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That's all well and good, but the scandal part of it that captured the public's interest was certainly because of the blowjob/where'd the cigar go aspect of it.
by scarmig 10y ago
That's all well and good, but the scandal part of it that captured the public's interest was certainly because of the blowjob/where'd the cigar go aspect of it. And I wasn't even referencing Clinton in particular--I'd put things like Anthony Weiner's sexts and Larry Craig's foot tapping in the same category. In the sense, they're on the trivial side of things and mostly get the public attention because of prurience, not salience for good governance.
- tptacek 10y agoThe public was so interested in the "blowjob/cigar" aspect of the story that the Republican party suffered a historic defeat in the midterms that were seen as a rebuke to the GOP's attempt to make hay out of the story, and ended Newt Gingrich's career.
- zevyoura 10y ago> ended Newt Gingrich's career Apparently not.
- tptacek 10y agoHe resigned in disgrace.
- TallGuyShort 10y agoThat ended his job, not his career. He's been relatively politically active since then, being one of the top contenders for the presidential nomination from the exact same party despite other scandals of a sexual and moral nature. Definitely not a career-ender, apparently.
- tptacek 10y agoAt no point has Gingrich ever been a contender in any Presidential race. Getting on TV doesn't make you a contender. Even Herman Cain managed to do that.
- scott_s 10y agoThere is a non-zero chance Gingrich gets a substantial appointment.
- mason240 10y agoThere is a non-zero chance you get a substantial appointment.
- TallGuyShort 10y agoOkay, then, the almost $500k/yr he was making a year in speeches and his active involvement and relative success in politically oriented consultancies. Take your pick. He's still being pretty damn successful in political spaces. edit: ha - misspoke, it was actually almost $5M / year
- scarmig 10y agoHate to break it to you, but Gingrich is near the top of Trump's short list for Secretary of State: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/gingrich-giuliani-priebus-eyed-top-jobs-trump-white-house-sources-n678881 http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/gingrich-...
- mason240 10y agoAccording to click bait media outlets with nothing to base it on.
- woofyman 10y agoThe Larry Craig story had legs because he's a member of an anti-gay political party.
- JackFr 10y ago> The Larry Craig story had legs ...or at least feet.
- scarmig 10y agoMy point is that, his hypocrisy notwithstanding, it has maybe one millionth the importance of the fact that a foreign strategic competitor has significantly influenced American democratic processes in order to extract more favorable policies from the USA.