(CNN) - Newt Gingrich stepped up his efforts to appeal to evangelical Christian voters in Iowa Monday by promising in writing to "defend and strengthen the family."
Gingrich, who has been married three times, specifically said he would "uphold the institution of marriage through personal fidelity to my spouse and respect for the marital bonds of others."
Gingrich made the pledge to The Family Leader, a socially conservative group based in Iowa. The organization has its own Marriage Pledge that other 2012 White House hopefuls have signed, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
Gingrich did not sign The Family Leader's pledge himself, but did provide a lengthy written response to the organization. The former House speaker said he was fully committed to defending traditional marriage, including enforcing the Defense of Marriage Act and supporting a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and woman.
Gingrich also used his pledge to lambaste what he called an intrusion of federal courts in the private lives of Americans, saying the phenomenon "amounts to a constitutional crisis."
In a statement accompanying Gingrich's pledge, Family Leader President and CEO Bob Vander Plaats welcomed the former House speaker's commitment.
"We are pleased that Speaker Gingrich has affirmed our pledge and are thankful we have on record his statements regarding DOMA, support of a federal marriage amendment, defending the unborn, pledging fidelity to his spouse, defending religious liberty and freedom, supporting sound pro-family economic issues, and defending the right of the people to rule themselves," Vander Plaats said.
In November, the group said it had narrowed the list of candidates it might endorse to four: Gingrich, Perry, Bachmann and Santorum.
Political observers have long questioned Gingrich's appeal to socially conservative Christian voters because of his multiple marriages. The pledge made Monday came after Perry questioned Gingrich's marriages at a Republican primary debate in Iowa Saturday.
Perry warned that a politician who was unfaithful to his wife might also cheat in other ways, adding, "if you cheat on your wife, you'll cheat on your business partner, so I think that issue of fidelity is important."
Gingrich took the criticism in stride, saying "I've made mistakes at times. I've had to go to God for forgiveness. I think people have to measure who I am now, and whether I'm a person they can trust."
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Newt, you already made & broke that vow twice – this is just plain gross. Wonder how many abortions he's been responsible for ...
It only goes to prove, that serial adulterers have feelings too. I wonder if the teavangelicals will buy into this, because Newtered only had affairs because he loved the country so much.
Well, this should prove interesting.
How utterly pathetic he is.
now that your 68 ... easy task ....you had your fun.. and now your a sr .... i will be true to my honey...yea right
Didn't Newt make that same pledge to his first 2 wives? We all can see how much he honored those pledges. Anyone who would vote for this vile man is in need of serious therapy.
How many crazy pledges do republicans have to make before voters realize that they are putting less important things above our country that will negate their pledge to our government and our people? Pledges to teavangelicals and Norquist are un American.
OMG, don't make promises you can't keep! What is it with the republicans and signing pledges??? You signed a marriage certificate too, but you chose not to honor that. Newt said "I asked God for forgiveness and had to reconcile my faith" then why are so you judgemental and critical of others? The bible I read says the merciful shall obtain mercy, there is nothing merciful about Newt, except when he is begging for mercy from others! HYPOCRITE!
How old are these people, 15?! What's with all this pledge crap? The only pledge they should be signing is to the American people, not these nut-job fruitcakes that want to impose their will/religion onto the rest of the country. I hope Gingrich get the nomination, I really do, because the republicans will lose in a landslide. The majority of Americans don't appreciate this crap nor do they trust Gingrich any further than they can throw him.
I'd just love to know how many of the people in here attacking Newt for his past marriages are themselves divorced!! With a 50% divorce rate, I would venture to say A LOT OF YOU ARE HYPOCRITES!
The former Speaker clearly defines "Do what I say but don't do what I do". What a golden Republican Rule to follow ? WOW !!!!.
What's this? Newt's now going to run a campaign based on "family values"? Will wonders never cease?
I'm going to repeat myself. Newt is only true to one person, and that person is himself. He once heard "to thyne own self be true" but didn't hear the end of the quote.
Wow, there goes the theory that Newt is running for president to meet women and get rich too. When Newt makes a pledge, he means it. Just kidding.
Can you say, "serial philanderer"? A pledge from this guy is like, well, no pledge at all. If this is what passes for a political candidate in America these days, we are all in deep trouble. Bob VanderPlatts and The Family Leader make me embarrassed to be from Iowa. Come on, people. Use your feeble brains once in awhile. Gingrich is a first-class clown who is interested in nothing other than hearing himself speak. Don't be fooled. He is still the same boob he's always been. We deserve better. I'm an Obama man, but take a look at Jon Hunstman. He's got brains, experience, and a heart, and he seems to be more concerned for America and all the Americans living here then any other Republican.
Noodle Nose Johnson
How utterly pathetic he is.
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Go Newt! Your nomination would guarentee a landslide reelection of Obama. Signed, thinking Americans
"Defending the unborn," Platts? What about the people already born?
As for Gingrich, it's not just his hypocritical stance on marriage that I don't trust him. Doing some research on his actions as Speaker of the House in 1994 (I was only a child that time), I see no reason to trust him running this country.
Seriously? I think we've already heard all of this before.
Peace.
The article incorrectly states the following:
"Political observers have long questioned Gingrich's appeal to socially conservative Christian voters because of his multiple marriages."
Being married multiple times is not really the problem; it was the adultery that lead to two divorces and to the second two marriages.
I'll bet some folks might buy that. But then again it just seems so Republican to have to promise that they'll be good- especially when we know they won't.
@So what was the marriage ceremony for?
All candidates should be asked whether they have ever been involved in abortion or not. Some may have paid or urged old girlfriends or sidekicks to have abortions.
Because someone is pro-choice does not mean that the person supports abortion, just like allowing atheist not to believe in God does not mean that one does not believe in God too.
Newt joins a lot of other family values republicans who were not loyal to their spouses, like Ensign, Vitter, Craig, Sanford, McCain. The only problem is they say they are family values republicans.
@Democrats answer blah blah
"I'd just love to know how many of the people in here attacking Newt for his past marriages are themselves divorced!! "
... and how many are presenting themselves as potentially the next leader of the country?? Miss the point much??
Democrats answer to everything, TAX THE RICH, TAX BUSINESS
"I'd just love to know how many of the people in here attacking Newt for his past marriages are themselves divorced!! With a 50% divorce rate, I would venture to say A LOT OF YOU ARE HYPOCRITES!"
Personally, I've been married for 14 years, and never been divorced: are you welcoming himk to your support group?
I think he is trying to sell us a swanp. Really Newt-y. I do not belive he is saying this. Trying to up is image with the T baggers, gonna only marry once to be faithfull promoters.
"I'd just love to know how many of the people in here attacking Newt for his past marriages are themselves divorced!! With a 50% divorce rate, I would venture to say A LOT OF YOU ARE HYPOCRITES!
Married 38 years and counting ... and, you?
Few people are called upon to express such a promise. Hmmm .. it sounds a lot like an Alcoholic promising to not drive drunk... like lindy Lohan in front of the judge saying “sir I promise I will not drive drunk” .. like the scorpion to the frog: “trust me if I sting you we will both drown” .... like the Ryan to seniors: “he GOP will protect Medicare” … like the GOP members of Congress “Give the Uber-rich even more money, more tax breakes, and free child labor and it will tinkle down” ….
How can a good Catholic be married three times, I never heard about this one are you sure he isn't a Mormon?
The question is: Do the evangelicals believe him, or have they smartened up with their GOPers and realize that the pledge is not worth the paper it is written on?
Maybe they are praying....
I mean, come the hell on people IT'S NEWT! NEWT GINGRICH we're talking about here!
"I'd just love to know how many of the people in here attacking Newt for his past marriages are themselves divorced!! "
You might want to start off by understanding that nobody is attacking Newtered for his part marriages, but rather how he disrespected and ruined them while simultaneously and hypocrtiically preaching "family values." After yo get that in your head, we can move on to teaching you that burning straw men really doesn't add to the discussion.
This is becoming more and more unbelievable. What are the consequences of breaking the pledge? Impeachment?
Peace.
"How can a good Catholic be married three times"
An interesting question actually. Someone should ask him whether he was granted annulments by the Church and how he managed to get them considering the reasons underlying the divorces.
