I can't figure out.  Rejected by his own parties leadership.  Hothead.  Did do some things in contract.  His morality though has much to be desired.  There is no adulterer that is not also a liar.  What kind of character is it for someone that leaves there wives?  How can he be faithful to this country if he can't be faithful in his own house?  Character counts there.

 

Mike Reagan Sean Hannity overlook his failings.  Newt was all over Clinton for his affairs and did same thing.  Contrary to what some townhall regulars say Newt does not have the character to be President and I will not vote for him if I am a delegate to the convention.  While there are justifiable reasons for divorce and some are not there fault I cannot hold divorce against anyone does not make a bad person.

 

However cheating on your spouse is bad the other candidates have been married once and have much more character than Newt.  His lack of Character disqualifies him from the Republican nomination.  Hopefully he does not get it.  Too bad Mike and Sean have no problem with him.

I haven't posted for ever on here first post on townhall I did about an issue.  The issue is Walter Williams and his article saying victors rewrite history.  Well that is there right. Germany denied being part of the nazi reign after world war II which there evil machine was crushed.  History can be a myth agreed on.  Williams was sympathetic to those who fought for the Confederacy.

 

He talked about Black soldiers that fought for the confederacy.  Saying it was not about slavery but the right to secede.  And saying Davis was not going to overtake Washington anymore than George Washington wanted to overtake London.  True they wanted to secede and not take over Washington.  But there was a diffrence.  They were already states  while this country was still colonies.  We gave Phillpines there independence and  if Puerto Rico desires will give them theres.  They are not states.  The union won so can do what they want.

 

Of course Slavery was not the main issue of the civil war but slavery ended in this country probably about 50 years earlier than it would of without the civil war.  Main thing was about states rights if they could secede.  The reason the Southern states seceded was because of an antislavery president who wanted  to preserve the Union.  They seced because they wanted to keep the institution of slavery going on and north didn't.   Lincoln had troops down at Fort Sumter and Southern forces fired on them. 

 

IF someone was in the military or served in Congress and fought for the South than they violated the oath to defend the constitution of the Unites States.  That is treason.  Robert E Lee was against secesion but felt loyalty to state was more important than loyalty to nation. 

 

For slavery the US placed a leading role in ending it in the americas though it still goes on in other countries.  But many blacks owned slaves as well as Indians.  Some slaves may have fought for the Confedaracy too.  Felt they had a right to secede.

 

If the Confederate would of won I wonder how many diffrent states there would be or just the North and Southeast.  We would not be the country we are if they would of won.  I doubt slavery would still be legal in Confederate states.  But good thing as a result of subsequent wars the Union won.  We are the Country we are because of the Union  victory.  Would the Confederate be a superpower we are or would the Unites States?

 

I agree with Walter Williams on many ideas economically but he was wrong to sympathise with the Confedaracy.