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...ATHEIST SACRILEGE: In support of his call for a constitutional amendment permitting prayer in schools, Gingrich asserted that "most people don't know it's illegal to pray. When they learn that a 10-year-old boy in St. Louis was put in detention for saying grace privately over his lunch, they think that's bizarre . . . That's what we used to think of Russian behavior when they were the Soviet Union...
SMOKE AND MIRRORS: Mixing Reagan's enthusiasm for supply-side economics and Ross Perot's love of visual aids, Gingrich offered a chart to support the no- pain fiscal proposals he says will balance the budget by 2002 without draconian spending cuts. "We're never, ever talking about cutting spending," Gingrich said. "We're talking about a slower rate of growth...
...White House, all atwitter, hasn't yet determined how to neutralize Newt. Chief of staff Leon Panetta likened Gingrich to an "out-of-control talk-show host," an unsubtle reference to Rush Limbaugh. But Limbaugh is also the most popular of the breed -- and like Rush, it doesn't seem to matter that a lot of what Newt says is mostly not true. Audiences love it -- as they loved Reagan -- even when they know that what they're hearing is often baseless. For many | who applaud Gingrich and Limbaugh, the catchy rantings are acceptable caricatures of a caricature they already...
...Gingrich Elevated, Scolded...
Chanting "Newt, Newt," Republicans, as expected, formally ratified Newt Gingrich as their choice for Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Administration's welcome, however, was less than warm, thanks to Gingrich's assertion that one-quarter of the White House staff had used illicit drugs in recent years. Chief of staff Leon Panetta denounced the accusation as "absolutely false" and chastised the accuser: "He's not just an out-of- control radio talk-show host. He's Speaker of the House of Representatives, and he's got to learn to behave as the Speaker of the House of Representatives...