Posted on 09/19/2010 11:04:14 PM PDT by Terrence DoGood
Gingrich married his second wife, Marianne Ginther, months after he divorced Battley in 1981. According to Battley, Gingrich discussed divorce terms with her while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery.
"There are things in my own life that I have gotten on my knees and turned to God and prayed about," Gingrich said.
Gingrich also acknowledged cheating on Ginther while leading the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton for allegations of perjury involving the Paula Jones sexual harassment civil case and the president's affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Gingrich argued that the Clinton case was different from his personal transgressions.
"The president of the United States got in trouble for committing a felony in front of a sitting federal judge," he said, arguing that Clinton had "deliberately committed perjury."
Constantly espousing family values even while he carried on an affair, Gingrich linked his party to wholesome family values and Democrats to, well, something else.
Gingrich divorced Ginther in 2000 and soon married his third wife, Callista Bisek, a former congressional aide who was in her 20s when she and Gingrich began their affair.
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If you believe she did, you are sadly delusional concerning the ability of sinners to justify their own sin.
If Newt wants to help his country now, he should ask Sarah Palin what he can do to help her get elected in 2012.
I think his biggest sin was abandoning pro-growth Reaganomics in favor of a new phony balanced budget paradigm. The Democrats have been riding on that one ever since, until, thankfully, about a year ago.
Even now, the Contract with America, a poll-driven election strategy that ran scared from "trickle down" and was supposedly just for the first hundred days, is embraced by Repub establishment types like Boehner.
With some luck the Tea Party will destroy Gingrichism.
Great idea!
Me too. All excellent points!
LLS
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