Maureen Dowd on “My Man Newt”!

Dear Commons Community,

In her New York Times column today, Maureen Dowd analyzes Newt Gingrich’s candidacy and new found popularity in the Republican presidential primary.  With tongue in cheek, her main point is that Newt maybe the ideal man to fix Washington’s dysfunction since he is the one who made it so dysfunctional.  In a word, “He broke it so he should own it.”

In comparing him to the rest of the Republican field:

“next to Romney, Gingrich seems authentic. Next to Herman Cain, Gingrich seems faithful. Next to Jon Huntsman, Gingrich seems conservative. Next to Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, Gingrich actually does look like an intellectual.”

In looking at his past hypocrisy:

“Gingrich was part of the House Republican mob trying to impeach Bill Clinton for hiding his affair with a young government staffer, even as Newt himself was hiding his affair with a young government staffer…. Gingrich has excoriated Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae for dragging the country into a financial spiral and now demands that Freddie Mac be broken up. But it turns out that he was on contract with Freddie for six years and paid $1.6 million to $1.8 million (yacht trips and Tiffany’s bling for everyone!) …He risibly rationalized his deal, saying he was giving the mortgage company advice as a prestigious historian rather than a hired gun.”

Well worth the read!

Tony

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/opinion/my-man-newt.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212

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