> “And people here on FR didn’t like him because he’d been married three times.”
And “some” people, “some”.
The same such people would not disparage divorced Ronald Reagan because he was a beloved American Icon who took down the Soviet Union.
Understand there are and have been since FR’s beginnings a “bot” group that injects discord into the forum. Point them out to notify lurkers but always include “All” in the To field when responding.
I think you’re right. I always felt there was an organized attack on Newt simply because he held the line and was very effective. There were a lot in the GOP who were “embarrassed” by him too and joined with the Dems.
There were some attackers on here who posed as Evangelicals and were horrified by the “immorality” of Newt’s 3 marriages.
BTW, the first marriage was basically after he was seduced as an underage boy by a teacher many years older, the second was a rebound to somebody who treated him well, and the third was (and is) to a woman he met who was singing in the choir. Hardly the stuff of scandal, but whoever posted this stuff freaked out the Evangelicals so badly that suddenly Gingrich became toxic.
There are certainly things he should answer for...sitting next to Pelosi in a magazine cover, for example. But since Trump himself was always very nice and conciliatory to Pelosi I guess he can get a pass on that one.
(Just as an aside, I’ve always felt that Trump should have demanded an apology and even censure in the house after Nancy ripped up the SOTU.)