Posted on 12/28/2011 6:54:27 AM PST by TBBT
He led us to victory before. Spectacular, historic victory. The strategy and content of his 1994 Contract with America propelled the Republicans to a 54-seat gain in 1994 to win control of the House of Representatives, which had been held by the Republicans for only two out of the previous 62 years. Even the Reagan Revolution in the 1980s failed to achieve that. Then, for all the caterwauling we have heard about how he handled the budget battles with Clinton, he led the House Republicans in 1996 to their first re-election as a majority since 1928, almost 70 years. Moreover, once in power, Gingrich delivered on his promises, and maintained a solid conservative record. He carried out the Contract with America in full, holding a vote on every item as promised, most of which did pass (which was not promised). His record was unswervingly pro-life, pro-gun and Second Amendment, and anti-tax. Indeed, he worked closely with the conservative activist groups on every one of these issues. Gingrich's Balanced Budget: Succeeding Where Bush Failed Contrary to the untouched by reality liberal/left talking points about how the 1993 Clinton tax increases led to balanced budgets, when the Gingrich majority took power in 1995, it was greeted by the 1996 Clinton budget still projecting $200 billion annual budget deficits as far as the eye could see, totaling $2.7 trillion over 10 years, confirmed by CBO. The House passed a budget bill providing for $1 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years, and that was almost 20 years ago when $1 trillion was still real money.
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All the predictions come down to Florida. Since Florida is considered a vital state to win. But this election, Florida has been punished by the RNC and has been given only 50 delegates.
It’s almost like they know Romney can’t win in Florida either.
Excellent.
Boy - what an optimistic list... one that, even with a Newt victory in the Primary and General, is likely never to happen. If we were guaranteed such a line-up, I might could be persuaded to vote for Newt. But it will never happen. Too many small-government types on that list that Newt would never pull in.
Thx TBBT
Read these again, internalize them…
…which had been held by the Republicans for only two out of the previous 62 years…
…led the House Republicans in 1996 to their first re-election as a majority since 1928, almost 70 years…
Be consistent in our memories.... clinging to 12 year-old record at the expense of much more recent record is insane. Which one reflects the REAL Newt that is running for office TODAY? What he did/said 12 years ago, or what he has said and done in the last 5?
“One other thing... Our “conservative” blogs are getting just about as bad as Fox News...”
We saw GWBush destroy the Republican Party and now we are witnessing the Establishment and Romney destroy the conservatives om detail.
Conservatives just aren’t good at government. Watching people cling to second tier 5% wannabes for reasons of purity, while Romney glides in...is just ignorance from conservatives.
It was Osama bin Laden who changed absolutely everything that Bush had planned and dictated where Bush set his priorities.
We have no idea what would have happened if the War on Terror hadn't needed to be waged.
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