Posted by
Daemonocracy on Monday, November 02, 2009 12:00:00 AM
Over at his blog, Newt Gingrich is being torn apart by angry commenters over his endorsement of Liberal "Republican" candidate Dede Scozzafava in the NY-23 special election. If you need any background information on what the controversy is all about just check out Michelle Malkin's blog to see how angered we Conservatives are over both the party and Newt backing a candidate who is even more liberal than the Democrat in the race.
I look at Newt's blog and I agree with almost every comment that is written, however, some of those comments on that blog read like the people writing them have mental disorders. I understand people are upset and I do believe it is important to let Newt hear that unrest but I found myself skipping over a lot of the comments because of how poorly written and coarse they were. It is hard to take that kind of expression seriously. Newt is a not a popular guy among Conservatives right now but the criticism and the insults should strive to be clever and as a result more biting. It is certainly ok to shout, especially when you feel are being ignored as the townhall protesters felt they were, but make sure you get your point across clearly other than stating that your mad and hate Newt.
Newt certainly screwed up here. He put party over principle in a distrcit where the Conservative could have, still could, and if does not then should have won. He made a decent case of defense for his endorsement but when looking at this woman’s record and statements it became clear Newt was misleading us for his own sake and worst of all he started to take shots at Hoffman and Conservatives towards the end. Simply put, we feel betrayed by one of our former leaders. There are enough David Frums out there who love to cannibalize their own but Newt was well liked and trusted by most of us. We already have a pragmatist in the White House, we don’t need one as head of the conservative movement.
Newt needs to make an apology and show some humility. He was wrong about Scozzafava and our opposition to her was never about purging the party of moderates but only of Rinos and liberals. We never trusted Scozzafava because we knew what she was and Newt refused to listen. Now we are proven right. I personally will never give to Newt's political foundation again because I don't feel I can trust the man but I still value his voice on Conservative issues. Newt should not have taken part in attacks on Hoffman and we should not take part in attacks on him either. He is done as a grass roots Conservative leader for the time being but can still lend a valuable voice to the Conservative movement.