Jun

8

Anybody Seen Reagan Lately?

Filed Under National Politics

Ronald ReaganIn 1994, following the Clintons’ attempt to socialize American medicine, Newt Gingrich united the Republicans in a singular campaign to overturn the 40-year Democratic domination of Congress. Newt’s “Contract With America” promised the voters that the Republicans would vote on ten issues within the first 100 days of a new Congress. These issues promoted conservative values born of the Reagan Revolution and served as the centerpiece of the Republican’s sweeping victory in that year.

Promise made; promise kept.

The concept was so successful that the Clintons found themselves without a supportive Democratic majority, but a Republican majority led by the new Speaker, Newt Gingrich. Their response was typical of the Democratic Party under the Clinton lead: they attacked the source of their problem. Newt was the greatest threat to their reign so they began to demonize him with every type of accusation. The supportive drive-by media sang the right chorus and raised the cry to a crescendo.
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