The Gipper’s” vice president.

The secret of a winning presidential smile isn’t just in the mouth. Presidents also smile with their eyes, showing inner warmth or an amused twinkle, for example. Voters can detect the difference between the verbal and non-verbal communication of a Happy Warrior versus an Unhappy Worrier.

Reagan’s smile and sparkling Irish eyes—plus his leadership record—were unbeatable, especially when matched against the dourness of his two opponents in 1980 and 1984, Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale.

When Carter defeated Gerald Ford in 1976, Carter’s smile was still seen as country-fresh and an antidote to the lingering national nausea over Watergate. Carter’s smile hadn’t yet morphed into looking like a “Mr. Peanuts” cartoon grin—as it did in 1980, with the caption under Carter’s face reading, “Malaise.”

Even Richard Nixon—“Tricky Dick”—calibrated his smile and focused his darting eyes with the fervor of commitment when compared to his two wimpy opponents in 1968 and 1972, Hubert Humphrey and George McGovern.

In a presidential contest, whoever appears more upbeat is victorious over whoever seems more uptight. – Source

James Lewis at American Thinker has written the best essay yet about how Obama is going to win the 2012 election.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/11/the_wall_street_occupiers_as_mind_erasers.html

He’s going to use magic.
Just like he did before.
Read it and weep.
The media is playing right into his hands.
And neither Newt nor any other Republican will be able to get a debate with him that will do anything but make Obama look good.

‘TelePrompter?’ What a wit Newt is! Hey, serve any dying wife divorce papers in thier hospital beds latley, Newt? Point any fingers at Presidents for cheating while you had a mistress of your own? Newt is a corporate shill with a vocabulary.

@cali: You have to ask yourself, how long does a person pay for their transgressions? I mean, Clinton appears to be forgiven- and face it- almost everyone has skeletons in their closets, some more heinous than others- where do you draw the line?
Personally, while i haven’t made my mind up, I am willing to forgive Newt- he is one of perhaps two candidates that could turn this government and economy around. For that, I could forgive him a LOT.

@MataHarley:

If he was capable of absorbing facts he wouldn’t be a liberal.

@ Richard Wheeler:
He’s been using a lot of humor in his speeches Rich, I gotta give him credit there. I never thought he had a chance. I’ve been praying Perry would get hit with a magic debate wand, but it ain’t happening. Although I think he would be a good president, Obama would wipe the floor with him in a debate. There are really only four contenders that could take on Obama in a debate, Romney, Newt, Paul, and Huntsman. I love Ron Paul, I even understand what he means when he discusses national defense, but it just doesn’t bode over well with the public. Huntsman is a lot more conservative than anyone gives him credit for and he’s far and away better than Romney. Plus his daughters are hawt! This latest affair scandal is it for Cain. Whether it is true or not, it’s just too much to overcome. I find myself looking pretty hard at Newt. He’s owned up to his mistakes and can still take unpopular positions and back them up. I would love to see Newt and Obama go at it.

@Greg:
Yeah, and Obama said he would improve America’s standing in the world, oh and bring the country together because we weren’t red States and blue States, but the United States, oh and he said he would reduce the deficit.
I don’t give a crap if Newt lobbied or not, he was a private citizen. If he said he didn’t and the facts show he did, he’ll need to explain himself. How ’bout you get Obama to do the same.

@Richard Wheeler:
I don’t have an issue with Romney’s religion. Everyone was worried about JFK being Catholic and taking his orders from the Pope. I see it as a non-issue. I just think he has flip-flopped more than any politician in known history. I can understand a person growing in their personal and political beliefs, but jeez.
I was a tad disappointed in the Noles this year, but very encouraged by what I saw in Jimbo Fisher. I think he’s going to build a mighty team. I would love to see the Irish and the Noles in a bowl game.

CALI,
you gave him a candy and then you killed him,
double edge, that was dirty