Back to Newt: La Shawn Barber asks
Will someone please explain to me why I’m seeing headlines like “Gingrich In Affair During Clinton Probe,” as if it’s a revelation?
That’s an easy one: it is Newt’s doing and it is pure political strategy, as I noted in my previous post on the subject.
It is extremely smart to diffuse these things early. Ironically, we forget what a short memory that the voters have, and something that seems like a big deal in a given moment, fades over time. It is afar better to remind everyone about the affairs and the divorces and whatnot now, rather than have it be a Big Issue in Iowa, New Hampshire or in September of 2008.
The principle works for all things big and small that might be a problem. Why else is Barack Obama paying parking tickets from 19 years ago?
Meanwhile, PoliMom has a good post on the subject, and I think reflects the way of lot of folks will react, and continue to react, to Newt and his role in the Clinton impeachment.
Update: I forgot to mention the Barber noted, well before today, that she found Gingrich to be of “low character” and that she could not support him for president.
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March 9th, 2007 at 10:01 am
Did he lie under oath about it?
March 9th, 2007 at 11:07 am
No, he didn’t. Of course, I don’t think he was ever asked under oath.
However, that doesn’t take away the personal failing in question, nor does it take away the political significance of the situation.