Patrick Leahy - Words Do Kill

PipeBombNews.com ^ | November 29, 2001 | William A. Mayer - Editor & Publisher, PipeBombNews.com

[Saundra Duffy]

Leahy and Condit - perfect people to serve on congressional Intelligence committees. Perfect. For victory & freedom!!!

[aculeus]

Bump!

[Seniram US]

Not unusual for a Vermonter. The state of Vermont still celebrates the Battle of Bennington that occurred during the War for Independence. However, no battle was fought there; the Battle of Bennington was fought across the border in New York.

[Zack Nguyen]

Ah, but you see, Leahy is fulfilling his role as a leader within the Democratic Party. The rank and file love his foolish rantings and futile polemics. Leahy probably thinks that if he can just raise his profile enough by becoming the Great Enemy of Bush, he can cruise to the Democratic nomination in 2004 or 2008. Of course that is now impossible - he is completely unelectable. But he doesn't realize that.

I think Newt's problem was his inability to discipline himself with regards to communication. He called himself a "revolutionary" which does not conjure up the sort of images that Americans like to associate with their leaders. The people would have let him accomplish a lot more if he had just sounded reasonable, calm, and humble to the public.

In the end, his problem was not that he did too much but that he did too little. He compromised with Clinton during the budget shutdown of 1995-1996, signed a horrible budget in 1998, and refused to discuss Clinton's crimes or impeachment during the 1998 campaign, which has to rank as one of the most stunning political miscalculations of recent history. Republicans lost 5 seats in an off-year election (!), and Gingrich resigned before he could be unseated.

That's my opinion. God bless.

[STARWISE]

And what that behavior did was show just how hypocritical he is. You just can't be the voice of decency and traditional values when you live a life that contradicts those principles. I personally can't stand to look at the man anymore, and I certainly don't put much credence into his rantings, except for his historical perspectives.

Too bad .. if he had been an honorable man, he could've gone far .. but he forever lost tremendous stature when his life-lived-as-a-lie was revealed.

[johnqueuepublic]

I totally agree, you can't preach it if you don't live it. Newts worst sin was that of hubris, he was/is exceptionally smart and thought that would carry the day, unfortunately he was not very abstemious when it came to the ladies and Clintons Gestapo probably found him really easy to out.

[Real Cynic No More]

Let's keep this post bumped!

[kayak]

I think Newt was the victim of a well-executed hatchet job by the media. They didn't let the public see who he really was ..... only the fictional character that they created. However, the personal "problem" was a real stumbling block for me ..... the hypocrisy was just too much for me to stomach. IMO, he's a brilliant political thinker but he lost his credibility when he acted like an alley cat. No wonder he didn't say much about x42!

As for Leahy ..... well, I don't want to get banned so I'll just say that my opinion of him is X-rated.

[johnqueuepublic]

OK!

[Real Cynic No More]

thanks!

[kayak]

bttt

[davidosborne]

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