"I think she has lied to the House, and I think that the House has an absolute obligation to open an inquiry, and I hope there will be a resolution to investigate her. And I think this is a big deal. I don't think the Speaker of the House can lie to the country on national security matters,” Gingrich said.Not about national security matters, sure. Only about personal matters, like boinking someone who isn't your wife and then intoning about moral values.
He continued: "I think this is the most despicable, dishonest and vicious political effort I've seen in my lifetime."This one's almost too easy. Impeachment, anyone? Let's just call this one projection.
"She is a trivial politician, viciously using partisanship for the narrowest of purposes, and she dishonors the Congress by her behavior."I don't know what he means by "trivial", though I suspect that if Nancy Pelosi is a trivial politician that Newt Gingrich must be one too--perhaps even more so as Pelosi actually wields a great deal of power at the moment. But I suppose Newt would know a lot about narrow partisanship and dishonoring Congress.
Gingrich is just an embarrassment at this point: a walking talking point of a has-been who is trying desperately to reclaim his relevance. This interview reminds me of Ricky Gervais's painfully oblivious performance as David Brent in The Office, as a silly man who fancies himself deep, and possesses little self-awareness or appreciation for irony.
