The two most under rated leaders of our time

When Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the House, he led the effort to reform welfare, balance the budget, pass the largest capital gains tax cut in history, pass tough anti-crime legislation, increase transparency in government, and other policies that led to the addition of 11 million new jobs during his 4 years as Speaker. As President, George W. Bush had a long list of accomplishments including defending America after the worst attack on our soil, liberating Iraq, capturing terrorists, increasing the number of border patrol agents at the border, increasing our commitment to combat global Aids, tax cuts that led to economic growth for 52 straight months following the post 9/11 recession, and seeing an increase in research towards energy independence. However, in both cases, both men were brutalized by the media and left to dry by their own party. Just two years after he helped the GOP capture the U.S. House and Senate for the first time in 40 years, Newt Gingrich was nearly kicked out of the speakership by his colleagues. Two years after that, Newt Gingrich was investigated for bogus and partisan ethics violations that simply did not exist. At the same time, republicans began abandoning George W. Bush on Iraq and government spending, despite having supported those policies in the beginning. Republicans such as Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Dick Lugar of Indiana began abandoning the mission in Iraq and President Bush when the war and the president became unpopular. In essence, both Mr. Gingrich and Mr. Bush should be viewed quite differently than what the media presently views them as. Speaker Gingrich should be seen as a key bi-partisan negotiator who insisted on policies to grow the economy and whose anti-crime and transparency legislation had a lasting effect on the U.S. George W. Bush should be seen as a President who was a steady leader, and one who did what was right despite if it was popular. Bush held the nation together following 9/11, and his policies helped protect Americans and capture those who wished us harm. Both men are historic figures and thus, under-rated.