Adultery and Patriotism: Sex, Lies And …

Provided that we do not take them seriously, politicians are an inexhaustible source of entertainment, especially in the Republican Party, a wing that does not count on religious hypocrites who tell citizens how to act but who have radically opposite behavior in their personal lives. Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House, who was elected in 1995 by a wave of conservativism promising a new Contract with America but left with his tail down in 1999, is the best example.

We can already predict that, with nine months before the end of the year, he will, without a doubt, create the gem of this political year.

While Gingrich vilified Bill Clinton, who had an adventure with Monica Lewinsky, he went to call his wife, struck with multiple sclerosis, to tell her that he was leaving her for another woman. Classy. Today, while he has constituted an exploratory committee, Newt Explore 2012, to see if his White House candidacy has a chance, he is giving particularly sublime explanations for his adulterous behavior. If Newt Gingrich had behavior this repugnant, compulsively cheating on both of his wives, it is through patriotism. Thou shalt not break any ribs laughing. The former speaker of the house, whose ego is at least as big as the Hindenburg, explained that it was the exhausting rhythm of work and patriotism that drove him to adultery. This makes me think of a child whose excuse for not doing his homework is that his dog ate it. This is also convincing.

But at least Newt advances this science by revealing the link between patriotism and adultery.

“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,” explained Gingrich in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network.

This new concept lets us understand a number of things. The governor of New York, Elliot Spitzer, had to resign when his visits to prostitutes were revealed. He had to work very hard.

The former mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, doubtless taken by city action, also had such a busy life in the service of his fellow citizens that he did not have the time to inform his wife that he divorced her, while she too revealed an affair that her future ex-husband maintained with one of his collaborators. In short, to hear Newt Gingrich, a man who is walking dishonesty, proclaim that Barack Obama is “authentically dishonest,” gives us some reasons to rejoice in a moment in history where little exists.