Yes, Tax the rich, Tax the corporations, just like they tax the middle class, the 99%, why should we pay for corporate welfare and welfare for the rich. Democracy Now and we mean for the middle class. Why should I pay taxes and most of the rich welfare recipients pay nothing or something like 1%. This is not Democracy, this is enslaving the working class. Class warfare, you bet. Remember Russian and France.
No... Really? Are you serious? I mean, for real? Noooo. Seriously? C'mon maaaaaan.
Seems to me Newt and the others are hypocrites. They carry on about the gov't and the courts intruding on peoples private lives yet all these republican " Jesus freaks" think their views on religion, marriage, gays etc. is the way the country should be run. Are their opnions not an intrusion on people's private rights? Really scary to think that any of the Reublicans running might get elected.
His lips are moving...he's lying.......
Really, Newt? I think I'm going to be sick...
Say Ollie, didn't NEWT ALREADY SIGN A PLEDGE TO NORQUIST AND THE TEA PARTY ?
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You are so observant, Stanley my boy, NEWT HAS ALSO SIGNED SECRET PLEDGES TO THE KOCH BROTHERS, FANNIE MAE, THE WATERGATE DEFENSE FUND, THE NIXON SECRET LIBRARY, and THE RONALD REAGAN I CAN'T RECALL CENTER.
C'mon man. Really??? Spoken like a true philandering traveling saleman when leaving home on a business trip.
Peace out.
Lynda/Minnesota
"I'd just love to know how many of the people in here attacking Newt for his past marriages are themselves divorced!! With a 50% divorce rate, I would venture to say A LOT OF YOU ARE HYPOCRITES!
Married 38 years and counting ... and, you?
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28 years for me that feel like 28 minutes...under water (wink, wink)!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
47 years and counting - how about you?
The dude didn't just get divorced twice. He divorced a woman when she was on her death bed...while seeing who became wife #2. This guy didn't just simply have a marriage or two that didn't work out. He showed terribly sickening character and judgement.
Didn't Newt say that he committed marital sins because of his patriotism and love of country? So, why do we want to give heroin to the recovered addict? Sounds like a really bad idea to me. Don't you think so?
"I'd just love to know how many of the people in here attacking Newt for his past marriages are themselves divorced!! With a 50% divorce rate, I would venture to say A LOT OF YOU ARE HYPOCRITES!
I"m married and I've NEVER been divored. Surprise, surprise.
Julia
How can a good Catholic be married three times, I never heard about this one are you sure he isn't a Mormon?
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He wasn't a Catholic all of his life. He converted to Catholicism to marry his current wife.
:::"We are pleased that Speaker Gingrich has affirmed our pledge and are thankful we have on record his statements regarding DOMA, support of a federal marriage amendment, defending the unborn, pledging fidelity to his spouse, defending religious liberty and freedom, ....," Vander Plaats said.:::
Religious liberty and freedom? That's the OPPOSITE of what these people want! If you don't believe exactly what THEY believe, then they want to throw you out.
This man must stop fooling people. What is is the use of a pledge/vow while all the rights have been switched off. The vow/pledge is made that you should not go against that power/force to act accordingly. 68 years old now and he pretends that the rights are still on!!!! A big liar!
If Newt wore his pledges on his chest , he would look more like Soviet era General !
Ask his past wives about commitment compared to a pledge !
How dose a person hang himself with so much rope ?
A little late for that don't you think.
What a creep.
Very Pathetic Idiots. One with Three wives., the other, Ship jobs overseas with GREED. Ha, ha, ha, ha, Well, GOP...idiots.
Newt says he is upset about "an intrusion of federal courts in the private lives of Americans". And supports "defending the right of the people to rule themselves,"
Well, what about the DOMA and abortion? and pushing a "federal marriage amendment"? really? then, not letting local governments or states enforce stricter gun laws as a way to fight crime? Aren't these intrusions into our private lives? aren't these ways the federal government prevents us from ruling ourselves?
If they turned in a high school paper with so many inconsistencies in it they would not pass the class.
absolutely pathetic.
Like Calista is First Lady material. Priceless to say the least! Sleeping with her boss while he was married....real classy!
Are these "fine, God Fearing folks", like Ralph Reed ready to forgive Bill Clinton for his marital infidelity? Oh, I forgot , it was Clinton's lying that was the issue.
@ Lynda:
"Married 38 years and counting ... and, you?"
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29 years on my sentence so far.....
I guess, after all the fooling around and infidelity in the past, he's gotten it all out of his system.
Now – will he sign a pledge to change his ethics, so there is not a repeat of the issues that led to his resignation from the Speakership and from the House?
I believe he made such a pledge at three marriage ceremonies, too, and look how faithful he was to them. Nothing but a ploy to convince evangelicals that he is something he is not.
Like Calista is First Lady material. Priceless to say the least! Sleeping with her boss while he was married....real classy!
Don't worry a in austin – Cindy McCain didn't get to the WH and neither with Callista.
Personal fidelity to the "current" Mrs. Gingrich?
Oh, and "Woman in California"? Married and faithful for 30 years, going on 31.
Guess who else is still married and faithful to his first wife? Barack Obama.
Sorry I meant: Cindy McCain didn't get to the WH and Callista won't either.
@Sniffit
"How can a good Catholic be married three times"
An interesting question actually. Someone should ask him whether he was granted annulments by the Church and how he managed to get them considering the reasons underlying the divorces.
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I've wondered about the annulment(s) requirement also. It's been rather hush, hush. Perhaps he "converted" to get beyond the need for an annulment (or two). The whole past sins forgiven thingy.
"I think people have to measure who I am now, abd whether I'm a person they can trust"
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In a nutshell:
You don't "measure up" and I don't trust you.
The fact that Gingrich has to make this pledge should be a problem, especially for conservative evangelicals. How are we suppose to hold him in high regard (if he gets elected to the White House) and having our kids look up to them as an example, if God forbid, the are elected First Family? Are you kidding me? It's shameful.
Third time will be the charm????????? Newt keep your account at Tiffanie's open you will need it. Your current wife is a tramp lust like you.
Married 42yr going on 43 in January took our vowels -for better or for worst in sickness and in health in the sight of God and family... how can this man run for the highest offices with such baggage without out looking in the mirrow
Obama is a man with family values someone we as american can be proud of... If this man is choosen to be the nominee for the Republican what s shame... a sure 2012 win for a real family man.. Presidant Obama!!
People give this guy way too much credit for being smart. He actually is not that smart at all, smart people know how to cheat without getting caught, smart people don't have so many ethical offenses they get voted out of their job, smart people don't lead the charge for someone elses head to be a platter when they are doing the same thing and smart people don't say stupid stuff every 3 minutes and then act if America have amnesia! Last but not least if he were so smart he would not be running for POTUS knowing he will never be!
Gingrich: "I do, till death do us part... and this time I mean it"
Newt has marvelous personal fidelity: he always puts his personal interests first. When I look at Newt, I am reminded of a quote about Jefferson Davis: " He has every characteristic of a dog except fidelity."
What a grandstander.
And sadly, there are many (Republican) voters willing to believe him.
Who cares. There was like 1 pious founding father.
@ Fair is Fair who said:
29 years on my sentence so far.....
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It appears we have found commonality after all. Cool!
It does not mean squat whatever he "promises". His credibility is gone a long time ago.
He should just go home to his geriatric barbie.
@ Democrats answer to everything, TAX THE RICH, TAX BUSINESS
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I'm happily married, thank you so your exclamation is moot. I think you miss the point of the quibble many like myself have with Mr. Gingrich. He's running for POTUS and has aligned himself with a political party that espouses family values. His character, however, betrays him and renders him a liar and a hypocrite. Sure, Mr. Gingrich is a good rhetorician but his integrity and value system is inchoate. Now do you get the point?
"I've wondered about the annulment(s) requirement also. It's been rather hush, hush. Perhaps he "converted" to get beyond the need for an annulment (or two). The whole past sins forgiven thingy."
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Been a while since I left the Catholic faith, but I think annulments come into play if one was previously married in a catholic church and want to re-marry as a catholic again (which would not apply to Newt)... but like I said, been a while...
Gate open, horse long gone...
Julia and Sniffit, Newt didn't become a Catholic until after his third marriage. The Roman Catholic Church is under no obligation to recognize his previous marriages unless they were performed in a Catholic or Orthodox church.
ALL of these "Pledges" are nothing more than Ca-ca.
