aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Remember, Newt Gingrich is a crybaby & a hypocrite
I think I followed the impeachment saga about as closely as an average citizen could. I was so shocked and appalled I made some personal enemies with my vehement opposition to what was obviously an undemocratic usurpation of the constitution against the will of the people. You didn’t have to be clairvoyant to know that it was a partisan feeding frenzy that portended the illegal abuse of power that we are seeing today.
And I knew all about Newtie, or at least I thought I did. His immature peevishness was obvious, as that famous Daily News cover shows. But even though I am pretty well informed about this period, I was unaware of this piece that I came across this morning, written in 1998 by a very well-connected journalist for whom I have the utmost respect, Elizabeth Drew… READ ON
SEE ALSO: poputonian’s reaction to Newt’s rehashed revelation blunt admission of an extramarital affair at the same time he led the charge against President Clinton over Monica Lewinsky:
A new word for the lexicon:
typocrite (’tip-uh-krit noun): A typical Republican hypocrite.
1 : a typical Republican who fakes good by putting on a false appearance of virtue or religion
2 : a typical Republican who fakes good but acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings
3 : a typical Republican whose need for self-gratificaton extends to the public sphere
