If you believe him and you are a Christian, then you can accept that he, like everyone else, is a sinner, and that he has changed his ways after repenting. I think that is how Evangelicals get to supporting him, along with liking the venom of his attacks on Obama and his quick wit.
For the record, I do not want to see Gingrich as the candidate, much less as President. However, I can understand how morals voters can reconcile themselves with support for Gingrich.
For the record, I do not want to see Gingrich as the candidate, much less as President. However, I can understand how morals voters can reconcile themselves with support for Gingrich.
I do accept that... believe me, it isn't his sexual history that makes the man non-palatable to me. It's just wondering how the vice that made Clinton the world's biggest scumbag to evangelicals is tolerated in one of their own.
I really hope Gingrich doesn't pull the nomination for the sake of my opinion of the GOP... even my fiance, who led grassroots campaigns for McCain, cannot stand the man. When she was the president of the student Republicans at Ozarks college, they spent most of their annual budget one year to bring Gingrich out to speak to them. He stood them up... and kept the money. On the other hand, if he does get nominated, it might be the one time in our lives we vote for the same Presidential candidate... or at least, the one time her vote doesn't nullify my own.
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/politics. And I STILL don't get the Evangelical Right.
- 26/01/2012 04:49:54 PM
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I cannot speak for them, but it seems like Gingrichs infidelity is old news.
- 26/01/2012 05:31:01 PM
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Roman emperors routinely sent out ευαγγελια.
- 26/01/2012 10:30:30 PM
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Fine as far as it goes, but the exclusive use made of it today is something more.
- 27/01/2012 10:49:42 AM
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"Evangelist" can only be used with respect to the writers of the Gospels.
- 27/01/2012 02:24:44 PM
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*NM*
Didn't he also claim to be fighting from outside the system?
- 26/01/2012 05:32:35 PM
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Castro's statement doesn't properly characterize the entire race, just certain candidates. *NM*
- 26/01/2012 10:25:51 PM
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Does it ever make you wonder if your model for conseratives is flawed? *NM*
- 26/01/2012 09:15:37 PM
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He admitted precisely that. *NM*
- 26/01/2012 09:49:30 PM
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not really
- 26/01/2012 10:04:27 PM
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I study religion in the south.
- 27/01/2012 12:24:11 AM
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But most of the South is probably not as religious as the people you work with
- 27/01/2012 02:12:28 PM
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Gingrich has stated that he "asked the Lord for forgiveness" on that matter.
- 26/01/2012 10:25:04 PM
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So did Clinton.
- 27/01/2012 12:27:40 AM
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I really don't want to defend Evangelicals, but I can understand the distinction there, too.
- 27/01/2012 04:31:18 AM
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Clinton didn't get in trouble for the BJ he got in trouble for the perjury
- 27/01/2012 03:14:19 PM
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Clinton got in trouble for being president.
- 27/01/2012 05:15:50 PM
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So you agree he was charged with pejury but you continue to act like you don't
- 27/01/2012 06:25:09 PM
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