Newt will hand Gilligan many "teachable moments"...
Posted on 12/16/2011 10:45:20 AM PST by Servant of the Cross
The foot soldiers of ’94 speak.
Newt Gingrich became chairman of the political-action committee GOPAC in 1986, the year that its founder, Gov. Pete du Pont (R., Del.), resigned to seek the party’s presidential nomination. Its mission was to incubate Republicans in local offices and state legislatures so that they could later run for higher office. Determined to win a majority in the House of Representatives, Gingrich accepted the charge with gusto, and du Pont eagerly awaited the results.
“[He] was much better and [more] creative with GOPAC than I was,” du Pont recently told William Corkery, a college student who interviewed him for a senior thesis.
The new chairman’s innovations were classically Newtonian: He recorded a series of lectures on campaigning that candidates could play in their cars as they drove through their districts. Although GOPAC had produced similar tapes for years, Gingrich increased the pace: Before his tenure, the committee mailed a tape to members roughly four times a year. During his tenure, however, the committee sent new material monthly.
On one side of a tape, Gingrich gave tactical advice on topics such as fundraising and direct mail. On the other, he offered philosophical musings about the fate of the republic — and the candidate’s role in its survival.
“It was Newt’s vision that a candidate needed tactics but also a philosophical grounding in the issues,” says Lisa Nelson, who served as executive director of GOPAC from 1993 to 1997. “We addressed both of those things in every tape.”
The tapes were popular. In 1994, GOPAC’s mailing list rose from around 2,000 to 18,000 members. Of the 136 freshman Republicans in the 104th Congress, half had consulted the committee’s materials. (snip)
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But wait... Newt was a terrible leader.... And and he’s not a conservative!!!
/snark
At GOPAC, Gingrich trained the foot soldiers of the Republican Revolution.
Newt will hand Gilligan many "teachable moments"...
In the last decade, however, its obvious that Newt's been pushing a more of a technocratic big govt Republican agenda and that does nothing to advance conservatism.
I agree on all of your points. He seems to be going through some sort of personal reformation though. Hopefully it is not just tailoring the message to the times, but rather an old warhorse recovering his wits, mission and resolve. Watching.
“but rather an old warhorse recovering his wits, mission and resolve. Watching”
That is how I see it. I think the RINOs in the Republican party feel that way to the way they are attacking him. What is awakening for me is how willing Michelle Bachmann is willing to be the surrogate for the RINOs. One will notice she is not attacking Mitt Romney the choice of the RINO establishment. One has to wonder.
Bingo!, Bachmann is whoring out for RINO Romney. Its started when she unleashed Rollins against Palin and has continued as she has attacked every conservative who got near Rimney in the polls.
Newt was disgraced, ridiculed, spent his time in the wilderness. But it all comes ‘round again with Newt back to help this nation rid itself of Bammy Boy...whose latest traitorous act is transferring to Russia/Putin our anti-missile technology we spent countless billions developing
Stop the treason! Vote Newt! (I will in 10 days)
In the “New York Magazine” article he talked about how surprised he was about how many people in DC, colleagues and friends he had helped many times, deserted him and wouldn’t help him in any way - he said it was a real revelation to him. I think he will really remember who got him there when he gets to the WH.
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