hmm
Posted on 01/18/2012 9:15:51 PM PST by Red Steel
The Gingrich campaign launched a preemptive strike as news spread that ABC plans to broadcast a potentially damaging interview with Newt Gingrich’s second ex-wife on Thursday – just two days before Saturday’s crucial South Carolina primary.
Gingrich’s daughters (from his first marriage) Kathy Lubbers and Jackie Cushman came to their father’s defense in a letter released by his presidential campaign.
“The failure of a marriage is a terrible and emotional experience for everyone involved. Anyone who has had that experience understands it is a personal tragedy filled with regrets, and sometimes differing memories of events,” the daughters said in the letter addressed to ABC News Leadership.
“We will not say anything negative about our father’s ex-wife. He has said before, privately and publicly, that he regrets any pain he may have caused in the past to people he loves,” the letter said.
The daughters also said the former House Speaker intends to stay on message, suggesting one thing he will not be talking about in South Carolina is the ABC interview.
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You have issues.
I await tomorrows debate.
Hmmmm....”second ex-wife “.
Wasn’t SHE a “Home-Wrecker”?
Go talk to Gloria All-red, madam...seems she has nothing to do, now that Herman Cain was lynched. She’ll listen to you when no one else will.
Santorum cannot defeat the OBIE... He is a rich field of attack opportunities for the lib media. I believe that Newt actually has a chance... in this case, his flaws may be in his favor.
lol
I thought the impeachment of Bill Clinton had to do with lying under oath?
Indeed.
“. My guess is that Gingrich stepped all over Armey’s ego many times. But Armey was probably right to say that as speaker Newt lacked focus.”
I don’t know too much about it. There was so much going on when they were in charge of the House. It seemed we were really going places as far as reform. Then all hell broke loose with the Monica/Clinton situation which lasted forever. I guess there were some problems with Newt involving Bill Paxon too, whose wife came out with an ad today that was anti-Newt. Everything fell apart. Armey said in this interview, when asked if Newt was blackmailed by Clinton, that it was more like they just bonded because of their affairs. It’s hard to believe that we have vote to let any of these people control our lives but that’s the way it is. Some people envision using a fireman’s hose to cleanse DC but it wouldn’t change a thing. It’s Rome. It would be better if all government was just state and run like Texas.
Alright. The "Contract With America" was a document written 18 years ago. It's primary author was Larry Hunter, with some additions from Robert Walker, Richard Armey, Bill Paxon, Tom DeLay, John Boehner, Jim Nussle, and Newt Gingrich (several of the aforementioned people -- especially Boehner -- who helped write The Contract With America are currently called "RINOs" by Newt's fans on FR, including false accusations that those "RINOs" were responsible for a "coup" that "removed" Gingrich in 1998)
Newt deserves due credit for at least being the most public advocate of the Contact With America 18 years ago, and his maneuvering was certainly a major reason why the GOP took control of Congress in Nov. '94. Unfortunately, little of the Contact was actually enacted into law and Gingrich alienated most of his conservative base after caving to Clinton, leaving office with lousy approval ratings when the GOP lost 3 more seats in '98.
Since that time, Newt has gotten even worse and done global warming "awareness" ads with Nancy Pelosi and "bipartisan education tours" with Al Sharpton. These are not the actions of a conservative (would YOU tour with Al Sharpton?)
Next question.
I don’t agree. Winston Churchill was a flawed man himself and I believe admitted so. All men and women are flawed. Such is the human condition. We have but to look at their actions married with their words... to have the inspiration to support(or not) the flawed humanity that seeks to lead us.
I have said all along that Newt's personal baggage will come to the fore and so will the reprimand of him by the House, the first and only time that a sitting Speaker received some condemnation plus a financial penalty. The 137 page report from the Ethics committee will be fodder for Dem attacks should he get the nomination.
Newt says its over if he doesn’t win South Carolina:
(several of the aforementioned people — especially Boehner — who helped write The Contract With America are currently called “RINOs”
And for good reason. His actions against his own party’s platform confirm Bohner to be a RINO.
Are you saying his Dem sellouts are conservative?
But we’ve gone past that and abandoned that as a Nation, that the POTUS should be the Face of America. Reagan was the true last, then we got the Groin of America with the Krintons, then W tried to restore it, and now we have the Armpit of America.
Now we need a Junkyard Dog of America, a true rat-killer: hand-wringing about past fleas and ticks is pointless. End Mitt and End Zero, then we can get back to ethereals.
He just might be. He's looking more and more like the only one with the guts to speak out and take the fight right to the enemy.
He's sure showin' me something... and I like it.
Newt praises Obama on stimulus and healthcare .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJaImGbEclI&feature=share
Newt cannot handle the Presidency and we should have the judgment to see that. I think a year ago there would have been a consensus of FReepers to agree on that. But since he is excellent at debating, it tricks us into thinking he should win. Presidenting ain’t debating.
We cannot trust Newt. I’d vote for him if I had to. But he will implode sooner or later. Later, as our President, is worse than now, when we can still have one of those Ricks.
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