Newt Gingrich: Civil Rights Laws of the 1960s Were Not Worth It
Mike Lillis:
The Washington Independent: Of the many reasons to oppose health care reform, this is probably the worst one yet. From today’s Washington Post:
Former Republican House speaker Newt Gingrich said Obama and the Democrats will regret their decision to push for comprehensive reform. Calling the bill “the most radical social experimen.... in modern times,” Gingrich said: “They will have destroyed their party much as Lyndon Johnson shattered the Democratic Party for 40 years” with the enactment of civil rights legislation in the 1960s...
Is Newt Gingrich the most pathetic man alive? Or are there other candidates?