Will you rightists stop excusing Newt Gingrich?

Question

You're pretending it's okay that he hypocritically worked to impoach Clinton while having an affair, on the basis that he didn't lie about it under oath. Well, nobody asked him, did they?

And it gets worse. Remember, the wife he cheated on was the one he married after dumpting Wife #1. Here's the story on that:

He married his High School teacher soon after graduating. By the time he became a Big Shot, she was too old and frumpy for him, so he exchanged her for a newer model. He slapped divorce papers on her while she was in a hospital bed with cancer! And he was a Deadbeat Dad, refused to pay child support, which relegated them to begging from their local church (the origin of the Faith Based Initiative??)

Of course, none of this is remotely as bad as what Clinton did! You moralistic phonies!

"Excusing Bill"? Now that you mention it, he never should have been asked about his CONSENSUAL behavior in a civil suit over sexual harrassment. His questionable answer is not pertinent, so it is not perjury. If i, for example, was a witness testifying in a case, and they asked me my age, and I said, 157, that would be a lie. But it would not be perjury.
The case shouldn't have been brought until after the end of his term of office. They argued that it would tie up the Administration, and it did. It took our attention off the threat of terrorism. Republicans sure have their priorities straight. An Impeachment Crusade in search of an offense. They were out to impeadch him even BEFORE he met Monica!

Answer 1

Will you leftists stop excusing Bill Clinton?

Answer 2

I am not saying Newt is right though I feel Clinton is worse. Newt didn't purger himself to start . What Clinton did was a very bad case of sexual harassment. I don't think Newt is being accused of having an affair with a co-worker. I worked for the government at that time and found high level employees using what Clinton did as an excuse to have an affair with a subordinate. Newts action didn't devalue our legal system like Clinton nor did he lower the standard of sexual harassment. If Clinton wanted to have an affair, don't do it in the work place and don't do it with a person who works there, especially a subordinate. I also find it odd that the same people who says that we should ignore Clintons crime are the ones who keeps yelping about Nixon and Bush. I rarely hear people saying we should let Bush off for his crime, and never for Nixon. Granted Bush is a horrible president, Nixon was a good President.

edit: you sent an e-mail - Saying Newt's third wife is a staffer - so If thats so File sexual harrasment charges with the EEO. I said I didn't know of any such accusation, so I didn't speak out of turn. I said I was mad that Clinton had an affair with a subordinate and dreated a hostile work environment while I was in the government. Several Employees had an affair while I was working for the government and used CLinton as an excuse. Like CLinton, these employees gave special favors to their fling. At least Monica didn't accept any of the priveleges offered her. How many people Newts affair affect? CLinton's affair affected the entire federal government system at least. I don't know about you, but I am angry to see how many unqualified personnal get promoted above me, because of FAVORS and thinks its acceptable. I have never heard anyone say its OK because Newt did it. A couple of time, I heard people justify their ethics violation with Clintons inappropriate behavior. You want hippocracy. Liberals fought the hardest to criminalize sexual harrassment, but so many ignored it when CLinton did it.

Answer 3

Similar to Scooter Libby lying to a grand jury even when what you are lying about isn't a crime sends you to jail. The liberals look at Clinton's aids stealing papers and shredding documents about 9/11 and say it is OK but crusify Libby. Slick Willy lied to a grand jury. I could care less that he got a smoker from an intern in the oval office he just needed to tell the truth.

If Bill just would have told the truth and said "I had sexual relations with that woman because my wife is a lesbian" it would have been fine and no impeachment. No one would have criticized for that.

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Who is excusing him? I don't even understand it, unless he's rich. I would have given you the link to the question about the same thing that I answered last night that says basically the same thing! Why do you people make such sweeping generalizations? And when I are you going to come out and admit that Clinton did a terrible thing, as well, when he took advantage of an intern in the White House in the Oval Office while his wife slept upstairs and then lied to not only the world but a grand jury about it? I've condemned Newt; it's your turn to condemn Clinton--will you?

Answer 5

I'm not supporting Gingrich, I'm just pointing out that you're engaging in meritless argument.

To try to claim Newt is a hypocrite because he was having or had had and affair when he led the charge to impeach Clinton for lying under oath in a court of law and obstructing justice is ludicrous at best.

Nowhere in the articles of impeachment does it talk about adulterous affairs. Hell, most of Congress would be impeached if that was an offense.

It was for the criminal offense of lying under oath and obstruction of justice, the same crimes Libby was convicted of.

I'm just wondering why you treat these crimes differently depending upon who committed them. Reeks of the dreaded "hypocrisy", no?

Answer 6

Will you leftists stop excusing The Bill? No it isn't as bad---he didn't LIE to a Grand Jury>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Answer 7

Both He and Clinton were in the wrong.

Answer 8

Newt who! Doesn't sound like he is worth our time.

Answer 9

I know what you mean...."but he didn't lie about it under oath" at a republican witch hunt so it's OK.

Answer 10

I did not have sexual relations with that woman.