To: JakeStraw who wrote (400848 ) 4/30/2003 8:19:43 AM From: DMaA Read Replies (4) | Respond to State Department filled with secret GWB denizens? These are diplomats? The State response was ad hominem, attacking the speaker rather than his speech. Pitifully weak invective came from Elizabeth Jones, assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, who maintains our close friendship with France, Germany and Turkey. "What he said is garbage," our diplomat told Agence France-Presse. "He is an idiot and you can publish that." "It's clear that Mr. Gingrich is off his meds and out of therapy," said America's second-ranking diplomat. All of us observing "the Shootout at the Neocon Cabal" agree that was a good one. The rhythm of Armitage's memorable phrase — reminiscent of Adlai Stevenson's "out of sorts and out of office" — suggests that an unbalanced Gingrich is in need of, and running from, psychiatric care. The deputy secretary's riposte offends only psychiatrists, and there are no Republican psychiatrists."Wolfowitz of Arabia," and now stands as the eighth pillar of T. E. Lawrence's wisdom.nytimes.com
