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Newt Gingrich, for all his talk of a Creator, refused to demonstrate the basic human compassion that a belief in any Creator demands. He talked of prayer in schools, but did not mention the homeless people who we see every day walking the streets of Boston and New York. He could not address the xenophobia and racism that spawned Proposition 187 in California, or the proliferation of guns on our streets that even a few weeks ago allowed a deranged man to fire 15 shots from an automatic weapon into the White House...
Over time, the move could backfire. Liberal groups have seized on it as a way to energize their despondent troops, and even conservative Christians are wondering what kind of government-approved prayer they are going to have to agree to. But so far on this one it's Gingrich 1, Clinton...
Clinton will soon face a barrage of issues far tougher than school prayer. When the new Congress convenes in January, Gingrich plans a fast and furious start in the House, with quick thrusts on taxes, term limits, welfare and crime. Even in the generally more collegial Senate, a new lineup of Republican chairmen is setting traps on such things as defense spending and the global free-trade agreement. And everywhere the rhetoric is getting nastier. North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms felt free to say on CNN that Clinton is not up to the job of Commander in Chief -- a remark...
House Republicans these days are only too happy to find out what's too far right. Not long after Gingrich unveiled his intentions on the prayer amendment, Texas Representative Richard Armey, the next House majority leader, said that within three years his party will replace the current graduated income tax, which takes a larger bite from the upper brackets, with either a national sales tax or a flat tax of 17% on everybody. But it took congressional Democrats until week's end to utter their first opposition rhetoric. "We're not about to roll over and play dead while...
...School-Prayer Surprise...