Can't blame you these days. That's for sure.
I think I may have just come up with a motive. When Newt was speaker, we were all screaming about Clinton and Monica. Then Newt turns around and does the same thing. Rightfully so we couldn't stand a hypocrite and the dems were killing us with the issue. It was us Conservatives that forced him to resign killing his political career.
He knew at that point that he couldn't return to politics as a Conservative so he started schmoozing the country club set. This is all about revenge for us ruining his career.