As former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich continues to surge in the polls for the Republican Presidential nomination, it becomes more obvious that the Republican Party “establishment” is horrified at his rise.
Former Congresswoman Susan Molinari of New York, Congressman Peter King of New York, former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu (who worked as Chief of Staff to the first President Bush), former Florida Congressman and MNSBC talk show host Joe Scarborough, and innumerable others are ringing the alarm bell about the dangers of Newt Gingrich as the GOP nominee.
They and those who know politics best see Gingrich as a disaster for the party, similar to Barry Goldwater in 1964, but in many worse worse than Goldwater.
Goldwater did not have the ethical and moral problems of Gingrich. Goldwater did not set out to be another Joseph McCarthy, as Gingrich has done in modern terms.
Why call Gingrich another Joseph McCarthy? Gingrich, similar to McCarthy, levels ridiculous charges and accusations; utilizes virtriol and promotion of hatred; promotes confrontation and tumult and division and distortion with a great relish; does not care how many corpses he leaves behind in his lust for power; and would make the stalemate and gridlock that exists in Washington even worse than it is now!
Newt Gingrich cannot unite the country; cannot solve any of the major problems we are facing; and likely would take us into more foreign wars; promote more wild spending leading to a greater national debt; cause more corruption and scandals (both in government and personally); create more centralization of the powers of the Presidency in dangerous, abusive ways; and would make us wish for the times of Richard Nixon, the most divisive President of the 20th century!
This man is reckless, dangerous, and does not work well with others of his own party, let alone the opposition and the news media. He is a danger to the nation’s future, and one would hope that he would lose massively to Barack Obama, and cause a reassessment of the right wing madness of the Republican Party!
Specific examples of these similarities with McCarthy, and supportive statements as to what Gingrich is and is not capable of, would make this a much stronger article. I AGREE with the main point, but this article sounds much more like the script for a political TV ad than anything else.
You are correct, Chris, that more information was needed.
Newt Gingrich has used Communist, Socialist, terrorist,Muslim and other terms loosely against Obama and other opponents.
He has suggested invasion of Iran, has endorsed child labor returning, and has also made irrational statements and then reversed himself.
His rhetoric reminds one, therefore, of Joseph McCarthy at his peak, but McCarthy was, thank goodness, not running for President!
You can see how the GOP Congressional colleagues and even the Conservative talk show hosts, in many cases,have condemned Gingrich as dangerous and reckless!