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The Inner Quest of Newt Gingrich (1995: Marianne Promised To "Undermine Everything" For Newt)
PBS.org ^ | September, 1995 | Gail Sheehy

Posted on 01/18/2012 5:23:38 PM PST by TitansAFC

........But his greatest presidential stumbling block may be right under his nose. At home, Newt's second wife, Marianne Ginther Gingrich, tells me she doesn't see herself in the First Lady's job. "Watching Hillary has just been a horrible experience," commiserates Marianne. "Hillary sticking her neck out is not working."

What happens if Newt runs?, I ask.

"He can't do it without me," she replies. "I told him if I'm not in agreement, fine, it's easy" --she giggles at her naughtiness. "I just go on the air the next day, and I undermine everything...I don't want him to be president and I don't think he should be."

Why not?

"Right now, the presidency is not a single person. It's not so much what he'd be doing. It's what I'd be doing.".........

(Excerpt) Read more at pbs.org ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blackmail; chevy; confession; cougar; firstlady; gingrich; jaguar; mariannegingrich; naughtymarianne; newt; newtgingrich; notfirstlady; romney; undermine; voteobamabeforemitt
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Marianne gave an interview in 1995 promising to do anything she could to undermine Newt if he ever ran for President -- and that was when she was still married to him!

BTW - Mitt. This and the Talent personal attacks have ensured I'll be working for your defeat in the General Election if you buy the nomination. Thousands of hours helping Conservatives here in my life, and I'll be busting my butt to do everything to see you lose! Congrats on your scorched Earth campaign........you've ensured a guy who pulled the lever for McCain won't pull the lever for scum like you.

1 posted on 01/18/2012 5:23:48 PM PST by TitansAFC
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To: kalee; TitansAFC; onyx; LuvFreeRepublic; Sea Parrot; SweetCaroline; matthew fuller; Gator113; ...

Dirty tricks ping!


2 posted on 01/18/2012 5:25:32 PM PST by TitansAFC (Rick Santuckabee is 2012's version of Mike Huckatorum. Avoid Conservicide voting; support Newt!!)
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To: TitansAFC

She’s likely an evil Democrat.


3 posted on 01/18/2012 5:28:38 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: TitansAFC
you've ensured a guy who pulled the lever for McCain won't pull the lever for scum like you.

Amen, TitansAFC!

4 posted on 01/18/2012 5:29:42 PM PST by tsowellfan (Video: The Real Romney (running to the left of Ted Kennedy) http://ow.ly/8rknZ)
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To: TitansAFC

Sounds like a political version of Fatal Attraction.


5 posted on 01/18/2012 5:30:50 PM PST by tsowellfan (Video: The Real Romney (running to the left of Ted Kennedy) http://ow.ly/8rknZ)
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To: TitansAFC

Notice gay gossip is pushing this story. It’s all about a power grab for his homosexual connections inside Romney’s campaign. I’ve lost all respect for Drudge for pushing this garbage for his own agenda.


6 posted on 01/18/2012 5:31:10 PM PST by DesertRenegade
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To: TitansAFC

Newt can handle it but it will give FOX, Talk Radio and Drudge more ammo for their boy Mitt

I will sit this out...first time I ever said that..if Mitt gets it.

The GOP can just collapse..maybe something better will rise from the ashes

The Dixie-Meets Mountain West-Meets Indiana-Meets Outliers Elsewhere Party


7 posted on 01/18/2012 5:31:38 PM PST by wardaddy (I am a social conservative. My political party left me(again). They can go to hell in a bucket.)
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To: TitansAFC

Aren’t wives wonderful?

Remember that if it weren’t for vetoing wives, we’d all be trying to nominate Mitch Daniels right now.


9 posted on 01/18/2012 5:32:24 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
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To: TitansAFC

Newt is getting the Axelrod Treatment

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2075850/posts


10 posted on 01/18/2012 5:34:13 PM PST by SF_Redux (Sarah stands for accountablility and personal responsiblity, democrats can't live with that)
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To: TitansAFC

Uh, that was back in 1995.


11 posted on 01/18/2012 5:36:08 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: TitansAFC

Rats at ABC will hold the interview back, NOT because of their high “ethics,”
but because waiting will make all the Republican voters in SC who support Newt look extra-stupid later on, if they wait to release it.
Makes the (R) party overall look more stupid and/or eeeeee-vil...


12 posted on 01/18/2012 5:36:20 PM PST by 4Liberty (88% of Americans are NON-UNION. We value honest, peaceful Free trade-NOT protectionist CARTELS)
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To: TitansAFC

Wow. What a witch! Not to be an apologist for Newt’s past bad behavior . . . but perhaps this explains a little why he went lookin’ for love in the wrong places.


13 posted on 01/18/2012 5:36:36 PM PST by Hetty_Fauxvert ("She turned me into a Newt . . . backer!" . . . . . Go Gingritch 2012!)
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To: TitansAFC

How many would think they would get a good reference from the ex when applying for a job. ABC is lower than whale poop.


14 posted on 01/18/2012 5:37:22 PM PST by kempo
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To: TitansAFC

“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”


15 posted on 01/18/2012 5:37:32 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: TitansAFC
How in the world is this a dirty trick?

Marianne Gingrich's 1995 Esquire interview has been discussed here on FR at length, and for months now.

This is no surprise.

Nor is it a "dirty trick." You may disagree with Newt's ex-wife's analysis and observations, but she's in a position from which it's perfectly legitimate to speak her mind.

16 posted on 01/18/2012 5:37:51 PM PST by fightinJAG (So many seem to have lost their sense of smell . . .)
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To: TitansAFC

I can see why he divorced the vapid bitch.


17 posted on 01/18/2012 5:38:23 PM PST by Raebie (WS)
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To: Red Steel

No doubt wife #1 and #3 and the daughter will come out to defend Newt.


18 posted on 01/18/2012 5:39:33 PM PST by tsowellfan (Video: The Real Romney (running to the left of Ted Kennedy) http://ow.ly/8rknZ)
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To: TitansAFC

If ABC airs this interview tomorrow (as a tweet from a Politico reporter indicates) Republican voters in South Carolina will direct their ire, not at Marianne Gingrich, but at the left-wing MSM, for its repeated attempts to fix the election for Romney.

It would contribute to a Gingrich victory in South Carolina.


19 posted on 01/18/2012 5:39:52 PM PST by BCrago66
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To: TitansAFC

I think this woman is carrying the big old grudge....I don’t want to be FLOTUS so no one should want to....I hope folks do not take the bait


20 posted on 01/18/2012 5:40:17 PM PST by Nifster
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