Who is the new Newt?

me | 11/04/08 | me

[AuntB]

Newt has been one of the biggest obstacles to the conservative movement. Yes, the contract with America sounded good....it sounded a lot better than the letter Newt wrote a couple years ago with Tamar Jacoby and the other open border sellouts to the WSJ demanding Bush’s amnesty be passed. There was NOTHING about border or homeland security in Newt’s contract.

[nathanbedford]

Jim, your contribution is always welcome.

As I was reading your response it occurred that you are right these are issues over which conservatives of all flavors can agree. But are they the issues that will reverse a couple of generations of cultural marxism? For example, Reagan himself could not get rid of the Department of Education and today it has waxed more toxic.

The title of this thread is, "who is the next Newt?" And I recall Newt bringing up a series of issues which he claims he has polled and which he claims have overwhelming support across the partisan spectrum such as support for English, support of the flag, etc.. My point is that it might be possible to find an issue which has inflammatory symbolic value and exploit it to get to the root problem, such as the federalization of education. Could support for English, for example, the used in this way?

[malia]

interesting thread!!! bump