Henry Hyde Dies At 83

[DemocratSinceBirth]

RIP

No comment beyond that...

[meegbear]

1. A link would be nice though

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I Swear MSNBC Said He Died

Live t v is still quicker than the net...

[meegbear]

17. OK, I believe yah

:hi:

[William769]

6. Heres a link.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-hydeobit_webnov30,0,1320367.story?coll=chi_breaking_500

[meegbear]

18. Thanks

:hi:

[cali]

2. ......

[jefferson_dem]

4. LINK Here --->

Henry Hyde dies at 83

Henry J. Hyde -- known for his courtly manners, oratorical skills and historical knowledge during 32 years as the conservative voice of the western suburbs in Congress -- died today, according to the office of House Republican Leader John Boehner. He was 83.

While often seen as a throwback to a more genteel era in Washington, Mr. Hyde was a key figure in one of the capital's most divisive episodes, leading the House Republicans in their successful impeachment of President Bill Clinton.

Mr. Hyde became a hero of the anti-abortion lobby through his sponsorship of what came to be known as the Hyde Amendment, which first passed in October 1976 and has essentially cut off federal funding for abortions ever since.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-hydeobit_webnov30,0,1320367.story?coll=chi_breaking_500

[Virginia Dare]

8. Courtly manners=old school racist....n/t

[bigscott]

5. no rest for the wicked

i hope this hypocrite enjoys the weather down there:evilgrin:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. LOL

I don't normally bash the dead but I thought it was riotous that his own affair became known during the Clinton impeachment brouhaha... The woman's cuckolded husband went on Geraldo to say Hyde used to send his wife home back to him with liquor on her breath when he was done with her... Hyde chalked it up to a youthful indiscretion...He was in his forties...

[HeeBGBz]

7. Who?

His notoriety escapes me.

Never mind I found a link.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-hydeobit_webnov30,0,1320367.story?coll=chi_breaking_500

[William769]

9. I believe he was tha man in charge of Impeaching Clinton

For the same thing he was doing.

[Virginia Dare]

10. True, all of those "family values" repub hypocrites start running..

together after a while.

[rateyes]

11. Wasn't he the guy who couldn't become Speaker when Newt

stepped down because of what he called "youthful indiscretions" that he committed as an old man?

RIP, anyway, you old fart.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. That Was Livingston

But yeah Hyde had an affair when he was in his forties that he attributed to a youthful indiscretion....

[rateyes]

16. I knew Livingston was up for Speaker and couldn't take it...

I thought they were talking about Hyde, too. But, I'm probably wrong. Still, the guy was one to give you a great big bear hug while slipping the knife in your back. (But, that's the "genteel" way of doing it, donchaknow?)

[wyldwolf]

12. yes, rest in peace.

A reminder of who Rep. Hyde was:

Hyde grew up as a Democrat in an Irish Catholic family, but by 1952 had switched party affiliation and supported Dwight Eisenhower. He went on to become a state legislator and majority leader for the Illinois House of Representatives. A member of the House Judiciary Committee since 1975, Hyde served as its chairman from 1995 until 2001, at which time he served as the lead House manager during the President Clinton impeachment trial. Hyde maintains that the House was constitutionally bound to impeach Clinton for perjury. As Hyde was publicly pursuing the impeachment of Clinton, the Internet magazine Salon.com published a story about Hyde entitled "This Hypocrite Broke Up My Family." According to the story, from 1965 to 1969, Hyde conducted an extramarital sexual affair with Cherie Snodgrass. At the time, Snodgrass was married to another man with whom she had had three children. The Snodgrasses divorced in 1967. Although Hyde was 41 years old and married when the four-year affair began, he dismissed it as one of his "youthful indiscretions." (Wiki)

He later admitted Republicans may have gone after Clinton to retaliate for the near-impeachment of Richard Nixon.

[mtnsnake]

15. Good post, wolf. Thanks. nt

[madrchsod]

19. he was replaced by another just as bad

that`s what the people in his district wanted and now they are on the outs