Tag: Bill Clinton

Boehner’s Alleged Affair – and Gingrich’s Confirmed One – Go Unmentioned by the New Yorker – Yes, the New Yorker

Jon Ponder
Boehner, cover of Dec. 13, 2010, New Yorker
Boehner, cover of Dec. 13, 2010, New Yorker

Peter Boyer’s nearly 9,000 word profile of Speaker John Boehner in the New Yorker last month filled in a few gaps in what is commonly known about Boehner’s biography, but there was a notable item missing — the fact that just four months ago the Capitol was aswirl with rumors that Boehner was having an extramarital affair with a (female) lobbyist.

Similarly, in describing events that led to the ouster in 1998 of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Boyer omitted one of the central reasons — some would say the real reason — Gingrich was forced out: At the same time he was driving efforts to impeach Pres. Bill Clinton over a perjurious cover-up of an affair with a staffer, Gingrich was himself engaged in an affair with a congressional staffer, his current wife, Callista Bisek.

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Bill Clinton Finally Supports Same-Sex Marriage

Trish

Good news gay people! Former Pres. Bill Clinton is finally feelin’ your pain. And while we love the former president, and totally respect the longevity of his marriage, and fully realize that the only ones who know what’s really going on in a relationship are the two people in it…Well, still, as far as him making any statements on marriage…Just saying.

Verbatim

Trish

When you make an important decision in your life when you’re angry, there’s an 80 percent chance you’ll make a mistake. To have an election based on anger, apathy and amnesia is nuts. That’s exactly what’s going on all over America today.

Former Pres. Bill Clinton, speaking at a Democratic fundraiser in Atlanta.

Will Republicans Take Impeaching Obama off the Table If They Win Control of Congress in November?

Jon Ponder

From left: Prospective House Speaker Boehner, House Oversight Chairman Issa, House Judiciary Chairman Smith, Senate Judiciary Chairman Sessions. Would they impeach Obama? You betcha.
From left: Prospective House Speaker Boehner, House Oversight Chairman Issa, House Judiciary Chairman Smith, Senate Judiciary Chairman Sessions. Would they impeach Obama? You betcha.
In May 2006, with the midterm elections just six months away, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi went out of her way to assure conservatives that if Democrats won control of Congress that November, any efforts to impeach George W. Bush and Dick Cheney would be “off the table.”

Now, four years later, with Republicans within range of winning control of the House and possibly the Senate, their tea bagger and neo-con base is sending an equally clear signal: They want Obama impeached, and they don’t much care how or why.

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