How is it Newt is a good catholic now? I thought Catholics weren't in good standing with the church if divorced. How did Newt and Calista explain their situation to the priest. How much did it cost to be accepted into the church when divorced twice. Good Catholic who found Jesus? Bull crap , only because it is now convenient to get the the vote of the religious right wing crackpots. I suggest you go on the Maury Povitch show.
A recent quote/analysis of Newter,
Newt Gingrich’s mind is in love with itself. It has persuaded itself that it is brilliant when it is merely promiscuous. This is not a serious mind. Gingrich is not, to put it mildly, a systematic thinker. His mind is a jumble, an amateurish mess lacking impulse control. He plays air guitar with ideas, producing air ideas. He ejaculates concepts, notions and theories that are as inconsistent as his behavior. He didn’t get whiplash being a serial adulterer while impeaching another serial adulterer, a lobbyist for Freddie Mac while attacking Freddie Mac, a self-professed fiscal conservative with a whopping Tiffany’s credit line, and an anti-Communist Army brat who supported the Vietnam War but dodged it.
More good news..... Romney is a 1%er and cannot relate to anyone and even more important doesn't know why! Paul is circling Neptune. Bachmann's husband will bring her down. How in the heck did Perry get elected Governor anyway??? Santorum is running for VP with anyone..... Huntsman is the only remaining candidate with integrity, experience, and wisdom required to beat Obama. Can't figure out why he isn't getting respect!
@Fair is Fair,
You could have gotten out of marrying her by committing a crime, going to jail for 20 years... And you would have been out by now.
Those who are withoiut sin, may cast the 1st stone at Newt! What on one other there?
Gingrich: "I promise that I won't cheat on my wife (this time), with anyone who is already married (this time), and if I do, I'll hide it better."
GI Joe
47 years and counting – how about you?
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Hello? Democrat blah blah? Helloooo??
Dominican mama:
You crack me up!!! You really do.
Looks like jamel is coming in first, and GI Joe heading into second ...
How many oaths does Newt have to break before folks figure out he's full of BS? He's a coward (draft dodger) and an adulterer who would sell his soul for the White House and probably has already.
Wire Palladin, S. F.
How many crazy pledges do republicans have to make before voters realize that they are putting less important things above our country that will negate their pledge to our government and our people? Pledges to teavangelicals and Norquist are un American.
Perfectly stated. Oath of office is all that should matter. All these other pledges to Grovel Nerdquist and whatnot are conflicts of interest. Enough.
The fact that the GOpsters would pick a THREE-time adulterer , a TWO-time divorcee as their 'champion' shows you how HYPOCRITICAL and PHONEY they are about ethics, family values and loyalty in general. Did I mention that the guy changes religion as frequently as Limbaugh lambasts unions?
Jesus loves me, but he can't stand you...
Didn't he pledge fidelity to the first two wives?
Like Calista is First Lady material. Priceless to say the least! Sleeping with her boss while he was married....real classy!
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So was this your assessment of Bill Clinton and his conduct while being a married sitting President? Like I said, all hypocrites...
An serial adulterer and his adulterous former mistress in the White House? And the Evangelicals are going to try to put him there?
Newt will say anything to get elected.
When he pushed for DOMA he was already destroying marriages... why should we believe him now?
Every time a republican screws up something, they ask God's forgiveness. These new Christians follow a book written by them and for them. Being a man, twice married and divorced, played on the side never asked for forgiveness. Child support was punishment enough, besides the Lord kept sending me good looking women my way.
Guess who else is still married and faithful to his first wife? Barack Obama
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And just how do YOU know??? Didn't John Edwards say the same thing???
How can he on the one hand attack the intrusion of federal courts into people's lives and on the other call for support of DOMA?
Oops. Sorry GI Joe ... misread your years of marriage ... just switch my last post around, K? You are in first place so far, and jamel second. My apologies.
Thing is, Newt ran for Congress as a reformer and a family values Christian. He was kicked out of Congress for corruption and he ended up being a serial adulterer. Suckers!
...Calista with Bike helmet , First lady.....LOL
Newt Gingrich has all ready broke his Vowels twice ,so what do you think a Pledge would do. Are you people really that Dumb. Not only Is he a Cheat he all so a Crook. And he LIE.
It's not so much that he was married three times but more about the fact that the was publicly ridiculing Clinton about Monica Lewinsky while at the same time he carrying on in an affair of his own. His picture appears under hypocrite in the dictionary.
This guy has changes his wife three times same number of times he changes his religion,Lutheran,Baptist now Catholic.He will probably run out of religions before he runs out of bimbos to marry.
"We all have to say it like it is " , it's the " career politician " that has got our country where it is !
Career politician have way too much time to be taken in by all the " special interest groups ", then there is the "foreign and domestic ".
This a problem we the" Citizens can fix ". To take control by picking up
your phone also sending emails then there is letters Not by asking but telling your reps
what you know should be done !
Tell them flat out You will no longer sit at home yelling at the morning paper or evening news broadcast!
Put it like this , if nothing has changed soon . Then he or
she should start looking for work !
This also goes for Obama !
Oh, good. I feel much better about Newt now. (NOT!)
Republican values??????? What a joke!
Democrats yada yada yada wrote: I'd just love to know how many of the people in here attacking Newt for his past marriages are themselves divorced!! "
Sorry champ, not me. Been married to my one and only wife for 20 years and counting; got married at age 22. I love my country very much, too, and have never had the need to engage in extra-marital affairs to express my love of country. Tax the rich and corporations just like people...well Mitt told me that Corps are people, too - so there you have it. Using your logic, the time to end all these subsidies has come due, we're broke. True believers of debt reduction would be looking at both sides of the balance sheet, not just one. So who's being a hypocrite?
Methinks Mr. Perry's remarks are no gaffe in this instance.
What a joke! Gingrich is like the town drunk making a sobriety pledge. Why are religious family values social conservatives giving Gingrich a free ride on the character issue?
Instead, he promises to screw all of us.
bwahahahaha is all I can say. Darn, I can't find the share button for my facebook page! LOL He is SUCH A JOKE and I assume there are some folks who will read this and ACTUALLY believe it. Once again, bwahahahaha!
Hey "Democrats answer to everything, TAX THE RICH, TAX BUSINESS"
Give it a rest, will ya?
Gee, I feel so much better now. Is this more binding than a marriage license? Or vows before God? Would you leave him in the same room with your wife?
I don't really care that he's an adulterer. We can forgive that. It is when he promises to imprison or stone to death anyone who commits adultery -starting NOW – that I find to be unacceptably immature and arrogant. There is no punishment for adultery, just sleep around all you want, and when you get caught, or when you are 68 or so, just say you made some mistakes and now you repent, then you can be the role model for all the boys and girls to follow.
Newt is very dangerous. I am sure the economy will be worse, wars will occur in the middle east and we will suffer a lot. He was too long in the political raw and he is not trustful (3 marriages, 3 religions, unfaithful. We need fresh people like Mitt Rom
I'm confused...how do you sign a pledge to uphold personal fidelity and vow to "protect marriage" yet speak critically of the federal governments intrusion on the rights of citizens? Shouldn't it be my right as a woman to manage my womb and whomever I choose to give my heart to? You just can't have it both ways...
Let's see! His wives have heard that three times before and he screw up twice. Why should things change now?
This guy has been married 3 times, has joined 3 churches (lutheran, baptist, catholic) and suffers from Delusions of Grandeur. He claims he quit congress because congress was burned out. In fact there was a GOP coup led by Senator Lindsey Graham to oust him and he was fined $300,000.00 for ethics violations. When this man looks in the mirror in the morning he sees Charles de Gaulle. How could anyone think of handing this mentally unstable man the buttons to nuclear weapons.
Gingrich also emphasized the importance of character in one of the speeches in January, something that will factor into voter decisions during the 2012 election cycle.
"The fact is what matters in life is your character, not your I.Q.," Gingrich said
The Presidency should is held in High Regard. Chracter is what we should use to determine who will best represent us. Gingrich's character is shameful and no one who has a consistent record of adultery should ever be considered for the office of the Presidency. How do we really know what he says now we can really beleive. He has switched religions 3 times and his wives 3 times as well. He signed the marrige pledge, but I feel he signed many years too late. I cannot beleive anyhting this man says. Talk a bout a flip flopper, I love you, no wait I love someone else. Oh I love you now, no wait I love someone else again.
But THIS time he REALLY means it! Honest Injun!
Nonsense!
