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These are among the personal tidbits that Marianne Gingrich (she kept his name, these 10 years since the divorce and subsequent annulment), drops casually into the Esquire writer's lap as she smokes endlessly, each cigarette "down to the filter." OH, Mr Gingrich makes some very astute, right on, statements, so we need to drag out all the old skeletons in his closet.. Funny how they don't do that when dems shoot off their mouths..
August 19 2010 at 6:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's apparent to me and I assume to others, that Gingrich wants to be President. I don't know if the GOP has the guts to run him? He has a lot of baggage and I don't think that he can carry it all. It looks to me that his baggage will bite him big time, but what do I know?
August 19 2010 at 6:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMr Gingrich is Usually a source of reality & wisdom on most of the relevant issues of the day.. but he is too Establishment and is getting up in age. Newt would be quite valuable in an Advisory capacity..
August 19 2010 at 6:35 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyI find it most interesting that by mentioning 'facts' about politicians, whether they are R's or D's, that it may constitute a personal attack on a politician. I hope this is not the case. But it is a sad commentary on the reckless behavior of so many politicians, especially the ones who tout "Family Values" and then have few of their own. The list grows and grows and yet we, the public, are supposed to have unlimited faith in their ability to lead, no matter the example. There have been so many - Gingrich, Edwards,Craig,Spitzer, Livingston, Hyde, Sanford, Ensign, DeLay, Wallop,Clinton. Few of these men have understood what they have done to their families and the trust that is supposed to be so sacred, has been so abused. These men had good core beliefs and values when they ran for office, but somehow the power of their office and their own perception of that power - over took any thought of what they were doing to the very people who supported them the most. Until anyone has walked in the shoes of the political wife, I doubt that it is possible for many to understand how it has affected us and our families. Betrayal is betrayal, but on a far more public scale, designed to humiliate the wife. Essentially, the politician is saying - "I am so powerful, that I can do whatever I want and dust aside the consequences".....and that the public really does not care what we do in our private lives".... I guess the polls will tell on any given election day. As Americans, I believe we must care deeply about the way our leaders conduct their public and private life.
August 19 2010 at 12:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe only thing you can do with skeltons in the closet is to take them out and dance with them.
August 18 2010 at 12:46 PM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down ReplyI have observed that people live compartmentalized lives. It is possible for a man to be brilliant in one area and completely flawed in other areas. Newt Gingrich, President Obama, and others are examples of this. Each is personally flawed yet able to function highly in other areas.
August 16 2010 at 11:57 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down ReplyI agree, however, Newt was in the group that hounded Clinton, so I'll just use the same measure against him that he used on Clinton.
August 19 2010 at 9:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat is clear is that Newt just likes screwing people -- usually more than one at one time and usually in different ways -- physically screwing people, lying to people, depriving them of alimony owed them, abondoning them in their greatest moment of need. And you know, when a man has to get court ordered to pay a utility bill for a dying ex-wife, then you know he his purely and simply white trash all the way down to the marrow in his bones Newt may not like it, but he is in fact a fat, pasty-faced white boy with all the morals and manners of the reptile after which he is so appropraitely named.
August 16 2010 at 11:55 PM Report abuse Permalink +4 rate up rate down ReplyOh boy, oh boy , oh boy, what a choirboy Newt is. He's probably no different than the majority. The point of what people are arguing about is moot. He's probably no better than me or most of you but not a person I would vote for president.
August 16 2010 at 10:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI would like to hear Newt's side of the story....
August 16 2010 at 1:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI thought that Newt Gingrich was a brilliant leader, when he was in Congress. However, since he can't keep his pants zipped, I could never vote for him. If he cheats on wives to whom he has made a vow, he will cheat on his constituents. A cheater is a cheater is a cheater.
August 15 2010 at 7:08 PM Report abuse Permalink +11 rate up rate down ReplyI wonder if you voted for J. F. Kennedy, or did you know his reputation?
Chuck N
jmartin408, you missed the point. This man Newt preaching about family value to us, while he abandoned his wife for another woman when she needed him more. That, is the issue.
August 15 2010 at 8:52 PM Report abuse Permalink +8 rate up rate down ReplyA rocky love life has been the American standard for marriage for four decades,
American women are not comforting or nurturing women............they are selfish
and competitive which leaves little time to care or worry over a Husband !
Then a Journalist reveals that the man is responsible for his former competitive
and selfish wife.......you must be Joking ? This theme is the Fad in Journalism
today........yes printed media is disappearing, no wonder !
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