Gingrich the demagogue (yes, redundant)
I came to the end of ABC This Week and at first was impressed with Gingrich:
"How can you justify the level of wealth in those big towers in New York and the level of poverty in those alleys? And without talking about government, say, surely a society that cared, that believed every person was endowed by their creator with the right to pursue happiness, would come up with a better solution than 22,000 children that are homeless.
And I think that the Republican Party has an obligation to rethink some of its indifference to the very poor. And I think the Democrats have an obligation to ask themselves after 50 years of the war on poverty, (inaudible). "
But then he argued with Robert Reich:
"Every major city which has a center of poverty is run by Democrats. Every major city. Their policies have failed, they're not willing to admit and the fact is it's the poor who suffer from bad-- "
Well, perhaps true. But only in cities run by Democrats can the poor have any chance of being offered shelter and some health care and perhaps chances of work.
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/week-transcript-secretary-state-john-kerry/story?id=21214179&page=3
and scroll toward the bottom third..