Magazine article from our research archive:
|
|
The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry That Defined a Generation
- Article from:
-
The Stranger
- Article date:
-
August 7, 2008
- Author:
-
|
Copyright informationCopyright The Stranger Aug 7-Aug 13, 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry That Defined a Generation by Steven M. Gillon (Oxford) $24.95.
It doesn't take a great, incisive mind to point out the similarities between Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton. The two men are nearly exactly the same age, they both defined their respective political parties during the late 20th century, and they both proved to be too slimy for their own good. In a preface to The Pad, Steven Gillon says that he planned to write a straightforward account of the complex relationship between Gingrich and Clinton. Instead, upon finding some notes on a meeting, he determined that just before the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke, the two politicians ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
 "The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)")
|
REPUBLICANS HAVE GOT TO GET THEIR CREW PULLING IN THE SAME GENERAL...
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);
November 15, 1998 ;
700+ words
...Byline: William Snider Speaker Newt Gingrich's sudden resignation from the third...Oval Office came to light. But not Bill Clinton. After delivering a masterful State...flatten him. Again, an apologetic Bill Clinton rose above his difficulties. Indeed...considerable admiration. ...
|
|
Honk if you've had it with honking. (the fall of Newt Gingrich)
Newsweek;
December 25, 1995 ;
700+ words
......strange fate befell Newt Gingrich this year? Entering...that he makes Bill Clinton look like Cal...politics, it's that Newt Gingrich versus Bill Clinton yields understanding...Send a message, Newt Gingrich says to the public...
|
|
Assessing the charge against Newt...
The Washington Times;
January 1, 1997 ;
411 words
......spending taxpayer dollars and calling Newt Gingrich every name in the book, Rep. David...would strike a blow to the ideology of Newt Gingrich and the Republican Party. If Richard...be just as vehement in calling upon Bill Clinton to step down as president. This harangue...its ...
|
|
Newt Gingrich admits to past marital infidelities
Winnipeg Free Press;
March 10, 2007 ;
531 words
......infidelities. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who is weighing a White...impeachment of then president Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky...wife at the same time that Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky were...with wasn't about judging Bill Clinton as a person. I am ...
|
|
Newt Gingrich, With Fangs Sheathed
The Washington Post;
August 30, 2000 ;
645 words
...The trajectory of Newt Gingrich's political career resembles that...history of Gingrich's great nemesis, Bill Clinton. Unfortunately, Chevy Chase filmmaker...90-minute PBS documentary, "The Fall of Newt Gingrich" (tonight at 8 on WETA and Maryland...blueprint for understanding the fall ...
|
|
Starting over: the new Newt Gingrich.
U.S. News & World Report;
February 7, 2000 ;
700+ words
...Newt Gingrich doesn't mind that his old congressional...talking about Democrats Al Gore and Bill Clinton here--not himself. And yet it is Gingrich...haven't heard it. In Newt, as well as Bill Clinton, you see an inability to recognize...
|
 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
|
TRASHING NEWT GINGRICH NOW IS WAY TOO EASY - AND...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
November 9, 1998 ;
700+ words
......showing. Thus, House Speaker Newt Gingrich, second in line to succeed...in the year during which Bill Clinton became only the third U.S...If you were convinced that Bill Clinton had lied under oath, or participated...Center had asked in July: ``If Bill Clinton were to ...
|
 "The Economist (US)")
|
Above the law.(Politics This Week)(Bill Clinton/Paula Jones civil suit in...
The Economist (US);
January 18, 1997 ;
136 words
...The Supreme Court considered arguments that President Bill Clinton should be immune while in office from a private lawsuit brought...resigned over his handling of a taped telephone call involving Newt Gingrich, the speaker, who is under investigation on ethics charges...
|
|
|
HISTORY WILL BE ON HIS MIND; BILL CLINTON HAS COME BACK AGAIN.(EDITORIAL)
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);
November 6, 1996 ;
562 words
......is being written, it appears that Bill Clinton will be re-elected, the first Democratic...has been a stunner. Two years ago Newt Gingrich and freshmen GOP congressmen took...And that, too, will be very high on Bill Clinton's agenda.
|
|
Clinton gets election gift: Newt Gingrich, the highly visible enemy he...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
November 11, 1994 ;
700+ words
......after Tuesday's slam-dunk elections, Bill Clinton received a gift-wrapped present. He...and is nobody's house pet. But Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., combative Republican who'll...guarantee there'll be days when abrasive Newt Gingrich says, ``Good morning,'' and Clinton...
|
|
What is the real Newt Gingrich?
The Independent - London;
July 7, 1995 ;
700+ words
......take as their premise the notion that Newt Gingrich, the Republican Speaker of the House...even know who he was. The much-derided Bill Clinton enjoys favourable ratings of 52 per...debate in the mainstream political arena. Bill Clinton is in agreement with Mr Gingrich that...
|
 "Hannity & Colmes (Fox News Network)")
|
Interview with Newt Gingrich
Hannity & Colmes (Fox News Network);
December 20, 2002 ;
700+ words
......former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. And last, two incoming...former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, also a Fox News political...always good to see you. NEWT GINGRICH, FOX POLITICAL ANALYST...have Terry McAuliffe, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton. I'm...then ...
|
See all results.
Or, try our
Advanced Search.
|