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Ok Newt all of the sudden got a case of Lock Jaw. It was like someone said shut up Newt. Not long after maybe a year he resigned. Insiders from the GOP tried to boot him one was Susan Malanori's husband right? Phillips has indeed helped the GOP. Phillips, Paul Weyrich, and Jerry Fallwell who BTW is a DEM created a substancial grass roots political drive. Yes it died down as does most all such movements but it got people thinking. Thinking enough perhaps for both parties to elect Reagan a few years later. Reagan had enough sense to unify the conservative base and not tell it to go sit in the corner somewhere. That is why W is no Reagan nor will he be. Think about it Reagan didn't enjoy these poll ratings. Beware of any politican who can please all.

Basically every good thing Ronald Reagan accomplished the Bush family has tried to systematically tear down including the military. By the time Pappy got done with the navy it made Carters look good. Clinton just finished the job. As for politics being about compromise? to a certain extent yes. But would the founders have sold out the very Constitution they pinned? That much they all did believe in. Now both parties are auctioning it off in bits and pieces for political gain. It is either our Constitution the foundation of our goverment or it isn't. Right now it is willingly being ignored by both Dems and GOP. That created a hole for Bill Clinton to abuse the office of POTUS without so much as a yawn in the senate. We either fix it now or we will see a one party nation very soon. Even GWB last election made it clear him and Gore were close on most issues. I see a bad problem with that myself. The two parties are too friendly with each other and have too much the same goals it seems.

Newt hung himself with secretive and immoral sexual behavior, at a time when Republicans were bashing Clinton for basically the same bad public behavior. And no, don't give me the boring details, showing how Newt's case was so different from Clinton's. I was around.

>>>That is why W is no Reagan nor will he be. Think about it Reagan didn't enjoy these poll ratings. Beware of any politican who can please all.<<<

I think under the circumstances, President Bush is doing many things, in Reaganesque style and substance. Bush's high poll ratings are directly attributed to, the American people approving ofr his war time leadership. Stop being so damn cynical!

>>>Basically every good thing Ronald Reagan accomplished the Bush family has tried to systematically tear down including the military. By the time Pappy got done with the navy it made Carters look good. Clinton just finished the job.<<<

Well, Bush41 wasn't a conservative and wanted to make his own mark as President, but George Bush was no Jimmah Cater. Give me a break. You're too much. LOL. The downsizing of America's military started under Reagan and continued through Bush41, Clinton and Bush43 today. Clinton's loathing of the military weakened our readiness and made us unprepared and vulnerable to hostilities and outright attack. That part you're right about.

Without getting into specifics right now, as far as the Constitution goes, there have been many laws enacted and decisions made through the years, that are unconstitutional. OTOH, there have been other laws enacted and decisions made, which I consider acceptable and constitutional. I'm not an absolutist when it comes to the Constitution. I think the document should be taken at face value, but lets not forget. This is the 21st century and not the 18th century. Times have changed and people have changed since our Republic was first created. Human beings adapt to change very well and Americans are no different in that regard. We will never return to the way things were on July.4,1776. Thank God.