Episode 1: The Gentleman From Georgia

The Revolution with Steve Kornacki

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🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

It takes Newt Gingrich three tries to win a seat in Congress. When he arrives in 1979, he declares war. His aim: to end the Permanent Democratic Majority.

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0:00.0	Good evening.
0:13.9	If you're a political junkie, you'll want to remember this night.
0:16.9	If you're a Democrat, you may want to crawl into a hole and pull it in after you.
0:20.8	There is a sweep, a blowout on behalf of the Republican Party in this country from sea
0:25.7	to shining sea.
0:28.7	It's late at night, November 8, 1994, and I'm watching television in my family's living
0:34.0	room.
0:35.0	The most dramatic example in the House of Representatives tonight, where the Republicans
0:39.8	have taken control for the first time since the 1952 elections.
0:44.3	That's when Elvis Presley was just 19 years old, a post-exit.
0:47.4	I'm 15 years old and I'm well aware that most 15-year-olds are not riveted by these midterm
0:53.3	elections, but I am.
0:55.5	At this point, I'm already a political junkie.
0:58.0	In fact, technically speaking, I've already been a pun on TV.
1:02.0	83 seats or one-third of the Senate will be up for re-election in 1994.
1:06.6	So that's me.
1:07.6	I was on the public access channel in my hometown of Grotten, Massachusetts.
1:11.9	It was called Channel 17 back then, and in the run-up to those 94 midterms, I had a segment
1:17.0	called Political Corner.
1:18.5	There were these two kids in my high school who had their own show.
1:21.4	It was basically meant to be a comedy show.
1:23.8	I think they thought that my political commentary was so dry that it would land as humor.
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