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To: nickcarraway
Those of us who remember the 90s remember Gingrich did more than anyone else to destroy conservatism from within.

You make it sound like you're one of the few FReepers who remember all that was going on at that time. Remember it however makes you happy, but that's not what happened.
51 posted on 01/02/2013 5:32:24 PM PST by Resettozero
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To: Resettozero
What do you remember? - I remember the incredible victory in the '94 election - I remember Gingrich saying Clinton, "made him melt." and he let Clinton do whatever he wanted. - I remember Gingrich told the entire conservative House that they needed to abandon conservatism starting in 1996, and the rest of leadership had to mutiny so he didn't completely abandon it. - I remember he single-handedly saved by having his own bimbo eruption when Clinton was under impeachment. That was unfortunately, the defining moment of conservatism. It;s not fair, but from that moment on most Americans considered conservatives lying hypocrites. Conservatism has never recovered. If that hadn't happened, we wouldn't have President Obama today. - I remember during his run at speakership he and his mother acted like jerks, making Republicans look like jerks, reversing everything Reagan had done. -I remember he started out as a Rockefeller Republican and never changed and ran against Reaganism in '76. -I remember he went on apology tour with Nancy Pelosi in 2006, because it was trendy and apologized for the evils of conservatism (He did Obama's apology tour before it was cool) He said that conservatives were lying about global warming because they were greedy. -When conservatives cost his handpicked candidate Dede Scozzfava an election he posted a rant on his web site about how terrible conservatives were.

What do you remember? You can't deny any of these things, because they are true.

85 posted on 01/02/2013 5:50:51 PM PST by nickcarraway
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