I don’t see it as BS, because how do you explain the trashing of a candidate who was only accused of adultry and the finding of him not being worthy and yet the embracement of a self-acknowledged serial adultry as being the hero of the conservative movement?
The reality is - Newt committed adultery - got divorced and married his ‘lovers’. We have accepted that he was having those 2 serious love affairs while ‘happily’???? married. He admitted to personal failures as a husband. That is the reality today.
Herman presented himself as in a solid marriage of 40+ years. Then he was accused of acting ‘inappropriately’ ouside of that marriage- which was very disappointing and out of kilter with whom we believed Herman to be; a man of character.
This only shows that we had more ‘affection’ for Herman and less tolerance for any alleged ‘flaws’ and he handled it badly.
With Newt - the laundry was already out in the sunshine.