From the Associated Press
March 9, 2007
Here ...WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) was having an extramarital affair while he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica S. Lewinsky scandal, he acknowledged in an interview with a conservative Christian group.
"The honest answer is yes," Gingrich, a potential 2008 Republican presidential candidate, said in an interview with Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson, according to a transcript provided to the Associated Press. The interview is to air today. "There are times that I have fallen short of my own standards. There's certainly times when I've fallen short of God's standards."
Gingrich said in the interview that he should not be viewed as a hypocrite for pursuing Clinton.
"The president of the United States got in trouble for committing a felony in front of a sitting federal judge," he said of Clinton's 1998 House impeachment. "I drew a line in my mind that said, 'Even though I run the risk of being deeply embarrassed … I have no choice except to move forward and say that you cannot accept … perjury in your highest officials.' "
Gingrich has placed in the top three in a number of Republican presidential polls.
The test of true intelligence is the ability to firmly hold two conflicting beliefs in one's mind at the same time without going stark raving mad.
The BIG difference is that the Newt didn't do it in front of a sitting judge. Hummmm ... I wonder if his God sits in judgment?
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