JoeB131
Diamond Member
On Hannity Newt said that he didn't resign in disgrace from the congress
The term "disgrace" is clearly too strong. But he definitely resigned under a lot of pressure. Comparing what Newt did to Democrats like Jim Wright and Tom Daschle show how clearly the Right does hold their own to a far higher standard then the left hold theirs.
well, no, not really.
Wright was openly taking a bribe from the AFL-CIO, and Newt called him on it, and all these bullshit ethics charges (haven't seen one of you yet explain what he did that was all that wrong) was just payback for Wright.
Daschelle didn't step down. He lost his seat. He immediately went off to be real lobbyist.
Newt resigned not because of this petty ethics issue, where the house just showed how dysfunctional it was, (Seriously, Pelosi has done far worse things) but because his house caucus lost seats when they were expected to gain them.
Why did the GOP lose seats in 1998? Because people were angry that they were going ahead with the impeachment of Clinton, and because they agreed to Clinton's budget instead of demanding more cuts in unnecessary programs. Nothing to do with Newt, but he fell on his sword.