He's had a reputation for being an ignorant thug for years, and he's supposedly not too popular with his own party, so I'm not surprised he's being taken down whatever way they can. It's just -How in the holy hell do they choose their speakers? Gingrich was boinking the current Mrs G in parked cars during the impeachment scandal, a guy who molested underaged boys in his care was in charge while the national elections became a referendum on teh evul gaiz - seriously, are they that incompetent at background checks in the leadership or is there some sort of I know what _your_ evil secret is mutual assured destruction going on?