tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post1609428952387497436..comments2024-01-23T17:14:04.067-05:00Comments on Jaltcoh: Why conservatives shouldn't support Newt Gingrich, and libertarians shouldn't support Ron PaulJohn Althouse Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-3924694359980946632011-12-21T20:27:13.883-05:002011-12-21T20:27:13.883-05:00when it's convenient. Gingrich — health care. ...<i>when it's convenient. Gingrich — health care. Obama — same-sex marriage.</i><br /><br />Well Gingrich has said that he was wrong about individual mandates-that's something Romney refuses to do.<br /><br />I think it makes Romney as arrogant as Obama.<br /><br />If you have any question of Obama's arrogance it's pretty much confirmed by Obama declaring his own administration the fourth best ever-after LBJ,FDR and Lincoln.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-54227985640390008722011-12-21T20:21:40.275-05:002011-12-21T20:21:40.275-05:00I have another problem with Newt Gingrich-it's...I have another problem with Newt Gingrich-it's the principle of honor.<br /><br />I had a philosophy prof bombard me for three days- over why lying is a bad principle.<br /><br />He had about three different planks for this-but it was the third one-or the one he presented on the third day of argument that most applies to Gingrich.<br /><br />Lying precludes other people from having a <i>choice</i> by lying you take the other persons options away from them-while keeping all of your options open.<br /><br />Looking back on it-I think the prof might have had a personal experience with that-who knows.<br /><br />It's been important to me ever since-so I was wondering what Gingrich did in this department-if he let people know what was going on-that's one thing-but not letting people know all the facts is something different.<br /><br />Wondering about Gingrich on a personal level a front page WaPo article linked to an old interview with Gingrich's second wife-that answered the question-supposedly she was caught off guard. Her interviews might vary though...<br /><br />However Gingrich led the Republican Party into the abyss of the Impeachment Trials all while having his own issue- and I doubt he let too many of the Republican Congress know that at the time, and when it was found out the story became about not just Newt's hypocrisy-but the Republican Party's-Newt had made certain choices for everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-1005956464147159052011-12-19T21:24:12.724-05:002011-12-19T21:24:12.724-05:00I'm not trying to present the case against eve...I'm not trying to present the case against every candidate. I'll be doing a post on who I actually support, hopefully before the voting starts.<br /><br />I linked to these two pieces because I found them interesting, thought-provoking, surprising.<br /><br />The case against Romney is well-known: he's flip-flopped on so many major issues, in such a transparently opportunistic way, that you can't trust him to have the convictions he claims.<br /><br />But I don't find that convincing as a reason not to vote for him. We have to choose someone, and the strongest other candidates in the race haven't been any less willing to flip-flop when it's convenient. Gingrich — <a href="http://jaltcoh.blogspot.com/2011/11/newt-gingrich-supported-individual.html" rel="nofollow">health care</a>. Obama — <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0109/Obama_backed_samesex_marriage_in_1996.html" rel="nofollow">same-sex marriage</a>.John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-41462447920503260842011-12-19T21:05:41.654-05:002011-12-19T21:05:41.654-05:00And where is the case against Romney?
I guess it&...And where is the case against Romney?<br /><br />I guess it's so obvious already, we don't need any more evidence to convince us!Jason (the commenter)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16045360562791361484noreply@blogger.com