I like Newt. If he's the nominee, I'll be happy to support him.
But statistics suggest that none of these candidates (aside from Ron Paul who I do not support and Michelle Bachmann who's out of it) are as consistently conservative as they now pretend.
All have wandered off the reservation, "gone maverick" and pussy-footed with Liberals when it suited them.
In short, Newt's various affairs and new wives correlate with his loyalty to political conservatism.
Ideologically as well as physically, Newt has a "wandering eye."
But aside from Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann, none of the other candidates were particularly consistent either -- all have records in the middle-of-the-road a la John McCain and Bob Dole.
Of course, all are vastly better than any Democrat, especially the incumbent President, but we shouldn't kid ourselves that these guys are in any way "radical" or "severe" conservatives.
They're not, and that's the point of this post.
“Newt’s various affairs and new wives correlate with his loyalty to political conservatism.
Ideologically as well as physically, Newt has a “wandering eye.”
Here we go:
Prior to his second marriage, Woodrow Wilson had a relationship with a woman named Mary Allen Hulbert.
Franklin Roosevelt had an affair with Lucy Page Mercer, whom Eleanor Roosevelt had hired as her social secretary. Mercer was with President Roosevelt when he died in 1945 in Warm Springs, Georgia.
During World War II, General Dwight Eisenhower had an extra-marital relationship with Kate Summersby, his personal secretary and military aide.
John F. Kennedy had an affair with a Mafia moll, Judith Exner, and Marilyn Monroe, among many other reported.
Bill Clinton had numerous affairs before and after he was elected.
Gingrich divorced twice (the average rate in America) and he’s happily married for the last 12 years. I really don’t see what that has to do with his unwavering conservative politics in a 50-year career.
If Gingrich were candidate to sainthood, I guess he would fail, but he is candidate for the US president office.
GO, NEWT!