Say what you like about his checkered personal life or his fading prospects on the national political scene, but the New York Times Magazine profile on Newt Gingrich (registration required) let fall the following little nugget:
"At a moment when the role of religious fundamentalism in the party is a central question for reformers, Gingrich, rather than making any kind of case for a new enlightenment, has in fact gone to great lengths to placate Christian conservatives. The family-values crowd has never completely embraced Newt, probably because he has been married three times, most recently to a former Hill staff member, Callista Bisek. In 2006, though, Gingrich wrote a book called “Rediscovering God in America” — part of a new canon of work he has done reaffirming the role of religion in public life. The following year, he went on radio with the evangelical minister James Dobson to apologize for having been unfaithful to his second wife. (A Baptist since graduate school, Gingrich said he will soon convert to Catholicism, his wife’s faith.)"
Philo-Junius can't wait to see Newt, Nancy Pelosi and presumptive Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius slapping backs and bonding at the next Archdiocese of Washington Lenten Fish Fry.
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