Stop living in the past. If you check out the other responses to me on this thread, you will see that most of your fellow FReepers have realized that that was then; and since then it has been pretty bumpy for the once great Speaker.
ML/NJ
That commonality was effectiveness. They were against rat initiatives, they believed in conservatism (well, not x43), and were seen as threats to rat dominance. The rats attempted to not defeat, but to destroy these fine men.
Newt took down the rat house. He then became rat enemy number one. They took months to find some clause in a several hundred page document that was used to get him to step down.
Oh, and he received no support from fellow pubbie congressmen. They knew what would happen to anyone who defended the rat killer newt.
So Tootsie, learn from the past. It is repeating itself right now with Rush.
Stop living in the past. If you check out the other responses to me on this thread, you will see that most of your fellow FReepers have realized that that was then; and since then it has been pretty bumpy for the once great Speaker.
That does not negate the revolution that Newt largely lead. He will always get kudo’s for that. We are all human and therefore subject to mistakes in life. The question is has that person gotten their act together, and it appears to me that Newt has in his personal life. Remember, the great Ronald Reagan was divorced, as was Rush, as many others have been. Life throws some curves, but if you can get your spiritual life together at any stage in life, then all the more power to you. Congrats Newt on getting it together.