“Rick Santorum is a nice guy with Christian morals. As such, that should not be the only qualification nor sole determinant to be President under the present circumstance.”
It’s only ever brought up as a qualifier. I don’t see anyone going out and saying that because he’s a nice guy and a Christian that this is an asset.
It is an asset. The fact that he has a family, and that he stuck with them is an asset. It demonstrates biblical leadership, remember that quote about bishops - where a man who does not control his own house is unfit to lead the church.
Newt doesn’t have that. That’s the problem. If Newt isn’t fit to lead a prayer in your parish, then how is he fit to lead America?
“This is a political race to see who will be the best candidate to take on and bring down the Marxist-Leninist Muslim running for a second term in the White House.”
Which is why we need to support the candidate who espouses what we believe, not capitulate by picking the guy the media tells us “can win”. No, we need to pick the one closest to what we believe.
“So-called Christians who are opposed to Newt Gingrich becasue “he is a serial adulterer” “
Yeah, he is a serial adulterer. And I’m proud that you are calling me a ‘so-called Christian.’ It’s a badge of honor.
“this is not a contest about who has or has not sinned in the past.”
It goes back to biblical leadership. People want a candidate who meets this list of qualifications and Newt falls short. Wayy short.
“Neither group above has any concern for the Bible carrying, gun owning common man and woman in this nation, whose main concern is the continuance of their God given rights.”
Last I checked we did care. Or maybe we don’t care anymore. I’m not sure. Calling people so-called Christians for holding Newt to his record is sort of an Alinsky tactic isn’t it?
“Newt Gingrich has been expounding on that issue for a very long time. I’ve noticed that Rick Santorum is a follow-along on this issue, but he lacks the fire-in-the-belly of a serious contender like Gingrich.”
Yeah, that ‘fire in the belly’ to ‘change the system’, is why Newt resides in McLean, VA, and has been in there most of his adult life.
Yeah, real ‘outsider’ we have going here. We had an outsider, Cain. Remember him? Now we just have a pick between the super insider - Newt, and a lesser insider in Santorum.
If you really believe that Newt is not a beltway insider after 30 years there, you’re in for a bad surprise.
“Newt doesn’t have that. That’s the problem. If Newt isn’t fit to lead a prayer in your parish, then how is he fit to lead America?”
When you step in it, Ben, you step in it bigtime. Big mistake.
Newt Gingrich had an epiphany. He had to, or he would have self-destructed.
As a small child he witnessed his father beating and abusing Newt’s mother. She divorced him, remarried, and Newt was adopted by his step dad. Later he was sexually molested by a high school teacher. Yeah, the first wife he married. She asked for the divorce, not he.
This man was carrying a troubled emotional burden while serving in Congress but he sought counseling, joined AA and eventually turned his life around after a religious conversion.
What I’ve found shocking is the enormous number of so-called Christians here at Free Republic who are nothing of the sort.
Christians are not better than other people, Ben. They forgive others, ask forgiveness for themselves, and try to lead a better life by not sinning further.
I’m not disgusted with Newt Gingrich, who I believe has honestly changed his life. I’m disgusted with the bigots who claim they are Christian but do not put it into daily practice - people like YOU!
“If you really believe that Newt is not a beltway insider after 30 years there, you’re in for a bad surprise.”
Only a belt-way insider knows where all the bodies are buried.
He knows where the skeletons are hidden.
He knows about the hidden tract ways and byways by which influence peddling moves.
Gingrich is a bulldog compared to Santorum the Golden Retriever puppy.