Comments on: Gingrich Had Affair During Clinton Probe

By: floyd

floyd — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:09:06 +0000

Morality today is no longer based on principle,and so real morality has become irrelevant in the politics of a hedonistic unprincipled populous.

By: Hattie Caraway

Hattie Caraway — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:08:52 +0000

Now we know the difference between Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton -- Gingrich MARRIED his intern!

By: Iowa Voice

Iowa Voice — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:35:30 +0000

We Already Knew This...

Newt had an affair during the Lewinsky scandal. Whoopty-doo. We already knew this:
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge against Presid…

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By: legion

legion — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:51:35 +0000

YAJ,
I agree with you on all counts. Both sides should be held to the same standards.

The subject on which Clinton lied under oath is not the critical item.

But could someone please explain this to the yahoos on Fox who keep claiming that various things exonerate Libby for lying under oath/to investigators/to a grand jury just because he's a "nice guy"?

By: The American Mind

The American Mind — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:10:24 +0000

Newt Gingrich’s Marriage Past Complicates Presidential Run...

When I was college student in 1994 Newt mesmerized me like no other politician every has (was too young to appreciate Reagan in office). He talked about big ideas and the political steps he thought it would take to advance them. He was/is an egghead wi...

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:57:09 +0000

If you can show that Newt also committed perjury (as opposed to lying while not under oath), that would be showing hypocrisy.

Right. Read the second paragraph of the post (exclusive of blockquotes).

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:53:55 +0000

Can you kindly point out which article of impeachment was about adultery? The impeachment was about perjury. You first sentence should end with '...impeachment against Bill Clinton for lying under oath.' The subject on which Clinton lied under oath is not the critical item.

If you can show that Newt also committed perjury (as opposed to lying while not under oath), that would be showing hypocrisy. One of the claims on the left is that Bush lied and thus should be removed. Yet they find no cause for Clinton to be removed for perjury. In both cases the facts alleged have to be proved (and I think Clinton pleaded no contest rather than was convicted of perjury) but the principle should be the same.

And yes, if it could be proved Bush lied about Iraqi WMD (as opposed to the intelligence estimates he relied on and where in agreement with the previous administrations estimates were wrong), then he should be impeached for the same reason that Clinton should be impeached. Because we do not want to encourage those to which we give so much authority to lie to us.

By: Sensible Mom

Sensible Mom — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:47:27 +0000

Gingrich Can't Win... there's no way Gingrich is going to get elected even if he says all the right things. You see, he's shifty and sleazy and slickness is never forgiven in or accepted by republicans. ...

By: legion

legion — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:02:07 +0000

Indeed, anyone who ever really paid any attention to Gingrich did already know this. It wouldn't be news at all except for a) his interest in running for President, and b) the GOP's general inability to stop bringing up the Clinton administration as the source of all that is bad in the world today. The juxtaposition of those two items pegs the 'ol hypocrisy meter...

By: La Shawn Barber's Corner

La Shawn Barber's Corner — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:22:53 +0000

Newt Gingrich’s Affair: We Already Knew This!...

Will someone please explain to me why I’m seeing headlines like “Gingrich In Affair During Clinton Probe,” as if it’s a revelation? Newt Gingrich reportedly told James Dobson of Focus on the Family that he’d had an affai...

By: PoliBlog ™: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » Gingrich Confirms Affair During Clinton Impeachment Process

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:22:32 +0000

[...] Update: James Joyner differs with me on the hypocrisy issues, although one balance I think we are in agreement on the overall effects of Gingrich’s situation. I take the point about direct hypocrisy, but I still think it is impossible to disentangle the fact that Gingrich was rather self-righteously going after Clinton while he was also behaving as he was–and while not lying in a legal proceeding, behaving in an untruthful fashion to his then wife, as well as presenting himself to the American public as on the side of right in a general sense–and hence he was something of a hypocrite. Ed Morrissey looks at the political strategy involved with Gingrich’s move, and revisits the core issues of the Clinton impeachment–which remind me why both a Gingrich candidacy or, for that matter, Hillary’s, turns my stomach, as I simply don’t want to relive the tawdry politics of the Clinton impeachment and all that goes along with it. [...]

By: Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Let He Is Without Sin…..

Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Let He Is Without Sin….. — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:20:52 +0000

[...] Frankly, I thought this was old news but it’s clear that Gingrich is bringing this up now as a way of testing the waters for a possible run for the White House in 2008. And, as James Joyner points out, it looks like this could be the kind of issue that disqualifies Gingrich regardless of his position on political issues. [...]

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:08:58 +0000

That Gingrich still thinks he has a shot in 2008 with this kind of baggage speaks to his megalomania. If the GOP faithful excuses this kind of behavior, then it too speaks volume about its own stand on morality.

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:44:05 +0000

Gingrich had affair during Clinton probe

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich acknowledged he was having an extramarital affair even as he led ...

By: Hypocrisy in Action « Michael P.F. van der Galiën

Hypocrisy in Action « Michael P.F. van der Galiën — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:08:46 +0000

[...] Back to Newt’s hypocrisy: James Joyner words it perfectly: “I’ve never thought the coincidence of the affair and the impeachment particularly hypocritical for precisely that reason. What I continue to believe hypocritical is for a guy to be running as a “family values” guy while so clearly willing to abandon said values. Repeatedly.” [...]