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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts) Sat Jan 21, 2012, 03:09 PM Jan 2012

"Gingrich is a redeemed sinner. He has the perfect wife. He is what he says he is." [View all]

The fact that Callistra was his mistress "makes him human." He is forgiven and he has repented. So South Carolina can vote for him but not Romney because in the past Romney has supported gay marriage.

On MSNBC....right now, comments from one of the talking heads...the guy with the glasses and the beard, if you turn it on now (they didn't show his name while he was speaking).

ON EDIT: It's "MSNBC Contributor" Jimmy Williams.

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"Gingrich is a redeemed sinner. He has the perfect wife. He is what he says he is." [View all] Amerigo Vespucci Jan 2012 OP

And their heads spun on their shoulders madaboutharry Jan 2012 #1

Great.. .forgive the thief but don't whistler162 Jan 2012 #2

isn't this the "soft bigotry of low expectations"? grasswire Jan 2012 #3

But Marianne was his mistress too, no? Why didn't he see the light the first time annabanana Jan 2012 #4

neck pelt....aaaeeeauuuuuhhhh!!! alphafemale Jan 2012 #5

Funny how neither Bill or Hillary could be "redeemed" in the yes of the RW-evangelicals nanabugg Jan 2012 #6

And I'm Buddha reincarnated. hobbit709 Jan 2012 #7

I've always hated that concept about Christian fundamentalism. Initech Jan 2012 #8

Odd how Gingrich is "saved" in their reckoning caraher Jan 2012 #9

they understand a man having 3 wives, just not all at once. spanone Jan 2012 #10

but with some overlap... caraher Jan 2012 #11

Patterns don't change..somewhere there is already a 'mistress' while Callistra is the wife HipChick Jan 2012 #12

Perfect wife? A woman who carried on an affair with a married man The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2012 #13