[Maine Mariner]

I must say Newt Gingrich was a brilliant strategist when he pulled off the 1994 Republican comeback. I believe only one political commentator,the weekend before the election predicted that the Republicans would capture both the House and the Senate. The NPR’s Washington Week in Review, Ken Bode made the prediction.

However, I lost all respect for Newt when he allied with Nancy Pelosi. More recently he has allied himself with Van Jones, the hard left ideologue, on reforming education in our nation’s prisons. The issue-improving the employment skills of the incarcerated may be a good idea-but to take up the cause with Jones-reprehensible-even worse than the photo with Miss Nancy.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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To his credit, Newt Gingrich has since apoplogized for the "Nancy Pelosi / Global Warming" episoide ... saying that it was perhaps the worst mistake in his life.

I'm unfamiliar with the "Van Jones Prison Education" allegation that you're talking about. I'll presume you're factual in this.

Accordingly, if it's correct, it's a very bad mistake that Newt's making.

Very bad, indeed.



Actually, the whole "speech thing" by Saint Reince Prius ... as President Bush-41 would call it ...

is simply John Boehner's "limp" attempt to echo Newt Gingrich's brilliant 1994 Contract With America.



Newt Gingrich KEPT every one of the 10-point 1994 Contract With America (as I recall) ...

John Boehner will keep NONE of his promises ...

and is saving whatever's left of his "political manhood" to spend it passing an "Illegal Amnesty Bill" in the Congressional Lameduck Session.



America is screwed ... our childen and grandchildren are royally screwed ...

and politicians like John Boehner and Mutch McConnell are the "ky jelly" ...


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