Hypocrisy Today
Newt's Current Book
Newt Gingrich- Your GA Congressman that prosecuted Bill Clinton
If you look up "hypocrite" in the dictionary, you should see a picture of Newt Gingrich.
The former Speaker of the House, whose proudly verbalized morality still dominates the right wing of the Republican party, was one of the framers of the Republican platform of family values. Gingrich orchestrated the impeachment of the President over charges arising from Mr. Clinton’s private life. He used terms such as "abnormal" to describe those who differed with him and his allies in the Christian Coalition. He often derided those he claimed did not meet the standards of his "moral majority." He exuded an almost holy aura that made him the Bible Belt’s favorite son.
But guess what? Gingrich is about to begin divorce proceedings from his second wife, Marianne. Why? Because while Gingrich was busy persecuting the President for his illicit affairs, Gingrich himself was having an affair with a scheduler and assistant hearing clerk for the House Agriculture Committee. A woman who was twenty-three years younger than he. The affair had reportedly been going on since 1995, which makes one wonder: While Newt was accusing the President of having Monica Lewinsky under his desk while fielding calls from international leaders, who was beneath Newt’s desk while he doggedly pursued the President?
This isn’t the first time Newt has proven himself to be a hypocrite. A few years ago he was denouncing violence in the media, proclaiming the entertainment industry as being part of a "unionized, bureaucratic, credentialed, secular assault on the core values of this country" to use his words. Of course, his complaints apparently didn’t apply to the book Newt penned, 1945, which was filled with sex and violence. By the way, you can find hardcover editions of 1945 at most bargain basement bookstores these days for about $2.99.
If Newt is one of their best examples, then the Christian Coalition obviously doesn’t think much of love and marriage either. Newt served his first wife with divorce papers while she was in her hospital bed dying of cancer. Later, he tried to cut life insurance to the mother of his children. More recently, Newt phoned his second wife on her mother’s 84th birthday to tell her that he wanted a divorce and to reveal that he’d been having an affair with a young aide for the past four years. Of that telephone call, Marianne Gingrich’s mother told the Washington Post: "It’s about the cruelest thing you can do. I think it’s terrible when people get away with things like this. We accepted him like a son."
Strangely, Gingrich remains a hero to many conservatives despite his committing the very same offense that Bill Clinton committed. Newt has committed adultery, lied to the public and ignored his own rules of morality. He may no longer be in Congress, but his name is still spoken with respect in certain circles, despite his questionable history.
Newt Gingrich often decried "the moral decay of the left." What he forgot to mention was that his own morality had rotted away until nothing was left of his soul.
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