[Leto]

There is a difference between whether one agrees with a person’s politics and their place historically, Newt is a historian.

This point seems to have escaped you.

[txrangerette]

I don’t know about Cowman, but no such point escaped me.

I wouldn’t have gone with a politically correct pick of what liberal historians said, and that’s who mostly writes our history.

I would’ve gone with Reagan, because I truly believe he was the greatest. He wasn’t there to try to remake America by Progressivism, but to try to restore what he could of what our Founders meant.

[Cowman]

There is a difference between whether one agrees with a person’s politics and their place historically, Newt is a historian. This point seems to have escaped you.

The point does not escape me. I realize that Newt has studied history extensively and has specialized in the WW2 period which would be the FDR presidency. I just cannot admire someone who expanded the power of the presidency to dictatorial levels, proposed an income tax of 100%, established work camps, and presided over one of the biggest land grabs in US history. In addition to this he prolonged the depression through his socialist policies and tried to take over the supreme court by packing it with his own stooges.

If Newt wanted to select a strong leader of the 20th century he could have chosen Reagan, Coolidge, or if he wanted a war leader Eisenhower. Even Truman would have been better than FDR.

In my opinion a President needs to expand freedom in order to be great. FDR only expanded government oppression. Newt's other favorite Teddy Roosevelt started the ball rolling on the socialist decline of American Freedom.

This raises numerous alarms with me about Newt's view of governance.