If Gingrich can't keep his personal fidelity pledge with his several wives why should we believe he's going to be faithful to others who are not (yet) his wives? How many wives is he going to have eventually? Is he really a Mormon?
Newt need not worry much about this because he's a Republican and the religious right tend to be more forgiving of them than they are of Democrats. Had President Obama or any other Democrat had done the same as Newt had done I doubt if they would be so willing to turn a blind eye. But that is the way it is with them, morality only really matters if you lean to the left..the right is forgiven and all is forgotten just ask Sen Vitter.
And forget about asking him for the Car Fax.
Democrats answer to everything, TAX THE RICH, TAX BUSINESS
Guess who else is still married and faithful to his first wife? Barack Obama
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And just how do YOU know??? Didn't John Edwards say the same thing???
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How do you know, and why is this relevant to the thrice-married, twice divorced, disgraced speaker who was forced to pay for the cost of his own ethics investigation that you are so vigorously defending? Please tell me why deflecting to what you wish were the case with the President? Could it be you know you don't have a leg to stand on? Bet you were a Herman Cain supporter.
All these empty promises simply mean that this guy has depleted his testosterone production, notihng more.
" I'd just love to know how many of the people in here attacking Newt for his past marriages are themselves divorced!! With a 50% divorce rate, I would venture to say A LOT OF YOU ARE HYPOCRITES! "
I married 30 years ago, and stayed that way for nearly 5 years. I did not get divorced, and have not remarried.
NEWT is the man !!!! because I want Obama to be re-elected !!!!!!!
@Fair is Fair:
Thanks! Makes more sense as anything I could come up with ... I'm not at all familar with Catholic Church doctrine.
This stuff appeals to many conservative voters because many of them are "single issue" voters with misplaced priorities.
What a joke.
>Newt Gingrich has all ready broke his Vowels twice
> Are you people really that Dumb.
Excuse while I roll on the floor for a good laugh!!
Oh, really!!! Even Thomas Jefferson had affairs with who knows how may!!!!
Newt is just pandering to the early caucus state voters–most of which are the most undereducated, underpriviledged republican stronghold states in the union. If some of these states would vote out their oppressors, they might actully see what it's like to live in a democracy as opposed to a dictatorship or theocracy.
Newt may be enjoying his standings in states like Iowa, NH and SC, but there are 47 states that he has to pass the test, and with his record and past ethics sanctions, I doubt he will convince everyone in every state. He is a bloated pig that should be shown the door out of Washington DC for good.
President Obama 2.0, 2012
What is it with the REPUBES and pledges. Who cares because their views on how to fix the mess we're in pretty much sucks except for corporations and the rich!!
>SOUTHERN HOTTIE Give it a rest, will ya?
Oh Hottie, not a chance.... Guess you just don't like it when the same misconduct of Democrats is brought up?! You're all willing to ignore or give THEM a pass but attack others for the same misconduct. Like I said, hypocrites all...
Democrats answer to everything, TAX THE RICH, TAX BUSINESS: with regards to your comments about Bill Clinton: Gingrich lost seats in the '98 midterms, and he was exposed ( pun intended) as a hypocrite. The GOP, to its credit, did fine him for the cost of the investigation while sparing him from the bulk of the charges against him. He resigned his Speakership and his seat with a minimal amount of whimpering. No one enjoyed watching the sordid details of Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky ( except for the conservative voyeaurs that used taxpayer money to publish and purchase the graphic grand jury testimony Clinton was forced to give), but apparently you did. Its a pity you don't hold Newt to the same standard Clinton was held to by the GOP, but see fit to do the now standard line of lies and attacks by the GOP, all the while blaming the MSM, the DNC, etc. This is about Newt's hypocrisy: stay on topic so you don't appear as an even bigger ass than you normally do.
Democrat Answer to everything-
I hope you took the time to read the multiple responses to your rather snarky question. Based upon your continued incoherent ranting I would venture a guess that it didn't really matter to you in the first place. Once again-HERE IS THE PROBLEM WITH NEWT. He led a crusade against a man who was doing the exact same thing he was doing, which makes him a hypocrite. " Newt is his own worst enemy here-he could just say, "you know what? I f@$%ed up then and that sucks. I apologize. I have worked really hard on myself personally and do feel I am a strong candidate for presidency. Please give me a chance to tell you about my ideas". Instead, he signs a BS "pro-family" contract. He's doing it to himself.
Why didn't Newt make the same pledges to his first 2 wifes. Oh yeah, they couldn't help get him elected. Again, this idiot will say and do anything to get elected.
I have chosen to remain single, but have cheated with several of your wives! BWAHAHAHA!!!
Thank you for your liberal charity!!
Hey Rudy NYC - I've been married to the same man 53 yrs and think Gingrich is a barnyard animal. And if critics of Newt are divorced, they aren't running for the office of President, but Newt is and will never understand what fidelity means.
"Newt Gingrich stepped up his efforts to appeal to evangelical Christian voters in Iowa Monday by pledging in writing to "defend and strengthen the family.""
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Which family is that Newt? Your first one.... Your second one.... or your third one?
Real easy to take that pledge now that you are 68... Like Chris Rock says: "Don't nobody wanna give Newt Gingrich some..."
You just screwed up though.. see now you have made this an issue in the campaign.. its always been an issue but it was a sleeping tiger..
Guess who woke the tiger up? You did.. now the people who dont know about you and your wandering dick will soon find out.. the news cycle will take care of that with the commentary on your latest pledge of fidelity.. (unlike your other 2 that didn't quite work out)
I guess when you are the candidate who has a couple divorces under his belt already you really need to more vocally promise to be faithful to your current wife than the guys who haven't cheated on and divorced two previous wives. But, then, I've never quite gotten why for all these christian conservatives the vows they actually took to their wives and their god are simply not enough for them.. they have to promise to everyone else that they will keep the promise they already made years ago.
Who are these people, who believe him (still)? This guy is a fraud and people who support him, inspite of knoging about his infidelity, are fools, imbeciles or idiots.
And he really means it this time.
So hilarious. The se guys just LOVE signing "pledges."
Beware the wandering "eye of Newt."
Newt has to be the "scuzziest, dirty old liar' on this earth. He has made so many vows before, especially to wives!!!, how in the world can the christians of this country even listen to his lies. Maybe Newt is getting down on the same level as some christians, ie: Paula White, Eddie Bishop , Richard Roberts and numerous catholic "leaders", who have led small boys into ruin. Newt, you are just a DIRTY OLD MAN who had the stupendous gall to be a judge over President Clinton, while having your own affair. Get lost!!!
what a PIG! too bad they are not concerned for ALL families with their little faux pledge...just families like their own.
Southern Hottie:
Democrat blah, blah will get right back to you just as soon as he looks up "inchoate" in the dictionary and learns how to use it in a sentence!!
Only Jesus people would be stupid enough to fall for this again and again and again!
Umm...isn't that what wedding vows are? hahaha
It's a little late to be telling people you are going to control your trouser trout. if elected Tell that to your first two wives.
I believe in Newt!
I believe he is a fat little boy, with a twisted mind, a hypocritical soul, a dysfunctional view of history, a greedy heart, and an eye for every woman in a short skirt.
Watch out Carlista, wife number four is at Wal-Mart shopping for hairspray as I write!
Thank goodness for male menopause... it makes commitment to such a pledge possible for Mr. Gingrich.
Moral appeasement is an unforgiving swine.
I've got $10,000 that says he's already cheated on his current wife. So does his pledge mean he'll at least quit cheating on her?
Hasn't he already pledged fidelity three times before??? Oh yeah, and he was twice proved to have violated that pledge.
I believe he has pledged fidelity at least three times already. His record speaks for itself.
The way Gingrich has run his campaign is a microcosm of the manner in which he would most likely run the country... in debt and with very little internal organization or unity. Is this really what America needs right now?
Not too hard of a pledge. Even I'd pass on that one. Geez. Look at him.
Of course he can be faithful now - the old codger probably hasn't had it up quite a few years.
If evangelicals believe Newt they are dumber then I thought (if that's possible)
about half (or over) of the people in this country are divorced...this is like telling kids there's no santa claus.
Would anyone even want to do Newt? Yuk.
or prince on a white horse.
Can he spell the word?
Adultery is a serious character flaw. But twice? Hurting people like that is evil.
I suppose Christianity is about forgiveness and this was his baptism.
