So what does a former Speaker of the House/visionary do once the Speaker's gig is over?
Well, if you're Newt Gingrich, you drop off the radar after being pushed out in the 1990s, and while
you cool you heels at the AEI and other think tanks, and
dabble in aborted attempts to become Sec of State midstream during Bush's term,* what you
really enjoy doing is working your way up the list of Amazon book reviewers.
Yes, Newt is
ranked number 488 among the highly respected Top 500 Amazon Book Reviewers.
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To earn this honor, Gingrich wrote 137 reviews, which were deemed "helpful" by 2,002 people. "Newt Gingrich," we learn from his extensive About Me page, "is an avid reader. He does not review all of the books he reads. You will not find any bad reviews here, just the books he thinks you might enjoy." From the same page, we learn that in addition to being called an "exceptional leader" by Time magazine (which made him its Man of the Year in 1995), Newt Gingrich is "credited with the idea of a Homeland Security agency," "widely recognized for his commitment to a better system of health," and that he was the March of Dimes 1995 Georgia Citizen of the Year.
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Unfortunately, he still has some work ahead of him. Gingrich "shares the rank of Amazon reviewer #488 with "boudica" who describes herself as "Witch and Editor of the ZodiacBistro.com and a free lance reviewer." She's also a "Craft teacher with the CroneSpeak.com group" who has "recently published article in the Llewellyn Wicca Almanac."
Good company, yes, but climbing over the dead bodies of worthy adversaries such as this are much more satisfying than savaging your run-of-the-mill Democrat, no?
Gattigap
*"Well-informed sources in Washington told EIR that the Gingrich appearance at AEI was part of an orchestrated campaign by the neo-conservative crowd, including Vice President Dick Cheney and Donald H. Rumsfeld, to force Colin L. Powell's ouster as Secretary of State, and his replacement by none other than—Newt Gingrich." Yes, I know, the source is kooky, but this far-right vs. kooky-right intrasquad sparring is more fun to watch than reviewing the bland version found on
WaPo or something.
