Newt has a big character flaw, that doesn’t mean that his idea wasn’t a good one. He implemented it and it worked splendidly. trouble is the party could not keep it going after his demise. The same old moderates and CYA politicians drifted right back to their same old habits. And that’s how we got Bill Frist Trent Lot and the rest of the hide under the bed moderates.
“Newt has a big character flaw, that doesn’t mean that his idea wasn’t a good one.”
I’m not saying his idea wasn’t a good one.
And sure he had a big flaw - one that is typical to most political animals - he presented himself as a champion for family values while personally trampling on them.
“trouble is the party could not keep it going after his demise. “
agreed, and why should they? They are politicians and politicans have to make promises to people in order to get elected. Promises they cannot keep.
They have to raise crazy amounts of money during election campaigns and then spend it rapidly. They forget that this is not how real people deal with money.
So, we wind up with a bunch of guys who are trained to lie to people and are good at wasting alot of money.
And then we act surprised when they don’t make good on their promises and are wasteful with taxpayers’ money.