Thanks for the sympathy, I don't need it - his followers and family do.
I will return the feeling sorry for you to defend him, especially since the hypocrisy must sting for all who defend him and have been disappointed by him.
I go by common sense, and it makes no sense that he steps down if these are outrageous lies. It makes you wonder, why would anyone step down if someone was saying horrible (horrific) lies about you - what's wrong with him that he doesn't step up in front of a mic and yell the truth.
Nope, doesn't hurt me at all. I'm far more likely to suffer consequences from people who can't think running around claiming to be conservatives than I am from some guy doing meth and then losing his pulpit. You read far too much into my defense. I defended the idea that a man is innocent until proven guilty.
I go by common sense, and it makes no sense that he steps down if these are outrageous lies.
It appears now that Haggard did do at least some of this stuff, but that doesn't change this: You condemned this guy on no evidence but the word of a prostitute and meth user and think that's "common sense." The fact that he stepped down meant bupkis, as it did in the Gingrich incident.