{"id":6273,"date":"2012-01-25T19:20:30","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T23:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2012-01-25T19:20:30","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T23:20:30","slug":"newt-gingrich-infidelity-humor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/2012\/01\/25\/newt-gingrich-infidelity-humor\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick Ode To &#8220;Normal&#8221; Newt Gingrich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/lgbt\/2012\/01\/25\/411545\/gingrich-my-affairs-make-me-more-normal-more-electable\/\">Newt Gingrich, his serial wife-cheating makes him &#8220;normal,&#8221;<\/a> better able to relate to the problems of average people, and more electable.  You&#8217;ve got to give that fellow Brownie-points for creativity.  Who else could turn multiple affairs into a plus? <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network this afternoon, Newt Gingrich picked up Rick Perry\u2019s torch in the so-called \u201cwar on religion,\u201d promising that he would fight back against judges who are \u201ctrying to drive God out of life.\u201d The thrice-married Speaker then defended his personal marital history, claiming his multiple affairs \u201cmake me more normal than somebody who wanders around seeming perfect\u201d because he can understand \u201cthe human condition and challenges of life for normal people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Limerick Ode To &#8220;Normal&#8221; Newt Gingrich<br \/>\nBy Madeleine Begun Kane<\/p>\n<p>My affairs make me &#8220;normal,&#8221; says Newt.<br \/>\nAs defenses go, Newt&#8217;s is a beaut:<br \/>\nSeems perfection is bad,<br \/>\nAnd unless you&#8217;re a cad,<br \/>\nYour empathy skills are minute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Newt Gingrich, his serial wife-cheating makes him &#8220;normal,&#8221; better able to relate to the problems of average people, and more electable. You&#8217;ve got to give that fellow Brownie-points for creativity. Who else could turn multiple affairs into a plus? In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network this afternoon, Newt Gingrich picked up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,21,1147,641,20,519,6,7,3,152,9],"tags":[782,192,1685,1686,1789,194,1297,1790,1539,729,1053,731],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6273"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6288,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273\/revisions\/6288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}