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Without Gingrich's incessant pestering over Monica Lewinsky, perhaps the Clinton Administration would have had more time/resources to spend on serious business such as Al Qaeda...
This is a good thing, right? Cuz if Clinton ad been able to focus on serious stuff he might have been more successful which would be bad for Republicans. And if 9/11 hadn't happened then we wouldnt have been able to experience the full awesomeness of
W. And of course Newt thinks there is value in a terrorist attack every now and then -- remind us average folks to be afraid and accept the perpetual security state -- so good for NeoCons to have 9/11 to use as a catalyst for policy action.