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GeorgiaAvenger
02-15-2012, 07:00 PM
http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/02/14/the_progressive_legacy

http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/02/15/the_progressive_legacy_part_ii

low preference guy
02-15-2012, 07:02 PM
and Sowell endorsed Gingrich, the guy who describes himself as a "realpolitik wilsonian" and whose favorite president of the 20th century is FDR. sowell is dumb.

Rev9

GeorgiaAvenger
02-15-2012, 07:11 PM
and Sowell endorsed Gingrich, the guy who describes himself as a "realpolitik wilsonian" and whose favorite president of the 20th century is FDR. sowell is dumb.

Rev9

I think Sowell misunderstands Gingrich, however I have no doubt Sowell is a good man.

Feeding the Abscess
02-15-2012, 07:14 PM
Newt Gingrich:


I come out of the Theodore Roosevelt - La Follette Progressive tradition of reform


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjKlxVFHJPs

Here's Gingrich with the realpolitik Wilsonian line and defense of Wilson's foreign policy, and talking up FDR's Four Freedoms:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T76lD4zV1bo