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caraher

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9. Odd how Gingrich is "saved" in their reckoning

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2012, 06:04 PM

Jan 2012

Typically, the more intolerant Protestant evangelicals question whether Catholics are even Christian. In some ways I'd expect the problems Romney faces with being a Mormon to play out on a smaller scale given Gingrich's conversion to what the John Hagee types are prone to referring to as the "Whore of Babylon."

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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