I have to say it.

[mojowork_n]

4. Another difference is the amount of money and PR and influence...

...going in to what we see on the nightly news.

John Edwards didn't spend any. No one from a progressive PAC
pulled any strings, or strong-armed any editors or news directors.

But Newt's still regarded as a useful tool, someone who might be
handy to have around. To serve as a mouthpiece and spokesperson
to advance "conservative" (make the super-wealthy even wealthier)
agendas.

So one hand washes the other. The good name and reputation of
the former House Speaker is magically sanitized. It's somehow off-
limits or "indecent" or cruel to point out his human flaws. (For your
protection and mine.)