For forty years the Democrats held power. The Republicans occasionally were thrown a bone, given cover and some pork to keep their constituents quiet. Meanwhile the congress was enriching themselves at the expense of the nation. The centralized government kept growing and growing…
In 1980 Ronald Reagan is elected President. Newt Gingrich, elected in 1978, jointed with others to ally with President Reagan and build the Reagan Coalition, the Religious Right, and the Republican majority - the Reagan Revolution - which directly led to the downfall of the Soviet Union, the Contract with America, government reforms, less government, tax cuts, a balanced budget, and the great, long-standing Reagan economy
Gingrich becomes Speaker of the House and the Democrats went nuts! Budget cuts, less pork. For the first time in a very long time the Republicans actually had to govern and take responsibility. The Dems were outnumbered.
The 1998 budget was scheduled for a $1 Billion cut and congress saw the gravy train leaving the station. No more getting rich at the public’s expense.
So it became “get rid of Newt Gingrich” even to the extent of manufacturing lies about him. He was exonerated of all those phony ethics charges, but the media continues to smear him year after year after year.
And now, older and wiser, he is back with plans to shrink the size of government, devolve Federal power back to the States, and the corrupt in Washington, D.C., are AGAIN trying to save the status quo.
They see their gravy train leaving the station.
So all these old farts are coming out of woodwork to stop Newt Gingrich.
Senate Majority Leaders Robert Joseoh “Bob” Dole, Tom Daschle, George Mitchell, and Howard Baker Jr., in 2007 founded the Bipartisan Policy Center, a non-profit think tank that works to develop policies suitable for bipartisan support.
Besides Dole being involved in the Bipartisan Policy Center, his legacy also includes a commitment to combating hunger both in the United States and around the globe. In addition to numerous domestic programs, along with former Senator George McGovern (D-South Dakota), Dole created an international school lunch program through the George McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which helps fight child hunger and poverty by providing nutritious meals to children in schools in developing countries. This program has since led to greatly increased global interest in and support for school-feeding programs — which benefit girls and young women, in particular — and won McGovern and Dole the 2008 World Food Prize.
The older Republicans remember when courtesy and compromise was followed in Congress. It was the Democrats who’ve destroyed it and are in the process of destroying our Republic.
So, what are We going to do about it?
That’s not the whole story of what was going on in Congress.
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That’s not the whole story of what was going on in Congress.
This has more: