If you review the Republican Contract with America at http://www.house.gov/house/Contract/CONTRACT.html then take a look at the past and current events, do you think this has been a failure or a joke on the American people?
2006-07-10 02:35:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It is not likely that you would fail when you have the House, Senate, White House, and the Supreme Court. Everything is going as planned for our Majority "Leaders". Mike Ruppert said it best. "When you play in a rigged game you do not have to preform, and that makes you sloppy" Their ego's are what is going to bring down the Republican Party. I don't want the Dems to be in total power either I would like a good balance so that we can start doing things the right way again.
2006-07-10 02:43:14 · answer #1 · answered by DEEJay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe at the time when the concept of the contract with America arose, there was an idealistic group of young Republicans attracted mostly to the Speaker Gingrich. I think of them as the Reagan Youth. Many of them saw in Reagan rhetoric, and in the musings of Gingrich, a chance to reshape the government, and some of their ideas seemed good at the time. Term limits was one such excellent concept.
Unfortunately, and this usually happens to nacent movements, they ran into the hard realities rather quickly. Many of them reported that shortly after they entered Congressional service, they found that it was Big Money that was used to doing the talking in our government;
they learned the hard truth about lobbyists, and after a term in office, discovered how difficult it was to withdraw from service. They learned personally that there was a cash cow to be milked, and it was very alluring.
In truth, while I myself at the time liked the notion of term limits, I have come to realize it is better to have people in office who have been there long enough that they can learn the real ropes and achieve something. No, they should not be there forever like a Kennedy or a Thurmond, but just a couple of terms is rarely enough to get anything of significance done.
To sum this answer up: I think there was a sincere component in the drafting of the contract with America, but time has proven that the Same Old Same Old is a powerful force that resists change.
2006-07-10 09:53:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The failure has been in the Republican re-election whores.. I mean Congresspersons, to have lived up to the Contract with America. Once they gained power and control, they forgot the reason they were voted in - to be responsible, Constitution-following fiscally-responsible legislators.
No, they've become almost as bad as the Democrats. The only differences are they resist outright socialism and they understand the basic economic concept of supply & demand.
2006-07-10 10:06:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is both. A joke and a failure. It was a tool to get support of the far right but what people are just now waking up to is that the neocons who put this together are not conservative at all.
2006-07-10 10:03:18 · answer #4 · answered by littlemamajo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do any politicians do anything anymore..???to get reelected...and thats the sad bottom line with these grifters...i say fire all of them and start picking new people to govern....
first thing to implement is 2 term limit...that way...no doofus like ted kennedy or newt gingrich can start to dominate the gov't....
no lobbyists...or lobbyists money to candidates...
public forums..not private back room deals...both parties guilty of this..
any politician found not doing what is in the best interest of the country would be held criminally accountable, not just retire with benefits...
a non biased media
a non biased educational system that doesnt promote one agenda over another, but rather open views...
a flat tax...make a million..pay a percent....make a thousand , pay the same percent as the millionaire....more incentive to create wealth this way..plus you keep and use the money as you see fit..not the gov't...
gradually regress govt agencies to back to 1950's size and authority...no independant agency able to make laws by itself....
2006-07-10 09:54:49 · answer #5 · answered by badjanssen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. The Contract with America won the GOP congress. They still hold Congress. Therefore, I would consider it a success.
2006-07-10 09:43:59 · answer #6 · answered by lundstroms2004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My opinion the Republican and the Democrat are the same
Just the name have change that about it
2006-07-10 09:37:20 · answer #7 · answered by Linda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has been a resounding success. The trouble is today's Senate is filled with linguini-spined RINO's who care more about votes than their country.
2006-07-10 09:38:59 · answer #8 · answered by hawley5150 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They made some inroads, but when people honestly realized what they were trying to achieve, it bogged down and eventually fell apart.
Too much internecine conflict.
2006-07-10 09:37:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was a lie from the beginning, they used it to win the house and senate becasue we had a president that was effective and driving the neocons nuts.
2006-07-10 10:12:47 · answer #10 · answered by david c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