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More to be disgusted about Newt:

Quotes About the Marriage of Marianne Ginther and Newt Gingrich:
Holly Bailey: “Speaking about the breakup of the marriage for the first time, Marianne Gingrich tells Esquire’s John H. Richardson that her former husband lied to the public when he insisted they had an “understanding” about the affair. She says Gingrich tried to convince her to “tolerate” his relationship with Bisek, but she refused.”
Source: Holly Bailey. “As Gingrich considers 2012 run, his ex-wife talks about their breakup.” News.yahoo.com. 8/10/2010.
Marianne: “We started talking and we never quit until he asked me for a divorce ... He asked me to marry him way too early. And he wasn’t divorced yet. I should have known there was a problem.”
Source: John H. Richardson. “Newt Gingrich: The Indispensable Republican.” Esquire.com. 8/10/2010.

John Richardson: “Back in the 1990s, she [Marianne] told a reporter she could end her husband’s career with a single interview. She held her tongue all through the affair and the divorce and even through the annulment Gingrich requested from the Catholic Church two years later, trying to erase their shared past.”
Source: John H. Richardson. “Newt Gingrich: The Indispensable Republican.” Esquire.com. 8/10/2010.

Marianne: “He believes that what he says in public and how he lives don’t have to be connected.”
Source: John H. Richardson. “Newt Gingrich: The Indispensable Republican.” Esquire.com. 8/10/2010.

Jake Tapper: “Gingrich married his second wife, Marianne Ginther, months after he divorced Battley in 1981. According to Battley, Gingrich discussed divorce terms with her while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery.”
Source: Jake Tapper. “Gingrich Admits to Affair During Clinton Impeachment.” ABCNews.go.com. 3/09/2007.

“In those giddy days after the 1994 election that made him Speaker, Newt and Marianne Gingrich decided to drive to the Georgia coast for Thanksgiving so they could have time to talk, time to think, time to sort out what had happened to them. Marianne has always been Newt’s sounding board, the one to bring him down to earth.”
Source: “Fall of the House of Newt.” Time. 11/16/1998. pg. 38.

Marianne: “You marry to get married, not because you want to change the world.”
Source: Leslie Kaufman-Rosen. “Newt’s one-woman focus group.” Newsweek. 2/13/1995. pg. 31.

Candace, Newt’s sister: “Jackie was his equal. With Marianne, initially, he was the authority, the high power.”
Source: Gail Sheehy. “The Inner Quest of Newt Gingrich.” Vanity Fair. 9/1995. Pbs.org.

Betty Sekula: “Newt was indifferent to Marianne right from the beginning. It was him, not us.”
Source: Gail Sheehy. “The Inner Quest of Newt Gingrich.” Vanity Fair. 9/1995. Pbs.org.

Gail Sheehy: “I ask Marianne if their marriage was a one-sided equation from the beginning. “That’s true ... I was necessarily happy being married to someone like Newt,” she admits. Later on, she says, “I made it very clear I wasn’t happy with certain behaviors.” She gave him a copy of the book Men Who Hate Women & The Women Who Love Them (compare prices), by Susan Forward and Joan Torres. The book describes men who are socialized to dominate and control. One variation is the “Henry Higgins” type of man, who is “often charming and even loving,” but who switches to “cruel, critical, insulting behavior on a moment’s notice ... They gain control by grinding the woman down. They refuse to take responsibility for how the attacks make their partners feel.” “Oh, boy, does that sound like Newt!” exclaims a family friend ... At one point, Newt publicly described the chances of his second marriage succeeding as 53-47. He confides during our interview that he really had not learned to express emotion until he married Marianne — when he was nearly 40.”
Source: Gail Sheehy. “The Inner Quest of Newt Gingrich.” Vanity Fair. 9/1995. Pbs.org.

Bill Sanderson: “Gingrich asked Marianne for the divorce by phoning her on Mother’s Day, 1999.”
Source: Bill Sanderson. “Newt’s Ex Wife Aiming to Pen Book.” New York Post. 7/18/2000.

Mickey Porter: “Gingrich’s most recent ex-wife says he ditched her eight months after finding out she had multiple sclerosis. Marianne Gingrich, 48 ... says the ex-speaker of the House told her on Mother’s Day 1999 that he wanted a divorce, after learning she had a neurological condition that could lead to MS [multiple sclerosis].”
Source: Mickey Porter. “Newt’s a Beaut.” Akron Beacon Journal. 7/25/2000.