Speaking of closed minds.... On 10/3/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > >
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