Steve,
I don't hate Clinton. Actually, he wasn't that bad of a president. I actually would put him better than Bush 1 at the least. I don't have an issue with the adultery with Clinton. That is between him and his wife and his maker - not any of my business.
My issue with Clinton was always the perjury issue. Getting on national TV and lying to the American people. Those I think were unacceptable behavior from our President.
Newt didn't lie to the American people about it. He lied to his wife - and that is between him and her. When you lie to US the people, its between you and US the people. If you can't see the difference, then so be it.
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Gingrich is a hypocrite, pure and simple. If that doesn't bother you then admit it and still support him. Just don't try to tell the rest of us that there is a difference between the adulterer you like and the adulterer you hate.
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He may be a hypocrite in your view, but that is a matter of opinion. One could argue he "was" a hypocrite in the mid 1990's over the scandal. Ok, lets pretend your right (though I do see a distinction). Your saying your suprised "a devout Christian" can see a path to accept his repentance? Really? We are all imperfect, and he has done what both his own Catholicism and modern Protestantism requires - he has admitted his error, both publicly and privately, he has requested forgiveness for it, and has demonstrated in the last 11+ years to have faced his own moral demons and, with the grace of God - defeated them. Thats right - 11+ years of monogamous marriage to Callista - and you can bet that she has kept an eye out for infidelity!
The "devout Christian" thing to do is not to beat someone over the head for sins committed in the past that have been claimed, repented of, and learned from. Our Lord and Savior does it for us, we fail if we don't do it for others. If you don't get that, then you don't understand the message of Christ at all.