Gingrich explains personal ‘mistakes,’ rejects charges of racist undertones

[Omaha Steve]

Source: MSNBC

By Carrie Dann

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sunday that voters are entitled to ask questions about the “mistakes” he has made in his personal life but said he’s confident that many social conservatives will back him in his 2012 presidential bid.

Gingrich, who has been married three times and has admitted to past extramarital affairs, said on NBC’s Meet the Press that Americans should look to the "strong marriage" he has with his current wife, Callista, and consider the “forgiveness” he sought from God for his personal transgressions.

“Every American has the right to ask these questions,” he said. “I have made mistakes in my life. I have had to go to God for forgiveness and to seek reconciliation. And I ask them to look at who I am today."

The former House Speaker said many conservative Republicans already back him despite the less squeaky-clean portions of his personal past.

Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/15/6647849-gingrich-explains-personal-mistakes-rejects-charges-of-racist-undertones

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Bet Rudy Giuliani is furiously taking notes.

Two sides of the same coin.

[Angry Dragon]

2. How about his ethics violations??

What do you say about them newt??


edit: spelling

[BumRushDaShow]

8. +1!!

Where's the part about him stepping down as Speaker of the House and leaving congress for bold-faced lying to Congress??? So far he's wantonly broken at least 4 of the 10 commandments already!

[Enrique]

3. how dare you accuse me of racist undertones!

my racism is overt!

[Hoyt]

4. +100 LOL

[Drale]

5. Racists very rarely admit or even realize that they are racists. nt

[SemperEadem]

6. who you are today is no different than all of your other iterations of your self

you're as crooked and misguided as you always were.

[Liberal Veteran]

7. Sounds fair to me.

Looking at him today, I see a race-baiting adulterer hypocrite flip-flopper with a penchant for not telling the truth and a proven track record of being horrible legislator who seems unable to keep his ethics (or lack thereof) in check.

[somone]

9. He's already forgiven by GOD

What more do ya want? :sarcasm:

[Beaverhausen]

10. you get what you give buddy

if you don't want people judging you, stop judging them.

[murielm99]

11. I am tired of them giving him a platform.

Who the heck is he to get all this free exposure? It is not right.

[SoapBox]

12. What a lying...filthy...dirt bag, this clown is...

Honest people would be so ashamed and embarrassed by this past, that they would go away and hide.

INSTEAD, scum like this in the GOBP, RushThug and T.HATERbagger cults wave $hit like this in America's face.

Come on America...Wake up and tell these creeps to go away.

[Sonoman]

13. This is beginning to remind me of the Jimmy Swaggart deal. nt

[customerserviceguy]

14. And Jim Bakker, Ted Haggard, etc.

The fundies usually buy that "God has forgiven me," crap.

But, if Caribou Barbie stays out of the race, who does the religious right back in the primaries? Mitch Daniels has the better divorce story, his wife left him, married another man, then divorced him and came back to Mitch and their kids. That would make him some sort of saint in fundie eyes, but he's going to have to get some solid support from the rest of the Repuke base before the bible thumpers will come around.

[Iliyah]

16. When you claim that

the current president equates to "food stamps" what overtone does he expect will come out? From what I'm seeing and hearing it sounds like most gopers are sociopaths. Newt running away from Ryan's medicare proposals is a effing smoke screen. Gopers, especially the governors say what people want to hear them say and then do the total opposite.

It's beyond me how women, seniors, gays and minorities can vote for gopers.

[silenttigersong]

15. all I can do astoundingly is

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[Odin2005]

17. And yet Clinton's "mistakes" warrented IMPEACHMENT? You fucking HYPOCRITE.

[daleo]

18. He was washed free of sin

Which makes him free to be a hypocrite all over again.

[ljm2002]

19. The first question I would ask him is...

...this: Would you say that your relationship with Callista was one of those "personal mistakes"? If not, why not? Weren't you having an affair with her while you were still married to your second wife? How can that be a solid foundation for a relationship? If you need to ask God for forgiveness for your relationship with Callista, how does she deal with that fact?

(just to see him squirm)