Posted on 06/16/2011 9:07:48 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
You are absolutely correct. One interesting feature being he does not seem to have any insight into his character flaws.
that was my first thought too. does this guy do anything with honor?
Not only he accomplished his Contract With America - had House vote on all 10 items in the Contract and passed 6 of them into law, including welfare reform, and set the budget "compromise" that eventually led to the short-lived budget surplus (for which Clinton with the media's help took credit), but when the threatened "old guard" in the Senate combined with the jealous and inexperienced "young turks" in the House to question his leadership, he had the courage (rare in politicians of either party) to step aside, leave Congress and get his personal life together (finalize divorce and remarry) and put his political principles into practice in private life.
Seems that he has (quietly) done more for conservative causes since he left Congress than the Congress under the "compassionate conservative" - his successor Dennis Hastert and President Bush - even when they had overwhelming legislative majority, which he didn't have.
See the excerpt and the link to the WSJ article Gingrich's Secret Weapon: Newt Inc. in
Jackie Gingrich Cushman : Setting the Record Straight (about my dad's first marriage) - FR, 2011 May 15
Direct link to WSJ article: Gingrich's Secret Weapon: Newt Inc. - WSJ, by Neil King Jr. and Patrick O'Connor, 2011 May 09
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