On the eve of the coup, Dick Armey told his chief of staff to tell Newt what was about to happen. Armey, one of the four coup co-conspirators, got ticked off when he found out Paxon was supposed to replace Newt as Speaker, when Armey had believed that he himself was assured of that position. This is how Newt found out and was able to confront and expose the co-conspirators and put an end to it.
Scarborough had always been Sandy Hume’s source for leaks coming out of Congress, and him telling Sandy about the failed coup (after the fact, of course) wouldn’t have been out of character for their relationship. In spite of a really ugly rumor that Ann Northrup, writer for “Lesbian and Gay New York”, tried to fabricate, the coup attempt and its aftermath were completely unrelated to Sandy Hume’s fate, and have no bearing on how Brit Hume does or doesn’t feel towards Gingrich. IMO.
The common thread running through much of the elite GOPs hatred of Gingrich, and efforts to take him out, is: John Boehner. With able assistance, naturally, from his old well-placed cronies.
It’s really a curious thing to watch. So much bad blood between so many players.
I wonder if Dick Armey will try to influence Tea Party organizations through his FreedomWorks group where it comes to Gingrich. I think some of them have worked closely in the past.
Yep! bttt