>I'll give you a Newt accomplishment. The republican congress
>forced some welfare reform.
Even this "accomplishment" has turned into a non-accomplishment.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791024/posts
We need fresh blood. Newt has failed to do anything but:
1) run up the national debt (8 trillion now)
2) leave the borders open
3) pretend to execute "welfare reform"
Newt was in a position of prominent leadership from 1994 to 1998, and did not *lead* to *solve* these problems.
For those of you joining this thread from http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789812/posts please see post #178.
B Knotts: The national debt only went up while Newt was speaker. Please see http://www.toptips.com/debt_history.htm Regarding the border, Newt was in a position to *lead* on the issue between 1994 and 1998, and he did not. I assure you the issue has been brewing for quite some time, and if it was his *job* to have foresight and to lead, and he did not, then we would be criminal to push someone like Newt.
I'm still waiting for someone to name an actual Newt accomplishment from 1994-1998, other than getting himself and others elected as Republicans.
I'm just not convinced that Newt would do anything different and make actual conservative changes... Vetoing spending bills, wall on the border, etc. Just seems like a lot of great talk and a suit...
No other Republican can win.....there are no other true conservatives to vote for.