I was going to read it for laughs but I saw Eleanor Clift co-authored it. I didn't realize she was a real journalist, I thought she was a Fox News creation to make the Liberals look simple.
On 10/3/05, Howie Hamlin wrote: > The Republicans' power outage is real-and the historical irony is as vast as > Texas. Beginning in the 1950s, the Democratic Party of Texans Lyndon Johnson > and Sam Rayburn built a congressional machine of unrivaled power. But > starting in the '80s, led by a firebrand named Newt Gingrich, Republicans led > a revolt from below in the name of smaller government and an ethically > cleansed Congress. In 1989 Newt & Co. forced out Democratic Speaker Jim > Wright-a Texan, too, who resigned over charges that he profited improperly > from book sales-and five years later the GOP took control of the House after > a Biblical 40 years in the wilderness. But it took the Republicans only 10 > years to become yet another ruling party beset by charges of profligate > spending, bloated government and corruption-a party led by two Texans, Bush > and DeLay, who don't particularly care whether they are beloved outside their > inner circle. To paraphrase David Mamet, the Republicans became what they > beheld. > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9558564/site/newsweek > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175666 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
