Quote Of The Day: Everybody Hates Newt Edition
This conversation is apocryphal, but if you close your eyes and go back in time in 1995, you can almost believe this conversation took place:
Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?” asked a perplexed Gingrich, to whom Dole bluntly explained: “Because it saves them time.”
H/T: Andrew Sullivan
Dole always did have a sense of humor.
Supposedly a line originally used in M*A*S*H between two characters, so probably not true. Although it is possible that Bob Dole and Gingrich recreated the statement.
The fact that this story makes the rounds means that a lot of people do however believe it could be true….