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The Devil Went Down To Georgia

January 23, 2007 at 10:10 am

Newt Gingrich is full of crap — or, more precisely, craps. Today’s Washington Post reports former Georgia Rep. Newt Gingrich “jump-started his new political group with a check for $1 million from a source many in his conservative base would shun — the gambling industry.”

Best part of the story:

“The problem is the income comes from what we call a vice, and that is an issue,” said the Rev. Louis P. Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition, which has long been a powerful voice on social issues inside the GOP.
“I certainly could never have done that and I certainly can’t encourage it, but if good will comes out of it in terms of these issues . . . then that remains to be seen. There’s an old expression that the devil’s had the money long enough, it’s about time the good people got their hands on it,” he said.

Or that other old expression, when in Rome …