Who could possibly buy the hooey Newt Gingrich is putting out? The latest howler from Planet Newt: Gingrich: My Infidelities Helped Me Understand How To Impeach Clinton.

This one made me laugh out loud and startle the neighbor’s cat. Gingrich says his experience with going through ugly divorces and giving depositions actually helped him in the all-important job of impeaching President Clinton.

Previously, Gingrich said the reason why he messed around so much on his wives was because he was so damned passionate for his country. He had so much passion he couldn’t help chasing skirts while his wife was in the hospital. The passion made him do it. It spilled over. You know how passion is.

But to answer my own question from the top of this post, Newt has already made the requisite tearful confessions at the foot of the religious right, and received absolution for his transgressions — so they won’t even blink at the latest self-beclowning from this ridiculous liar.