And I promise to stop robbing banks if I get your support! Please forgive me of the first two hold ups, but the money just looked so tempting. I am reformed now, I barely even look at money these days.
It's a secret Mormon conspiracy. Gingrich is actually a mormon and has mutliple wives. He is going to hook up with Romney and they will have two Mormons on the ticket bypassing the Evangelicals. It is all one big conspiracy and phallic symbol.
A little late for that.
I can't think how anyone in the right "sound" mind could feel comfortable voting for Newt Gingrich.
another republican pledge, will they never learn?
Stop, stop, you're killing me, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Didn't be promise fidelity each time he got married?
Democrats answer to everything, TAX THE RICH, TAX BUSINESS
I have chosen to remain single, but have cheated with several of your wives! BWAHAHAHA!!!
Thank you for your liberal charity!!
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Proving once again that conservatives cannot function without a ready supply of juvenile cheap shots and zingers supplied by Uncle Rupert's propaganda network. Now run along home, Mom will have a nice dinner waiting for you after you clean out your basement room. By the way, did you bother looking for a job today?
Cheat on ex-wife while she undergoes cancer treatment = unforgiveable
I see Newt Gingrich but I hear Herman Cain.
Newt.....
May come as a surprise....... fidelity is a given....not a pledge
I pledge to not vote republican in 2012. these guys are hypocrits...every one of them, except Ron Paul, who is just plain misguided.
What an absolute pig!
Newt Gingrich is what it is wrong in our Congress.
This whole pledge thing is a bad joke, right?
typical, no one is worse than a reformed drunk... here he is saying he has learned his lesson ...this time
Teapublicans, "Newt, jump."
Newt, "How high?"
Teapublicans, "Now put your nose ... here."
Newt, "OK."
wow this seems to be a REAL touchy subject with some of the righties that post here all the time. Yet it's the Republicans that seem to be attacking Newt more on this.
And by the way HAD Obama not been faithful to Michelle FoxNews and the rightwing media would have found that out by now I'm sure.
Once again, other Republican saying "don't do as I do, do as I say" Newt you are a liar. You have some nerve to ram family vaules down our throats, when you can't keep your own family morals and values together. Remember you wedding vows (you said them 3 times)...for richer or poorer..till DEATH do you part". Your ex's are still alive, therefore you sinned, and you should not be teaching us "family values:"
Newt Gingrihc hasn't changed a bit. He looks the same, dresses the same, talks the same, thinks the same....
It's easy to be monogomous when you can't find your dick under your belly fat.
I hope he's serious about this pledge. Calista looks like she'd shoot him in his sleep if he tried anything like that with HER. She wants to be First Lady. Lord help us.
Sorry Newter, but you're way, way too late for this kind of promise. You promised God twice not to cheat on your wife, or lie, or do how many other things. And you've failed to keep any of them. Your word is no longer enough - your actions have spoken and they speak ill of you, especially since you continue to lie and show your disrespect for your fellow humans by deciding that the poor, the elderly, veterans and those who can not afford health care do not count in your world.
I can't understand how their Oath of Office (for those currently holding an ofice) isn't enough... what's with all of the pledges???
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha ! Pretty bold statement for a guy almost 70 years old ! I think our daughters and wives are safe, but now that he has embraced the pedophiles favorite religion, don't leave him alone with any young boys.
So, he will stop the government intrusion into our personal lives, unless we are part of a nontraditional family.
Owh come on Newt!!! It's like Bin Laden saying I will love America and the Americans. Tell it to the marines, Newt.
How very nice of the newter man. Pledging now at 60 years old? What about your two wives and I wouldn't put it past you getting some on the side of helmet head (aka wife #3).
Converting to catholicism tells me absolutely nothing. Think pedophile priests!
As a conservative, I find this man disgusting.
Well Newt I think the evangelicals will believe you because they are people who can easily be fooled especially by you.
But if Jesus has forgiven him, then everything is ok.
You have got to be kidding me. How stupid does he think we are. How degrading!!!
Jesus is as far left liberal as one can get.
Christianity today is mostly Anti-Christ(ianity)
Jesus is as far left liberal as one can get.
Christianity today is mostly Anti-Christ(ianity)
Jesus is as far left liberal as one can get.
Christianity today is mostly Anti-Christ(ianity)
Newt is a disgusting individual.
'Til death do we part. Wondering what happens if Gingrich is elected and America catches cancer.
I will be a good boy. Really I will. Really. Just please select me as the nominee. I will say anything to get elected. LOL.
Are these pledges signed in blood? These holier than tho evangelical groups make me sick.
Politician promises generally aren't worth much. Pledges from Newt are even worse; they have no value at all.
@Democrats answer to everything, TAX THE RICH, TAX BUSINESS
"I'd just love to know how many of the people in here attacking Newt for his past marriages are themselves divorced!! With a 50% divorce rate, I would venture to say A LOT OF YOU ARE HYPOCRITES!"
There is ONLY ONE PERSON who was having a fair with his staffer while organizing impeachment of the President.
Who would be the partner in that crime? Ewwwwwwww.
This guy is nothing but a pack of lies. CAN'T be trusted!!!!
Isn't that what he said or committed to with his other wives? Come on Repugnicans, is this again the next best you got? You all are a sad group and a sad political party.
Bet his fingers were crossed. Personal fidelity until the election is over, wink, wink. Republicans and their pledges. Thanks for the laugh Newt.
Yes, Canuck, exactly. AND how many are pledging fidelity in a non-binding pledge when the binding pledge meant nothing to him, while trying to tell sheep how meaningful it will be, and how it makes him so electable. I do not object to the divorces per se, I object to A) his attacking President Clinton while engaging in *exactly* the same behavior, and B) the completely sanctimonious way he is portraying his Godliness while being totally judgemental at the same time. HE is the ultimate hypocrite, and is just not worthy of anyone's vote.
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Canuck
@Democrats answer blah blah
"I'd just love to know how many of the people in here attacking Newt for his past marriages are themselves divorced!! "
... and how many are presenting themselves as potentially the next leader of the country?? Miss the point much??
Thats great that the conservative evangelical Christians have their pledge from Newt and they can now feel comfortable with him speading their hate. When I hear this stuff I always ask myself. Is this something Jesus would approve? I don't think so.
what bizarro world we just got ourselves in
I want a Strong Republican. Okay, Get the Strongest one out of RET, and get him back too work.. To save the good old usa.
Do Evangelicals have to check their brains at the door? Gingrich is currently lying about being a Freddie Mac lobbyist and having been a lobbyist in general after having led a life of fairly uninterrupted and certainly profitable sleaze. But now take his "word of honor" as a conservative on the basis that he is willing to spout whatever stomach churning pap the religous right wants to hear.
Democrats answer blah blah blah: "So was this your assessment of Bill Clinton and his conduct while being a married sitting President? Like I said, all hypocrites..."
Let's see...Warren Harding's (R) one and only child was born to his MISTRESS in 1919, the year before he was elected President (his long-suffering wife served as FLOTUS). Herbert Hoover (R) used to bang his secretary in the same room where Monica gave Bill his BJs. Dwight Eisenhower (R) had an affair with his driver. Divorcee Ronald Reagan (R) got Nancy pregnant before the wedding. But hey, at least Richard Nixon (R) was faithful to Pat.
BTW - I've been married 24 years to my one and only wife.
Aww, that's cute. Too little, too late.
Why can't Bloomberg get his hat in the Ring like Trump? Come on Bloomberg, Help us. We need your help. Help save america. You and your company can fix all the problems... with in the United States, You know where all those out sourcing been going on for the past 60 years.
So Newt has taken vows? Well, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me a few hundred times, shame on me.
Really?This guy might be the slimiest politician of all time and thats saying a lot.
@Democrats answer to everything, TAX THE RICH, TAX BUSINESS
"I'd just love to know how many of the people in here attacking Newt for his past marriages are themselves divorced!! With a 50% divorce rate, I would venture to say A LOT OF YOU ARE HYPOCRITES!"
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Nobody cares about Newt's divorces. It's his total lack of honor that makes him unworthy to serve as leader of the greatest nation on earth. How clear does it need to be for you? He was hasmmering a staffer while he prosecuted Clinton for the same thing! His wife had cancer when was fooling around on her! He was disgraced by the House for ethics violations. He slammed Freddie Mae then took 1.6 million from them as a lobbyist! Nobody gives a rat's @$$ about his divorces. You should question your own judgement for supporting the little weasel. Step away from Fox News... that might help.
