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Yes, that would be fun. I find Mr. Gowdy to be a breath of fresh air. I hope he continues to inspire. I would like to see more politicians that I can believe.
Boehner has not held fast to principles and deserves to be removed. We can do better.
Respectfully,
O.A.
IF (big "if") the GOP (worthless cowards) actually do take the Congress back, I would hope their mantra would be : Investigate, Indict, Convict, Execute.
On second thought I do not care what party they are from so long as they are for smaller government, greater freedom, individual choice and individual responsibility I am good with voting for them.
I mean if a democrat ran with those values I would vote for him or her. What are the odds of that happening?
We are also now seeing this trickle into the RNC as well, with several high-profile (and disastrous) candidates being backed by RNC money over others simply because they kowtow to the Republican establishment. Both sides play the "good ol' boys" game. It almost makes me wish for a natural disaster to clean out DC so we can start over.
Chris Stewart (now a representative from Utah) was a air force pilot, special forces and base commander in his military career. After that he went writer.
He did a couple of books that I would recommend to anyone here as you will find value to them. (7 miracles that saved America and 7 events that saved the world - note titles may be a word off or something but its enough to find them on line).
He also wrote a series called the great and the terrible. Very good series to me, but not everyone here will like them. First they are very chick flick like in that the story is driven through relationship development. Second they have strong Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) tone to them. If your OK with both of those you will enjoy the series. The first book is a glims into what LDS beliefs would say the pre-earth (before here) life was like. The other 5 take place in the near future and its about the events that lead up to the cleaning out of both parties garbage through, not natural disaster but some man made ones.
They are quite entertaining and his military background shows through in the ways the terrorists attack. Both creative and quite possible.
If interested the book series is the great and the terrible. The first one is called "The Brothers" and it was just OK. Its necessary to fully enjoy the other 5, great story and shows some of Chris Stewart's way of looking at things.
Sorry for the side track, its funny what pops into your head from a simple little phrase.
Do you use GoodReads?
If you're interested in those, you might also enjoy Brandon Sanderson's "Way of Kings". It's more fantasy, but it's been a long time since I've read anyone who can weave military philosophy and politics as well.
Both are useful as well as entertaining, as they take place in societies where there is suddenly a complete drop in the level of technology. In Stirling's, no chemical reaction more complicated than fire will work. It just doesn't.
My complaint about both is that there isn't enough discussion of politics/political theory.
What is GoodReads?
Please see expanded version under "Books", where I am hoping to expand my reading list.
We need to clone the Newt!
And you've got to be kidding about Newt. You must have missed his openly hostile remarks about Paul Ryan's budget or the TEA Party. Stick a fork in Gingrich - he's done and good riddance.
Was Gingrich a great public speaker? Sure. He could and still does run circles around the likes of Boehner. He can not only think on the fly, but he can debate with the best. He's one of the more articulate Republican leaders that has come along in the last 20 years - no disagreement. If you could find someone as articulate as Gingrich without the political baggage, I'd certainly be willing to take a look. Newt, however, has alienated too much of the Party with his establishment comments - similar to Boehner - to unite them or get people behind him. His remarks about Paul Ryan's budget plan offended way too many people (including myself) for him to escape those consequences.
Would he do better than Boehner? Probably, but that isn't saying much. Is he the only one with ideas? Not hardly. He's also far too arrogant and self-centered, but it got Obama elected, so maybe that's not the liability I think it is...
Myself, I'd like to see someone like Allen West. I was really disappointed when he lost re-election down in Florida. I thought he would have been a better pick than Paul Ryan as VP.
We need another Willie Stark type dynamo. Someone that stirs up the base emotions, and puts the 'fire' back into the Silent Majority. There is nothing wrong with a little Elmer Gantry style political revivalism....
If Obama was selling snake oil, so can we.
I am happy to give you a deserved 'point' for demonstrating that you recognize the positive aspects of Newt, and clearly isolated your dislikes.
One of the frontrunners is Congressman Lankford. I voted for one of his opponents, because one of the talking points of his campaign was all about 'working with others'. In other words, the same old Republican compromise in order to advance the Democrat agenda.