Henry Hyde's Moral Universe: Where More Than Time and Space Are Warped

Henry Hyde's last name fits him well. He is a true Jeckyl and Hyde character constantly speaking about morality and virtue but displaying very little of it. I will always remember him mostly for his hypocrital, self intrested ramblings during the Clinton impeachment farce when he said" It's alright if this country has some corrupt judges". Is this man devoid of sanity? He showed the country that the impeachment was nothing more than his parties abuse of power and how they hijacked governmental authority for their own selfish interest and why they should not be in office.

As a moderate, I loved this book! For all Bill Clinton's faults, I always felt (as apparently did most Americans) that impeaching him for trying to keep his less-than-ideal sex life private was more than a bit over the top, and I often wondered about those who set themselves up as some sort of moral and ethical centers of the American political universe. How well would they stand up, if closely examined? Of course, we found out quickly about Hyde's "brief, youthful indiscretion". But this book gives the full details (from the point of view of the woman who was the object of his desire, and who says she still loves him; but who calls him hypocrital) of the affair, that it lasted 8 years, that it continued even after his wife found out about it. And then goes into Hyde's involvement in the S & L scandals (and yes, I know many congresscritters of both parties abused the system. But most of them didn't then set themselves up as examples of purity and wisdom, allowed to judge the faults and weaknesses of another). My personal take is this is an excellent book (though it is a stretch to blame Hyde for opposing abortion, and therefore he is responsible for women who suffered from botched illegal or qualified abortions), which shows a man who clearly believes he is above the rules, above the law, and that his constiuents are simply uninterested in his hypocrisy and deceit and abuse of his position (or else he considers them too stupid). Someone should send a copy to every household in his district and let those who support him know what he is really like.

This takes the gift wrapping paper off of Henry Hyde and shows him for the warped sociopath that he truly is. His deviance seems to have no boundaries, which is why his moralizing during the impeachment of the President was so startling and shameful. A MUST READ for every committed American.