Gingrich Wouldn’t Vote for Ron Paul, But Wants to See Condoleezza Rice Debate
EmailDecorah, IA — Newt Gingrich likely became the first candidate to say he would not vote for Ron Paul if the Texas Congressman were the nominee on Tuesday when he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that “the choice of Ron Paul or Barack Obama would be a very bad choice for America.”
Gingrich was critical of Ron Paul’s foreign policy and the recently surfaced newsletters printed under Paul’s name, which had racist remarks on them. Gingrich also said in Columbia, S.C. that Paul should explain “how he could have had a decade of newsletters that had his name on it that he apparently wasn’t aware of.”
The former Speaker of the House said the newsletters raised “fundamental questions” about Paul as president.
Today Gingrich said Paul – who has a large grassroots base in Iowa — as the nominee would be “difficult to see.” Gingrich has been on the descent, while Paul has finally seen a boomlet in Iowa polling.
“I think it’s very difficult to see how you would engage in dealing with Ron Paul as a nominee,” Gingrich said.
Ron Paul previously went after Gingrich’s consulting work for failed home mortgage corporation Freddie Mac, saying Gingrich Group’s consultant profits of $1.6 million from Freddie Mac was actually tax payer money.
Taking a turn away from the other candidates this evening in Decorah, Iowa, Gingrich told the crowd of more than 200 that he would love to see former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice debate Joe Biden in a vice presidential debate.
“That would be about as great a mismatch of knowledge versus ignorance as we’ve seen,” Gingrich said. “I would be intrigued.”
Gingrich said he didn’t want his comments to be mistaken that he was endorsing Rice for the vice presidential nomination.
“She is a terrifically smart person, and I do think the spectacle of her debating Biden would be one of the more enjoyable moments of 2012,” Gingrich said.
Gingrich joked the debate would depend on if Biden was “still on the ticket at that stage.”
Gingrich continues on the second day of his Iowa bus tour Wednesday in Iowa.
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“he would not vote for Ron Paul if the Txas Governor were the nominee on Tuesday” except he’s a Congressman
Posted by: sarman70 | December 28, 2011, 5:01 am 5:01 am
I would like to point out that Ron Paul isn’t the Governor of Texas, much less Txas.
“Paul should explain ‘how he could have had a decade of newsletters that had his name on it that he apparently wasn’t aware of.’” Well he has explained, tens of times in the last week, probably hundreds over all that he was not aware of the beginning of the publishing, but OVER TWENTY years ago he disavowed them. Not really sure how any of this is news. ABC has lost ALL credibility for me with this story.
Posted by: Loopholbrook | December 28, 2011, 5:09 am 5:09 am
It is ironic that the only candidate that wants peace and to end the police state the congress and the president have imposed on the people due to our failed foreign policies is regarded as fringe…
Well i have news for the corrupt media ..you have failed the people and the people are waking up.
The conservatives are always saying, the government can’t do anything right…
What makes you think that the foreign policies we have are any exception to the rule?.
Ron Paul receives his campaign donations in small amounts from the people and he just brought in another 5 million last weekend alone….The people are waking up.
Posted by: Hwt123 | December 28, 2011, 5:42 am 5:42 am
gingrich is such a neocon clown its just sad, Ron Paul 2012 last chance this nation has
Posted by: JT23 | December 28, 2011, 5:54 am 5:54 am
Another political nonsense. Instead of exchanging ideas, all Gingrich can do is to attack Paul. Same old dirty political agenda to find whatever they can do to put other candidates down in order for him to get ahead. Racial card is a classic one; the only purpose is to shunt black and Hispanic voters away from Paul.
A typical example of flashy and catchy headline without any substance. Gingrich claims “the choice of Ron Paul or Barack Obama would be a very bad choice for America” but doesn’t explain why. What makes him think he is better choice over Paul? Is there anything he can possibly do better than Paul besides being a new puppet of bankers?
