Maybe Newt Had a Point…But When in Doubt Follow Reagan

In the wake of Tuesday’s election results, I’m very happy with the outcome of Virginia and New Jersey. Honestly, I didn’t think Christie was going to pull it out in the Garden state, but I couldn’t be happier John Corsine was given the boot.

However, I really wanted Doug Hoffman to win the 23rd CD seat in Upper New York. That tri-fecta would not only have sent a megaton message to Washington, but Conservative would have staked a greater foothold in the GOP.

In the heat of battle, I said some harsh things about Newt Gingrich for endorsing De De Scozzafava, a Liberal Republican, over Conservative Doug Hoffman. In farness to Newt, he got a lot of grief but he wasn’t alone in his endorsement. House Minority Leader, John Boehner, Minority Whip Eric Cantor, and Sen Pete Sessions and others also backed Scozzfava, but to my knowledge, they didn’t receive the same wrath from other Conservatives that Newt did.

In an interview with Sean Hannity today, Gingrich explained that he was informed by 11 Republican Chairman that they had selected Scozzafava as the Republican candidate in the special election. I think Newt deferred to the judgment of the local party bosses and really didn’t know anything or knew Scozzafava from a can of paint. He also noted that the GOP bosses failed to consult Mike Long of the Conservative Party prior to selecting Scozzafava.

Well, it all became a big mess and Newt Gingrich got caught in the neat grinder.

Moving forward, I hope the GOP will learn its lesson of what happened in NY 23. Select candidates wisely and don’t blur the lines of Conservatism for political expediency. Follow what Ronald Reagan said:


Ronald Reagan - Let Them Go Their Way

Let Them Go Their Way
March 1, 1975
2nd Annual CPAC Convention

“I don 't know about you, but I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, "We must broaden the base of our party" -- when what they meant was to fuzz up and blur even more the differences between ourselves and our opponents.”


“Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?”


“A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers.


“I do not believe I have proposed anything that is contrary to what has been considered Republican principle. It is at the same time the very basis of conservatism. It is time to reassert that principle and raise it to full view. And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way.”

From The Last Tradition

At Least Joe Biden Was Right About One Thing in His Life

Obama’s Economy For Idiots-He Gets an A+ for Wasteful Spending

The White House yesterday boldly proclaimed that 1 million jobs were saved or created as a direct result of Obama’s Stimulus package.

Well, isn’t that special?

Lets set aside for a moment that the “saved or created” statistics is pure hogwash like I’ve written about on my prior post. If you look on the Recovery.gov website without laughing your head off, you'll see a chart that says that 207.54 Billion dollars have been spent thus far into the economy. If the 1 million jobs save or created stat is true, which we know its not, but lets say it is, that means each job cost taxpayers $207,000 per job.

Do you really think these jobs are pay more than it takes to save or create them?

Of course not!

This is what “Hope and Change” is costing the American people.

President Obama, who doesn’t know what an economics text book looks like if you put it in front of him in a photo array, is sending this country into financial ruin.

But hey, he looks like a president, right?

Samuel Gonzalez, The Last Tradition

The Democrats New Bogus “Created or Saved” Statistic

The only thriving industry in Obama’s economy seems to be the “focus group” firms. Can you imagine where the Democrat Party would be without them?

They wouldn’t be able to walk and chew gum without these businesses telling them how to think and speak. They wouldn’t know what buzz words to use in their speeches and press conferences.

Yeah, throw in a lot of words like “choice”, “competition”, or “insurance company profits”. Everybody likes to have a “choice”. People think “competition” is good. Most people hate “insurance” companies.

But the latest invention of the focus groups is the “created or saved” job statistic. And the Dems have latched onto this phrase like a crackhead jonezing crack. But, are these statistics really valid?

Please, they’re as valid as Charlie Rangel being the Chairman of the House Ways and Means committee.

The only jobs government can create are jobs working for the government. Although these hirings may slow down the unemployment rate, it’s an artificial solution that doesn’t solve the underlying problems of high unemployment.

Governments can’t hire their way out of recession and into recovery.

True recovery only happens when the private sector starts hiring again.

So what is a saved job?

It’s pure hogwash!

This bogus statistic is a fraud intended to deceive a misinformed public into thinking the Obama Administration has a clue of what’s its doing.

This is now the famous, “had it not been for this (Obama’s stimulus) many more jobs would have been lost." Yeah, and if my Aunt had a pair, she’d be my uncle.

It’s impossible to prove a negative!

But, I guess in Obama’s world, all things are possible, even malicious deception.

Shame on you, Mr. President!

Samuel Gonzalez, The Last Tradition

The Good and Bad Newt Gingrich

This is the good Newt Gingrich.




This is the bad Newt Gingrich.



Newt! Come back to us, babe!

Unfortunately, Newt Gingrich has lost his way and has become the kind of Republican that part of the problem with the Republican Party. No matter how much he may try to explain himself, he made a huge mistake endorsing a Liberal Republican over a Conservative candidate.

It’s time to cast Newt aside for the good of the Conservative cause that believes Conservatism does not need to be modified, watered down, or become Liberal light.

Lines need to be drawn now before the 2010 elections and beyond and Conservatives need to take over the Republican Party once and for all to battle the Liberals that have taken over the Democrat Party.

It’s just that simple!

Samuel Gonzalez, The Last Tradition

Obama’s Public Option Violates Middle Class Tax Pledge

All throughout his presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised that 95% of the American people would receive a tax cut. Most of us, meaning people who did not buy into Obama’s Messianic personhood, saw through his rhetoric for what is was, blatant pandering and outright lies.

Now I don’t have the expertise of a Betsy McCaughey who can better explain the ramifications of overhauling our health care system better than anybody else on the planet.

But, common sense tells me there’s no way in the world can Obama and the Democrats say that you can insure an extra 40 million uninsured/nonproductive people on the backs of insured/productive citizens and not have costs rise to cover the difference.

The money has to come from somewhere to pay for it all?

And when all is said and done if this obscenity is passed in congress, it’s the middle class that will suffer the burden with any new oppressive taxes or fees that the Democrats can think of to fund the entitlement.

How does this not violate Obama’s “no tax” pledge to the American people?

Samuel Gonzalez, The Last Tradition

Grayson Is Out of His Cage Again

No Congressman Grayson, the Republicans are not the enemies of America. I won’t even sink to your level and say that the Democrats are the true enemy instead.

There’s no need for that among gentlemen—a distraction that can’t possibly apply to you.

All we have here is a difference of opinion about what’s better for America. The ideas the Republican Party represents, freedom and free markets, to name a few, helped build this nation. It’s the reason we left England, fought a war against her because we refused to live under her yoke any longer.

Your ideas that you share with President Obama and the Democrat Party, are the same tired thoughts that have failed throughout history. Demagogues like you come and go. So it really doesn’t matter that you hurl bombs instead of honestly debating ideas.

Samuel Gonzalez, The Last Tradition