number three, i really believe i really, really love my country. this past spring, newt told the christian broadcasting network that his passion for america is what drove him to cheat on his wife. let s listen to newt. there s no question that at times in my life, partially driven by how passionately that i felt about this country, that i worked far too hard and that things happened in my life that were not appropriate. and what i can tell you is that when i did things that were wrong, i wasn t trapped in situation ethics. i was doing things that were wrong. i was doing them. i found that i felt compelled to seek god s forgiveness. partially driven by how passionately i felt about my country, nia. this is a cover for infidelity. this is the patriotism excuse for adultery. i ve never heard it before. it s new. i ve never heard it before. it s essentially i loved my country so much, i had to share it with a woman who s not my
down in the subbasements, they talk like this. this is the kind of comments you get on a column when you write it, right, in the comment list? number three, i really believe i really, really love my country. this past spring, newt told the christian broadcasting network that his passion for america is what drove him to cheat on his wife. let s listen to newt. there s no question that at times in my life, partially driven by how passionately that i felt about this country, that i worked far too hard and that things happened in my life that were not appropriate. and what i can tell you is that when i did things that were wrong, i wasn t trapped in situation ethics. i was doing things that were wrong. i was doing them. i found that i felt compelled to seek god s forgiveness. partially driven by how passionately i felt about my country, nia. this is a cover for infidelity. this is the patriotism excuse for adultery.
this is the patriotism excuse for adultery. it s essentially, i loved my country so much, i had to share it with a woman who s not my wife. that s essentially what his argument is around that. i think one of the things why this in some ways works for him. again, it s that conversion narrative that he s floating there, that very much resonates with christians. this whole idea of redemption, of, you know, once being a center, and now being foregiven. so i think in some ways it works for him. folks out in iowa, folks in south carolina who are in the christian tradition, good catholics who are used to confessions, a good catholic like you, chris, understands this sort of language. i don t understand blaming it on patriotism. but you understand the confession. i think it s bs. it s bs. this is one that newt had to say about the president. by the way, anybody who defends this has a problem with this country. here s what he said with the national review last year. not a million year