Why did he bring up Condoleezza Rice? Well I should give him a credit for getting an excellent catchy and nonsense headline. Whether or not people agree with Paul’s political view or not, there is no doubt that Paul can intellectually speak his mind and logically defend his position. It would be a better match yet, Gingrich / Palin vs W Bush / Rice. Sorry, Gingrich and Rice are not Paul’s caliber… Not even close.
Stop using your dirty trick! We American can see through it. I can’t imagine who is lesser of the two evils, Dick Cheney or Newt Gingrich?
Posted by: philip | December 28, 2011, 6:24 am 6:24 am
Americans are sick of our suicidal fiscal policies. High unemployment, endless wars. bailouts and psychopathic decisions made daily by congress and the fed.
Ron Paul is being fought by the bankers, industrial military complex and wallstreeters that control most of the media. We must not fall for the propaganda *daily brainwashing) and allow them to tell us how to think. Don’t fall into the sheep mentality. Support your constitution in the primary (or caucus). Don’t fail your country.
Posted by: Kevin Lewis | December 28, 2011, 6:40 am 6:40 am
Ron Paul may not be the most stellar statesman in the GOP but he makes it up with intergrity and honesty which all the other GOP candidates lack! The establishment is totally against Ron Paul who seems to be the only candidate who has the 99% in his interests
Posted by: Jeff Yoder | December 28, 2011, 7:00 am 7:00 am
To state that newsletters have “recently surfaced” is a flat out lie in my estimation.
The newsletters were printed in the 80′s. Paul didn’t do all of the writing he had people working for him and a couple guest writers managed to get a bad sentence or two published.Big Deal. So he didn’t read all of them at the time. He has stated many times that he disavows the comments. And his record speaks for itself. He stands for freedom for all Americans regardless of race.
“I think it’s very difficult to see how you would engage in dealing with Ron Paul as a nominee,” Gingrich said.
It would be difficult for people like you Mr. Gingrich ( $1.6 million consulting for a Government Mortgage Program??? Hello? Hand in the cookie jar? )
Ron Paul wants to reduce the power of the Federal Government. And cut spending! How would you engage in dealing with that?
Use the media to call him a racist! Lmao. Nice try
RON PAUL 2012!!!
Posted by: Charles Maynard | December 28, 2011, 7:15 am 7:15 am
No Newt, no neocon agenda. If you are sick of war don’t support Newt, he’s a warmonger – neoconservative(<-look it up.) He would probably deny wanting to go to war but listen to some of the rhetoric that comes out of that pudgy face; it's a verbal march toward war.
Posted by: NoNewt | December 28, 2011, 8:16 am 8:16 am
Some Ron Paul facts:
[1] Ron Paul will pardon all non-white US citizens ever convicted of nonviolent drug crime.
[2] Ron Paul will end the War on Drugs (which is really a war on minorities).
[2] Ron Paul will end the war on Terror (which is essentially a war on non-whites).
[3] Ron Paul will end all foreign wars (completely stopping the killing of said non-whites).
[4] Ron Paul is against racial profiling of muslims as terrorists.
[5] Ron Paul voted Yes for MLK Day holiday.
[6] Ron Paul has the support of NAACP leaders who say [he's] not racist.
[7] Ron Paul is the most favorable GOP candidate amongst non-white voters, says a recent CNN poll.
[8] Ron Paul has stated that 3 of his heros are MLK, Rosa Parks, and Ghandi.
More Ron Paul facts:
[1] Ron Paul has won all the straw polls in Iowa, other than first GOP straw poll in August, which was a statistical tie for 1st with Bachmann: 4823, 28.55%, Bachmann; 4671, 27.65%, Paul. Less than 200 votes difference, total number cast 17,000.
[2] Ron Paul has won the most straw polls nationwide – more than 25; The mainstream media anointed “front-runner,” Newt, has won 2 straw polls. [laughs]
[3] Ron Paul recently had his Tea Party moneybomb, which raised 4 million dollars in less than 48 hours, from tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of individual supporters.
