Falwell so taken with Gingrich's confession, he's invited him to deliver commencement address

[Bluebear]

LYNCHBURG, Va. - Newt Gingrich's admission of an extramarital affair as he pursued President Clinton's impeachment in the Monica Lewinsky scandal has won praise from another conservative Christian leader: the Rev. Jerry Falwell.

It's also helped to gain Gingrich an invitation to deliver the commencement address at Falwell's Liberty University. Gingrich is considered a possible Republican presidential contender, although he has not announced any intention to run....

Falwell, in his newsletter, said he has usually been able to tell when a man who has experienced "moral collapse" was genuinely seeking forgiveness. "My sense tells me that Mr. Gingrich is such a man," he wrote.

"I well remember the challenge we evangelicals faced in 1980 when our candidate, Ronald Reagan, was the first presidential candidate who had gone through a divorce. We wisely made allowance for God's forgiveness and America was the beneficiary of this historic champion," Falwell added.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070310/ap_on_go_co/gingrich_affair

[Suich]

1. Thanks for the late-night laugh, Bluebear!

Now I'm going to bed, after I throw up!

:hi:

[Erika]

2. Falwell hungry for power again

Newt is an out and out cheat. Contact Falwell at www.falwell.com

[Big Pappa]

3. I cannot

believe this guy still has such a following. I really think he was tortured as a child.

[xchrom]

4. this is by design.

gingrich and others want to see gingrich drafted for the gop candidate.

there's nothing about ''forgiveness'' here -- this pure political maneuvering.

[Solly Mack]

5. "We wisely made allowance for God's forgiveness..."

Kind of arrogant isn't it? Coming from a man who teaches the omnipotent power of God...

Kinda like saying "we approve of God's actions"

As if they even get to approve or disapprove if God is who/what they claim God is...

Newt's hoping to maintain the neo-con/religious right marriage.

That's his goal. That's his aim.

Oh, he'd accept the Presidency and he wants it...but that marriage made in a shit pile is needed by both the neo-cons and the power brokers of the religious right.

[Nikki Stone1]

6. Probably the first time this crook has made any allowance for God at all

And over a straying Republican penis.

Figures.

[BlueManDude]

7. Underestimate Gingrich at your own peril

He is a dangerous dude with more evil brainpower than the rest of the GOP field combined.

[Bluebear]

10. Where did I say I underestimate him? nt

[malaise]

8. Falwell should ask Robertson if

Gingrich's infidelity was responsible for Katrina.

Sp.

[B Calm]

9. Republican infidelity = moral collapse Democrat infidelity = adultery

[WinkyDink]

11. 'fessing up isn't the same as remorse and asking for forgiveness.

Newt seems a bit arrogant, in fact, on this issue.

[ComerPerro]

12. nothing like a speech from a phony before getting your phony diploma

[Disturbed]

13. Seven years later Newt confesses and grovels.

He is begging to be anointed by the Christo-Fascists. Damn, how obvious can this be?

[lpbk2713]

14. .... as planned.

Everything seems to be falling in place oh so easily.