Rush reads Thomas Sowell column on Newt Gingrich

Economist and conservative author Thomas Sowell says voters should disregard Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's "baggage" and support the former House speaker because defeating President Obama in 2012 is crucial to America's future.

Sowell cites Gingrich's solid record of "concrete accomplishments," which he argues makes him a stronger candidate than former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who pushed through one of the liberal healthcare programs in the nation.

Sowell, one of the nation's most respected conservative columnists and a senior fellow on public policy at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, writes in his nationally syndicated column: "What the media call Gingrich's 'baggage' concerns largely his personal life and the fact that he made a lot of money running a consulting firm after he left Congress.

"But how much weight should we give to this stuff when we are talking about the future of the nation?"

Sowell points to Obama's economic policies, which have taken the country down a path that has "led Western European nations to the brink of financial disaster."

He also cites a foreign policy that has "pulled the rug" out from under America's allies while seeking to "cozy up" to our enemies, and says the failure to deter Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons development could have consequences "beyond our worst imagining."

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[USoSilly2Me]

Finally..!! Someone with a brain.! Thank You for Posting This.!

[teloscaylos]

@USoSilly2Me Thanks so much, friend.

[mootant]

Sowell 90% agrees with RP so how can Rush disagree with RP and agree with Sowell.

[sugarlanskee8]

Rush has never been paid the big money by the meager roster of advetisers; the large money is derived from the tycoons and these think tanks who don't need to advertise.

[nphanlon1973]

politics is just a series of bad or worse choices.

[TylerNull]

@urwholefamilydied

Mark Steyn has a great article that focuses on the problem Paul has with Conservatives;

"Paul the Parochial"

[urwholefamilydied]

not sure if rush is taking this piece out of context or if sowell doesn't support paul... which is hard to believe. Sowell is completely on page with ron paul as far as every video and ideology i've heard sowell talk about.

[Dethreid]

I have to say I lost a bit of respect for Sowell for that piece, since when is compromising principles to win a political match an OK thing.

[buffaloannavie]

It's just plain scary how many people have been brain washed by Obama. I just hope Americans wake up and see we need a true strong leader. Newt is the man that can turn it all around. God help us if Obama gets 4 more years....