Gingrich: Love of country contributed to affair

The Daily Caller ^ | 3/09/11 | Shannon McCaffrey

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

ATLANTA (AP) — Newt Gingrich says his passion for his country contributed to his marital infidelity. In an interview posted Wednesday by The Christian Broadcasting Network, Gingrich — who recently converted to Catholicism — said he had sought God’s forgiveness for mistakes in his past.

“There’s no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate,” Gingrich said.

“What I can tell you is that when I did things that were wrong, I wasn’t trapped in situation ethics, I was doing things that were wrong, and yet, I was doing them,” he said. “I found that I felt compelled to seek God’s forgiveness. Not God’s understanding, but God’s forgiveness.”

[ClearCase_guy]

Most. Patriotic. Man. Ever.

[stylin_geek]

Romney is a Republican.

President Obama has praised Romneycare as the model for Obamacare.

Lindsey “Cap and Tax” Grahmnesty is nominally a Republican.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

[treetopsandroofs]

It’s worse that Hussein trying to tell us his polls were in the toilet because he didn’t spend enough time telling us about the great things he was doing to us.

FUNG and the limo you rode in on!

[RobinOfKingston]

Newt’s “sell-by date” is long past. He is making excuses for his actions ... blaming them on externals.

Let get him front and center early on so we can get the rejection over with and move on.

[fish hawk]

LOL good one.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

I was pulling my punches a little. Note my tagline, and NO MORE RINOS!!!!

;-)

[tirednvirginia]

Yuk!

[trisham]

I hear you. I’ve never doubted that he’s an intelligent man, but he is very flawed.

[GlockThe Vote]

Bizarre. Newt won’t recover from this.

[fish hawk]

And Tiger Woods is a great Patriot also

[rabidralph]

He needs to stay out of the campaign and just publish his policy papers. What a load of crap.

[LADY J]

Pretty lame excuse from a 'genius'.

If he can't control himself - he needs to put a lock on his zipper!!

[Doogle]

"yeah yeah yeah, mine was love of pizza and the pizza guy's daughter..."

[Dick Bachert]

rbgm with all respect, it’s the contraction “YOU’RE,” NOT the possessive pronoun “YOUR.”

Just sayin’

[bmwcyle]

They explanation was absolute bull crap. I need a more moral man or woman. We need someone who can stand up with control.

[HereInTheHeartland]

““There’s no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate,” Gingrich said. “

This confirms his similarity to John Edwards. A self centered narcissistic politician. It's all about “me”

[texteacher]

What BS! Hip waders are necessary for this pathetic excuse.

[samantha]

LOL! Post of the day. I thought this was satire.

[stylin_geek]

I was a bit worried, because I was under the impression most freepers were tired of voting for the lesser of two evils, that John McCain was the last straw.