Will This Man Be America’s Next President – Newt Gingrich? By Ambassador mo

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Newt Gingrich has successfully projected his campaign in what he is against, knowing that he is personally lacking as the model of the new conservatism. Being against Obama, immigration, multi-culturalism, gay rights and/or Muslims, and with zeal perhaps will be enough to win nomination among a Tea/Republican Party voting core when others are either exhibiting ineptness or not enough venom. Newt does not lack either cerebral capacity or the will to use it for populist appeal. He does well in debates, such as CNN on "National Security." He appeals to a core sentiment accessorized by patriotic language and by comparison comes across as intellectual because he does not freeze when faced with details. He speaks to the constituency with clever combination of preacher and teacher. While other Republican candidates address each other confrontationally, he purposefully speaks of them as one team united to defeat Obama’s team: Looking around at the platform of almost a football team of Republican hopefuls, he cheers at every debate: “anyone of us would be preferable to Obama”! This wins great points with the base that more frequently acts like fans and wants anyone but that guy Obama, many of them do not even consider the current US President American or at least not enough. Gingrich would have a problem just campaigning on platform based upon what he is and was - on his third marriage (Photo: Newt Gingrich with wife Callista),with a history of extra-marital affairs, alternating positions on abortion rights, gay rights and having earned well over $1.6 million from Freddie Mac (a Tea Party anathema). He was compelled to resign as Speaker of the House when personal scandal and hypocrisy came to light. (He was engaged in “adulterous” affair with now wife # 3 and apparently was not truthful even as he sought to impeach Bill Clinton for the Monica Lewinsky affair). He is not so much a born-again, but a recent convert to Catholicism – the religion of his third wife. He is ridiculed for his current wife’s love of jewelry – now dubbed by some as the “Prince of Bling” or the “Tiffany Don,” although to be fair she wears the diamonds and pants in the house. Newt has managed to dance around the scandals, mostly – the latest has been his again apparent lack of truthfulness regarding the amount of money paid to his advisory firm, (not 300K but at least 5 X as much - $1.6 million), and the purpose of the payments/retainer, (Newt claims he was an adviser providing a historical perspective while the size of payments defines something more like influence/access and lobbying). If Gingrich is nominated by the Republicans he will then really have to survive a more savage personal scrutiny and the label of the “Teflon Candidate” will be put to a greater test while his reputation as the “Hack of Hate” may not be as well received among a broader American electorate. His personal lifestyle should be less of an issue among a more broadminded overall American electorate. Gingrich though has made success of employing every projectile at his disposal, and it may work for Newt in a Republican primary setting. However, such rocks could easily come back flying to one who has lived in a glass house. Previous Articles in Series: “Will This Man be America’s Next President?” ---Michele Bachmann: - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/will-this-wo-man-be-americas-next-president-by-ambassador-mo/37716 ---Mitt Romney: - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/will-this-man-be-americas-next-president-mitt-romney-by-ambassador-mo/36388 ---Herman Cain - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/will-this-man-be-americas-next-president-by-ambassador-mo/36191 ---Governor Chris Christie - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/will-this-man-be-americas-next-president-by-ambassador-mo/35821 ---Barak Obama- diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/will-this-man-be-americas-next-president-photo-tells-the-story-by-ambassador-mo/35210 ---"Protecting Brand America" - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/protecting-brand-america-by-ambassador-mo/41719 By Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey



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"Voice of the Global Citizen"- Diplomatically Incorrect (diplomaticallyincorrect.org) provide film and written reports on issues reflecting diplomatic discourse and the global citizen. Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey (@MuhamedSacirbey) is former Foreign Minister Ambassador of Bosnia & Herzegovina at the United Nations. "Mo" is also signatory of the Rome Conference/Treaty establishing the International…

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