# Gingrich, We Hardly Knew Ye. .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingrich-we-hardly-knew-ye/584898>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 9, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingrich-we-hardly-knew-ye/584898 "2011-06-09T19:14:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingrich-we-hardly-knew-ye/584898/262 "2011-12-31T15:48:44Z")

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[Newt says he’d consider Palin as VP](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/12/30/gingrich_floats_sarah_palin_as_possible_vice_president_pick.html). I don’t believe that for a second but he’s making a play for her supporters.

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingrich-we-hardly-knew-ye/584898/263 "2011-12-31T16:53:21Z")

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They’re more alike than you’d expect at first thought. She keeps a more civil tongue.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingrich-we-hardly-knew-ye/584898/264 "2012-01-10T04:12:11Z")

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Newt, on the [sanctity of marriage](http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/01/08/gingrich-media-has-anti-christian-bias-on-marriage/):

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> “The sacrament of marriage was based on a man and a woman, has been for 3,000 years, is at the core of our civilization, and is something worth protecting and upholding,” Gingrich said.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingrich-we-hardly-knew-ye/584898/265 "2012-01-10T04:25:17Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> Newt, on the [sanctity of marriage](http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/01/08/gingrich-media-has-anti-christian-bias-on-marriage/):

Is he dating it back to when David became King of the Israelites or what?

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingrich-we-hardly-knew-ye/584898/266 "2012-01-10T04:30:14Z")

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> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> Is he dating it back to when David became King of the Israelites or what?

I think he’d rather emulate Solomon.

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