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Roxanne Weidner of Omaha protests outside a GOP dinner featuring House Speaker Newt
Gingrich at the Holiday Inn at 72nd and Grover streets in Omaha Monday.
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standing under the silence of a small
tree away from the shouting crowds.
He said protesting would not do any
good without campaign reform.
However, he said he supported the
protesters because he and his wife
relied on Medicare. Both had serious
illnesses, and he was laid off a few
years ago.
“We need Medicare,” he said qui
etly, “desperately.”
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Speaker, do you think it would be a
good idea for the First Lady Hillary
Clinton to visit Boys Town?”
Gingrich said he would not be the
one to invite her, but if the little girl
wanted her to come then that was
enough of an invitation.
Another child stepped up with the
question: “How did you get to be so
famous?”
“I’m real noisy,” Gingrich said,
laughing.
The last child asked Gingrich who
his favorite “Boys Town” movie char
acter was.
“Well, that’s too easy,” he said,
smiling. “It’s Spencer Tracy because
he’s the one who reaches out and
helps everyone.”
Gingrich said watching “Boys
Town” gave him a sense of hope, love
and caring that people can’t find in
many movies today.
Gingrich took a tour through the
Boys Town “Hall of History,” where
Peter showed him the Oscar that Spen
cer Tracy won for his role in the “Boys
Town” movie. Tracy presented the
Oscar to Boys Town founder Father
Flanagan.
After the tour, Gingrich attended a
short press conference.
He addressed the future of Boys
Town’s youth when he dismissed the
notion that the Republicans were mak
ing harmful cuts to student federal
financial aid.
“What we’re doing right now
doesn’t cut federal financial aid, I
think,” he said. “Balancing the budget
will save the student who borrows
$ 11,000, $2,167 in repayments over a
10-year period.”
By lowering the interest rate and
making it easier to borrow, he said,
students would be free of debt.
“I think we’ll save the young people
of America billions of dollars,” he
said. “We’re tryingtomake sure these
young people don’t have to pay off
our debt.”
Boys Town mayor Tyrice Ellebb
of Chicago said he was grateful the
Speaker finally visited Boys Town,
but did not agree with all of Gingrich’s
political views.
He said Gingrich was wrong to say
Boys Town was greater than the gov
ernment.
“He’s sayingBoys Town is great in
everything we do,” Ellebb said. “We
have our problems, too.”
Gingrich came to Boys Town while
in Omaha attending a benefit luncheon
for Republican Rep. Jon Christensen.
Several past U.S. and state sena
tors and city and state dignitaries also
attended the $ 100-a-plate fund-raiser.
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