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NEWT TO THE GAME br> Re: James G. Poulos's Anarchy in the USA : /p>

You work for a magazine that has kept us well apprised of the Clinton's shenanigans. So you should be well versed in the amazing story of how in only months, the Clinton's turned Newt's name from a thing of good to a thing of evil, and then proceeded to destroy Dole with Newt's evil name, long before the race even began. Grow government at twice the rate of inflation instead of thrice, and bombastically proclaim that you are cutting government -- 'twas easily spun into Newt stealing school lunches and throwing old folks into the street to live on dog food. Brag that you will force Clinton to accept your reductions, and allow Clinton to blame you for Clinton's shutting down government at Christmas time -- and get tagged as the Gingrich that stole Christmas, even though Clinton planned to do so long before Newt even opened his mouth. And in the midst of this debacle, complaining that Clinton would not see him during a free ride Clinton gave him on Air Force One, Newt got himself smeared as a whiner.

Maybe somebody was too busy having an affair to defend himself. Too bad he thinks that a good show of contrition will wipe the slate clean. We should forgive him, but we should not forget. Besides, unless he can show that his incompetence was directly due to his dalliance, his incompetence should not be wiped away with his sin. But admitting incompetence is very close to guaranteeing defeat, so it is not very likely that he will be asking us to forgive him that, nor asking us to believe he has learned from his mistakes.

I love Poulos's line, "No longer will Newt be the Lone Ditherer, the half-serious has-been who overthinks everything to compensate for not thinking anything through." That is a perfect description of the man. It fully explains why the Republican revolution's greatest feat (worst accomplishment) was to give the incompetent President and boy letch a good name.

p>The Clintons wrote the textbook on how to destroy Newt. Running Newt against Hillary will destroy the Republican Party. Please talk him out of his vain pursuit. br> -- James Bailey br> Knoxville, Tennessee /p>

I'm a bit confused after reading this dissertation in narcissism. Was there any point to it beyond to display Poulos's brilliant word-smithing?

p>And yes, I am being sarcastic.

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