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I first heard Dr. Gingrich speak when I was a delegate to the 1991 White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services. He is a principled advocate of Americanism. As a professional historian, Dr. Gingrich understands American culture and the American political tradition.
In 1992, I sent a contribution to GOPAC and received several audio tapes of Gingrich's dinner and fund raiser speeches. Does he think it is shameful that welfare recipients sell food stamps for money to buy liquor and cigarettes? No, he says, because these are Americans and you cannot give an American a negotiable instrument and then expect them not to negotiate it for what they want. Is that not against the law? Gingrich points out that most Americans see the posted speed limit as a "benchmark of opportunity." Welfare reform, he says, has to rest on volunteerism, individual incentives and individual rewards. With a touch of humor, Gingrich said that the fastest way to make an environmentalist out of a Republican is to put a toxic waste site next to a golf course.
See www.newt.org for more information about this outstanding individual and why he represents the best values of the Republican Party.
** Before his election to Congress, he taught History and Environmental Studies at West Georgia College for eight years.
** Newt is the longest-serving teacher of the Joint War Fighting course for Major Generals. He also teaches officers from all five services as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Professor at the National Defense University.
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