Newt Gingrich

* Re “Documents Raise Questions on Gingrich’s House Ethics,” March 20:

For years, Speaker Newt Gingrich has been throwing allegations of ethics violations against Democratic congressmen in the hopes that some of them will stick. Indeed, some stuck, including former Speaker Jim Wright of Texas. Now that he’s the target of the Democratic attacks on his questionable dealings for either personal or political gains, he hides behind some ambiguities of the ethics rules and excuses.

As the leader of the House of Representatives and self-claimed “champion” of ethics, he should come out clean and face any ethics investigations. If he’s innocent, he’ll be exonerated. If not, like the people he helped throw out from the Congress, he should be thrown out for violating the people’s trust.

SUN K. LEE

Diamond Bar

* If Newt Gingrich is so convinced he’s done nothing wrong, then he should have no problem with allowing the bipartisan Ethics Committee to review the allegations.

There’s nothing “revolutionary” about the politics of Gingrich except, perhaps, the volume of his bark. Otherwise, it’s the same tired repertoire of Republican double-speak: blame, displacement and denial.

MICHAEL GRIFFIN

Los Angeles

* Hey, Gingrich even kept his promises. Gotta get ‘em on an “ethics” issue, or whatever works.

Why that guy’s dangerous--even teaches a college course advocating “Renewing American Civilization.” Obviously subversive; better nuke Newt and his noxious notion of “replacing the welfare state.”

JOHN CARL BROGDON

Culver City