Contract for America Remembered

Newt Gingrich.............. he is such a nerd

It would be great to be able to elect him. Yes he has some faults, but the simple way that he can break big thoughts down is unparalleled.

His main problem..........He is a better leader of revolutions than a leader of day to day life.

If I had one issue or problem with my personality I might take his problem.

Ok, so why am I talking about Newt?

I listened to him speak yesterday. It wasn't the best speech that I have heard him deliver.....it was kind of an infomercial for his new projects, but it did bring up stories regarding the Republican Revolution and the Contract for America. If you don't know me---I was still in high school at that time-so politics wasn't my focus. My boss re-told a story about how he was at the briefing where Newt announced the idea for the Contract America.

My boss said that so many parts were hard to follow because they were foreign. Republicans were the minority........that was just the way that it was. Republicans never even thought about being the majority. Then Newt came along and changed that.

In this briefing my boss remembered Newt talking about Reader's Digest. At the time staff thought he was crazy! He talked about the readership numbers of Reader's Digest (huge), the placement of the ad, the type of paper that it should be printed on.......etc. Newt had this thought out. Sure enough that summer everyone had the Contract for America on the refrigerators.

I don't care if what party you are in that is a great story.

Side note: I don't find reader's digest to be innovative. Hayek's Road to Serfdom gained its popularity after being condensed and included in reader's digest. I believe that Reagan and Goldwater both have mentioned the Reader's Digest version as catalysts to their political careers.

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