clown all in the span of a generation. when we think of great congressional leaders, we think of powerful politicians like lbj, the master of the senate, or house speakers like sam raburn, tip o neill or even newt gingrich. all of these leaders had much, much more leverage than boehner. wow! ouch! nancy pelosi was a powerful speaker. what s happened? why is john boehner a feckless herder of cats, in your words? i think some want to say that boehner is weak or that the republican freshmen are too fringy. i think there s a culmination of a few factors. one, speakers used to have the earmarks. they could kind of brag you with. you re going to get a bridge in your district. that s pretty much off the table. i think that our culture, our society doesn t respect leaders the way that it used to, and institutions. and i think that s manifesting itself in politics. but i also you also that s an incredible point. it s broken up. the internet has played into that. and also club
the thing people belong to when they have leaders and follow. respect leaders. the political parties, labor unions, obvious things. church organizations so they know if they can just dominate the head of the organization, half of 1% of the population that is in control of the power centers they ve got the masses in line. when you look at the tops of these organizations, they are in line with the federal reserve and new world order and that sort of thing. not the membership, but the top. glenn: it s the saul alinsky prince approximately of organize the organizers. come back. audience questions and then i want to ask you, mark, about ronald reagan. the story is that ronald reagan was kind of taking on the fed and rattling the cages and the fed taught him a lesson. and he kind of went back into line. we ll get into that in a second.
the thing people belong to when they have leaders and follow. respect leaders. the political parties, labor unions, obvious things. church organizations so they know if they can just dominate the head of the organization, half of 1% of the population that is in control of the power centers they ve got the masses in line. when you look at the tops of these organizations, they are in line with the federal reserve and new world order and that sort of thing. not the membership, but the top. glenn: it s the saul alinsky prince approximately of organize the organizers. come back. audience questions and then i want to ask you, mark, about ronald reagan. the story is that ronald reagan was kind of taking on the fed and rattling the cages and the fed taught him a lesson. and he kind of went back into line. we ll get into that in a second.