I first came across him when I was a history major at the same college where he was teaching history. He was a narcissistic swine then, and nothing in his public life since has given me reason to change my opinion. Based on a couple of interviews of his half sister, it is pretty clear they are not close.

It might interest people that Newt is the only one in his family who pronounces his last name in the English fashion. Rather than Ging-riCH, it is pronounced in the German fashion of Ging-ricK. People from his hometown who knew the family also use the German-style pronunciation.

No, he’s not a cynical, calculating politician…. perish the thought! :)

You would have done better against Obama? Honey, you didn’t even do well against R-money. Ooh. i made a poem.
Admittedly, R-money came in second and Obama came in next to last. So, maybe.

As for your “evolution” on gay marriage? Myohmyohmyohmy. You’re admitting that all of your previous arguments were false, and all of the marriage proponent arguments were true, even though those arguments didn’t change? Could this have, perhaps, a teensy bit more to do with your party’s trying to use marriage as a wedge issue, and this time, failing rather handily?

Newtie, you’re simply the same soulless, self-serving, lacking-in-principle hypocrite you’ve always been, with the morals of an alley cat and the compassion of a rattlesnake. Niot surprisingly, very much like the party whose soul seems to resemble yours, but without the smarts.

This is the reason for your failure, not Rmoney.

I sure should hope so. When has a religious ceremony ever been a requirement for civil marriage?

Um, and it is “Newt” Gingrich, and the word is “tenuous”.