Newt Gingrich Launches Non Partisan American Solutions Campaign
American Solutions for Winning the Future Aims to Bust Partisan Gridlock
Newt Gingrich appears to be as fed up with the Republican party as he ever was with the Democrats.As the horses lined up for the presidential campaign starting gates some thought Newt's hat would be in the ring. But Newt has gone off on a tangent and never made that run. Instead, he's sending out letters and making the circuit for his new organization, "American Solutions For Winning the Future". In recent mass-mailings, American Solutions is asking for donations and survey returns while pointing recipients to its web site, books, e-Newsletter, and other resources to build an army of conservative-minded citizens intent on changing the way our government operates.
While the material touts non-partisanship, it is obviously conservative oriented. If non-partisanship is defined as not siding with Republicans or Democrats, then American Solutions is non-partisan. The tone and message is that both our primary political parties are mired in impotence and have no ability to effect real change.
Newt could have gone off and started a third party, but history has taught us that third parties are never going to amount to much more than spoilers which steal Democrat or Republican votes. The result is always a win for the party most opposed to the third party's ideals. I say that even as I serve as the state Chair for the American Patriot Party of Texas, a conservative political third party I joined after leaving the Republican party in disgust early in this election campaign. I joined the American Patriot Party because I decided henceforth I will vote my conscience, not as Ambrose Bierce said: "the evil of two lessors".
Unfortunately, that means my vote will count for naught, or worse, will count against the slightly more conservative Republicans since they are the lesser of the two evils in my mind.
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Walter Myers
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01/20/2009
I do support Newt Gingrich. He believes in the orginal conservatism of our fore fathers such as George Washington, Lincoln, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson and yes Ben Franklin, If you do not believe me please get a copy of the original constitution, Declaration of Independance and Bill of Rights and read the later of them when these men signed it. You may be surprised just how much wisdon from on High these gentlemen had.
What Newt is trying to do is another approach to reach heartfelt Democracts, Replublican and yes those in between. Newt has been there and made his dues but he on the right track and I pray you all will support this man in his honest efforts. He is working not as a politician but as an American citizen, yes.
Walter Myers
In spite of his faults (and who does NOT have them?), I like the guy! I think he's a better Libertarian than a Republican, though! Isn't it funny how folks like him keep getting shut out of the process? Maybe they realize he doesn't wanna "play ball"!
Newt is most sincere. He lives around here and was an adjunct professor for a while at Kennesaw State University. He is easily accessible and has held to conservative beliefs strongly and heartily. In a recent speech locally he basically stated the tenents of his new organization. Whether you agree or disagree with him, he is one of the most genuine politicians I've ever seen. His biggest problem is that the current wave of charisma seeking constituents may not like his stodginess, but wisdom, knowledge, and sound policies solve problems --- not groovin with groupthink-------which brings me to another topic I will not even explore here...so i better go...Nice job.
Your 3rd to last Para is how I see Newt. And I agree with your analysis of alternate parties' effects in the past but wonder if it's time for that to change. Two parties just isn't working. Marindavid's comment is also hysterical and so well put.
LOL! Funny point!
Party affiliations and politics notwithstanding, I think it would be very difficult to cast a Presidential vote for a man named after a small salamander who lives under the soggy droppings in dark, damp forests. According to Wikipedia:
The Newt is an amphibian of the Salamandridae family, order Urodela or Caudata, found in North America, Europe, and Asia. Their eggs are laid singly in ponds or slow-moving streams, attached to aquatic plants. This distinguishes them from the free-floating eggs of frogs, that are laid in clumps, or toads, that are laid in strings. The larvae leave the water as a terrestrial form called an eft, returning to the water when mature to live or to breed. The adult form has a lizard-like body and is either aquatic or semi-aquatic.
Doesn't sound like someone I would vote for.
After all, what were his parents thinking? And what does it tell us about their and his own genetic propensities?!
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