Ronald Reagan, addressing U.N. on June 19, 1982:

I speak today as both a citizen of the United States and of the
world. ... My people have sent me here today to speak for them as
citizens of the world, which they truly are, for we Americans are drawn
from every nationality represented in this chamber today.

Newt Gingrich addressing GOP on June 8, 2009:

Let me be clear. I am not a citizen of the world! I think the
entire concept is intellectual nonsense and stunningly dangerous.


The Republicans who cheered Newt apparently were too stupid or ignorant
to realize the former House speaker was channeling and insulting their
great hero, Reagan.




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The modern GOP is little more than an army of moral absolutists led by a
gang of moral nihilists.