with your opening. there are so many holes in it. but that s okay. i ll go where you need to go next. well, tell me. you understand my overall thesis i do. which is that social conservatism, beltway common wisdom is that it s dead, that it s only all about fiscal issues right now. but i still see it at work in what the republican party is doing. is my overall thesis wrong or did i just get my details wrong? well, i think the devil is obviously in the details. i believe that the larger premise is that the culture wars are virtually over. what we on the issue related to families and fathers and abortion and the like. what you re seeing now is something a little bit closer to home, which is a state by state approach, discussion, argument, however you want to put it that s occurring at the state level, which is where i have always believed it should be. these decisions affect communities closest to where people are. and that s where you re seeing this played out. and i would
table with their a game. and that s going to be their time as a governor or senator or an elected official. what they ve done, how they communicate, how they re able to take the message of opportunity and empowerment versus government control and spending and how that parries off each other over the next 18 months. it s going to be fascinating. see, i think in a debate between newt gingrich and barack obama it would be a liability for newt gingrich that you can go to his website today and for $99 plus shipping and handling you can purchase a gavel signed by newt gingrich because he s not only monetized, he has merchandised his but look, read go buy it, read it, and learn. the gavel? i got one for free from somebody who tried to scam in a direct mail thing. i ll tell you about that later. michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee, i so enjoy talking to
let s start by denying all federal funding for abortion at home and abroad. jobs and spending. yes. i understand. they tell us it s important. but abortion, that s where we have to start. beltway press coverage right now is all about republicans proposing these big aggregate spending cuts for the national budget. whether they re realistic or not, what are the differences between the different republican proposals, what are the specific cuts, though, that they ve actually proposed. rather than the big aggregate, how much can they cut debate, which is getting so much beltway press coverage, what if have they specifically proposed cutting? if you lived through the culture wars the first time around, the details will look familiar. they want to cut the national endowment for the arts, the national endowment for the humanities, the corporation for public broadcasting. bye-bye, big bird. amtrak. they want to kill amtrak. i never quite understood what they had against amtrak. but you know,
complained to the local newspaper about high pressure and underhanded sales tactics inside the event from the supposedly motivational speakers. see, it is a highly monetized gig, this maybe running for president business. even though the press will take any excuse to debate whether or not sarah palin is running for president, the last time she personally made it sound as though she probably was was when she was selling her last book and promoting her reality show. i m looking at the lay of the land now and trying to figure that out, if it s a good thing for the country, for the discourse, for my family, if it s a good thing. if you ran for president, could you beat barack obama? i believe so. so sarah palin may be running for president. buy my book. mike huckabee may be running for president. go on my cruise. rudy giuliani may be running for president. buy my sort of scammy speaking gig ticket. all of them cashing in. thanks to mike pence s mom, though, today there s one le
next. well, tell me. you understand my overall thesis i do. which is that social conservatism, beltway common wisdom is that it s dead, that it s only all about fiscal issues right now. but i still see it at work in what the republican party is doing. is my overall thesis wrong or did i just get my details wrong? well, i think the devil is obviously in the details. i believe that the larger premise is that the culture wars are virtually over. what we on the issue related to families and fathers and abortion and the like. what you re seeing now is something a little bit closer to home, which is a state by state approach, discussion, argument, however you want to put it that s occurring at the state level, which is where i have always believed it should be. these decisions affect communities closest to where people are. and that s where you re seeing