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Gingrich: Love of country contributed to affair
The Daily Caller ^ | 3/09/11 | Shannon McCaffrey

Posted on 03/09/2011 3:13:24 PM PST by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

ATLANTA (AP) — Newt Gingrich says his passion for his country contributed to his marital infidelity. In an interview posted Wednesday by The Christian Broadcasting Network, Gingrich — who recently converted to Catholicism — said he had sought God’s forgiveness for mistakes in his past.

“There’s no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate,” Gingrich said.

“What I can tell you is that when I did things that were wrong, I wasn’t trapped in situation ethics, I was doing things that were wrong, and yet, I was doing them,” he said. “I found that I felt compelled to seek God’s forgiveness. Not God’s understanding, but God’s forgiveness.”


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: affair; amnesty; balderdash; election; ethics; gingrich; newtequalsamnesty; notconservative; sin
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Newt is always about newt, what a piece of work,


21 posted on 03/09/2011 3:22:45 PM PST by org.whodat
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Please go away Newt.


22 posted on 03/09/2011 3:22:51 PM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Newt is playing to the liberals.


23 posted on 03/09/2011 3:23:24 PM PST by existtoexcel
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To: goseminoles
Probably a little too brilliant?
24 posted on 03/09/2011 3:23:49 PM PST by Misterioso (The noble soul has reverence for itself. - Nietszche)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Well... that’s an original one!


25 posted on 03/09/2011 3:23:58 PM PST by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

What was the woman’s name, America?....I was going to go a little further, but, err, no.


26 posted on 03/09/2011 3:24:14 PM PST by He Rides A White Horse (unite)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

I will vote for an across the board conservative.

There will be at leat one running again.

If the Republicans run one, it will be theirs, and if not they chose to try to win without those of us who will not vote for a liberal again.

I won’t vote for a liberal no matter what brand name it is.


27 posted on 03/09/2011 3:25:04 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
Sheesh!

For the love of one's country is a terrible thing.
It banishes fear with the speed of a flame
And it makes us all part of the patriot game.

28 posted on 03/09/2011 3:26:33 PM PST by x
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

29 posted on 03/09/2011 3:26:38 PM PST by Emperor Palpatine (Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!!!)
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To: rcofdayton
Newt is a genius who will better serve us by churning out ideas

Yeah, real genius at work there. Like the time he cut the commercial sitting on the couch with none other than San Fran Nan telling us about the eeeeevils of anthropogenic Globull Warming. Yep, that dude is a freakin' genius! So much so he's already been run out of town once. Believe Newt at your own peril......

30 posted on 03/09/2011 3:27:31 PM PST by Thermalseeker (The theft being perpetrated by Congress and the Fed makes Bernie Maddoff look like a pickpocket.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

“I would vote for ANY Republican over Obozo, however.”

It turns my stomach to have to start thinking this early about the 2012 election and holding my nose with a puke bag at my side as I push the button on the ballot machine.


31 posted on 03/09/2011 3:27:31 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Sorry,this is an excerpt...forgot to hit the “excerpt” button.

http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/09/gingrich-presidential-announcement-in-early-may/


32 posted on 03/09/2011 3:27:36 PM PST by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (The "11th Commandment" applies to Republicans, not RINOs.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
“”I was working SO HARD and loved my country SO MUCH that I had an affair.””

This has to be one of the all time best lines I have ever heard! It's on a par with “haven't we met before”? Gotta love ole Nute. Next thing you know, he's gonna think we are stupid enough to vote for him, LOL! What an arrogant, condescending, self aggrandizing piece of crap! Did I forget anything?

33 posted on 03/09/2011 3:28:58 PM PST by snoringbear (Government is the Pimp,)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Well, if the nominee’s Elmer Gantry, Willard, or Newt I’m staying home election day and getting plastered.

I refuse to compromise on any more RINOs. If the GOP is stupid enough to put one up again like they did with Juan McLame four years ago, then we deserve another Obama term.


34 posted on 03/09/2011 3:29:06 PM PST by Emperor Palpatine (Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!!!)
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To: Flycatcher

John Edwards only loved his country twice, but Charlie Sheen loves his country twice a night!


35 posted on 03/09/2011 3:29:11 PM PST by RaceBannon (RON PAUL: THE PARTY OF TRUTHERS, TRAITORS AND UFO CHASERS!!!)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
Sorry, Newt [or should that be sorry Newt?] I don't think those excuses are going to fly.
36 posted on 03/09/2011 3:29:24 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
I'm not upset at him because of THAT affair. The affair I am upset about is his Elitist attitude and putting down Sarah Palin. That is unforgivable.
37 posted on 03/09/2011 3:29:29 PM PST by fish hawk (R. Emmett Tyrrell: Liberalism is dead. What we see now is "soft Nazis-ism".)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
The U.S., in it's more than 200 year history, has had many people serving in Government that have skeleton’s in their closet. The question is whether their private behavior interferes with their public duties. Considering the baggage Obozo copped to during his campaign (using cocaine for one), it would appear that someone's past behavior is no longer a disqualifier to their being elected. Who knows whether Gingrich's past will haunt his future?
38 posted on 03/09/2011 3:29:56 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier preparing to deploy to Afghanistan)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Sounds like the WH would guarantee him a 4th wife.

Pray for America


39 posted on 03/09/2011 3:30:58 PM PST by bray (Vote for Palin and against the Country Club)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

He’s nuts if he thinks anyone will buy that.

But then... Obama wants us to think that he destroyed our health care system because of his love for America.


40 posted on 03/09/2011 3:31:00 PM PST by Brilliant
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