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...Newt Gingrich took a beating in absentia at the Institute of Politics last night as a panel of political cartoonists likened him to everything from a club-wielding giraffe hunter to fitness guru Susan Powter...
...Gingrich was one of many targets of the panel discussion, entitled "Laughing Your Politics Off: Political Cartoons...
...Newt Gingrich and his lackeys attempt to change America, their most radical measures are not the punitive and reactionary proposals in the Contract With America, but their attempts to reshape, restrict and control popular opinion. These Republicans realize that their agenda is threatened more by the ideals and attitudes of the American people than by congressional Democratic resistance. They are most distressed by a simple, fundamental belief that the public stubbornly clings to--that the government has a responsibility to promote social welfare, especially for its most disadvantaged citizens. While House Republicans ram cuts in antipoverty programs through Congress...
...weeks ago, Gingrich blamed "socialist" on newspaper editorial boards for promoting ideas "that only make sense if people believe that government's good and the free market is bad." Gingrich claimed that these "socialists" were the "mortal enemy" of Republicans and their agenda. His statement not only echoes McCarthyism, but also reflects the simplistic conservative view of good and bad. Of course, this idea is not new; Republicans are still fond of quoting Ronald Reagan's statement that "government is the problem." But like too many tenets of conservatism, the crusade against "big government" is grossly hypocritical...
Thus, under guises such as promoting fiscal responsibility or combatting "socialism," Gingrich and his minions urge Americans to reject their conceptions of the government's responsibility. Previously, only Third World countries have been forced to accept such repressive notions. Declassified Cold War documents state that a major goal of U.S. foreign policy has been preventing the spread of the idea that the government should promote social welfare...