Difference between revisions of "Newt Gingrich"
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* {{wikipedia|Newt Gingrich}} | * {{wikipedia|Newt Gingrich}} | ||
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| + | {{excerpt|[[Dick Meyer]], editorial director of CBS News said, in [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/15/opinion/meyer/main2182755.shtml Good Riddance To The Gingrichites]:}} | ||
| + | More than the others, Newton Leroy Gingrich lived out a very special hypocrisy. In addition to the above biographical dissonance, Gingrich was one of the most sharp-tongued, articulate and persuasive attack dogs in modern politics. His favorite target was the supposed immorality and corruption of the Democratic Party. With soaring rhetoric, he condemned his opponents as anti-American and dangerous to our country's family values — "grotesque" was a favorite word. | ||
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| + | Yet this was a man who was divorced twice — the first time when his wife was hospitalized for cancer treatment, the second time after an affair was revealed. | ||
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| + | Gingrich made his bones in the party by relentlessly attacking Democratic corruption, yet he was hounded from office because of a series of serious ethics questions. He posed as a reformer of the House, yet championed a series of deforms that made the legislative process more closed, more conducive to hiding special interest favors and less a forum for genuine debate. | ||
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| + | And he did it all with epic sanctimony. | ||
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==News== | ==News== | ||
* '''2006-11-29''' [http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/11/29/gingrich-wants-to-re-examine-free-speech/ Gingrich Wants to Re-examine Free Speech] | * '''2006-11-29''' [http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/11/29/gingrich-wants-to-re-examine-free-speech/ Gingrich Wants to Re-examine Free Speech] | ||
** '''2006-11-30''' [http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/11/30/olbermanns-special-comment-on-gingrich-we-fight-for-liberty-by-having-more-liberty-and-not-less/ editorial commentary] by [[Keith Olbermann]] | ** '''2006-11-30''' [http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/11/30/olbermanns-special-comment-on-gingrich-we-fight-for-liberty-by-having-more-liberty-and-not-less/ editorial commentary] by [[Keith Olbermann]] | ||
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| Dick Meyer, editorial director of CBS News said, in Good Riddance To The Gingrichites: |
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More than the others, Newton Leroy Gingrich lived out a very special hypocrisy. In addition to the above biographical dissonance, Gingrich was one of the most sharp-tongued, articulate and persuasive attack dogs in modern politics. His favorite target was the supposed immorality and corruption of the Democratic Party. With soaring rhetoric, he condemned his opponents as anti-American and dangerous to our country's family values — "grotesque" was a favorite word. Yet this was a man who was divorced twice — the first time when his wife was hospitalized for cancer treatment, the second time after an affair was revealed. Gingrich made his bones in the party by relentlessly attacking Democratic corruption, yet he was hounded from office because of a series of serious ethics questions. He posed as a reformer of the House, yet championed a series of deforms that made the legislative process more closed, more conducive to hiding special interest favors and less a forum for genuine debate. And he did it all with epic sanctimony. Newt Gingrich/excerpt News
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