If he can't uphold a vow to one person, how can he be expected to uphold an oath to an entire country? He's proven he's untrustworthy, no one else has to say it.
Some posters brought up excellent points about Newt's being Catholic and on his third marriage. I remember Senator John Kerry being denied Holy Communion because he was divorced man. However, it appears that those same rules did not apply to Rudy Giuliani or other Republicans who were divorced and remarried. Just saying.
Do evangelicals believe him? Evangelicals believe anything their weird alternative reality tv network "pastors" tell them to. All ya gotta say is "pro-life," "pro-Je-us," anti-liberal," and "praise the lord." Throw in support for Israel, guns, and belief in the Rapture, and you can do anything. Forgiveness applies only to those who echo the above. There is no forgiveness for liberals, nor even for centrists like Clinton. Only for phony conservatives like Newt. And no one ever bothers to understand what conservative really means. Sad.
I hear he's in talks with the Kardashian family about dumping Callista in favor of one of the girls, since it's all a show anyway.
He will get my vote. He is one of the few politicians that don't claim to walk on water. Over 55 % of marriages end and it really doesn't matter why as marriage today is no more sanctified than a bowel movement thanks to women and their confusion as to their womanhood. Women today have forgotten what it is TO BE A WOMAN, mother, and a wife.
The problem is not that he got divorced twice. It's that he was cheating on each wife during the marriage. If he had gotten the divorce and THEN skrewed around, I wouldn't have a problem with it.
LOL!!!! A snake is still a snake after it sheds it skin, no difference with Newt, he is corrupt to the bone.
Newt sounds like a parody of the Verizon commercial: "Can you trust me now?" He will be faithful until he isn't. And he will decide when that will happen. Let's not overlook that he chooses which marital bonds he will support.
On a related note, the concept of candidates and elected officials signing pledges offered by single-issue organizations and then using that pledge as an excuse to not participate in the public discourse while in office should be a reason for removal from office.
I am glad he said he was going to give fidelity to his spouse otherwise I was thinking he was inferring his cat giving him a technical loophole which would not be binding.
News flash: Habitual liar pledges not to lie again. His muppet followers believe him. Liar rises in the polls. And the beat goes on...
This is just more proof as to how low the man will stoop to get the presidency. His other 2 pledges didn't work because they were only to wives and the Lord, and didn't have votes attached. Not only is he a hypocrite, but the folks who believe that this piece of paper has any real meaning to the coot are even worse. What a group of IDIOTS!
LOL, just like he pledged fidelity to the first two women he married?
Did Mrs. Gingrich also vow to " respect for the marital bonds of others"? After all, she carried on an affair for 6 years with a man she knew was married. What a fine example of womanhood and family values she'd be a First Lady.
Any of these "Christian conservatives" who support Gingrich are liars and hypocrites, just like Gingrich is.
I promise! I really am done scr3wing my staffers this time. I didn't mean it during my marriage vows the last two times.
JOE T>>>>> America is already a cancer, on the world, just answering your earlier question.
Some people are so desperate to get elected I wouldn’t be surprised if they promised the skeptical electorate that if they voted for them they would promise to drop dead if elected. Seriously this reminds me of an old Gilligan’s Island episode where Gilligan dreams he becomes leader of some banana-republic type country and when the people are calling for him to make an appearance on the balcony he doesn’t know what to say, so one of his advisers tells him to: “ promise dem dis, dat and de udder ting” and when he does this the crowd can be heard breaking out cheering.
Is it the same pledge that said Blacks were better off in slavery?
Not good enough! I want more pledges from you Newt:
1. that you'll stay off the cupcakes, hamburgers, pork rinds, and whatever else you're eating to give you that Santa Claus look.
2. stop wearing shirts with button-down collars!
3. change your hairstyle. There's only room for one "The Donald" hair fiasco.
hahahahaha! Married 3 times and preaching fidelity!??? get outta here! OBAMA 2012!
To hear this man or anyone else say thinks like "Christian Values", and "Defense of Marriage" when they have done one imoral thing after another makes me sick. The Democrats are no more moral than the Republicans but they DO NOT go around criticizing and calling other people imoral and say they are "Christians" . I am not happy about what either party is doing but only one is an imoral hypocrite.
Evangelicals have descended pathetically from who they are - committed Christians wanting to share Jesus Christ - to political fanatics who will believe anything anyone says, as long as they claim to be Christians - no matter that they have demonstrated that they care noting at all for Jesus, Christianity, or any moral principles at all. Newt Gingrich is a conscienceless megalomaniac who will do and say anything at all to gain power. Have the Evangelicals forgotten the reminder that the Devil can - and does - quote Scripture?
Didn't he already make that pledge – technically under oath by getting married whether it be with a government employee or in a church? He didn't keep those promises. why this one? Oh yeah, he's old now.
And what's with all these written pledges and promises given to our elected officials and those running? Are they even legal? Can they take an oath that will affect their ability to vote on given bill s while in office?
The very thought of Newt as President is the answer to every bulimic’s quest to find the perfect laxative.
Who cares..he could pledge the moon and I wouldn't believe a word he said.
Okay, I stood up for when some in the religious right were complaining that you had repented enough.
This goes too far! Quit cratering to the religious right. The marriage vows are for that!
And you wonder why this conservative will not vote any conservative or Republican. You are being lead around by the nose by Pat Robertson, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and the Religious Right!
I forgive Newt, but I will not vote for anyone that panders to Bob VanderPutz!~
...locking that ol' barn door after the horses have gone?
Why waste words, when instead we can all simply say "Bwahahahahahaha!!!!"
Nobody in the GOPvangelical movement cares what he does or does not do. It's "just win baby!"
Fidelity pledge? Didn't he already break that pledge twice? Why trust him now?
The man does not know how to speak the truth. How does he think he is going to strengthen the family. That is an idiotic statement and it is idiotic to believe that any president can strengthen the family.
I agree with Jose. The evangelical movement has lost all credibility in their quest for power. Newt's "sacred" vow to be true to what, his third wife or so, makes me ill. What a creepy guy and what a bunch of losers supporting him. In some ways, the repuglicans deserve to have him on the ticket. Yuck!!!
This is too funny. Married 3 times (left one disabled wife) but still feels the need to protect the traditional family? What a total hypocrite. This guy is a joke.
according to the catholic rules newt can be "forgiven " for adultery–but being forgiven for divorcing the first wife for having cancer and divorcing the second wife for having MS does not make the the girl friend a legitimate wife. in order for this "confession" to "take" he must regret his "sin" and seek to make his life clean -that would make him leave his girl friend.
i notice the church has said nothing-the "see no evil is still in vogue in the church. i guess they feel they have "bagged" big fish with this tbagger.
Newt Gingrich's wife has released a statement in support of his renewed marriage pledge.
"I stand by my husband's commitment to family values and fidelity. As a wife, I cannot emphasize how much this means to me. Forget weddings wows and promises to your spouse – what can show more commitment than promising fidelity to a social conservative group in Iowa? I am proud to be married to a man of his integrity and honor.
Newt might have made some mistakes in the past, but I am firm in my conviction that he is a changed man. I trust him fully to always – no matter what happens – stay truthful to his vows made in Iowa. And if he doesn't, he can always make a new vow at the next campaign stop. That's just the kind of man he is – and I love him for that."
LOL. Yeah right. After three (3) bites at the apple, he all of a sudden wants to pledge "personal fidelity" now that he is running for POTUS. Give me a break. (Rolling Eyes). Steve Wonder can see him from a mile.
In further news...Gingrich announces he is now terminally impotent.
Wow, the pious tevangelicals are defending Newt. If he were sincere, Newt would be neutered.
Perhaps he can hire someone to hose him down with ice water when he gets the unfaithful urge again.
I'm not worried about Gingrich. It is a fact that you cannot win the office of the President without the support of the woman vote. No way a decent woman, republican or democrat, is voting this slime and his hoe into the White House. I don't know how he expects to get around that. His candidacy is DOA.
Unless he is paying her by the hour, I don't think Newt will have much luck finding someone interested in having an affair.
Is a marriage vow not a pledge? Why has an additional pledge got to be made? How about the GOP pledge to the American people that they will stop acting like grade schoolers and start acting like responsible adults. That they will focus on creating jobs (as pledged to the American people when they won back congress) – so far the only pledge they seem to be able to keep are the ones given to Norquist and the radical religions right.
