Posted on 12/12/2011 5:36:21 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Earlier this summer, Newt Gingrich passed on the opportunity to sign The Family Leader Marriage Vow, which asks political candidates to commit to take specific actions to support traditional marriage upon election. Gingrich didn’t object to the pledge so fiercely as Mitt Romney, whose campaign staffers called parts of the pledge “undignified and inappropriate,” but the former House Speaker did suggest he thought the pledge could use some tweaking. At the time, at least one pundit jokingly speculated that Gingrich didn’t like the inclusion of the phrase “personal fidelity to my spouse.”
Turns out, he’s on board with that. The GOP frontrunner finally officially responded to The Family Leader executive board’s long-ago invitation to him to sign the pledge. He didn’t actually sign it, but, in a letter, he says that, as president, he would (a) support a federal marriage amendment, (b) ensure no taxpayer dollars go to fund abortions either at home or abroad and (c) fight for conscience protections for healthcare providers … among other things.
But the most interesting sentence of Gingrich’s letter comes at the end of the second paragraph.
“I also pledge to uphold the institution of marriage through personal fidelity to my spouse and respect for the marital bonds of others,” Gingrich writes.
Call me crazy, but I thought marriage vows were supposed to be all the pledge a person needed to make to reassure a potential partner — and any interested onlookers — of fidelity. (That was actually the valid objection Romney made to the pledge in the first place.) Then again, in light of recent increased scrutiny of Gingrich’s past affairs (and, most notably, attacks from the long-married Mitt), perhaps this explicit expression of faithfulness is savvy.
Boy this guy is a piece of work.
Amazing we are stuck with this as the leading candidate on the Republican side. My how the republican party has fallen.
Would a real conservative please pick up the phone? The Country is calling 911 and no one seems to be answering.
**facepalm**
we are nominating a parody
Good for Newt.
“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate; for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”
As for the Pharisees who don’t believe in redemption....piss off.
Its not his wife I’m worried about.
Newt is just doing what all politicians do to get elected. He is full of it.
Excellent! You are my type of Christian
It depends up what your definition of cheat is. And what your definition of promise is. Not to mention what your definition of is is.
As for the Pharisees who don’t believe in redemption....piss off.
Read my lips. No Newt trystses!
And here we go...The driveby’s have proven they can destroy with sexual innuendo and lies alone. Very, very soon a stealth staffer will “come out about Newt hitting on and pawing at her....”. I can already hear it.
His first wife is currently 75.
He cheated on her, with a woman who later became his second wife, who is currently 60.
He cheated on her, with a woman who later became his third wife, who is currently 45.
Therefore, the laws of mathematics suggest that he is currently having a secret affair with a woman who is 30 years old.
Isn’t that SPECIAL....ohh I guess it is for him...
Isn’t that SPECIAL....ohh I guess it is for him...
He's toast. The die is cast. It's just a matter of time, now.
I can’t stand this a-moral RINO. This is disgusting. How on Earth did we get here? Are Conservatives not listening? Do the GOP elite truly have so much power over our people? Maybe so. So very sad.
Redemption is for God and Newt. I make no judgment on his relationship with the Almighty. But just because someone claims to be a Christian does NOT make them one. God will do what God is going to do. As for me? No way I vote for this pig.
Gonna go “piss off” now.
She may have Tiffany’s in her jewelery box but she’s got Newt’s in her lock box.
The big difference between Newt aand Dems like Clinton:
Atleast Newt eventually marries the women he sleeps with....
/sarcasm
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