THE
WCC
vol. 7, no. 3
CAMPUS VOICE
Wayne Community College, Goldsboro, NC 27533-8002
February 21, 1996
Gingrich admonishes iiberals, Clinton
By JAIME WHITFIELD
Newt Gingrich spoke
at Lane Tree Golf
Course on January 18 at
11:45 a.m. for a fund
.raiser for Third
District Republican
Congressman Walter
Jones, who also spoke
to an audience of more
than 1000.
Admission to the
event was $50 per
person.
Jones commented on
North Carolina's
nickname of "The
Tarheels/’ meaning "we
stick to our promises."
Jones said about
Gingrich, "[His] vision
for America is kept in
the same mold as our
founding fathers
Adams, Franklin and
Jefferson."
Gingrich's main
focus of the speech was
the balanced budget and
the proposals the
Republicans have made
to the President.
Gingrich commented
that he was not
satisfied with where
America is right now.
"I am disappointed in
the President. I am
tired of having a Do-a-
lot Congress and a Do-
nothing President."
Gingrich said he and
Jones share a serious
concern for the
balanced budget.
Gingrich said that
he is mad and frus
trated that the
President has vetoed
every bill Congress has
put forth involving the
balanced budget.
He said that the
Republicans' plan for
the balanced budget is
for the children of
tomorrow and the
liberals* plan is
destroying the safety
net and beginning to
strangle the children
of tomorrow.
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He said the
liberals' plan is also
demolishing status and
responsibility parents
have gained in past
years.
Gingrich said, "To
be an American, you get
up in the morning and
start making your
dreams come true. You
do not sit back with
your coffee in hand and
wait."
Following the
luncheon Gingrich
responded to questions
from media representa
tives from all over
eastern North Carolina.
One reporter asked
Gingrich why the First
Lady has so much
involvement with the
President's duties and
actions. Gingrich
answered, "That is the
President's business,
not mine to discuss."
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Newt Gingrich and Walter B. Jones address the crowd
at Lane Tree Country Club. PHOTO: JAIME WHITFIELD
student reacts to Gingrich
By LELAND WALTERS
Special Correspondent to
the VOICE
On January 18, 1996,
I heard House Speaker
Newt Gingrich speak at
a fundraiser for Third
District Congressman,
Walter Jones, Jr.
It was hard to catch
a glimpse of either man
because of all the
reporters, cameramen
and paparazzi.
The place was so
loaded with people, I
was lucky to get a seat
so close.
After eating a
delicious Lemon Chicken
lunch, I awaited the
speeches from Speaker
Gingrich and
Congressman Jones.
The anticipation was
really killing me: I
had paid $50 and cut
class and work just to
see and hear these men.
When Congressman
Jones introduced the
speaker, the roof went
off the place.
Gingrich joked in
response, "When I get
an introduction that
warm, I find myself
wanting to hear from
the guy myself."
The speech was
mainly focused on
Medicare and social
issues as well as on
the budget.
Gingrich listed many
of the things the
Congress had passed--
all vetoed by President
Cl inton.
I agreed with the
majority of Gingrich's
speech, but the speaker
made the same kind of
mistake that Jesse
Helms sometimes makes.
He spoke about a
press conference in
California where the
President had
misinformed the people
eight times and said,
"Californians have
strange ways of
thinking, so we were
helped by the
environment we were
in."
Now, as much as I
like Gingrich and as
much as I like his
ideas, the most
powerful man in the
United States Congress,
just should not say
things like that in
public.
However, Clinton did
veto the Balanced
Budget Amendment,
Welfare Reform and
other issues'that are
important to this
nation.
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