Wallace Exposes Newt's Hypocrisy

Nancy Pelosi is getting quite a bit of coverage from the conservative mediaand the Republicans regarding her "unauthorized" diplomatic trip toSyria. First of all a republican was part of the group that went.

Newt Gingrich had a bit of his hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday by ChrisWallace. During the Clinton administration, Speaker Gingrich took a trip toChina

Glenn Greenwald's ArticlefromThe Salon : "NewtGingrich's 1997 trip to China"

Back then, the media treated Gingrich like he was the American PrimeMinister, and his right-wing supporters had no problem with the House Speakertravelling and expressing his own foreign policy views which deviated from theClinton administration's

ThinkProgress : "FLASHBACK: Hastert Traveled Abroad, Told Foreign Leaders Not ToListen
To Clinton"

In 1997, Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) led a delegation to Colombia at a timewhen U.S. officials were trying to attach human rights conditions to U.S.security assistance programs. Hastert specifically encouraged Colombian militaryofficials to“bypass” President Clinton and “communicate directly with Congress.”

The hypocrisy needs to stop. I don't care what side of the aisle it is comingfrom, it just needs to stop. It hurts the country and it accomplishes nothing(in the end)

 

Comments

[Erick]

Check your spelling on the Hastert headline ("Hasert").

On another note, it's interesting to point out that Fox News Sunday pointed out Republican hypocrisy - a rare exception from the show that got it's chops busted a bit by President Clinton last year.

[Tony]

fixed the typo thanks...

I've noticed that Wallace has been fair lately, maybe Daddy taught him some of the finer points of good journalism.

[Robt]

I was taken by totl surprize by Wallace and the Newt'er.

Pelosi was nowhere near Newt's comments at his momment of sunshine.

Hastert was no surprize but mostly his voice was drowned out from all the bashing of Clinton by republicans at the time.