I wish Newt had paid attention to the smaller government tide when he was Speaker.
The dramatic sales of weapons and ammo tells the story. Millions of us are paying careful attention to what is going on and it is clear to us that the folly of the politicians will end badly. Personally I don't see any other exit. I hope there is one but don't see it. Meanwhile we sit and watch the trip wire (the 2nd A) and wait patiently for the "bus to hit the ditch". We don't need leaders now and folks like Newt can't grasp this. In fact we CAN'T have leaders now for Zero is already ramping up to detain them as terrorists. Be patient and watch.
He did. Remember when the GOP and Newt got the blame for shutting down the gov't. How did we get a balanced budget and welfare reform?
Actually, he did.
Newt was doing fairly well in the mid '90s and then he went and blew it when he blinked during the "government shutdown" fiasco. He had Clinton right where he wanted him and then he inexplicably caved. I suspect the Democrat DC press corps managed to con Gingrich into believing that Americans "blamed" him for the looming shutdown, as if normal, working, taxpaying, traditional American families actually gave a rat's ass if the government "shut down".
I don't know if Newt can ever fully recover from that major disappointment. My jaw hit the floor in amazement when I heard he had caved. I swear, we were about to win that battle.
Of course, Newt's hand may have been forced by Republican cowards in the House at that time.
Newts a Johnny come lately...When he sees people have finally had a belly full of government, he grabs the banner and wants to lead the parade.