As to the asterisk: I would love to see Gingrich grovel with pain written all over his face at Club Z.

* I think Dick Land, while maybe not a "pro-family venue", would be the best place for Newt to make his speech.

I'm picturing a phallic-shaped parachute ride. And the teacup ride would involve tea-bagging. The carousel would be the best ride EVER...

Newt Gingrich has a martial history? What wars did he fight in?

Hahaha; the guy specifically asks for a speech, not an interview. He is literally asking Gingrich to paint the most compelling fiction that he can and then be done with it, and not risk letting the truth of the situation get in the way of an attractive lie.

Dick Land! Fun for the whole family! Ride 'till you puke! Priceless.

@4 - yep. People who want the truth want an interview. People who want a story, a narrative, ask for a speech.

Any ECC worth his salt knows all he needs to know about the Gingrich. He's the sort of man who'll cheat on his wife and squander his political capital in pursuit of impeaching a president for cheating on his wife. He's the sort of man who'll say one thing and do the opposite.

Personally, I could care less who what when or where the Gingrich sticks his obviously short but thick bright red fully circumsized tallywhacker into. But that level of hypocrisy puts him well beyond the low moral standard I require for an officeholder.

And the ECCs are supposed to have big problems with the whole adultery thing in the first place. At least they did back in 1998.

My guess is they are looking for a response from Gingrich that will allow them to endorse him with a clear conscience. They want him to give a narrative on how he feels convicted of the sin of adultry, that he has repented of his sins, and that he has been given the grace to not falter again. They want a confession and a testimony of how Jesus changed his heart, so they can jump behind him and use their pulpits to inspire voters. My guess is they are disappointed with Perry and have doubts about Romney because he's Mormon.

I agree with Allyn, they don't want the truth, they want an apologetic that will make it okay to endorse him.

@4: "literally asking Gingrich to paint the most compelling fiction that he can and then be done with it"

Would you expect any less from an evangelical? It doesn't matter how Gingrich has lived his life, as long as he's a compelling storyteller. It's the born again part that really gets these people rock-hard, not how they've lived their lives pre and post-Jesus.

"I don't blame evangelicals for thinking that"

You should blame them because they're only doing this to to handwave his "sins" away simply and easily, turning off their consciences as he did his. They don't sincerely care about electing a multiple-adulterer, and would rather elect him over a family man like Obama.

One reason my wife and I only ever see movies at the Cinebarre anymore is because serving booze legally requires them to be anti-family.

If an apology must be made, why should Newt be the only one to apologize to evangelical women voters? Newt lived and slept with his present wife Callista while he was still married to his second wife Marianne. (NY Daily News - Aug 12, 1999). Was this adulterous cohabitation non-consensual?

More likely, Callista knowingly engaged in a sexual affair with another woman’s husband; she consciously facilitated the destruction of another couples’ marriage. And now she would be our First Lady? How do evangelical wives, mothers and voters feel about that?!

Why don’t Newt and Callista both apologize to Marianne, before they apologize to any “Christian conservative” interest group.

If the social conservative movement gets behind a man like Newt Gingrich, social conservatism is done for.

Any authentic social conservative ought to agree with Newt’s ex-wife Marianne, "I don't want him to be president and I don't think he should be" (Vanity Fair - Sep 1995) .

If an apology must be made, why should Newt be the only one to apologize to evangelical women voters? Newt lived and slept with his present wife Callista while he was still married to his second wife Marianne. (NY Daily News - Aug 12, 1999). Was this adulterous cohabitation non-consensual?

More likely, Callista knowingly engaged in a sexual affair with another woman’s husband; she consciously facilitated the destruction of another couples’ marriage. And now she would be our First Lady? How do evangelical wives, mothers and voters feel about that?!

Why don’t Newt and Callista both apologize to Marianne, before they apologize to any “Christian conservative” interest group.

If the social conservative movement gets behind a man like Newt Gingrich, social conservatism is done for.

Any authentic social conservative ought to agree with Newt’s ex-wife Marianne, "I don't want him to be president and I don't think he should be" (Vanity Fair - Sep 1995).