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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (35600)	5/11/2003 9:05:36 AM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

A Swipe Averted President Bush wanted to weigh in on Newt Gingrich's assault on the State Department. But the right moment never arose By JOHN DICKERSON time.com DINO VOURNAS/AP Sunday, May. 11, 2003 Newt Gingrich's recent criticism of Colin Powell and the Department of State for bungling the diplomacy before and after the Iraq war continues to keep Washington buzzing. But how does President Bush feel about it? TV viewers missed a chance to find out during his interview with NBC's Tom Brokaw three weeks ago. A Bush friend tells TIME that the President "wanted to take a big swipe" at Gingrich during the interview—but Brokaw never brought up the subject. According to an Administration aide, Bush's remarks were going to consign the former Speaker to the cohort of "babbling, divisive people" who have criticized the war. "He wasn't going to mention (Gingrich) by name," says the aide, "but it was going to be very clear." From the May. 19, 2003 issue of TIME magazine