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...marketable product." Divisive issues such as abortion were explicitly avoided; the focus was on strategy, not philosophy. Gingrich taught his acolytes "our rhythm and style," how to use his serrated language to cut their opponents; Democrats were to be described as traitors and with such adjectives as sick, corrupt and bizarre. Gingrich eventually became such a cult figure among young Republicans that supporters considered publishing a comic book with him as the hero fighting bureaucratic bloat...
...then the city editor of the Arizona Republic, now the program's communications director: "I was having a field day. The thing had started too fast. Doctors weren't getting paid. There were cost overruns. I was sending reporters over here almost every day to get stories of trouble." Corrupt and incompetent managed-care partnerships bloomed in the desert...
...Holy Land of Jesus' time, the scrolls show, was rife with apocalyptic fervor. Ordinary Jews yearned for a savior who would lead them in a holy war against the oppressive Romans and a corrupt aristocracy, typified by the hated King Herod. Some scholars believe that Jesus was one of many political rebels in Palestine. His proclamation that the meek would inherit the earth was, in this view, not a dream of eschatological hope but a here-and-now demand for a new political order...
...presently owns an estimated $1 million in shares of Shell Oil. These are facts that link us directly to the ongoing crisis in Nigeria. Another fact that should be quite plain--but has apparently evaded many governments, including the United States--is that oil is the lifeblood of the corrupt, brutal, murderous Nigerian government...
According to Forbes, who also serves as chair of the board of Empower America, a flat tax rate of 17 percent is the first step toward strengthening individualism. Forbes characterized the current tax code as overly complex, exceedingly corrupt, and dramatically anti-growth...