Bob Livingston
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Oct 10, 2026
Walter IsaacsonGUEST
I mean, it's, say, it's like they've reduced Washington to being like a classroom of fifth graders where they're all kind of hyperactive and pointing fingers.
Walter IsaacsonGUEST
And somebody from my home state of Louisiana, Bob Livingston, gets knocked into the gutter, uh, this past week.
Walter IsaacsonGUEST
And, a- and, and you just wonder, maybe they should, you know, put Ritalin in the water supply or something down there.
Walter IsaacsonGUEST
But, but it's not just two men wrestling now.
Brian BeutlerHOST
They're, they're charging ahead with a, a, a Clinton impeachment anyway.
Brian BeutlerHOST
They try to replace him with Bob Livingston, who's, like, more, you know, like, uh, Christian-coded, right-wing, um, speaker figure who's probably gonna, you know, continue the Gingrich style of leadership.
Brian BeutlerHOST
Turns out he's having an affair, too, right? So, so he, he never actually becomes speaker.
Brian BeutlerHOST
He gets nixed.
Greg CorombosHOST
Newt says, I'm not going to stand for speaker again.
Greg CorombosHOST
Republicans say, all right, it's going to be Bob Livingston of Louisiana.
Greg CorombosHOST
And then it turns out he had an affair.
Greg CorombosHOST
It's like, well, we can't be prosecuting Clinton and having that.
Greg CorombosHOST
It should've been a big one with Clinton, uh, dealing with the Lewinsky scandal, but it's not that great.
Greg CorombosHOST
Uh, Newt says, "I'm not gonna stand for speaker again." Republicans say, "All right, it's gonna be Bob Livingston of Louisiana." And then it turns out he had an affair.
Greg CorombosHOST
It's like, well, we can't be prosecuting Clinton and, uh, having that, so they shove him to the side, they get Hastert, and, you know, nobody in Congress knew what his past was, but the fact that he actually accepted that [laughs] knowing his own background in those circumstances was insane.
Greg CorombosHOST
So yeah, so eight years, which is the longest run of speaker since Tip O'Neill continuously.
DavidAUDIENCE
Good morning to all.
DavidAUDIENCE
Um, Bob Livingston had nothing but super praise for President, uh, uh, President Trump.
DavidAUDIENCE
Now, given what has been done to the Louisiana farmer with the tariffs, the fertilizer prices, the energy prices, and the Louisiana consumer, doesn't this border on an irrational statement by Livingston, if not cross the line?
Mary Patricia WrayGUEST
Well, I mean, I think if you assume that Bob Livingston still has a single constituency of Louisiana farmers, yeah.
Mary Patricia WrayGUEST
But, um, look, Republicans toe the, the party line a- as much as Democrats do.
Mary Patricia WrayGUEST
Um, and that has led both parties in the last decade to defend, um, very poor candidates for office and, and very poor leaders at every level of government, rather than replacing them.
Mary Patricia WrayGUEST
And I actually think that'll be a really good thing for both parties to work on.
Jim EngsterHOST
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David WaldmanHOST
... that's one of the-
Greg DworkinPANELIST
He was after Bob Livingston.
David WaldmanHOST
Right.
David WaldmanHOST
Those two guys disqualified for sex scandals, whereas Dennis Hastert, squeaky clean.
Greg KellyHOST
First elected to Congress in 1986.
Greg KellyHOST
Astor became the accidental speaker in 1999, yet after Newt Gingrich's successor, Bob Livingston, had to step down over revelations of his extramarital affair.
Greg KellyHOST
House Republicans ultimately settled on Hastert, who was seen as a non-controversial pick with a reputation for congeniality.
Greg KellyHOST
Hastert almost also became an accidental temporary president the following year as the controversy and court battle over the 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore dragged on.
Greg KellyHOST
First elected to Congress in 1986.
Greg KellyHOST
Astor became the accidental speaker in 1999, yet after Newt Gingrich's successor, Bob Livingston, had to step down over revelations of his extramarital affair.
Greg KellyHOST
House Republicans ultimately settled on Hastert, who was seen as a non-controversial pick with a reputation for congeniality.
Greg KellyHOST
Hastert almost also became an accidental temporary president the following year as the controversy and court battle over the 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore dragged on.
John FugelsangHOST
Y'all remember he became speaker in '99 'cause Republicans needed someone less toxic than Newt Gingrich.
John FugelsangHOST
They tried Bob Livingston, but then it turned out he had an affair.
John FugelsangHOST
They were impeaching Bill Clinton for an affair, and they kept losing their speakers 'cause they had affairs, too.
John FugelsangHOST
And they picked Denny Hastert because he was so sedate.
Scott BertramHOST
Fill-in work this week.
Scott BertramHOST
Got the Radio Free Hillsdale hour out today with former Congressman Bob Livingston talking.
Scott BertramHOST
Remember him? He's got a great book out about, uh, lawfare and how they targeted him and his law firm.
Scott BertramHOST
Uh, that's on the Radio Free Hillsdale hour this week.
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