Armey on the GOP (hopeful) and Clinton/Gingrich (wow)

An interview by Marvin Olasky with Dick Armey in World...

The caption opening the article expresses Armey's hope: "Former Rep. Dick Armey says the 2010 election will have more lasting effects than the 1994 'tsunami' because this time it's about ideas"

I'm not nearly that optimistic-- and I would guess that they said it was about ideas back then-- but we'll see...

Will the upcoming election be another 1994? Better than '94. It is the most authentic and widespread grassroots uprising that I have ever seen. It is about ideas, not about personalities—no allegiance to persons or political parties, but to the great ideas, starting with the Constitution of the United States. It is also an internet phenomenon. Poor old Al Gore has to live with the fact that he was the inventor of the demise of the left...

Did you know about Newt Gingrich's extramarital affair? Who did know? When I heard that Newt had been carrying on an affair for all the years that we'd worked together, I went home and said, "Honey, I had no idea about this." She said, "Of course not. You're the last person in town Newt would have wanted to know about this."...Newt and Clinton actually developed sort of a bond over it. They had many meetings that we didn't know about where they'd drink wine and smoke cigars and talk about their girlfriends....

To hear Marvin Olasky’s complete interview with Dick Armey, click here.