Newt Gingrich: Do As I Say, Not As I Do

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A few days ago, Newt Gingrich gave a confessional in some media outlet about his behavior divorcing wife number one (who was ill) and marrying wife number two.  And then cheating on the second with the third, while simultaneously railing against Bill Clinton's infidelities.  Mr. "Family Values"--who incidentally has also spoken out recently against same-sex marriage--tried to be all contrite, but whatever.  The speculation was that this was a sign that Gingrich intends to run for President in 2012, and this was his way to get ahead of the story.

Or, maybe it was because Esquire Magazine was about to run a story on the second Mrs. Gingrich?  And how did that rotund, Muppet-voiced toady get three women to marry him anyway?

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Gingrich Reconciles Cheating On His Wife While Harping On Family Values: ‘It Doesn’t Matter What I Do’

In his recently published book and in speaking engagements, former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich repeatedly warns that President Obama’s “secular, socialist machine” is threatening to destroy America by undermining the Judeo-Christian “values” upon which the country was built. But while Gingrich chastises the supposed erosion of values on the left, his past is tainted by his own contemptible value judgments, including numerous extra-marital affairs, and pressuring a divorce from his first wife while she lay stricken with cancer in a hospital bed. . .

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