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Gingrich: Love of country contributed to affair
The Daily Caller ^ | 3/09/11 | Shannon McCaffrey

Posted on 03/09/2011 3:13:24 PM PST by 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.”


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: affair; amnesty; balderdash; election; ethics; gingrich; newtequalsamnesty; notconservative; sin
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
Gingrich: Love of country contributed to affair

Okay, yeah, that's over.
Where's Trump?

61 posted on 03/09/2011 3:41:42 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
Newt gets worse by the day, he doesn't sound very brilliant to me...

I'll vote for him when pigs fly...

PIGS FLY-6sm

62 posted on 03/09/2011 3:42:26 PM PST by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

“My only regret is that I have but one penis to give for my country.”


63 posted on 03/09/2011 3:42:38 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Note the passive attitude... as in, “Mistakes were made. Things happen.”

Or the old trusty, “I can’t go back in the past and fix it.”


64 posted on 03/09/2011 3:43:01 PM PST by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (The "11th Commandment" applies to Republicans, not RINOs.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Gingrich may be flying this trial balloon to see the reactions before officially announcing his intent.

If this brings back mostly negatives, he knows he doesn’t have a change.

If it flies over without much flack, he will announce his run.


65 posted on 03/09/2011 3:43:22 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Who are you gonna believe? Your lyin’ eyes, or Newt’s patriotism?


66 posted on 03/09/2011 3:43:31 PM PST by Jane Long (2 Chron 7:14)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Newt “World Order” Gingrich supported GATT, NAFTA and WTO while in Congress.


67 posted on 03/09/2011 3:44:25 PM PST by freedommom
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

I am dismayed when I hear any fellow conservative who wants to excuse his behavior.

We are no better than Clinton or Edwards supporters if we support Gingrich just because he “is smart”.


68 posted on 03/09/2011 3:45:48 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Yes We Can, have smaller government)
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To: Jane Long

“I’m sorry...*sniff* ...but I’m not made of stone!!! *sniff*

She was so tempting...she was dressed in nothing but red...white...and (sob) BLUUUUUUUE!!!!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!”


69 posted on 03/09/2011 3:46:28 PM PST by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (The "11th Commandment" applies to Republicans, not RINOs.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Wouldn’t it be refreshing to see this guy say, “I blew it. I met this other woman and couldn’t control myself.”

I wouldn’t ever vote for the guy, but at least I would understand and give him a little credit for telling it like it was.

Newt, please, for your own sake, give up this terrible idea.

Go back to being a full-time private sector idiot, who actually has a lucid moment from time to time.


70 posted on 03/09/2011 3:48:51 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Here's the proof of Obama's U. S. citizenship: " " Good enough for our 3 branches...)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Oh jeez. Newt isn’t very bright to even think this “excuse”. Political hack.


71 posted on 03/09/2011 3:50:48 PM PST by JimSEA
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72 posted on 03/09/2011 3:51:56 PM PST by Lucky9teen (Jobs? Nope! Economy? Nope! Disarm the U.S? Yep! Impeach the treasonous Marxist Muslim usurper bast)
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Yes, Newt has way too much baggage to ever run for president....we don’t won’t a twice divorced man and on his third marriage...he has already proven he can’t be trusted...besides, he is a big fat RINO...


73 posted on 03/09/2011 3:52:35 PM PST by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
"I love the Republic for which it stands! Now show me your amber waves of grain and let's get naked!"

Gimme a break. At least guys like me are up front about our past horndoggery. *SHEESH*

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

74 posted on 03/09/2011 3:52:35 PM PST by Viking2002 (RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!!!!!)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Love of country will prevent me from EVER voting for Pelosi’s Couch Buddy.


75 posted on 03/09/2011 3:53:35 PM PST by Politicalmom (America-The Land of the Sheep, the Home of the Caved.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

You really have to hand it to a guy who runs a flag up his soiled pole, and asks others to salute.

Sorry Newt.

Right flag, wrong pole.
Nice try, not sold.

What’s next, involving Jesus, children, puppies, apple pie...


76 posted on 03/09/2011 3:53:37 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Here's the proof of Obama's U. S. citizenship: " " Good enough for our 3 branches...)
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"I was working SO HARD and loved my country SO MUCH that I had an affair."

"...and converted to Roman Catholicism to provide cover for my new-found self-respect as a liberal."

77 posted on 03/09/2011 3:54:37 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: DoughtyOne

"I did it for my country."

78 posted on 03/09/2011 3:58:10 PM PST by EternalVigilance (As the nation plunges off a cliff, the GOP taps the brakes for political effect.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Someone who is reputed to be so brilliant would have been bright and honest enough to have confessed to being simply human and therefore fallible. Then leave it at that. Do not attempt to dress it up according to what polls well. What an ass. Sorry Newt...move along..


79 posted on 03/09/2011 3:59:36 PM PST by massatoosits
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To: dfwgator

BAD, BAD, BAD!!!

*snicker*


80 posted on 03/09/2011 4:02:31 PM PST by Politicalmom (America-The Land of the Sheep, the Home of the Caved.)
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