Posted on 03/27/2011 8:56:41 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Newt Gingrich: Im not a hypocrite - POLITICO Live: Newt Gingrich: Im not a hypocrite March 27, 2011
Newt Gingrich: Im not a hypocrite
Pressed on Fox News Sunday about his adulterous past, Newt Gingrich said it was not hypocritical for him to impeach Bill Clinton while he cheated on his own wife because he never lied under oath.
I dont know what you would have had me do, he said, getting a little testy, because the president of the United States [was] committing perjury. Remember, hes a lawyer! This was not some accidental thing. And I thought the outcome was about right.
The all-but-official candidate for the Republican presidential nomination granted that his own extramarital affairs will be an issue in the coming campaign, but he sounded hopeful that voters will, if they dont forgive or forget, at least look the other way.
Well find out six months or a year from now whether people are forgiving and whether they put in context events that are 10 and 15 years old, Gingrich said.
The former House speaker from Georgia said it didnt bother him that he was throwing rocks at Clinton as president while living in his own metaphorical glass house. He said he would have resigned his leadership post if he didnt think he could go after Clinton for breaking the law.
Its not about personal behavior, and its not about what he did in the Oval Office, Gingrich said of his failed 1998 effort to destroy Clinton. You can condemn that. You can say its totally inappropriate. It was about a much deeper and more profound thing: Does the president of the United States have to obey the law?
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They should put it on pay per view. I pay $50 bucks to watch it.
Bingo!
Newt said he cares about America so much, he banged a couple of chicks. Putrid. He jumps in front of every popular movement, and then says crap like this.
Bump dat bit of truth!
Which was exactly what happened with Bob Dole.
My question exactly.
How do we know he would take the presidential oath of office any more seriously?
Ping to 88
Absolutely right!
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