Dipy asks:
>"Do you jstill think the Republicans decapitate
their House leader whenever they win"?
Here is my story. I always liked Gingrich because
way back in the dark days, he was the bad boy of
CSPAN. I used to watch the channel and loved
watching him pound away at the Democrat Controlled
Congress...live at like 11 pm EST on Saturday
night to an empty chamber. I always wondered
what would the Country be like if he were in
control. Then one day, Gingrich came up with a
plan for the Republicans to win back control of
Congress. It was called "The Contract With
America". It basically outlined 10 ideas that the
Republicans would enact if the people would put
them in power. The ideas were: Less Government,
a balanced budget, a line item veto, welfare
reform, a stronger military that would never
take orders from the UN, no more unfunded mandates,
wise use of natural resources, and term limits
for Congress. The fact is, the American public
loved it...they swept away them Do nothing Dems
in a massive landslide in 1994. Further, the
Republicans kept their promises and enacted 70%
of the Contract with America. The wise use
provisions were seen as too anti environment by
Republicans on committee and it died. The line
item veto was struck down by the Supreme Court.
The Balanced Budget Amendment died by 1 vote in
the Senate when Senator Diane Feinstein proved
to be a liar and voted against it (despite saying
she was for it when she ran for election in '92).
Otherwise, the Rest of the Contract became law.
Thats a fact.
What happened to Newt Gingrich this year was a
problem of internal disagreements (which there
are many) with the Republicans. Newt was seen
as too soft on Clinton. The Republicans did not
even have a platform this year for what the plan
was in the 106th Congress. Instead, they felt
it was best to wait out the election and see what
the voters would say about Bill Clinton. It gave
the Democrats the opportunity to make the issues.
Here in California, Democrats chose the method of
telling "The Big Lie" which if you know your
history, goes back to Hitlers propaganda minister
Joseph Goebbels who developed the method. In a
nutshell, if you tell a lie often enough, it will
become a fact. The Democrats in California all
ran negative adds portraying Republicans as:
1) Wanting to put machine guns in the hands of
children.
2) Wanting to ban abortion.
3) Wanting toxic waste to be thrown all over the
place.
It worked. The voters thought the sky was falling
and went out in mass to stop those evil Republicans.
Of course it was all lies. The "Big Lie" method
works when people are gullable.
-John
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