Scuttlebutt has it that Newt Gingrich might be running for President in '08. I saw him interviewed three times in the last couple days, plugging his new turd of a book--on Crossfire, Fox News, etc. 8-10 years ago the idea of a Gingrich presidency was beyond the pale ridiculous and filled me with dread. Now, I can't help but think "at least he's smart and competent." Christ, what the fuck has HAPPENED to our politics? Pat Buchanan and Newt Gingrich appear moderate. On Fox this morning Gingrich proposed the removal of federal judges who were athiests, because they were so out of touch with mainstream America, and he cited an 1802 action by Thomas Jefferson as precedent. All part of the Right's desire to clean up our ethics--uh, wasn't Gingrich an insatiable dope smoker at one time, and didn't he lose his position as Speaker due to ethical challenges, and didn't he ask his wife to sign divorce papers while she was undergoing cancer treatment in hospital so he could feel better about having sex with one of his pages? I love the Moral Right!
I saw some talking head on cable say that Gingrich was allowed to criticize Administration policy in Iraq because he supported the war initially. Since when are citizens given prerequisites for voicing their opinions?
Strangely, I also saw a clip of Mel Gibson defending Michael Moore--Gibson said he hadn't seen Fahrenheit 9-11, but was rather adamant about saying he didn't know or understand why we were in Iraq, and he thought the Administration had failed to explain their reasoning, and that Moore certainly had a right to make his film and probably should have done so.
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I wonder what Newt will have to say about the Sanctity of Marriage?
Erlich supported one of Newt's stupidest tactics - shutting down the Government to try to score a political point against Clinton. ASININE! ASININE!! ASININE!!! Didn't work, and it pissed off a lot of people.
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