Newt was also the guy who WJ Clinton played like a cheap fiddle and he had to keep his mouth shut during the Lewinsky scandal because he was also having an affair at the time. Why Hannity continues to prop this fool up is beyond me.
Sean is cruising very close to permanently damaging his credibility with the public by continuing to align himself with Newt as closely as he has.
He said on his show today that he'd gotten a ton of negative email about "his buddy, Newt". He had Newt on the show today, to give him a chance to explain himself. Newt came on and blew a golden opportunity to get back into our good graces. A lot of people were waiting for this moment, and Newt did not come right out and say that he made a huge mistake, like he should have.
Today's Hannity show may have been Newt's last opportunity to save himself, but he chose to be right, instead of truthful. That's a bigger mistake than the first one, and has now compounded the mistrust we feel toward him.
He's now left Hannity in the unenviable position of having to clip his connections to him, or to his audience and the building patriot revolution.
Sean will write his own ticket to obscurity if he chooses wrongly. It would be sad to see. He's a good guy, and has been one of conservatism's most vocal crusaders for a long time now. I hope he chooses wisely.