Gingrich of Congress

Gingrich of Congress
by Robert Wynne and Jeffrey Williams
Music: "Lord of La Mancha" from the musical Man of La Mancha
© 1998

Hear me now, all you old disenfranchised white men!
CEOs and your rich companies!
Clad in armor of God and American flags
I call forth my majority!

I am Speaker Newt Gingrich
I'm from Pennsylvania
But Georgia's been kindest to me!
Political backstabbing's
my bread and butter
I thunder on self-righteously

Elect me and I'll stamp out the gays and the poor
And the lib'rals who stand by their side
And we'll smuggle our spies into every bedroom
To ensure that you've nothing to hide

I am Speaker Newt Gingrich
I'm from Pennsylvania
But Georgia's been kindest to me!
Political backstabbing's
my bread and butter
I thunder on self-righteously

When I speak I weave visions of futures untold
Technological marvels are neat
But we must stay on guard from the liberal horde
Who aren't among our elite!

I am Speaker Newt Gingrich
I'm from Pennsylvania
But Georgia's been kindest to me!
Political backstabbing's
my bread and butter
I thunder on self-righteously
I thunder on self-righteously
Come sign my contract
Come sign my contract
Behold!

The problem with writing songs about the news is that they are so quickly "overtaken by events". I wrote this back when Newt Gingrich was still the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

While Gingrich did have his good side (he was a major supporter of the space program), I found his political tactics obnoxious and divisive, and lay a lot of the blame for the atmosphere that surrounds our political machine today on him.