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DEL.ICIO.USGingrich, the non-candidate, focuses on the GOP’s church-based family
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
First it was twice-married John McCain.
Now it’s thrice-hitched Newt Gingrich baring his soul the Republican party’s conservative Christian base — which is still up for grabs in the ’08 race for the White House.
Gingrich will give the May 19 commencement address at Liberty University in Lynchburg, founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell.
McCain addressed the student body last year. Gingrich, the former speaker and Georgia congressman, last spoke at the school’s commencement in 1991.
Also this week, Gingrich is cozying up to James Dobson of Focus on the Family, currently the most influential religious conservative in the nation, in a two-part radio interview being broadcast this week.
Dobson has turned up his nose at the GOP’s two current front-runners, McCain and Rudy Giuliani.
Gingrich tells Dobson that he’s “gotten on my knees and sought God’s forgiveness” for his moral failings.
At least that’s what Dobson’s web site says. We listened to the first installment here.
In that first 28-minute segment, Gingrich reviews his pro-God credentials, endorses the abolition of Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, and hawks his new book, “Rediscovering God in America.”
Confessions are always best held until the end. It keeps the audience listening.
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By JK
March 8, 2007 9:17 PM | Link to this
What a w*******!
By cailte
March 9, 2007 12:57 PM | Link to this
If he isn’t running for president, why can’t I turn around up here in New Hampshire without bumping into him.l