No Comparison
Memories of the rancorous 1995 budget fight between President Clinton and leaders of the Republican revolution are casting a distinct shadow over the current impasse between President Bush and Congressional Democrats on Iraq. Each side believes it can apply lessons learned from that earlier battle to its strategy in the current showdown.
Let's jump into the Wayback Machine and see what led to Newt's 1995 shutdown of the Federal government:
The speaker said Wednesday that tough terms in the government spending bill President Clinton vetoed Monday night were included partly as the result of pique he and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole felt on Air Force One during flights with the president to and from Israel for the funeral.
In 1995 Newt and Viagra Bob got all pissy about their seats on Air Force One. That's a little less serious than a disastrous war.
If I can remember this then surely the NYT's Carl Hulse can as well.
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