It must be like the fear of God, when you see a true conservative that the American people will embrace come along. If I were a crackpot Paul supporter, I would be writing garbage like this too. '
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:49 AM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > November4th > *Gingrich Latest Phony to Rise in Polls > *Tom Woods > > A recent South Carolina > poll<http://www.lewrockwell.com/politicaltheatre/2011/11/rasmussen-sc-primary-poll/>has > three status-quo candidates Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, and Newt > Gingrich with a commanding lead. South Carolina Republicans evidently > believe the country is basically on the right track if they’re content with > candidates who pledge to change things about one to two percent. (Cain > supporters will dispute this, but the evidence is right > here<http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/i-support-cain-means-the-countrys-fine-just-as-it-is/> > .) > > Regarding Gingrich, I reproduce a passage from > *Rollback*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1596981415?ie=UTF8&tag=thomacom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1596981415> > : > > Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has a reputation for being a > right-wing ideologue. But it is surely a strange right-wing ideologue who > credits Franklin Roosevelt with lifting the country out of the Great > Depression, joins with John Kerry on “climate change,” and supports (among > many other things) the Medicare prescription drug benefit, federal programs > to pay for more teachers, Internet access for every American, and rewards > to students who take challenging math and science sources not to mention > his sympathy for federal energy policy and Hillary Clinton’s proposed > national health-care database, among other things…. > [In 1994,] the GOP leadership made the [election] into a referendum on > [Gingrich's] “Contract with America,” a series of proposals the party > pledged to champion if elected. Democrats and Republicans alike pretended > it was a radical assault on government spending and activity -- Democrats > in order to frighten their base, and Republicans in order to energize > theirs. The Contract was, in fact, a hodgepodge of trivial changes that > both kept the basic structure of the American Leviathan intact and > neutralized the more ambitious plans and proposals of freshman congressmen > who may actually have wanted to change something. The center-left Brookings > Institution had it right: “Viewed historically, the Contract represents the > final consolidation of the bedrock domestic policies and programs of the > New Deal, the Great Society, the post-Second World War defense > establishment, and, most importantly, the deeply rooted national political > culture that has grown up around them.” > > And, of course, don’t forget this: > * http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qi6n_-wB154 > > * http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/gingrich-latest-phony-to-rise-in-polls/ > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
