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Armey considers post with ACLU 

House Majority Leader Dick Armey did not win the flat tax that spurred him to run for office, but he departs Washington with his cowboy-boots image and one more surprise as he exits the stage: He may go work for the ACLU.

A conservative Texas Republican with a libertarian bent, Mr. Armey says he is considering consulting with the American Civil Liberties Union on privacy issues now that he is retiring from Congress after 18 years. It's not as big a leap as it may appear, despite the ACLU's left-leaning image. . .

"Armey culturally, definitely represented the sagebrush rebellion with cowboy boots, a deep tan, his deep smoker's laugh," said Kenneth R. Weinstein, director of the Washington office of the Hudson Institute

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