>From Armey's official home page: http://armey.house.gov/bio.htm * * *
That he did, enrolling in the Masters program at the University of North Dakota in 1963. From there it was on to the University of Oklahoma and a Ph.D. in economics. Armey then began his teaching career, starting at the University of Montana, then moving on to West Texas State, and Austin College. In 1972, he began what would be a 13-year stint at the University of North Texas. In 1977 Armey became chairman of North Texas' Economics Department, a promotion that he said took him away from the teaching he loved and into the "more political" part of the university. He wondered, for the first time, if his future lay in academics or elsewhere. * * * Now Newt Gingrich has a Ph.D. in History and is no nobel prize himself...but a moron he ain't. Army knew what he said. Whether his handlers *approved* what he said, we don't know. On Sunday 05 May 2002 13:57, you wrote: > Brad wrote: > > When U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Dick Armey calls > > for Israel to "grab the entire West Bank" and for Palestinians to > > move to a Palestinian state someplace else--in their "hundreds of > > thousands of acres of land... and soil and property and opportunity" > > that Arab countries have, does he know what he is saying? As I see > > it, there are three ways to interpret what Armey said to Christ > > Matthews: > > > > I. Armey is a total imbecile who doesn't realize that there are > > non-Israelis living on the West Bank. > > > > II. Armey wants Sharon to "ethnically cleanse" the West Bank--send > > all Palestinians across the Jordan--and then annex it. > > > > III. Armey wants Sharon to annex the West Bank, but allow those > > Palestinians who want to remain to remain under Israeli > > government--without voting rights, without representation, et > > cetera. > > > I think the most likely interpretation is (I): that Armey's just not > > too swift, not well-briefed, and doesn't remember very much of what > > his aides told him three hours before. > > He's famous for his diarrhea of the mouth - he's the same guy that > referred to Barney Frank (an openly gay congressman) as "Barney Fag". > Yeah, he's a homophobic jerkwater. Not as noxious as Jesse Helms, if > that counts for anything. > > > What does it say about the Republican Party that it elects such a > > guy--either a moral imbecile, or just an imbecile--to head it in the > > House of Representatives? > > It says a lot more about his district that he got elected. Serving as > long as he has, he's built up a lot of seniority, which translates > into considerable power in the House. > > > And what does it say about the assembled conservative opinion-makers > > of the United States that they are desperately unwilling to talk > > about what Armey really meant? If some European lawmaker had said > > that the solution is to move the Israelis to the United States, what > > would George Will be saying? > > It says most don't take him seriously, I'd think. > > Adam > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Democrat so far...
