Bob, I was officially labeled a "partisan hater" a couple months ago, because I question Newt's "professional, non-partisan" handling of the impeachment procedure. But his leave taking has improved my opinion of him. He had the good grace to not blame his demise on the "idiot voters", unlike many parties here.
There's an article by the famous "friend of Bill" Joe Klein in the New Yorker this week (Nov. 23 issue) that takes a look back at our current political mess and how we got here. Starts out with May 15, 1984, and Tip O'Neill getting caught up with Newt about Newt's honest and forthright tactic of making inflammatory speeches to an empty House chamber. Empty except for the C-SPAN cameras. Big man Newt had no problem talking as if he were accusing his particular targets of the moment to their faces. Newt may have been demonized, but he was plenty good at dishing it out, too. Unlike many here, though, he didn't go into denial after the election.
And yes, the New Yorker has its own biases, but Joe Klein, author of "Primary Colors", would be hard to count as a White House agent. Except for around here, where anybody who opposed impeachment for whatever reason is a White House agent.
Cheers, Dan. |
