] The time to reassert the right of the American people to
] instruct the court through the Legislative and Executive
] branches has come. America is a free nation and it is the
] duty of those who would represent the American people to
] find mechanisms for our generation which block activist
] judges from stripping us of the freedoms and values we
] believe in.

I used to like Newt Gingrich. Always saw him as a forward thinking, libertarian sort of Republican. I was wrong. He is regressive. He just flushed any respect I ever had. Its gone.

There is absolutely no element of the Republican's anti-constitutional platform that "preserves freedoms." Not one element. They want to censor the media, they want to harrass gays, they want to ban abortions (despite their supposed emphasis on healthy families), they want to force everyone in the country to practice their religion and recognize their god, they want to imprison people for protesting the government.

How dare he evoke Thomas Jefferson in the context of attempting to establish a Conservative Christian government! Thomas Jefferson was the foremost advocate of the separation of church and state! Thomas Jefferson is the reason that the Conservative Christian adgenda is illegal!

[ I've never liked Newt Gingrich, but this is beyond the fucking pale. Let's abolish checks and balances, ok? Who needs 'em. This is just absurd. And don't doubt that this gets a big jingoistic spin on the campaign trail as a measure to protect the pledge and preserve our heritage or some other fucking crap like that. I can't even believe this isn't a joke. Pure FUCKING rage. -k]

Runaway courts - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED - September 23, 2004