Gingrich acknowledges affair during Clinton impeachment

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/08/gingrich.affair.ap/index.html

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, he acknowledged in an interview with a conservative Christian group.

"The honest answer is yes," Gingrich, a potential 2008 Republican presidential candidate, said in an interview with Focus on the Family founder James Dobson to be aired Friday, according to a transcript provided to The Associated Press.

Gingrich argued in the interview, however, that he should not be viewed as a hypocrite for pursuing Clinton's infidelity.

"The president of the United States got in trouble for committing a felony in front of a sitting federal judge," the former Georgia congressman said of Clinton's 1998 House impeachment on perjury and obstruction of justice charges.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. who would want to have an affair with a Newt?

maybe he's lying?

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Or more appropriately - what?

Yuk.

[rkc3]

4. Power draws moths even to the least attractive flames.

I think Confucius said that.

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. So, Newt has a Jim Bakker moment and confesses his sins

When he publicly apologies for the crap he put the country through for his political antics, then maybe...just MAYBE I'll give Newt a teensy bit of credit for being honest and forthright vs. a political opportunist.

Till then, Newt can go play with himself for all I care.

[aquart]

5. An adulterer but NOT a hypocrite?

Sweet Jesus, pull the other one!

[BenDavid]

6. This was known back in

1998 and 1999 when he decided to step down as Speaker. You all remember Larry Flint was going to out all the Republicans that were having affairs to show their hypocrisy.

"I don’t actually believe any of this. I think Newt enjoys the attention and wants to sell some books; if a rumored White House bid gets his name thrown around on Meet the Press, then the rumors serve his purposes. The AP reported that Newt “seemed to welcome” the idea that his new political book would boost interest in his political aspirations. It seems to me this is backwards — speculation about his future is intended to sell books.

But the amusing part of Newt’s momentary return to the spotlight is his sudden interest in religion.

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich says he “got fed up with people who argue that somehow the concept of the creator wasn’t central to how the Founding Fathers understood America.” So in a book being published today, he includes a 19-page “Walking Tour of G-d in Washington, D.C.,” cataloging references to the Bible, Moses and a heavenly father on the Capitol, monuments and memorials.

“In the last 30 years, you had this politically correct delegitimizing of G-d in American public life, which I think is a denial of the core of American civilization,” he said in a telephone interview yesterday.

He’s got to be kidding.

Newt Gingrich never viewed the religious right base of the GOP as anything but a necessary evil. He admitted to never attending church services, his Contract with America ommitted any reference to social conservative issues, and he did little as Speaker to advance the movement’s biggest issues. Indeed, James Dobson was so fed up with Newt’s disinterest in the religious right’s concerns that he threatened in 1998 to pull evangelicals out of the Republican Party altogether.

But now Newt’s found G-d? Please.

Perhaps after Newt is done lecturing us about the crisis of “delegitimizing of G-d” in American public life, he can explain why he’s had three marriages, had a lengthy affair during the second of those three marriages, served his first wife with divorce papers while she was in the hospital, and mysteriously asked the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta to annul his second marriage despite the fact that it lasted 19 years. I’m sure the explanation would shed light on Newt’s deeply-held religious Christian beliefs."
The Carpetbagger

[BOSSHOG]

7. Such a telling story about james dobson

He's taken a look at the declared gop candidates and figures none of them hate enough or are evil enough for his liking so he has to turn to an adulterer as the christian standard bearer for 08. Okay newt, come beg me for forgiveness and I might help you.

[underpants]

8. "But it's not related to what happened."

Oh that has to be one of the all time quotes from a politician.

[IWantAChange]

9. GOD is NOT spelled GOP - hypocrite is

[patricia92243]

10. What did James Dogbson have to say to all this? That is the important part.

[Arkansas Granny]

11. Just when you think you've heard it all, someone on the right

comes out with something even more outrageous.

If you want some real fun, check out the freepers on this one.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797019/posts

A couple of my favorites:

To: presidio9
Nothing is more American than 'Getting Caught and Getting Christ'. Newt could have John De Lorean (another GCGC) for his running mate, thereby cutting into a vital (I use the term advisedly) Democratic demographic.... ;^)



40 posted on 03/07/2007 3:08:39 PM PST by Grut
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To: presidio9
If that's your criterion for presidency, we ought to just narrow the field down to Al Gore and John Edwards right now.
Screw Gore and Edwards - Jimmy Carter is eligible for another term, he teaches Sunday School, and he's still married to his first wife.

He meets all the new FR criteria! Carter 2008!


55 posted on 03/07/2007 3:14:53 PM PST by Jim Noble (But that's why they play the games)
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[SteveM]

12. PHewww! Gingrich gets stinky on his dinky -- again.