> What a bunch of hypocrites. 

Not really. For it to be hypocrisy, Newt would have had to say to a grand jury
that he never had an affair. 

> "The president of the United States got in trouble for committing a felony
> front of a sitting federal judge," the former Georgia congressman said of
> Clinton's 1998 House impeachment on perjury and obstruction of justice
> charges. "I drew a line in my mind that said, 'Even though I run the risk of
> being deeply embarrassed, and even though at a purely personal level I am
> not rendering judgment on another human being, as a leader of the
> government trying to uphold the rule of law, I have no choice except to move
> forward and say that you cannot accept ... perjury in your highest
> officials."

That's correct. Here are the four articles of impeachment. You will find no
article impeaching the President for having an affair:

1. The president provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony to the
grand jury regarding the Paula Jones case and his relationship with Monica
Lewinsky.
House: Passed 228-206
Committee: Passed 21-16

2. The president provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony in the
Jones case in his answers to written questions and in his deposition.

House: Failed 229-205
Committee: Passed 20-17

3. The president obstructed justice in an effort to delay, impede, cover up
and conceal the existence of evidence related to the Jones case.
House: Passed 221-212
Committee: Passed 21-16

4. The president misused and abused his office by making perjurious, false and
misleading statements to Congress. (Amended by a 29-5 vote. See draft
version.)
House: Failed 285-148
Committee: Passed 21-16

Only one article passed with the strength of Republican votes. The other
article had enough Republicans voting against it to fail but enough Democrats
joined in to pass it.

Today, the irony is rich as Scooter Libby was just convicted for the same
offense that President Clinton received a $90,000 fine and (temporary)
disbarment.

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