[wardaddy]

Gingrich has admitted cheating on his second wife. he married his first wife as a teenager with her preggers and she was his teacher and 7 years older. That marriage was annulled.

The allegations against Cain are quite different.

If they have such dirt on Gingrich as has been accused of Cain...settlements, severance, quid pro quo, giving money to a mistress for years without telling wifey...all that and his notion that he did not recall at first even though it was proven he sure recalled in 2003 which caused him to change his tune pronto

sorry...not exactly the same

just for arguments sake if half the Cain stuff is true..in order of marital malfeasance I'd go Newt, Cain and Clinton in order of severity from least to worst with Newt a 1-2 and Cain a 3-5 and Clinton an 11

but don't fret, there is plenty to attack Newt over besides that comparison

and for some of it I don't have a defense and will concede....he has a long track record...a lot of good, some not so good and some I did not agree with at all

I am unaware of any politician I have ever agreed with all the time...not even Palin or Magnus or Helms etc....I even disagreed with Clarence Thomas once over cross lighting and Scalia a few times.

I have disagreed with Rush and Hannity and Savage a lot the past few weeks.

It happens.

I hate to break it to you but Cain is done and I am of the opinion it was self inflicted and not just over the women or the denials but some stumbles in debates and interviews too.

[so_real]

I try not rate people based on my perception of the severity of their sins. It's a losing argument in the long run. My point is that Cain is the recipient of allegation, Gingrich is historically defined by fact. Is Gingrich more conservative than Cain? more successful in business? less of a career politician? more attractive to minority citizens? more opposed to amnesty for illegal residents? more likely to eliminate health care mandates? less of a climate change sucker? No ... no ... no ... no ... Gingrich is a skilled orator with a gift for slinging bias back on the heads of the media elites. That is his most attractive feature. I am a Tea Party type. I'd happily vote for Cain or Bachmann. I'd be willing to support Santorum. I'd even vote for Ron Paul. I'm flexible. But I wont jump from Cain to Gingrich in the face of all the positives that would be abandoned in doing so. Gingrich is not better for me. And after the success in 2010, I've no intention of letting the media pick my candidate for me now.