Seriously, is there a stupid bug going around? First NPR and now this? I was not going to touch the NPR stuff, but hell, our side is in the stupid sauce too. So, I figure I might as well give this idiot the same treatment I would the left.
First off the Video: (Via CBN)
The full quote, least I be accused of something I did not do:
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. And 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. I found that I felt compelled to seek God’s forgiveness. Not God’s understanding, but God’s forgiveness. I do believe in a forgiving God. And I think most people, deep down in their hearts hope there’s a forgiving God.
Somebody once said that when we’re young, we seek justice, but as we get older, we seek mercy. There’s something to that, I think. I feel that I’m now 67 I’m a grandfather. I have two wonderful grandchildren. I have two wonderful daughters and two great sons-in-law. Callista and I have a great marriage. I think that I’ve learned an immense amount.
And I do feel, in that sense, that God has given me, has blessed me with an opportunity as a person. Forget about all this political stuff. As a person, I’ve had the opportunity to have a wonderful life, to find myself now, truly enjoying the depths of my life in ways that I never dreamed it was possible to have a life that was that nice.
Let me get this straight; did he just say that he was screwing around on his wife —- because he loved the Country??!?!
Oh brother…. 🙄
This guy says that Gingrich sounds like Donald Trump:
While he is admitting that he did something wrong, he’s also trying to justify his behavior by aggrandizing himself. My own view is, when you’re owning up to something, you own up to it fully. You don’t try to explain or justify it yourself. The problem Gingrich faces when it comes to his personal problems is that the best possible argument a politician can make in these cases is that people should separate personal indiscretions from performance in office. Yet as leader of the effort to impeach President Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Gingrich is in the worst possible position to make that argument. So we’ll have to keep a close watch on how this goes over with the base.
Ouch! That’ll leave a mark! 😯
AllahPundit rounds up the snickering and giggle within the Conservative movement:
It ain’t just liberals and big media that are groaning at this explanation. Among conservative outlets/pundits that are rolling their eyes: The Daily Caller, Jim Geraghty of NRO, Philip Klein of AmSpec (who snarks, “Wilt Chamberlain must have really loved his country”), and John Podhoretz of Commentary, who advises Newt not to bother running after this bon mot.
Never thought I’d see the day that Neo-Conservatives would basically tell one of their own, “Nice try idiot!” But that day has arrived. 😛 ….and a great day it is! 😀
Oh yes, by the way…. remember what I said about prayer? The Republican Party; add it to the list — quick!