Gingrich Admits To Hypocrisy, But Claims He Is Not A Hypocrite

Newt Gingrich admits that he did something extremely hypocritical:

Gingrich had affair during Clinton probe

WASHINGTON - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich acknowledged he was having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, 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 Dobson to be aired Friday, according to a transcript provided to The Associated Press. "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."

You know what I am going to say about this, right?

What an incredible hypocrite!

However, that admission isn't even the most unbelievable aspect to this interview with pandering to the Religious Right:

Gingrich argued in the interview, however, that he should not be viewed as a hypocrite for pursuing Clinton's infidelity.

WHAT?! Is he insane?! How is what he did not the very definition of "hypocrisy"?

Gingrich goes on to really stretch this argument by then saying that we cannot accept perjury from our highest officials which is intended to imply that he is not a hypocrite because he went after Clinton for perjury, not infidelity.

Okay, first of all, Clinton would not have had any perjury charges against him if Gingrich had not been a hypocrite about Clinton's infidelity.

Secondly, while I agree with Gingrich the we should not accept perjury from our highest officials (like Scooter Libby), Clinton was found innocent of the perjury charge (as opposed to Scooter Libby).

Third, the perjury charge and the obstruction of justice charge that were brought against Clinton were the result of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy and a partisan House of Representatives that went after Clinton because he was a Democrat. He was a moderate who supported good ideas that conservatives pretend to support like fiscal responsiblity and bad issues that conservatives actually support like "free" trade agreements, but simply because he called himself a "Democrat", the VRWC waged a war against Clinton.

And what was the result of that war?

The worst president in our history George W. Bush

One of the most corrupt and secretive presidential administrations

Six years of the most corrupt and partisan Congress which was hopelessly subservient to the White House, Right-wing extremists, Christian conservative extremists, greedy corporations, but not to the public

9/11

The war in Iraq

The most divisive state our country has been in since the Civil War

Record debt and deficits

No-bid contracts for contractors that exploit Iraqis, our troops, and our country

The failed response to hurricane Katrina

The torture of prisonors in our custody (Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib)

The torture of prisonors we sent to other countries (extraordinary rendition)

The further ingorance and prolonging of global warming

Vice President Dick Cheney

The list goes on and on.

So thanks, Newt. Your hypocrisy has really served our country well.