Newt Gingrich’s website makes it painfully clear that this paragon of neoconservative mumbo-jumbo is going to run for President. He’s announcing for World War III. Right now, he wants to fire Condi Rice because she’s not enough of a war-monger. I’m no fan of Condi Rice, but she’s the only member of the cabinet who is competent, even if she’s deluded with the Bush Mania and lies on command [see below]. He’s hoping we’ll forget what he’s like:
from Wikepedia
Public disapproval of the House’s activities, along with the Party’s poor electoral results in the 1998 elections, amidst criticism of his ethics and adulterous personal life, led Gingrich to resign his position and his seat.
As a fellow Georgian, let me speak out and say that we don’t need this man back in government. He’s worse than Bush. He’ll say anything you want to hear to get elected. And he’ll do anything his more sinister background pundits from the neoconservative shadows suggest.
Kiss America goodbye with Newt. His position on every issue is designed to suck in the same group that Rove and Bush tapped in 2000 and 2004: God, War, the New York Times, etc. This man’s unethical character needs to be front page material if he gears up to hoodwink us into thinking he’s governmental material. He should be in prison. He’s just slick enough to have resigned before the ball started rolling.
for starters – from Wikepedia
While in high school, Gingrich started to date his geometry teacher, Jackie Battley. On June 19, 1962, they were married. Their first child was born the following year.
In 1980, Gingrich separated from his first wife. Battley developed cancer: while she was in the hospital recovering from surgery, Gingrich tried to discuss the terms of a divorce. In February 1981, the divorce was finalized, and in August 1981, Gingrich married his second wife, Marianne Ginther.
In December 1999, Gingrich divorced his second wife, Marianne, after she discovered that he had been carrying on an affair for the past five years with a House aide twenty-three years his junior, Callista Bisek. [11] Left-wing critics such as David Corn blasted him for hypocrisy, noting that this activity was concurrent with his leadership role in the impeachment of Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal and his ascension to speaker on a family values platform — although no one suggested that Gingrich had engaged in perjury to hide these personal affairs. On August 19, 2000, Gingrich married Bisek as his third wife.
there’s more – from Wikepedia
Gingrich was accused of hypocrisy and unethical behavior when he accepted a $4.5 million advance as part of a book deal, in light of his previous role in the investigation of Jim Wright. Following the accusations, Gingrich returned the advance.
Including charges related to the book deal, Democrats filed 84 ethics charges against Speaker Gingrich during his term, including claiming tax-exempt status for a college course run for political purposes and using the GOPAC political action committee as a slush fund. All charges were eventually dropped following an investigation by the Republican-led House Ethics Committee. However, Gingrich admitted to "unintentionally" giving inaccurate information to the House Ethics Committee during the course of the investigation. The committee did not indict him on charges of intentional perjury[3]. The matter was settled when he agreed to reimburse the Committee $300,000 for the cost of prolonging the investigation. The payment was described as a "cost assessment" and not a fine by the Committee[4]. He also agreed to not "spin" the story in the media, but admit publicly to his transgressions.
On January 10, 1997, the New York Times printed a story that revealed Gingrich, in collusion with other House Republicans, planned to abrogate his agreement by misrepresenting the ethics violations he committed. The story was proven by quotes from a taped phone conversation between Gingrich and his fellow Republicans. A firestorm of controversy ensued, with Republicans insisting that the privacy of the participants in the conversation has been breached, and others insisting that the public has a need to know about Gingrich’s intent to violate his agreement with the Ethics Committee.
I guess he’s laid low thinking we’d forget. He made a mockery of Congress when he was there. He’ll do the same in any other role…
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