Wonder what part of him any woman would want.....he he he he he he!!
This is like Lindsay lohan signing a pledge about not spreading her legs on Playboy for money.
> He was disgraced by the House for ethics violations.
Yeah, right. 84 charges made by the Democrats. 83 THROWN OUT. One minor one agreed to. Pure politcia BS with Nancy Pelosi involved. Yes, very fair I'm sure! BTW, where is HER ethics violation on insider trading?
>He slammed Freddie Mae then took 1.6 million from them as a lobbyist!
He wasn't a lobbyist so stop spreading lies. As a private business person, he has a right to make a living by consulting. I know Democrats want to keep everybody on the bread lines, but many of us want to work and earn our keep.
The only thing worse than having Newt as POTUS is having his gold digger wife as First Lady........
I also believe in the tooth fairy.
Newt's previous wives are saying: "if I only made him take a PLEDGE, he would have never cheated on me." They shoulda known wedding vows are NOT A PLEDGE!!! silly ladies
Newt's previous wives are saying: "if I only made him take a PLEDGE, he would have never cheated on me." They shoulda known wedding vows are NOT A PLEDGE!!! silly ladies
Considering how well he's done with pledges like this in the past, I'd take this with a grain of salt.
At his age, how much of a promise is he really making? As for promoting the idea for others, he probably can't spell hypocrisy–just live by it!
That's true, the women voters would be installing the other, other woman in as First lady when indeed she is the third.
Anyone that signs a pledge is not worthy of voting into office and all that have signed pledges need to be voted out. Sign a pledge to everything you can for every American and do your job, compromise and that is it, enough with these silly grade five pledges.
This Gop reality show is entertainment at its best. Palin preaching abstinence, Newt preaching faithfulness in marriage,
Newt you made the promise 3 – 4 time's already haven't you, correct me if i am wrong isn't this fidelity pledge a part of marrage vow's, just saying
Newt, as a fellow Republican I plead with you, please just go away.
Newt Gingrich.. the gift that keeps giving.. Go ahead and win the nomination..
It will make it that much easier for Pres. Obama in the general election.. The commercials will be really easy by the PAC's that support Obama..
"President Obama.. one wife... Newt Gingrich.... three wives... two mistresses.. two affairs.. which one do you trust?"
It seems Republicans cannot behave properly without first taking some type of "pledge".
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The hubris of Gingrich–that serial adulterer gasbag that he is–talking about fidelity is only outmatched by the audacity of the Family Leader admonishing the government to "respect the right of people to rule themselves" whilst at the VERY SAME TIME advocating for restrictive government laws that would do precisely the opposite (i.e. dictate who may marry whom).
I am sickened by both parties in this farcical exchange. Would this have appeared in the Onion, my laughter perhaps would not be so rueful. As this is, apparently, a story meant in utter seriousness, I find myself wishing for a strong drink and a long nap.
Cheers,
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I wish the GOP would all just take a pledge to go away.
mac58 wrote:
He will get my vote. He is one of the few politicians that don't claim to walk on water. Over 55 % of marriages end and it really doesn't matter why as marriage today is no more sanctified than a bowel movement thanks to women and their confusion as to their womanhood. Women today have forgotten what it is TO BE A WOMAN, mother, and a wife.
Mac,
I'm assuming you are a man. IF so, when men started to depend on their wife, mother, girl friend, lover, etc., for a paycheck they LOST all their manhood. Please read the definition of a man.
What a bunch of HOG WASH
Wow, like he would have said the same thing any other year. The Family Leader is expecting the candidates to sign a Pledge. I find that somewhat offensive, as if that organization feels that a candidate should be beholden to them.
There must be something about being President that makes one to lie through his teeth just to be elected to that office. But when Evangelicals begin to cohabit with a Catholic just win votes, there is something very wrong with the presidency.
Calista our First Lady, just the thought of it sickens me. We don't need a tramp and a hypocrite in the White House!
thhis tbagger bunch overlooked the fact that he was thrown out of the leadership and thrown out of congress by his own party and fined $300,000.00 for fraud and ethics violations? this alone should keep him out of the consideration of any elected office. this man is trash. the fact that he calls himself brilliant and a "historian" is a joke-and so is he.
Isn't Newt just a Republican version of Bill Clinton??? If you excused Clinton's behavior, you need to excuse NEwt's or you're a hypocrite.
How can you on one hand vow to "defend the right of people to rule themselves" (aka small government) and on the other support the right of the government to unilaterally intervene into the most personal choices that someone could possibly make (the choice of whom to marry and the choice of how and when to have children)?! Government doesn't get any bigger than when it invades our lives in that way. Perhaps these people should finally wake up to the FACT that freedom OF religion MUST BY DEFINITION also include freedom FROM religion. Henry Ford famously said "you can have ANY color Model T you want, so long as it is black." These hypocrites are saying "you can have freedom of ANY religion you want, so long as WE APPROVE OF IT."
"I'd just love to know how many of the people in here attacking Newt for his past marriages are themselves divorced!! "
I'm divorced but I never cheated on my ex-wife and never considered it. I don't care if Newt was divorced, I care that he thought little enoug of his ex-wives to cheat on them. I also find it highly amusing that he is against government intrusion into people's private lives..like maybe abortion? Naw..that intrusion is fine apparently. Talk about hypocrisy....
LOL. Didn't he try that THREE TIMES before?!! (Wives 1, 2, & 3) LOL!! This election is so over. Obama/Biden 2012!!
Instead of asking G-d for forgiveness, perhaps asking the wives you cheated on and the wife you serve divorce papers to while she was in the hospital. Real contrition does not come from prayer but from showing contrition and asking forgiveness by those whom you have hurt.
C'mon Newt: Prove me to be a liar: Publically support my marriage and the marriage of the other 18000 gay California couples... then I'll beleive you.
It isnt that Ginrich is divorced 2 times. Its the hypocrasey he spent years wailing against bill Clinton for the Monica Lewinski scandle at the same time having an affair behind his wifes back.
Religion>>>>> Defined>>>> gay / lesbian sect , murderers , rapists / molesters , bigamists / polygamists , thieves , fanatics, ect. I'll just stick to believe in God and Jesus. Organized religion is nothing more than a shell game, ponzi scheme , and a pyramid all rolled into one.
Hey Democrats answer to everything, TAX THE RICH, TAX BUSINESS:
We're not the ones running for office.
Rings pretty hollow, given his past. More to the point, though: who cares? Matters like this have nothing to do with public office and shouldn't be part of consideration for same. It's kowtowing to a minority of shrill, fundamentalist theocrats who are as thoroughly un-American as it is possible to be, and that alone is far more odious than Gingrich's past infidelities.
Unbelievable....
At perhaps one of the easiest points in history to unseat an absolutely worthless president, the GOP is going to nominate one of the few people that will actually lose the election. Romney would have had the general election in the bag...say what you will about the guy, but not only does he have the experience to turn this country around, he's proven time and time again that he's capable. Flip flopper? Meh...that would describe every single politician. Obama's the biggest flip flopper of them all...he just sugar coats it a little better by framing it as "my position is evolving..." Direct translation: As it becomes more politically expedient, I will flip and flop as needed.
Cause his "pledge" to these talibangelical tea baggers is sooooo much more valid than the previous pledges he made before his god.
Great that Newt's now finally going to get around to it. Goodness; he must think people are mostly fools.
This might be one of the baldly ridiculous things he's ever said. And that's out of a lot of available examples...
Newt is laughable. But it appears that conservatives, even those with family values, are supporting him. I hope he wins the nomination. It will be a landslide for Obama. You compare the two men and one is a sleazy politician who has betrayed two wives, lied to them and the other, Obama is married to Michele and committed and the father of two beautiful children. I would say that Obama has the family values down pat. What a circus these republicans are.
Republicans will say anything to get elected.
Like he really has to pledge fidelity. Who would be with him?
He should pledge fidelity to the American people, but he's already violated that oath before.
Signing a pledge that takes rights away from Americans and calling it freedom. Yep that sounds about right coming from a Republican.
And we can believe him, right? Not! I'm sorry he has no credibility!
Unless I'm sorely mistaken he's made the pledge of marital fidelity at least twice. But who's counting?
