Leave God and Country out of it

I am so sick and tired of politicians (and athletes and celebrities) using God and Country as an excuse for bad behavior (and wars). Or invoking God and/or Country to erase or cover up past sins.

And while Newt Gingrich is not the first and certainly not the last politician running for office to use God's name in vain (at least I hope it will be in vain), I found his recent comments about his extramarital affairs not only disingenuous but despicable. As did MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell, who corrected Gingrich's statement in the following clip, which aired on his show The Last Word last night.

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Bravo, Lawrence O'Donnell. Bravo.

Al Gore, Tipper Gore split

Alternate title: Tipper Tells Al to Kiss Off. (Or maybe it was vice president versa.)

I wonder what the Vegas odds were on Al Gore and Tipper Gore splitting before Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton? Pretty high, I imagine.

Seriously, who would have ever guessed (well, besides maybe their close friends and the woman we will probably find out Al Gore has been having an affair with) that Al and Tipper Gore would officially separate before Bill and Hillary Clinton, especially after that infamous kiss? (Though that seems like an eternity ago now.) Anyone? Anyone?

And Al and Tipper just celebrated (?) their 40th wedding anniversary.

Sigh. Yet another seemingly "perfect" couple bites the dust. Or was it all just a facade?

Guess this means Al Gore won't be running for President again.

More on Al Gore and Tipper Gore's split here and here.

UPDATED: No sooner did the news hit than comedians started in with Al Gore pickup lines over on Twitter. If you think of one, leave it as a Comment here.

UPDATED 6/2/10: Apparently, there are a lot of people wanting to know if Al Gore is having an affair -- and coming to J-TWO-O to find out. (If you type into Google "Al Gore having an affair," no quotes, this blog post shows up on the first page as the seventh entry -- or it did when I just typed it in.) As I wrote above, it wouldn't surprise me if Al "I've got the key to your lockbox" Gore was having an affair, but I think we should all give him the benefit of the doubt... for now.