Newt has run into the wayback machine yet again (John-paul Zajackowski/Dreamstime.com)
Yesterday, Newt Gingrich
denied that it hypocritical for him to have led the impeachment of Bill Clinton while simultaneously having an extramarital affair with a political staffer because the impeachment had nothing to do with personal behavior:
The question I raise was very simple: should a president of the United States be above the law? I don’t think the president of the United States can be above the law. And it’s not about personal behavior...it’s not about what he did in the Oval Office.
But as Greg Sargent reminds us, that's not what Newt Gingrich was saying back then:
Around the world today, the institution of the presidency has been degraded to the point that it is viewed as the rough equivalent of the Jerry Springer show -- a level of disrespect and decadence that should appall every American.
As Stephen Colbert said, Gingrich really needs to come up with a better explanation for why his position on women was so often on top of ones that weren't his wife. But on the bright side, at least his answer might be getting better; at least he's not saying he had the affair thanks to his overwhelming sense of patriotism.