Then, front page news was the whole thing was due to his attorneys giving misinformation in letters. That was all his situation had been based on.

What the hell is he talking about? He took money that had been donated for educational purposes which qualified the donations as tax deductable, and then used it for his own college courses and three television shows serving his political purposes.

Then, he lied about it week after week for month after month for two years, to the Ethics Committee, other members of Congress, the media, and the American people.

And, he now expects people to believe he was innocent of doing any wrong, that his attorneys simply put misinformation in a letter or letters. Guess that is why he is now suing his attorneys for at least $300,000 plus other damages. Yeh, right.

Come on, get real. His lack of innocence rests on the fact he lied repeatedly about activities he was forced to confess to.

He knew exactly what he were doing while he were misusing the funds. He knowingly took donated funds and used them for his own political purposes. That gave him the motivation to lie.

Otherwise, at the very start of the investigation, he would have produced the letter giving misinformation and proved his innocence rather than lying about the misuse of donated funds.

Why Gingrich has remained as House Leader is beyond the comprehension of any person who believes that integrity, the truth, should prevail.

Maybe that isn't exactly true. He remained as House Leader due to the Republican Party having the majority in the House or because of politicians protecting their way of life or both. These reasons may be unbelievable but are comprehensible.

Then, there is the fact at least one Republican politician who was going to vote for Gingrich just to avoid a Democrat becoming the leader. At any rate, a deal was made that resulted in Gingrich being merely fined rather than censored (why wasn't he impeached and removed from his office as required by the US Constitution?) by the committee.

About that time, a writer from the Florida Sentinel (Charley Reese) stated that the House was full of felons, anyway, so what was the difference; just let them get on with the business of governing.

Is this what our country's ethics and morality have deteriorated to? Keep a man in office for political purposes and damn the fact that he hasn't any integrity. Or, keep him in his position since the organization he is part of is a bunch of felons, anyway, so what's the difference?

If so, and it appears it is since Gingrich still holds his office and position in the House, just what the hell has happened to the American concept of truth and justice?

Are we so numbed to the questionable exploits of politicians we no longer care? Have we have lost interest in whether they are felons or not?

Is this why less than a majority of the people vote? Does a feeling of "What does it matter who is in office; politicians are all the same and my vote isn't going to change anything" prevail throughout the land?

If this is the case, Ladies and Gentlemen, then we deserve whatever we get and the concepts of a democratic republic by majoral rule, truth, and justice be damned.