Lucky me. I first met Newt during his first unsuccessful run for public office, way back in 1974. He wanted to meet me and get my support. Even at that tender age I was smart enough to demur. Actually, turning him down didn’t require that much smarts.
I was serving as mayor of a town in Georgia’s then 6th Congressional District at the time. Newt was an instructor at what was then West Georgia College. It was obvious that he wasn’t remotely qualified for either position, though he was telling everyone how intelligent he was even then.
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