He was giving a talk at the University of Pennsylvania yesterday when he was asked by Isabel Friedman how he reconciles his personal history with the religious values he attempts to force onto the rest of us as he runs for president.
After a passive aggressive swipe at the person asking a legitimate and relevant question, he responded by saying the following:
"I will be totally candid. I've had a life which, on occasion, has had problems," he said. "I believe in a forgiving God, and the American people will have to decide whether that's their primary concern."Full Story
How convenient that his god is so quick to forgive him his misdeeds while at the same time Gingrich is crucifying everybody else for theirs...
What Gingrich is telling us is that is that we shouldn't hold against him the fact that he was cheating on his wife in the evenings after spending his day persecuting President Clinton for doing the same thing because his god has forgiven him for his misdeeds.
Ignoring the obvious implications about about how his extra-marital affairs compare to President Clinton's in the eyes of Newts god, it sounds like Newt really believes that when choosing a president, we really don't care how Newt compares his own misdeeds to the same actions committed by others.
If he really believes when we're trying to decide his ability to lead the country we wont be considering how his hypocrisy and his inability to comply with the rules and moral standards he claims to cling to, he really is insane.
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