Hawg once again takes the mantle of my favorite poster.aggiehawg said:
This.
Do I get Nicholas Cage or Johnny Cage...?Martin Q. Blank said:
Gays in cages, illegal children in cages, blacks in cages. Everyone gets a cage!
I cried out of joy...looks at those faces!bmks270 said:
Was coming here to post thisMartin Q. Blank said:
Gays in cages, illegal children in cages, blacks in cages. Everyone gets a cage!
Mr. AGSPRT04 said:aggiehawg said:
This.
What a man and leader. I remember watching that live as a kid.
Ag87H2O said:I sure miss that man. I didn't know him personally, but he engendered a respect and familiarity kind of like a well loved grandfather. He was so wise, and loved America, and what a tremendous going away message. It is what all conservatives should aspire to for America. Brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.aggiehawg said:
This.
Thank you for posting this as a reminder about one of the greats and of the shoulders on which we stand.
To be fair, you are mis-remembering. That was NOT the "Contract for America" -- its architect, Gingrich & Co., had been undermined by then. The 2000-2006 tenure was just tepid, tepid, tepid. Even with the 9/11 War that provided an enemy -- very anemic response. Gingrich delivered on the Contract fairly well, and it helped that Bill Clinton was the last somewhat American minded Democrat President to date.RDV-1992 said:
The last time we had full Republican control (during 43's presidency) is what broke me from the Republican party. I was excited for the "Contract with America" & thought that we would end up with a society that was transformed for the better. Instead they just nosed up to the trough and started feeding on all of the pork.
Oh, fully agree. I was specific -- Gingrich delivered. The Bush43 admin DID NOT. I remember the disgust felt by the mid-terms 2006 and no surprise at losing both houses. By the time of Obama's first term, before he revealed he was a Leftist, had some hope it would be a Clinton-redux. Put another way, was pro-Trump/Cruz 2.0 tone in 2016, not hopeful about McCain style Republicans any more. That's why all the Lincoln Project posturing produces a shrug.RDV-1992 said:
Hi Titan. I may be misremembering when contract with America actually occurred. But I'm not misremembering the dismay that I felt about what was (or actually, wasn't) accomplished with republican control of the house, senate, and executive branch during 43's first term. That changed me from a moderate (basically a classical liberal) who mostly voted republican to being a 3rd party supporter.
Incorrect, they got the taxes and deregulations rolled down. That led to the unleashing. It wasn't total failure despite McCain's ruining the ACA repeal start.BoozerRed78 said:
What did it look like for two years after Trump was elected? Chickens**t Republicans didn't do jack-shinola.
Absolutely. Those guys wasted a golden opportunity when they had a Republican Congress and President. For a long time I thought they were just incompetent and unable to work together. Now I realize the later was true because a huge chunk of them were never conservatives in the first place. And now they aren't even Republicans even those the MSM trots them out as such on the talking head shows.titan said:
Oh, fully agree. I was specific -- Gingrich delivered. The Bush43 admin DID NOT. I remember the disgust felt by the mid-terms 2006 and no surprise at losing both houses. By the time of Obama's first term, before he revealed he was a Leftist, had some hope it would be a Clinton-redux. Put another way, was pro-Trump/Cruz 2.0 tone in 2016, not hopeful about McCain style Republicans any more. That's why all the Lincoln Project posturing produces a shrug.