When Newt thinks you've gone to far...

From Hotline:

Newt Gingrich: "I'm not going to defend the indefensible. ... I'm prepared to defend a very aggressive anti-terrorist campaign, and I'm prepared to defend the idea that the government ought to know who's making the calls, as long as that information is only used against terrorists, and as long as the Congress knows that it's underway. But I don't think the way they've handled this can be defended by reasonable people." ("Hannity & Colmes," FNC, 5/11).

Isn't this exactly what all those whacky right wingers have been so afraid of for all these years? Phone taps and black helicopters? No wonder support among conservatives is falling. Bush is doing the exact opposite of what 'small government' conservatism has been advocating for the last 50 years. Bush is charting a new course towards Hard Right, Big Government, Corporate Conservatism. That sounds familiar...

Oh, and Tom Delan is going to resign on June 9th.

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