text: According to Kristol , Deputy Editor John Podhoretz turned down Tucker Carlson 's Norquist proposal because he didn 't want the magazine to be seen as carrying on a vendetta against Gingrich .
  
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  According to Kristol , Deputy Editor John Podhoretz turned down Tucker Carlson 's Norquist proposal because he didn 't want the magazine to be seen as carrying on a vendetta against Gingrich , due to the fact that it would be bad for the public view .