As if we needed proof that family values are a load of crap...

One of the strongest campaigners in the recent past in the USA, Newt Gingrich, has been caught with his pants down... Literally...

From the Sydney Morning Herald...

Clinton foe Gingrich admits to affair

March 10, 2007 - 8:35AM

Republican Newt Gingrich, who led the US House of Representatives as it prepared to impeach US President Bill Clinton in a sex-and-perjury scandal, acknowledged in an interview that he was having an affair at the time.

Gingrich, a potential 2008 presidential candidate, was asked by James Dobson of the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family whether he was engaged in an extramarital affair when former President Clinton was involved with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

"The honest answer is 'yes'," Gingrich said in an interview released on the group's website. "But it's not related to what happened."

The affair has been widely reported previously.

Referring to his efforts as House speaker to oust Clinton, a Democrat, Gingrich said he was not judging the president personally.

"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 felonies and you cannot accept perjury in your highest officials," Gingrich said.

Gingrich stepped down as speaker and quit Congress in 1998 amid ethics allegations and Republican losses in mid-term elections.

Although the House impeached Clinton in December of that year for perjury and obstruction of justice, he was acquitted two months later in a Senate trial.

Gingrich has been married three times. In an often-told story, he discussed divorce details with his first wife, Jacqueline, while she was recovering from cancer surgery.

In 1981, he married Marianne Ginther, and they were divorced in 2000. Later that year he married a young congressional aide, Callista Bisek.


Sometimes, the hypocrisy is just breathtaking!!!!

New opera...

Well, I survived the audition I had on Saturday for a professional production of a new opera. It was an interesting experience. They asked us to prepare two pieces, one in English, then only allocate 3 minutes per performer, and warn those of us auditioning at the door that we will probably only get to sing 16 bars of music. Which I sang. And it was not in English... No criticism, no comments, just "thank you, that will be enough". Now, when exactly will you let us know we do or don't have anything? Um... Would have been nice to be told what will happen next?

Apparently I am dreaming to expect such. Seems professional companies tell you less than amateurs. WTF? Mind you, I suspect I will only get a PFO (Please F*** off) but, it would be nice to be told what the next level will be, or when you will hear something from them...

On the same style, I did an interview yesterday for a job. Second round, this time with the company not an agency. Again, no comment as to when to expect to hear, or anything, or if I was going to hear....

Please people!!! Stop leaving supplicants hanging on... It is bad enough waiting, without knowing when you are even going to hear, or if you are going to hear. Telling people what will happen next and an approximate timeline, is just common courtesy I thought... Oh yeah, courtesy... not something common anymore!!!