But Hassan gets the anti-Muslim bigotry, especially because it comes back to haunt him (he, an Arab Christian American, is tarred with Islamist Hamas). For those in the GOP who might be reading this, allow me to tell you: The percentage of Christians among the Palestinian population is about the same as the percentage of African Americans in the U.S.A.

For a party so concerned with America’s Christian identity, Romney and Gingrich’s dismissal of the Palestinians is part of their broader disinterest in the Muslim world, and its diversities and differences. Namely, most Muslims aren’t Arabs, and most Arab Americans are Christians. You read that correctly.

Religion is weird, but prejudice and bigotry is even weirder.

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From Mother Jones:

And as we previously reported, during his 1974 campaign, a former aide described “approaching a car with Gingrich’s daughters in hand, only to find the candidate with a woman, her head buried in his lap.” Another former aide alleged that Gingrich had attempted to seduce her, Chaz Reinhold-style, after the death of a relative.

Newt seems to be the inspiration for a Will Ferrell character. Incredible.

Or, maybe not, when you read that he presented his demands for a divorce from his second wife while she was in recovery for cancer surgery.

The whole article is a very good reason why he—theoretically—is unable to ever get near The White House but the US of A has a pretty weird history when it comes to surprise elections. I still don’t understand how the fuck this happened:

Via Rob Delaney.

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