FLASHBACK: Pat Buchanan, John Boehner Backed Speaker Gingrich's Involvement In Foreign Policy

Greg Sargent, writing at The Horses Mouth, notes some incongruities between the way that Nancy Pelosi has been treated by the media and by Republican loudmouths, and the way that Newt Gingrich was treated back in 1997, when he undertook to derail President Clinton's foreign policy by traveling to China.

From the article:

As Glenn Greenwald notes, House Speaker Newt Gingrich traveled to China in March of 1997 and was treated quite respectfully by the media. He notes a marked contrast in the tone of the coverage between that trip and Nancy Pelosi's current trip to Syria.

So let's get to work. What did conservative commentators and Republicans say about the proper role of the House Speaker in foreign affairs around the time of Gingrich's China trip?