Republicans Can't Talk About Divorce

I have greatly enjoyed Donald Trump's hilarious, boastful attempts to explain why his divorces should not trouble social conservatives. Last week, Trump told the Des Moines Register, "One of the reasons I was divorced is because I worked very hard. And, you know, that's a good reason. But I worked very, very hard building up a great company." So I guess that justifies it, right?

I had assumed that this said more about Trump's Olympian self regard than it did anything about the Republican Party. But after watching David Brody's interview with Newt Gingrich on the Christian Broadcasting Network, I'm starting to wonder. Here's how Gingrich explained his divorces: "There's no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate."

That sounds an awful lot like Trump's excuse, and shares the similarity of seeming more concerned with complimenting one's own hard work, patriotism and overall greatness than with, you know, penitently explaining the reasons why one's marriages keep falling apart.

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