This deserves repeating:
“Those who raise this issue with a self-righteous echo will actually help Newt overcome the stigma, because so many Americans are very well acquainted with the darker side of divorce and not a few well acquainted with forgiveness.”
The people aquainted with the “darker side” are usually the women who were dumped unceremoniously by a man who decided to trade them in for a younger, prettier model.
I’m not sure those women are going to sympathize with Newt Gingrich for having to “suffer through” two divorces, any more than we feel bad for the kids who killed their parents and are now orphans.