Now there's a unique angle. Elect me president and this time I won't cheat on my wife. Hilarious.
Isn't the horse already out of the barn?
Hasn't he already made that pledge three times?
and failed twice?
Presumably, he made a similar pledge to his first couple of wives?
A political stunt to get elected nothing more. Newt just says what the people want to hear but only is thinking of himself.
You make that promise before God when you take the marriage vow. Why do you have to pledge again to some political party. If you fail before God, he is the one who has to make judgment. I don't get the connection.
Yes, I do believe this time it is true as he is a 68 year old Grandfather
What a sad, sad state into which our political climate has fallen. Why? Partly because we demand no better. We will accept what is spewed at us because we have no time to bother demanding better for ourselves and this country. We just care that we get to WalMart and buy presents in time, and hope no one steals our credit card information in the process. And partly because we know no better. Ignorance abounds because too many of us were not properly educated. People fall into roles of parenthood, administration, clergy, mentoring and teaching without having sufficient moral composition to do right by those they affect, and the cycle continues to new generations. How to fix it? Educate yourselves. Realize each one of us has an obligation to him/herself and others to be enlightened to Right and Wrong, what life is about, and how to treat those around us. It doesn't require much, nor does it require a school, or religion. It requires attention, intuition, curiosity and some work.
Who cares, the evangelicals don't care about this. He's not Mormon, he's got their vote.
REALLY......If you believe that , well I've got some land for sale in Florida...
Well that horse has already left the barn twice, might as well close the door.
So, what he is saying, anybody can do what they what, and then when they run for president that can say they won't do it anymore. What happened to consequences for one's actions.
No, this time he REALLY means it.
Why is he signing a pledge to a select group of people? He is running for President and is supposed to represent all of the people of this country not just a certain segment of the population.
I'm sure this is a great comfort to his first two wives.
I can't wait for Newt or Romney to become the Republician nominee this will become an electoral landslide
Yes he pledges till he gets the nom., then loses to Obama, and then comes wife number 4.
Understanding, of course, that he's already made and broken that pledge twice now.
Didn't he promise personal fidelity 3 times already? What makes this any different? Also, a pledge is pretty lame...
The first two times he pledged fidelity took place in churches and those didn't stick.
It's important to believe that words speak louder than actions. That's what it takes to believe in Gingrinch.
I promise to be faithful, this time, if you elect me President? Is that what he is saying?
"ACTIONS speak louder than words". Evangelicals, will you really choose Newt to be the standard bearer for your values??? The Democrats will love taking over as the party of "family values" if he wins.
We need Ron Paul!!!
Fidelity, what else. Newt is not trustful.
Didn't he already promise this to his first, and second wives?
Is an oath of "personal fidelity" different from an oath of "marital fidelity"? Must be.
Newt....the name say's it all.
First time for everything.
Let's just take it at face value. I mean... why would he lie?
Newt will soon be shopping around.
Newt's "pledge" is proof positive that he will say or do whatever it takes to get elected. I'll bet that he ha his fingers & toes crossed when he made the pledge!!!
Interesting that the country is so concerned with gay marriage. I have been with my wife for 20 years happliy and legally married for 2. Seems lesbians can be more faithful than an GOP candidate.
Are you Republicans really buying this crap out of Newt Gingrich's mouth?
He promised this in his vows to his first two wives.
How did that go??
That would be a difficult pledge but as you age...it is possible
Ones without sin can cast the first stone.
Yet another pledge? This time he means it? The circus is getting weird.
Let him keep talking. Right into the ground.
Take his marital pledges with a grain of salt. Newt like clinton will make a good president but such a husband is another thing.
Doesn't Newt realize what an embarrassing mistake he just made? He had to promise not to commit adultery anymore to get Christians to vote for him. Newt has now publicly branded himself with the Scarlet Letter.
Read my lips....NO NEWT PLEDGES!!
A politician making a pledge during a campaign? Yeah, sure, I'd believe that!
Newt, you're 68 years old, buddy. Why start now? There's a saying about old dogs and new tricks ..and I'm not believing your Bravo Sierra one iota.
A Gingrich win as the nominee, will assure a Obama win by a record landslide.
I love how character now matters with you liberals when it didn't mean a thing with Bill Clinton or Ted Kennedy..
Pretty sure he doesn't know what that word means.
he took a sacred oath before God three times to be faithful til death. How is this any different.
Sorry, he tried pledging fidelity three times already. The truth ain't in him.
He will say anything to get elected...
Sorry ... Once a cheater , ALWAYS a cheater .Doesn't matter who you are or what you are doing in life . It's like an addiction , one time is all it takes .
I promise..... till next time.....
Wow a campaign based on family values and limited government from a cheating, lying, hypocritical big government guy. Supporters of his should definitely believe him now. He is a reformed man, ladies and gentleman your tea party candidate. ROTFLMAO!
He pledged fidelity when he first got married..... So, we already know what his pledges mean...
The evangelicals are like the unions. Who else are they going to vote for? These candidates shouldn't be spending their time worrying about them because theyr'e going to support whomever the GOP nominee is. Just like the unions will support Obama no matter what. That's why Obama is holding up the 120,000 jobs for the Keystone pipeline. He knows he has the union support, so securing the enviro vote is more important.
It's not so much that Gingrich cheated, but that he cheated on a dying wife, and then had the audacity to go after President Clinton when he was doing terrible things on the Capital parking lot! That tells you a great deal about his lack of character. Now that he's 68, and a Grandfather? well, sure he's cleaned up his life, because he's too old to get away with anything at this point in his life. I'll never trust this man!
."I think people have to measure who I am now (WE HAVE), and whether I'm a person they can trusT (WE DON'T)t."
Except for that time he divorced his wife while she was going through chemo, guess they'll just give him a pass on that. I really wish these people would realize that marriage has nothing to do with their religion, it's technically a legal contract.
I can't think of ANY promises Gingrich has kept in the past. NOT ONE. He is whistling Dixie. He prides himself, even brags, about his own silver-tongue. "I can sell ice to an Eskimo" he once stated. His degree openly states
"Propaganda Deception". There is a sure-fire way of detecting his deception........when he moves his lips.
Doesn't the 3 strikes your out rule go for politics, he a convicted cheater, for life.
Isn't that pledge what his (first two) wedding vows were supposed to be?
Ask his first two wives, how good his pledges are. How can you be married 3 times and be a "good Catholic"? I am a catholic and it seems like the church has made a big mistake dealing with this man.
Isn't this what abusive men say to their wives? "Hey, baby, I promise I won't ever do it again." And then, they do it again ...
What makes the GOP/TP think that Newt will keep any pledge ? Newt is just as corupt today as he has always been.
"he took a sacred oath before God three times to be faithful til death. How is this any different."
The "in sickness and in health" part has always tripped him up ...
What is with all of these stupid pledges to minority groups.Isn't the job of the president to represent a whole country? So out of touch.
This a problem we the " Citizens can fix " ! To take control by picking up your phone also sending emails then there is letters Not by asking but telling your reps what you know should be done !Tell them flat out NO more BIG Government !
Why couldn't he make an infedality pledge instead? It would have been his first step towards honesty.
Will this be as good as his "Contract to America"? Boy with all the contracts, pacts and vows that this
Blowhard has ever done and consistently reneged his lucky he didn't made one to the devil. But I bet his ambitions to be the leader of the free world everything is possible except that if he does not fulfill it there's only one outcome of it and it won't be pretty for him
Gingrich says anything to get votes, that is so obvious. The immigration amnesty was for latino votes, the invented Palestinians was for Jewish votes It is hard to understand how he is leading the pack now. Don't voters think anymore?
"until death do us part" doesn't count anymore? Yes it does Newtie, yes it does...it counts when you meet your convenient savior.
Newt, the guy who left his 1st wife, IN THE HOSPITAL, for his 2nd wife, that he left because she was diagnosed with MS?
Newt, the guy who was fined $300,000.00 for ETHICS? The guy who was fired by HIS OWN PARTY?
Newt, the guy who "ADVISED" Freddy Mac, to the tune of 1.6 MILLION (taxpayor) dollars?
Yeah, HE'S GOT YER BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It would seem the epitome of hypocrisy to expect that any Christian could in good conscious put into office, any man of such low moral character. Surely the evangelicals would not rally behind such a man without risk to their own concepts of righteousness.
Pwft....BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Someone please get the tags off that turnip truck!