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Article: Another Take: Remembering Henry Hyde
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- SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL)
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- December 11, 2007
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It is sadly ironic that while Illinoisans are inflicted
with daily reminders of the intellectual derelicts in public office with
which we are afflicted, we also must now endure the passing of one of the
true statesmen of American politics in the last half-century. Henry Hyde
served as the negative composite of today's politics. Across a sea of
petty, obsequious, fork-tongued flim-flam men, Hyde was a beacon of
nobility, original thought and moral clarity. Until he retired last year,
Henry Hyde was my congressman, so call me a homer because I was an
unabashed, die-hard fan. Hyde engendered the same loyalty among his
admirers that he offered to his principles. He gained national renown ...