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Gingrich: Love of Country Contributed to Affair
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA -- Newt Gingrich says his passion for his country contributed to his marital infidelity. In an interview posted Wednesday by The Christian Broadcasting Network, Gingrich - who recently converted to Catholicism - said he had sought God's forgiveness for mistakes in his past. "There's no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate," Gingrich said. "What I can tell you is that when I did things that were wrong, I wasn't trapped in situation ethics, I was ...
Opinion: Why Newt Gingrich's Adultery Matters
By Mark Grabowski - AOL NewsPeople's sex lives are a private matter, right? Not when it involves politicians. During a talk last week at the University of Pennsylvania, Newt Gingrich took umbrage when a student brought up his adultery. "If the primary concern of the American people is my past, my candidacy would be irrelevant. If the primary concern of the American people is the future... that's a debate I'll be happy to have," he said. He joins a long list of politicians who claim extramarital affairs have no bearing on their ability to govern. Unfortunately, many voters seem to agree with Gingrich. A June 2009 Gallup ...
Bill Clinton, Democratic Party's Cheerleader-in-Chief, Rallies the Faithful, Raises the Cash
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyBy his own count, former President Bill Clinton had already headlined some 80 events for embattled Democrats by the time he blew into New Mexico on Oct. 14 to stump for Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, who trails Republican prosecutor Susana Martinez in the governor's race. And judging from all the speech-making, hand-shaking, fund-raising and photo-opping aimed at averting a Nov. 2 nationwide bloodbath, Clinton could easily break the 100-event mark by next weekend. What is clear from all these public rallies and closed-door schmooze-fests for campaign contributors is that he seems more like a hyped-up ...
Amen, Sister: Joycelyn Elders' Call for More Sexual Frankness
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyOne lesson I've learned: When people feel repressed -- when they feel sex is shameful -- an underworld of sexual activity bubbles below the surface of society. I discovered that reality when I wrote "Sex in the South: Unbuckling the Bible Belt" a few years ago. The South has always been a region of moral conservatism and Bible thumping, with churches on every corner to remind people of their shame and sin. I was reminded of that truth when I read a recent sex survey of 5,865 men and women aged 14 to 94 that has gotten a lot of press attention. The survey, the largest nationally ...
Rand Paul Knocks Bill Clinton Over Lewinsky Scandal
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRand Paul hit back hard at Bill Clinton on Monday, making a crack about the former president's relationship with Monica Lewinsky after Clinton attacked the Senate candidate's ideas as "radical." Clinton was in Kentucky stumping for Paul's opponent, Jack Conway, who he called "a practical progressive common-sense moderate who has actually done things and actually has a plan." He contrasted Conway with Paul by describing the Tea Party favorite as "a man with radical ideas and no record to back it up," The Lexington Herald-Leader reported. Paul wasted no time responding, dismissing Clinton's ...
Elena Kagan Memos from Paula Jones Suit Withheld by Clinton Library
By David Knowles - Politics DailyWhat a tangled legal web she may have weaved. Elena Kagan, President Obama's latest pick for the Supreme Court, once advised Bill Clinton in the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Jones that played a prominent role in Clinton's eventual impeachment. In addition, Kagan also advised the former president in the Whitewater investigation. But the Clinton Presidential Library says that it will not publicly release memos that Kagan wrote to Clinton aides in those two matters because doing so would expose confidential information, the Associated Press reported. Instead, the library will only ...
Starr vs. Clinton Revisited: Ruined Lives and Wasted Times
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyThe 1994 scene from Bill Clinton's first trip to Russia is etched in my memory. As the bedraggled White House press corps staggered into Moscow's Metropol Hotel shortly before dawn after a midnight stopover in Kiev, Clinton press aides greeted reporters with these cheery instructions: "Check-in to the left, Whitewater statements to the right." It seemed bizarre at the time that a domestic political scandal like Whitewater -- a small-time Arkansas land deal gone bad -- would dominate a presidential trip that cemented agreements with Ukraine and Belarus to relinquish the nuclear weapons they ...
Monica Lewinsky Tells Author of Impeachment Book that Bill Clinton Lied to the Grand Jury
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyIn a scholarly book soon to be published on the 1990s presidential impeachment saga, Monica Lewinsky is quoted as saying that former President William Jefferson Clinton committed perjury before the Whitewater grand jury while testifying about their physical relationship. Clinton's convoluted testimony has, for a decade, been the frequent source of lampooning. His "it depends on what the meaning of 'is' is" has entered the lexicon as an example of male obfuscation. His parsing of a judge's language in his sexual harassment case led the then-president to assert with a straight face that when ...
Emily's Post: From Gossip Fodder to Gossip Columnist
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyHaving been fodder for every gossip column in town, starting today I'm turning the tables -- and becoming one D.C. gossip columnist who fully gets what it's like to be on the receiving end. Everybody knows Washington politics is not for the meek or thin-skinned. And I've lived, worked and loved D.C. politics and media since I was 18 years old. In the years since, I've toiled on the Hill, at the State Department, in the Bush 43 administration, and for the Washington bureaus of two TV network news divisions. I've also counted chads in the Florida recount, run for my life from the Capitol on ...
Ranking the Rank: Clemens - McCready Affair
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsNothing like a slew of spicy allegations to really rev up the Monday morning, especially when they pertain to Roger Clemens. We've got everything from envelopes of cash to partying with Monica Lewinsky. But how do these allegations sort out in the sordid spectrum of celebrity society? Ranking the Rank finds out.5. FedEx envelopes full of cash -- Nothing really illegal about this one, although the immoral factor is pretty high if the money is being shipped to a mistress - celebrity type. Still, Rocket. You're ridiculously rich, man. Hire a real courier. Or write a check. It's just as traceable ...
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