I agree wholeheartedly on that.
Perhaps we should try some of that stuff that actually worked in the past. You know, like maybe conservatism.
In 1994 Newt was talking about eliminating Departments. Now he's talking about new ones.
And people wonder why the Republicans got their butt cheeks taped together last November...
Newt's a really, really bright guy. That's what's so disappointing about hearing him say stuff like this. More money for State? My God they're doing incalculable damage to the war effort now. Just imagine what they would do with even more funding.
The Republicans lost last November for the same reasons the Bears lost tonight.
They lost because they forgot the fundamentals.
The Bears have Grossman and the Republicans have Trent Lott and Denny Hastert.
I think there are some parallels there.
When people are faced with a choice between huge amounts of Federal largess and only slightly less huge amounts of Federal largess and then get told by both sides that it's 'free', which side do you suppose will garner the most votes?
That's why the Republicans lost. They lost because once again they became the Party of "Us too, just not soo fast." That'll get your ass kicked in an election every time.
Somebody needs to articulate why an overreaching over spending out of control Federal government is a fundamentally bad thing in a way an average voter can understand.
Reagan had that gift.
He could say "A government that's big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it all away" and people understood it. More importantly people believed it.
I just can't say the same for Newt, McCain, Guliani, or any of the others right now. At least I haven't heard it and I pay pretty close attention.
I'll give Newt some props for hanging this out there, but there are only about 3 things in there I can agree with. The rest is either pap, fluff, or worse yet more Federal spending.
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A big bump to your absolutely on-the-money remarks.
That was actually said by Gerald Ford. He was correct.
Regards, Ivan
Well, like I said above. I'm hoping he will appreciate (and consider) our feedback. Rudy and McCain aren't even in the same league, much less the same ballpark. Maybe even a different game.
And someone should remind Newt that in these areas, "...government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."
Ronald Reagan - http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/speeches/first.asp