Why I write about politics so much

(Hint: It rhymes with “schmypocrisy”)

According to a report I just ran across on USA Today online, Newt Gingrich revealed in an interview with the Rev. James Dobson’s Focus on the Family that he (Gingrich) was having an extramarital affair of his own while he led the prosecution of Monicagate in the House of Representatives in the ’90s.

That is correct… one of the guys leading the charge to impeach Bill Clinton because he had an extramarital affair and then perjured himself about it, now reveals that he was having an affair at the same time and (this is the cherry on top) is currently among the GOP chorus arguing for a pardon for Scooter Libby because ‘all he did was perjure himself.’

If your belly isn’t full yet and you have room for yet another cherry on top of the last, here’s a blurb from the website hawking Newtie’s latest self-serving tome: From the leader of the Republican revolution that swept Congress in 1994 and the author of the bestselling book, Winning the Future, comes a brand new FREE newsletter defending the values that make our country great.

“Defending the values that make our country great …” Thanks, Newtie!

Good luck with that whole ‘winning the future’ thing, being a serial philanderer and needing the Religious Right on your side to have any political future at all, because Conservative Christians are all about forgiveness when it comes to sexual infidelity. They clearly do not ‘get’ that which rhymes with schmypocrisy (complicated concept; too many commas), but they damned sure understand and have little tolerance for public figures who can’t keep their zippers locked and in the upright position.

Remember? They helped you impeach one.

Have a nice retirement.