Well look at all he did for US, the entire "conservative movement.
Then.
When the bastards came after him, 1995ish, completely destroying him. His ideals. His movement?
Where was the entire Right to step-up & defend him? Hmmmmm?
The entire right-wing STFU & threw 'em to the sharks.
And while Newt wasn't the only right-wing pol to suffer such a fate, the disgusting habit almost became SOP. LOL
The biggest transgression I hold Newt responsible for?
His gawd awful big mouth after his expertly engineered takeover of congress in '94.
Was either his big mouth or his big ego but he would NOT shut up about the GOP strategy, HIS agenda, HIS opinion of the republic yadayadayada ad nauseum.
Newt may have meant well talking smack about, for example, Tort Reform; while, neglecting to ever think about the coalition HE himself was fomenting.
As he blabbered the filthy shysters quietly approached the Democrats, made deal(s), offered support --from every quarter their corrupting influence reached-- offered strategies enmasse etc. Still do to this very day, too.
Ol' Newt did the exact same thing when he'd PUBLICLY threaten the entire MSM octopus concerning their aged old leftist bias, also.
Forget the education establishment.
Instead of holding his cards close to the vest & simply acting?
The imbecile took it to the very people he was skewering?
THAT's when *I* started questioning Newt's PhD, my friends. LOL
Each & every time Newt opened his mouth he provided the enemy Left with everything they needed to not just destroy him; but, crush an entire movement.
Was shooting fish in a barrel for chrissakes, in hindsight. LOL
To this very day we're still reeling from the crushing, too. While the MSM octopus isn't nearly as powerful as they once were? They [read: It] still wields clout among the ~60% dolt population. Our only hope most years was that of the 60%, only half would vote; and, when [that] happened?
The Right wins elections, eh?
And about the shysters & their filthy infection?
Well, there aren't fewer of them now than then.
Is there. LOL
"Sad."
Not really, perfectly understandable.
IF one punks-off to some goon & gets decked?
Would any of us entertain the punk asking, "Why was I decked?". LOL
I’d say you nailed it Landru. I remember watching him on the Sunday talk shows back then and he came across as a professor rather than an astute politican. Contrast that to the old Karl Rove before he came on Fox News almost every single day, or even (make me gag) Nancy Pelosi. As much as I hate Nancy at least she holds here cards close.