Welcome again to the Hawks Press. This week I’m going to stray off the topic of the Iraq War and focus instead on 2008. Whether you’ve realized it or not, 2008 is going to be one of the most important election years of our time. It will be an election to determine whether or not America can withstand the test of time. As it stands, we are currently faced with many, many difficult issues that leave us more divided than any other time in history, except for the Civil War era. We have to deal with illegal immigration, health care, social security, and, most importantly, the war on Islamo-Fascism.

Sadly, we’re not going to be able to solve any of them in the current state of affairs. That is what makes 2008 such a dire year. As you may or may not know, I am a strong supporter of a Newt Gingrich presidency. Why? Because I truly believe that, out of all the candidates, Newt is the brightest, most competent, and most solution-oriented and he most certainly fills that true-conservative gap many on the right are looking for. As Steve Parkhurst, the Campaign Manager for DraftNewt.org, which I am a member, said in a recent interview with me, “I think Newt, with his knowledge of world history, has a vision and a knack for finding not just the problems, but the solutions, to some of the biggest issues of our time. I appreciate his intellect and his wit. Though I would add, that Newt didn't recently come to conservatism, he has always been a voice for everyone who wants America to be a place where everyone has a chance to succeed with limited government interference.” And that is exactly what we need.

You listen to the Democratic Party, and what do you hear? I hear an identification of problems and criticisms of how they are currently being tackled. Rather, Newt tackles the problems with solutions. And for proof, you can look back to 1994, when he led the Republican Revolution with the Contract with America. And for the younger ones, such as myself, that weren’t old enough to know or care about it, we can look to what he’s doing now.

Newt has been participating in bipartisan debates, free of moderators with 30 second time limits so that solutions can come out of ideas. He’s founded American Solutions, which had its first major showing earlier in a 90-minute debate with Mario Cuomo, a former Democratic governor of New York, where both were given 30 minutes to give their ideas and then a 30 minute question and answer session. More recently, he participated in a debate with John Kerry on climate change, where he introduced the idea of Green Conservatism, which we all can feel comfortable.

The very fate of America may very well hinge on the outcome of the 2008 elections. That is why I put my support in Newt, providing ideas and solutions to save America. You can look at the Contract with America, his September 27^th Solutions Day workshops, or at his book Winning the Future for proof of this. Thank you for listening today. I encourage you to send us your questions, comments, or anything else to hawkspress@yahoo.com and visit our blogspot at friendsforconservatism.blogspot.com, where you can look at transcripts of our podcasts and my recent interview with Steve Parkhurst of DraftNewt.org. Thank you, and good night.
~CreepyNerd

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