[Cicero]

An awful lot of the people who voted for Ross Perot did so because they were disappointed with the Republicans' failure to do anything about the budget.

As it turned out, voting for Perot was a gigantic mistake. But Perot saw the opening, and he sure took it.

On the other hand, Newt Gingrich was too loud and too abrasive. That was OK when he was in the opposition, but it didn't play well after he got his majority. In the end, Newt let his supporters down as much as anyone else did.

[Theodore R.]

Gingrich also seemed to lack the courage of his proclaimed convictions just as his own personal life was also falling apart. What a disappointment! He is a good commentator with some original ideas, but he is no leader.
When Gingrich said that he often "melted" in the presence of Bill Clinton, Republicans should have immediately removed him as Speaker! Failure to do so: four more years of Clinton, and four more such years could well begin on Jan. 20, 2009.

[John Lenin]

Newt didn't let his supporters down the fanatics in the GOP chased him out.

[conservlib]

I was disappointed by lots of leaders, Bush the first, Rev Falwell, Rev Pat Robertson, Newt Gingrich, but never with Ross Perot. He articulated true leadership, and was abused and ridiculed by the right and the left. He was not a politician, and did not have the temperament of one. He was too straight, too honest, too much of common sense, too much of America first, too much NOT FOR SALE AT ANY PRICE! You cannot make it in that slimy place call Washington with these aptitudes.

[Cobra64]

Ross really F'd this country. Newt was not too abrasive. He's an economist. A practical business man. He understands balancing a checkbook and simple arithmetic. If the average American can't see this, this country is doomed to utter ignorance of reality and common sense.

Personally, I'm fed up with people with hyphenated names, PC bullsh!t, and other excuses for irresponsibility and excuses not to show up for work or demonstrate accountability. The bozos who were their dopey caps on backwards, prove that they have no direction, other than stupidity and continued ignorance and no course of direction in life.