Gingrich had affair during Clinton probe

AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/8/07 | Ben Evans - ap

[good old days]

Nice continued AP spin. They refuse to admit it. I think it was about perjury by a sitting President ABOUT an affair, not the affair itself.

No kidding! I'm glad that you linked to the other thread. I was hoping that someone would.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

An example of being unwilling to hear what is really said:

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. "

[Old_Mil]

The mainstream media doesn't want a guy like Gingrich or those who share his views to be president. The mainstream media wants someone like Hillary or a Republican who shares her views to be president.

Hmmmm.

[mdittmar]

Kinda early for the old media to bring that up;)

[unkus]

But Jimmy lusted in his heart.

[KoRn]

I really like Newt, but his having an affair while he was going after Clinton for something similar just reeks of hypocrisy. Even if one said the difference between Newt and Clinton was perjury, that still leaves him in very bad company. I tend to not really make my political decisions on personal moral issues, but hypocrisy is something I have very little tolerance for.

[bwteim]

Did not mean to be *that flippant. I agree that Carter is presented as a paragon of virtue but we only know what was presented to us via the media or other sources - we have no way of knowing what a person has done 24 hours a day over the course of an entire life.

[El Gato]

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich acknowledged he 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.

So, was Gingrich affair with a subordinate, a much younger subordinate at that.

Besides the impeachment was not about the affair itself, but about lying under oath about it, in connection with an entirely separate "affair" involving yet another subordinate who BJ sexually harassed.

[SomeCallMeTim]

I personally admire Newt, and would love to see him as President... but, my wife heard on Oprah that he divorced his wife while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer.... She won't even listen to him for 5 seconds. She reacts to Newt the way I do to Hillary.

For the record, my wife is a relatively conservative stay-at-home Mom who is VERY good at predicting the votes of the country as a whole...

Newt is simply, unelectable. Sorry....

[atomicpossum]

How old is that headline, exactly?

[msnimje]

It doesn't matter who you are or what you do, having an affair while you are in a marriage with children is a serious character flaw.

Newt does himself no favors by saving he knew it was wrong while he was doing it.

I have liked Newt since he was my congressman but this cannot be ignored because people who are unethical in one area of their lives are often unethical in others.

[Always Right]

Unless he had an affair with an illegal alien I don't really care about that.

But wouldn't that fall into the category of jobs Americans don't want to do.

[Jo Nuvark]

So. It's not like he lied to a Grand Jury.

[perfect stranger]

[Dominic Harr]

I really like Newt, but his having an affair while he was going after Clinton for something similar just reeks of hypocrisy.

Dang, don't I know it.

I'm gonna forgive him, but only cuz I think he's got the best combination of brains and experience available to us.

My gut says it's either Newt or Rudy to win the nomination. I think either can beat Hilly, her negatives are so high.

[B Knotts]

I'm sure those who castigate Rudy for his marital issues will come down just as hard on Newt.

I certainly don't castigate Giuliani for that. I only criticize him for his views, many of which I find abhorrent.

[Dog Gone]

We tend to eat our own.

If we don't have the perfect candidate, we give up.

Suicidal, but true.

[Dead Dog]

Duh. Of course Xlinton's impeachment had nothing to do with sex, and Gingrich didn't suborn purjery...but that is the fine print.

[PhiKapMom]

Came out today on an Atlanta TV station.

[dfwgator]

I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that every politician in Washington is a horn dog, regardless of party. It just comes with the territory of being attracted to power.