From: "Glenn Meadows" 

The Peter Principle.

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Glenn M.
"Gary Britt"  wrote in
message news:464cb116{at}w3.nls.net...
>I do support Newt.  I think he's brilliant as a thinker and political
>philosopher.  He just wouldn't be my first choice for President, but out of
>the current crop of candidates he could be.  If he were to run I would be
>concerned that the Clinton spin machine so demonized him so completely from
>1994 to 1998, spending about $60 Million dollars in negative ads and
>placements about Newt, that he has been too damaged to be electable.  I
>also don't have a feel for how good a manager/executive he would be which
>is important for a President.  Sometimes the brilliant idea men and
>philosophers are best left to coming up with ideas and philosophies rather
>than having a hands on executory role in things.
>
> Gary
>
> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>> You said "Their wrong doing started with the coup against
Newt Gingrich".
>> It's easy to assume you are/were a supporter from that quote. I never
>> assumed you wanted Gingrich to run for President. > assumptions on  .. >
>>
>>
>> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
>> news:464c9229{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Stop reading your personal prejudices into what I write or you think I
>>> think.  I never said I wanted Newt to run for President.  I said the
>>> congress began its journey down the wrong track at the point in time
>>> when they executed a coup against Newt.  Yes Newt may have personal
>>> failings. Everyone does.  Newt's personal failings didn't involve
>>> improper behavior on the job however.
>>>
>>> I said it will be or could be Bush who delivers the final blow, not that
>>> the republican congressional leadership didn't deserve a lot of blame
>>> for the party's current situation.
>>>
>>> Try to read what I write and not what you think I would write.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> John Cuccia wrote:
>>>> As much as you'd like to lay all the blame on Bush, you can't.  The
>>>> entire leadership of the GOP deserves blame for the near-destruction
>>>> of their party.
>>>>
>>>> "It's the hypocrisy, stupid."
>>>>
>>>> And as much as you guys are hoping for rescue by deus ex machina in
>>>> the body of Newt, remember this: he's as hypocritical as any of the
>>>> current crop of GOP leadership.  His only support in a national
>>>> election will come from the ~30% of the electorate that constitutes
>>>> the GOP base.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 17 May 2007 12:43:54 -0400, Gary Britt
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I agree the Republican party leadership in congress
craped out and
>>>>> should all be fired.  I agree with several of your
points about what
>>>>> they did wrong.  Their wrong doing started with the
coup against Newt
>>>>> Gingrich.  That was the start of all the ills you
complain about.
>>>>> However, despite all of those wrongs, it could be (not
yet certain but
>>>>> could be if Bush and the Congress pass comprehensive immigration
>>>>> reform) that Bush II will do an even better job of
destroying the
>>>>> republican party than his father did, and his father,
like I said,
>>>>> left the party in tatters worse off than before Reagan
came into power
>>>>> and rebuilt the party.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>>> John Cuccia wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 17 May 2007 10:54:39 -0400, Gary Britt
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I really don't understand how you can make the
statement below or on
>>>>>>> what basis or facts you deduce such a
statement is correct.
>>>>>> It's simple.  While W is indeed an abomination,
the Republican
>>>>>> Congress was just as bad.
>>>>>> They swept to power promising to clean up Beltway
(read, Democratic)
>>>>>> corruption.  Instead they raised it to an art form.
>>>>>> They were elected on promises to restrain the
growth of federal
>>>>>> spending and the federal government.  Instead they
spent like drunken
>>>>>> sailors and grew the government.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They promised to run the country like a business. 
Well, that's one
>>>>>> promise they kept.  Republicans in Congress ran
the country like
>>>>>> Kenny-boy and friends ran Enron.
>>

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