Chicagoist: Rep. Henry Hyde To Retire

Matt

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:40:20 -0600

Alright, that's fair, I don't buy it, but you're giving it away for free not selling it, so no biggie... My problem is that bipartisain tone is almost always cover for partisan action

e_five

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:07:10 -0600

Evil. And whomever is elected next from that district will be Neo-Evil.

vouchey

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:59:50 -0600

Matt, I thought hard about that line, but I still mean it: "avoiding shrill speech and providing bipartisanship tone, if not action." The key phrase is "if not action." The House is full of teeth-baring angry partisans -- both GOP and Dem -- and Hyde recognized that. From the Trib article, Dem. Rep. Lantos said, "Henry represents a Congress that no longer exists, where trust and cordiality dominate." You don't have to agree. You just have to work well with one another, and Hyde is one of a passing group that believe in that ethos.

Mr. Smith

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:58:08 -0600

Note the use of the phrase "providing bipartisanship tone, if not action."

Matt

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:35:05 -0600

Man you love yourself some Hyde...he kept a real bipartisan tone attempting to impeach the president for a "crime" he committed, oh yeah an affair when you're in your late forties is just a "youthful indescrection" I mean dude thought Ollie North was doing the US some good, way to not be partisan. Maybe if he shot Democrats in the streets he could be less partisan...

vouchey

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 14:31:32 -0600

That's awesome. I remember working in the House of Representatives and seeing that bomber of a car in the garage. It was famous among House staff because someone so powerful drove such a pile of junk.

Aaron

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 14:22:17 -0600

Driving home along I-80 from the Philly GOP convention in 2000, I stopped for lunch at a rest stop in Pennsylvania and ate at one of the horrible road side fast food joints. After finishing my meal, looked up to see Rep. Hyde and his wife quietly eating at one of the tables and then his old-man car parked outside, with an IL-6 license plate. Reminded me of my grandfather.