And he is indeed running for President according to Reuters and all the other major news sites. A good thing? He was always open to technology and is today. He certainly seems to be devoted to his third wife Callista. But. But. This was the guy who said in the 1990's a major problem with the Republican party was that it didn't encourage people to be nasty. Huh? They surely seemed to learn from him since arguably the Tea Party is the result of this rabble rousing and other rabble rousing by other "loyal opposition" figures in the 1990s. Then there was the brouhaha where he promoted GOPAC, but on the floor of the House of Representatives. Not during a speech or a fundraiser which would be totally acceptable but ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. The Multinational Monitor discusses it here. The House ethics committee, chaired by a Republican at the time went on to denounce him for doing this per this December 7th 1995 article from Philly.com.
Here's the secret. I was the person who tipped off Rep Bonior and prompted him to file an ethics charge against Gingrich on 3/7/1995. Yep, yours truly. Something had fallen into my hands called the Newt Gingrich Crestothomy. It was a ream of documents photocopied from various places and one was the Congressional Record. He did indeed on at least one occasion promote GOPAC on the House floor and the tapes from his course Renewing American Civilization. I was angry at the outcome of the 1994 elections and angry this man was Speaker. And I wanted to do something about it so I did. In the end it was one of the swords that forced the bull out of the Speaker's ring. It wasn't the fatal blow but it was one that weakened him. And though he probably figures that people have forgotten it by now and that it was only a technicality in the first place one must wonder if he'd take to fundraising in the White House. Yes, big donors have slept in the Lincoln Bedroom but would Newt take to doing videos of courses for his resuscitated college course? Or do other things? The mind boggles and understandably, my mind is one of those that boggles.
