Why go back and 'pick bones' from twenty or thirty years ago? No question; some of his views have changed; and no question as well; for as extreme as you would like to paint him; he nonetheless; never lost touch with his belief in Capitalism or our Constitution.
/Here; a review comment from Amazon per Newt's- shared authorship - 'Contract with the Earth':
The authors alternately brand their approach mainstream and entrepreneurial environmentalism—mainstream because it rejects alarmist projections based on what they perceive as activist science and hysterical journalism, and entrepreneurial because they reject the notion that free enterprise and a cleaner world are opposing forces.
Book ultimately; a disappointment to hard-core environmentalists.
Newt is not only a 'teacher' but a student; who continues to learn and evolve. His leadership; by his record; cannot be honestly challenged.
Great you wrote two books; Newt has written 'many'; many books; and suggest if you read even a few of them; while you may find something to 'pick'; as likely; you would find a great deal more, that is substantial and meaningful.
Newt's appreciation of American and world history; has him determinedly on the 'right side' of it; and he is determined that we not embrace and revisit the worst of it.
Attacking his 'character' because you imagine his views do not somehow comport with American ideals is just an error in the making; but of course; you are entitled to you opinion.
That's like hard core Marxists saying that fascists are "right wing."
Compare Newt's reviews to mine.
Newt is not only a 'teacher' but a student; who continues to learn and evolve. His leadership; by his record; cannot be honestly challenged.
Then he could learn something from me. The first thing I would tell him is that this continent is an anthropogenic landscape; i.e., his whole idea of "preserving nature" is a destructive paradigm. Worse, trying to care for land through government is inevitably to put control of ALL resources in the hands of the politically dominant, usually the extremely wealthy.
Attacking his 'character' because you imagine his views do not somehow comport with American ideals is just an error in the making; but of course; you are entitled to you opinion.
Anyone who demonstrably and repeatedly violates his most solemn oath before ending those agreements is ultimately untrustworthy. Newt is so hungry for power and acknowledgment that he will do whatever it takes to attain both. Remember: even Zero thinks that what he is doing is for our own good.