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Liberal icons with conservative ideals: Jimmy Carter on abortion

October 1, 2015

JIMMY CARTER: “I have never believed that Jesus would be in favor of abortion unless it was the result of rape or incest, or the mother’s life was in danger. That’s been the only conflict I’ve had in my career between political duties and Christian faith.”

Liberal icons with conservative ideals: Franklin Roosevelt on public unions

October 1, 2015

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: “All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.”

Liberal icons with conservative ideals: John Kennedy on the 2nd Amendment

October 1, 2015

JOHN F. KENNEDY: “Although it is extremely unlikely that the fears of governmental tyranny which gave rise to the Second Amendment will ever be a major danger to our nation, the Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense…

Mobsters and Planned Parenthood execs get a bad rap

September 30, 2015

The Gingrich Solution

September 30, 2015

Newt Gingrich is a conservative visionary.

Democrats controlled the House of Representatives for 40 consecutive years. Mr. Gingrich came up with a campaign idea called the Contract with America which would empower voters.

Voters liked it and put Republicans in control of the House for a dozen years beginning in 1994.

Gingrich and his fellow Republicans produced remarkable results by reducing government spending and balancing the budget. As you can see in the chart above, federal spending as a percentage of GDP began to plummet when Gingrich became speaker. It began to climb again when he resigned from the Speakership in 1998.