[4] Ron Paul receives more money from individual US citizens than any other GOP candidate, and more than twice the money the two mainstream media anointed “front-runners,” Newt and Mitt, receive from individual US citizens COMBINED.
[5] Ron Paul receives more money from US military personel than OBAMA and ALL other GOP candidates receive COMBINED.
[6] Ron Paul wins virtually every single online poll by landslide, usually by such a huge margin that most mainstream news organisations stopped having Ron Paul related polls (the polls didn’t jibe with their organisations’ skewed, dismissive reporting and usually outright fallacious opinion blog pieces.) Several mainstream news organisations also used the purposely deceitful tactic of deletion and/or reseting of poll results, while other mainstream news organisations offered polls which purposely excluded Ron Paul, usually replacing his name with the choice Someone Else (who completely hilariously, by the way, ALWAYS had the most votes by landslide.)
Ron Paul will win 2012. Get ready for it. :)
Posted by: RonPaulWins2012 | December 28, 2011, 8:16 am 8:16 am
You know who else Newt isn’t voting for, hahaha, himself. Nobody cares what that fat gasbag has to say. When he holds a rally ten people show up and half of them are there to heckle him. So why don’t you media people quit trying to shove this sociopath down our throats. Ron Paul 2012
Posted by: steve | December 28, 2011, 9:04 am 9:04 am
I just can’t understand Newt Gingrich (Elicia). He is a quitter when the weather is gloomy. He quit in 1999, so I might quit again as Commander in Chief. We just cannot take the chance.
Everything this term boils down to money and we cannot really do much without it. All we do is print more money and prop up losing businesses (government buddies). We need a change, a Ron Paul change!
Posted by: rkm | December 28, 2011, 10:27 am 10:27 am
girgrich couldn’t will a dog catchers election.
Posted by: stovepipe johnson | December 28, 2011, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm
Ron Paul is too old to be president. Plain and simple. These times require a younger, more agile intelligence.
Posted by: 66yearold | December 28, 2011, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm
Who believes this hypocrite? Who is listening to this guy? Why is he still getting press? He couldn’t even get on the ballet in his own state! He’s a Vietnam Draft Deferring Chickenhawk who wants to send our brave men and women to die in needless war! Support our Troops! Vote Ron Paul!
Ron Paul Too Old? Ron Paul could run laps around the Fat Grinch! Dr. Paul exercises every day and knows how to take care of himself! He is sharper now mentally than most Americans will ever be. I’d vote for Dr. Paul if he were 90 before I would vote for any of these other neocon-wannabes!
Posted by: Bryan Black | December 28, 2011, 5:57 pm 5:57 pm
Newt is a washed up life time politician who will only support if he gets something in immediate return. He cares nothing for the greater good of the U.S. and is as corrupted as they come. RON PAUL 2012!!!
Posted by: Matt | December 30, 2011, 2:14 pm 2:14 pm
One of the reason the Ron Paul phenomenon is self-limiting is that Iowans will quickly come to look at the Paultards who have have descended upon them over the past few days for what they are: Damaged freaks.
Much like the sub-normal cultists who wrote just about every comment preceding this one. And these guys have no self-awareness, either. They don’t get just how much of their deformed selves they’re revealing to the world in their online comments.
Posted by: Brian | December 31, 2011, 6:57 pm 6:57 pm
Nice Brian. Generalized an entire group of people based upon a characteristic you disagree with. That should help make your argument substantial and valid. Ironically, the same reasoning you used in an attempt to discredit his supporters could be used to discredit your comments. Must be fun bestowing anger.
Good luck in life.
Posted by: Mike | January 4, 2012, 4:30 pm 4:30 pm
Interesting post but like always I tend to confirm everything I read on the net.
Posted by: Kevin Skapura | January 19, 2012, 2:37 pm 2:37 pm