Newt Gingrich
Re “Two Newts Battle for His Soul,” Commentary, Oct. 14: Poor Arianna Huffington. She’s the only one who is still enamored of the Gingrich “revolution,” while everyone else already knows that it’s a counterrevolution of the meanest kind.
TANJA WINTER
La Jolla
* What’s so bad about Newt Gingrich? Should he be condemned for bringing fresh ideas and reform to the stagnant waters of Congress? Should he be ostracized for trying to balance the budget by amendment or otherwise? Should he be punished for attempting to correct the failing course of Medicare, Medicaid and public education? Should he be humiliated for his congressional accomplishments, bold candor and speaking the truth with logic and reason?
If special interests, shallow Democrats, gutless Republicans, biased media and naive voters can crush doing the right thing and this man’s courageous vision in government so easily, we’re in much deeper trouble than we ever imagined.
DANIEL B. JEFFS
Apple Valley
* David Horowitz’s trademark earnestness reaches new comic heights (Column Right, Oct 17). Imagine the Dems “savagely demonizing” poor Newt Gingrich, the finger-pointingest politician in recent memory! I’m still chuckling.
Wrong career again, Dave.
BILL SPIVEY
Claremont
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