Dr. Richard Land: An Open Letter to Newt Gingrich (Why Evangelical Women Don't Trust You)

Christian Post ^ | 11/30/2011 | Richard Land

[Sans-Culotte]

Well, I guess those poor li’l evangelicals can just re-elect an America-hating muslim.

[thackney]

Or those evangelicals and others may vote for someone else in the primary race, and Newt may never get the opportunity to face Obama in an election race.

[wardaddy]

Land hardly speaks for all Southern Baptists and is himself off the reservation quite a bit.

One could argue he is the most socially liberal SBC head ever.

Not my cup of tea.

Newt’s affairs are fair game and I think he will defend himself fine.

[Mikey_1962]

My first disappointment with Newt was when right after he was elected Speaker, he signed a multimillion dollar book deal.

He was cashing in already and has never stopped since.

He has earned 100 million dollars in the last 10 years cashing in on his influence and contacts.

Its free enterprise, but its slimy.

[Lou Budvis]

It’s not up to evangelical women to forgive him. Newt converted to Catholicism, and assuming he made a good confession about his adultry, was forgiven.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Its free enterprise, but its slimy.

When is it OK to start cashing in after we step out of office?

Or is the answer NEVER?

[outinyellowdogcountry]

Land is correct. It is a character issue and forgiveness can happen, repentance can happen but what will he do in the future. His faithfulness is not about personal issues, it is about how he will make decisions in the future. His dancing with the liberal democrats on issues like global warming and single payer health care are just two examples. Some very troubling statements have been made AFTER his renewal of faith. I wish he had proven himself faithful in most things but I don’t know if he has been faithful in even a little.

[ottbmare]

Newt himself is a Roman Catholic. To judge by the attitude some Freepers have toward Catholicism, he’s have bigger problems with Evangelicals than just his two divorces.

Come to think of it, how did Newt get remarried and become a Catholic with two divorces? Did he get those annulled or what?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: It’s not up to evangelical women to forgive him

It’s still a huge chunk of votes he has to woo whether he is evangelical or not. Unless of course, he doesn’t need the votes....

[Jim Scott]

Although some will dismiss Richard Land as being overly focused on Gingrich's martial history, the Herman Cain experience has made it crystal clear that the left (and the GOP establishment) are going to use insinuations and outright accusations of martial infidelity as a wedge to drive away conservative women voters from the conservative candidate. Sadly, it is all too effective. We can bemoan the fact that women voters are too easily swayed by unsubstantiated accusations of marital infidelity but when the moaning is done, the reality is that the Cain experience (and I still support him) has shown the enemies of conservatism that all they have to do is find a woman acquaintance that is willing to lie and accuse the conservative candidate of sexual harassment or having an 'affair' and he suddenly drops like a rock in the polls and has to struggle to maintain his political viability as women, often conservative women, abandon him. With Newt's martial history, this looms as a huge problem for him. One that his political enemies are likely salivating over in anticipation of using Newt's rocky martial history against him in hopes of driving away female voters. A speech much like the one suggested by Richard Land would help thwart the negative effect of the expected attacks on Newt's character via his marriage history. I doubt Gingrich will do this - but he should.

Did I mention that I still support Herman Cain?

[Genoa]

how did Newt get remarried and become a Catholic with two divorces? Did he get those annulled or what?

I'm not a Catholic myself, but isn't there a difference made between what someone has done pre-conversion and what they do as a Catholic? Clean slate, as it were? Any priests reading?

[Logical me]

Evangelical women might just might be the bunch that ends up with another King Obama 4 years. All of this complaining works for the communists party formally the Democratic Party. So have at it.

[Genoa]

Evangelical women might just might be the bunch that ends up with another King Obama 4 years.

So true. Choosing a president is a matter of selecting from among a very limited number of poor choices. It is best to choose wisely.

[annieokie]

Never heard of Mr. Land, but his letter does not sound like a chriatian type letter to me.

As far a Christian women not voting for NEWT, all the Christian women I know, WILL be voting for NEWT.

[Mikey_1962]

Eisenhower left a pretty good example.

[JudyM]

I am a Christian woman. Given the choice between Newt Gingrich (who is an unlikeable man) and Barack Obama, I would actually campaign and work for Gingrich. I do not look for perfection in a President. I look for a man of ideas who can bring this country out of the doldrums and restore American greatness. Most important, I want a President who will stop stending money this country does not have and will stop creating ‘classes’ of people to pit against one another. Only God is perfect.........

[zerosix]

Land is correct about the evangelical women but I dare say that it isn't merely the evangelical ladies who are turned off by Newt's alley-cat ways.

These actions, forgiven by God or not, remind other women of another articulate, slick guy who is good making a "sow's ear sound like a silk purse," and that guy would be none other than Bill Clinton.

Do we want to witness such scum sitting in the Oval Office and feel comfortable that he'll not find another Monica cavorting around the corner - I think not.

[zerosix]

Land is correct about the evangelical women but I dare say that it isn't merely the evangelical ladies who are turned off by Newt's alley-cat ways.

These actions, forgiven by God or not, remind other women of another articulate, slick guy who is good making a "sow's ear sound like a silk purse," and that guy would be none other than Bill Clinton.

Do we want to witness such scum sitting in the Oval Office and feel comfortable that he'll not find another Monica cavorting around the corner - I think not.

[Romulus]

You get a “clean slate” if your coming into the Catholic Church (or any Christian community, for that matter) includes being baptized (Important: baptism is a non-repeatable, once-in-a-lifetime event).

Since Newt was presumably already baptized, he did not get a clean slate by virtue of being baptized when he became a Catholic. He did get a clean slate by virtue of receiving the Sacrament of Penance at that time, but his ability to do so was contingent on his two prior marriages being annulled. I have no information about the grounds for annulment in either case, but have no trouble believing that valid reasons did exist. I accept his conversion as genuine.

The fact that Newt is now a Catholic with access to the sacraments pleases me personally, but has no bearing on my interest in supporting him politically. It certainly does not make him a saint. I think Newt’s a phony, a windbag, a prodigious ego, and not to be trusted. I disagree with his support of torture. I am not aware that he’s ever renounced past statements he’s made in favor of embryonic stem cell research. I will not be voting for him in either the primary or general election.