Newt

May, 1996

Well, he is a rare one, Mr. Gingrich is. But you have to admit, it takes a crew as gormless as the Washington press corps to take him seriously. The man is without question the single silliest public official east of the Texas legislature.The trouble with members of the D.C. press is that they are under the daffy impression they have to take him seriously just because he's been elected to high public office. Great gravy, poor Mencken.Nincompoopery has never been a bar to high office in our natio...