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Newt Gingrich lacks the moral character to serve as President, his second ex-wife Marianne told ABC News, saying his campaign positions on the sanctity of marriage and the importance of family values do not square with what she saw during their 18 years of marriage.
"And I just stared at him and he said, 'Callista doesn't care what I do,'" Marianne Gingrich told ABC News. "He wanted an open marriage and I refused."
Marianne described her "shock" at Gingrich's behavior, including how she says she learned he conducted his affair with Callista "in my bedroom in our apartment in Washington."
"He always called me at night," she recalled, "and always ended with 'I love you.' Well, she was listening."
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Enrique
(27,461 posts)he has lots of patriotism.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Rambis
(7,774 posts)PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)Richardo
(38,391 posts)eShirl
(18,494 posts)Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)Little Star
(17,055 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)he cheated with her with his first wife.
mazzarro
(3,450 posts)And Callista should even expect more than the same since she is reported to be unconcerned about what Newt does in his marriage. That should mean that Newt can bring women home now - it is an open marriage that she had encouraged Newt while they were cheating on the second wife - right?
Javaman
(62,530 posts)"how can anyone believe a woman that would knowingly be with someone she knew as already married!"
Wait for it.
malaise
(269,054 posts)told me she was shocked when she realized that her husband had several women. I asked her why she was shocked since she had an affair with him while he was married to her friend. She still hasn't responded to me.
ecstatic
(32,711 posts)At this rate, Santorum will be the nominee. He's boring though...
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)I knew Newt was a slime ball, but even this surprises me. Calling the wife from her bedroom while the mistress is sitting there listening in......
TlalocW
(15,384 posts)Like town hall meetings with candidates, debates, etc. and that the media feel that the candidates actually deserve respect so that questions from audience members have to be pre-approved, etc. I'd love to ask Newt, "Speaker Gingrich, I love my country as much as you do, and I work very hard as well, but I'm still having trouble cheating on my wife because of it. Do you have any advice?"
TlalocW
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)Bandit
(21,475 posts)laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)which is what most narcissistic slimeball liars do. If your husband (or wife) starts accusing you of cheating - even in a joking way - be VARY wary! BTDT. My ex could be Newtie's clone.
barbtries
(28,799 posts)are willing to overlook the fact that this man has no qualms about lying or cheating. if honesty doesn't count what does.
i'm pleased that she's doing this. i hope it hurts him a lot.
RT @ @notjessewalker
Dear 19th century: There's a Mormon candidate for president, there's a polyamorist candidate for president, and they aren't the same guy.
Richardo
(38,391 posts)kpete
(71,996 posts)Letter from Speaker Gingrichs Daughters to ABC news about the interview with Gingrichs ex wife
by Greta Van Susteren Posted in: Jackie Cushman, Kathy Lubbers, Speaker Newt Gingrich
JAN 18 2012 - 8:20 PM ETSHARE734 COMMENTS
To: ABC News Leadership
From: Kathy Lubbers, Jackie Cushman
Date: January 18, 2012
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.
We will not say anything negative about our fathers 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.
ABC News or other campaigns may want to talk about the past, just days before an important primary election. But Newt is going to talk to the people of South Carolina about the future about job creation, lower taxes, and about who can defeat Barack Obama by providing the sharpest contrast to his damaging, extreme liberalism. We are confident this is the conversation the people of South Carolina are interested in having.
Our father is running for President because of his grandchildren so they can inherit the America he loves. To do that, President Obama must be defeated. And as the only candidate in the race, including Obama, who has actually helped balance the national budget, create jobs, reform welfare, and cut taxes and spending, Newt felt compelled to run to serve his country and safeguard his grandchildrens future.
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R.C. Hammond
niyad
(113,344 posts)house, numerous ethics violations, all this is okay, because he is doing this for his grandchildren.
you two brainless twits are an embarrassment to all women.
kpete
(71,996 posts)choke on it grandpa Newt!
peace, kpete
HangOnKids
(4,291 posts)Vapid TWITS. Shit they sound like Cheney's kids.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)to be chief shoveller at the Uranian shitworks.
lapislzi
(5,762 posts)I hear there's a waiting list for shit shoveler at the Uranian shitworks.
Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)And he's giving open relationships a bad name.
dickthegrouch
(3,175 posts)How could it have been expected unless it's true?
Smear away, Callista.