I watch CSPAN way too often, and some CSPAN video of Newt shows just how pious a piece of baloney he is. At 24 minutes into this video Newt claims that there is a secular elite that believes that life is random and life has no moral meaning, insinuating that the godfree don’t value human life, and that we are immoral. Why does he have to lie about us? Doesn’t he have bad TRUE things to say about us? He also states that our rights come to us from god. I believe my rights are inalienable and self evident and should be respected by a government supported by the consent of the governed. Newt says that about 2 hours after his inaugural he would sign an executive order that would make sure no U.S. money was used to pay for abortion anywhere in the world. He would also reinstate the so-called “conscience” policy of W – no doctor, pharmacist or nurse should be forced to perform medical procedures that are against their conscience. He would defund planned parenthood to create an adoption fund. Newt is also a big fan of the idea that the 14th amendment allows us to define personhood, which could allow the congress to define life as beginning at conception and block the supreme court from reviewing it. Working to make abortion illegal is profoundly immoral; Newt’s position is profoundly immoral. Newt’s personal life is not even close to the best reason to believe he’d be a terrible president.
In another video, at 02:18:00 in, Newt says that U. S. District Judge Biery AND HIS WHOLE COURT should be abolished now. He called this judge a radical anti-american judge. Why? Because this judge told a public high school to not allow prayer at graduation. Eliminate the court b/c it upheld a long established principle of seperation of church and state.
Sadly, Newt doesn’t seem to be worse than either Ron Paul or Rick Santorum. Way too much pious baloney in the Republican presidential contest.
