What's disheartening is the palpable hypocrisy of folks who were with the "Character matters" crowd, and now are with the "Go Newt Because You Talk Read Good!" crowd.
I was with the "Character matters" crowd.
Still am. It still does.
The flip makes us look like hypocrites. Worse, it makes us look like Dems.
Well said. Newt may have some good ideas, but he doesn't have the character to lead the country. He can be secretary of something.
At least Newt has owned up to his failings and even done it publicly, with no equivocation. That takes a lot of guts and, yes, character. He didn't have to do it. He says he prayed about it and asked God's forgiveness. Do you have reason to doubt that?
If God has forgiven him maybe you could also consider it.
Oh, and I congratulate you on your perfection of character.
You make an excellent and undeniable point. Newt would be a formidable President were it not for his character flaws. And while voting for him would make us look like, as you stated, hypocrites or worse, dems; if he won, at least we'd be hypocrites with a conservative agenda!
Ok ok... I know. You're right.
I can forgive infidelity in either Rudy or Newt. I can't overlook Rudy's positions on the issues, and if he tells me he's changed his mind on them I won't believe him. With Mr. Newt I believe what he says.