That whole thing was nought but a hyped up nothing burger brought by the Clintons, who despisded Newt Gingrich.
The ethical thing, and that joke about Air Force One, and please let us not forget how the Democrats illegally taped Newt during a personal phone call....was all part of a Hillary Clinton orchestration to demonize Newt Gingrich.
Gingrich was the personification of a Clinton nemesis.
It worked. With the help of the media, the great help of the media, they did manage to vilify Gingrich for stuff the Clintons did in spades, not to mention the rest of them.
The Repubs, in typical Repub fashion, went along because they were overwhelmed at the mighty power of the Dems and Lamestream media onslought.
Let’s not do it all again.
Newt isn’t an angel and I’m not going to be his constant defender, but so much that happened back then, an era when I WAS PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION for the first time in my life, was so much nonsense, trumped up claptrap.
I remember it well.
Newt Gingrich ushered in the first Republican takeover of America’s House, he formulated the contract with America, he brought Clinton to his knees with welfare reform and kept Clinton from becoming the Obama he wanted to be, complete with socialized health care reform.
Newt’s at least got a history of going strongly conservative, he did, yes he did. Tell me when Romney’s ever done such a thing.
I believe Newt can do it again. We just got to slap him around a little bit, keep his head on straight.
And there is no better master than the language than Newt and imagine that, a Republican without a mouth full of marbles. The mind gasps with the wonder of it.
You are entitled to your own opinion, not your own facts. Newt was found guilty by a Republican headed ethics committee that was overwhelmingly supported by the House. Gingrich admitted his guilt and paid a $300,000 fine. The Dems say the same thing about Clinton's impeachment, i.e., it was political. At least the vast majority of Dems voted in support of Clinton. The fact that the Reps did not support their Speaker should tell you something about the charges and about their loyalty and respect for Gingrich.
Supporting someone who is flawed just because he is articulate is not the way to select a candidate. And Gingrich is no conservative. He is a Big Government Rep just like Romney. How do I know that? Because Gingrich has a voting record. He supported the Prescription Drug programs under Medicare (a $7.2 trillion unfunded liability) and rationalized it as actually saving money. He supports amnesty. He believes government has a role in countering global warming. I could go on and on.