clinton figured out a very clevered by of jujitsu. to say that newt gingrich wants to make your grandmother destitute. think about a party whose last stand is to frighten 85-year-olds. you ll understand how totally, morally bankrupt the modern democratic party is. the speaker of the house has made an unprecedented threat. yesterday mr. gingrich said he was willing to let the united states default on its debt. the republicans decided to go to the wall and to shut down the government. we re prepared to negotiate on the budget issues, but let s not threaten the country with shutdown. the president said we really ought to meet at the white house in the oval office. it came down to whether or not we were going to cut medicare deeper. the president said something i ll never forget.