{"id":1180,"date":"2012-01-24T13:43:21","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T20:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2012-01-24T13:43:21","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T20:43:21","slug":"the-character-of-a-conservative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=1180","title":{"rendered":"THE CHARACTER OF A CONSERVATIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

On various occasions I have had the duty to interview people suspected of doing something wrong.\u00a0 I quickly learned something:\u00a0 when you run into someone who responds with rage at being asked a reasonable question, watch out.\u00a0 People who have done nothing wrong will seldom respond that way.\u00a0 They just answer the question.\u00a0\u00a0 But, quite frequently the people, who complain the loudest about the unfairness of the question, are the people with the most to hide.\u00a0 They are trying to intimidate others into not doing their job.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Barack Obama managed to avoid scrutiny by placing the race card whenever anyone dared ask him about anything.\u00a0 This was also\u00a0Bill and Hillary Clinton\u2019s principle method of avoiding scrutiny.\u00a0Remember Hillary talking about the vast right-wing conspiracy?\u00a0 Bill Clinton would refuse to answer legitimate questions on the basis that he was focused on doing his job for the American people.\u00a0 This approach was perfected when the man, obviously guilty of perjury, managed to pin the blame on Republicans for daring to impeach him merely because he was guilty of a felony.\u00a0 His reasoning was that this was only about sex, so it didn\u2019t matter.\u00a0 Perjury always matters<\/em>.<\/p>\n

When I saw the way Newt Gingrich responded to John King, my heart sank.\u00a0 I immediately recognized the \u201cangry, how-dare-you-question-me routine.\u201d\u00a0 No one does scorn better than Newt Gingrich.\u00a0 At first glance, Newt Gingrich\u2019s tirade against John King was brilliant.\u00a0 It certainly got the crowd excited and won him the election in South Carolina.\u00a0 But, it is pretty obvious that Gingrich was lying.\u00a0 The following article from the Daily Beast<\/em> documents the problem.\u00a0 Now, the Daily Beast<\/em> is no friend of conservatives, but unfortunately, in this case, it has its facts down:<\/p>\n

\u00a0from http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2012\/01\/23\/in-newt-gingrich-s-world-rules-do-not-apply-to-him-ex-wife-s-lawyer-says.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Newt Gingrich is the only Speaker of the House in our nation\u2019s history that was fined by the ethics committee.\u00a0 The fine was a whopping $300,000.\u00a0 The Speaker of the House makes an annual salary of $223,500 per year.\u00a0 It was even less when Gingrich was Speaker.\u00a0 That means he was fined far in excess of his entire annual salary.\u00a0 That size of fine says a lot about his real net worth and even more about the seriousness with which House members viewed his actions.\u00a0 Remember, this was a Republican controlled House at the time.<\/p>\n

Newt Gingrich was forced to resign as Speaker after House Republicans staged a mutiny.\u00a0 He was the man who developed the \u201cContract with America\u201d and helped Republicans regain the House after more than 40 years in the Wilderness.\u00a0 This was an accomplishment on a par with the biblical Moses.\u00a0\u00a0 The Republicans in the House would have tolerated almost anything from the man who did this, but they could not tolerate Newt Gingrich.\u00a0 Recently, more and more of them have been speaking out and warning us about serious problems with Newt Gingrich\u2019s leadership.\u00a0 Perhaps we should start to listen.<\/p>\n

The President of the United States is the most powerful person on earth.\u00a0 This person literally has the power to unleash a nuclear weapon.\u00a0 In the hands of the wrong person, who responds because of rage rather than reason, this is extremely dangerous.\u00a0 That is why during the last days of the Nixon administration there were reports that senior administration officials secretly agreed to ignore an illegal order from Nixon, if it came to that.\u00a0 Fortunately, Nixon never tried issuing such an order.<\/p>\n

There is no room for error on this topic.\u00a0 Republicans need to be absolutely sure they can trust Newt Gingrich\u2019s character, or they dare not nominate him.\u00a0 This does not mean that he has to be perfect.\u00a0 It does mean that he has to be someone who has proven himself to be worthy of trust.\u00a0 With regard to convicting someone for criminal behavior, they are innocent until proven guilty.\u00a0 With regard to running for President, it is the duty of the candidate to prove he has the right character for the job.\u00a0 Newt needs to tone down the rhetoric and start being a lot more truthful, if he wants to meet that standard.<\/p>\n

\u00a0TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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