and don't understand the rationale for such. She's had it in her pocket and not used it until it might hurt him, and its reasonable, imo, for her to want to do so AND protect us all from being subjected to his b.s., should he prevail.

"We've" known he's a creep, but there aren't enough of us to matter unless this gets the kind of headlines this might result in.

I find it odd to be questioning Marianne's motives. Esp. on DU.

To me one of the more interesting quotes from the 2010 Esquire article is:

"For a man operating at his level, Gingrich was keenly vulnerable. His welcome as Speaker was a furious controversy over yet another book deal, this time a $4.5 million advance from Rupert Murdoch he had been offered before he was even sworn in."

and this:

"There were times, Marianne says, when he wasn't functioning. He started yelling at people, which he'd never done before, and he'd get weirdly "overfocused" on getting things done — manic, as if he was running out of time. He took to taking meetings while eating, slurping his food, as if he wasn't aware or didn't care how strange it looked. The staff responded with gallows humor: "He's a sociopath, but he's our sociopath."

I think he is bi-polar.


Read more: http://www.esquire.com/features/newt-gingrich-0910-6#ixzz1jvE77miJ

Bi-polar/sociopath neatly describes him for me. Missed the Esq. article, and sounds consistent with comments we've seen/heard from congress-members during his years on the Hill.

A lot of what she will say will be old news for many of us. But it was never out in the M$M, so it will be new to 90% or more.
No, I think it will cause a big stir. If nothing else, the RW religionists will need to react either in total disgust or to say "forgive him."

he did come out and actually ask her...sigh.

asked for for an open marriage, he who chants 'one man, one woman Sanctity' along with the rest of them wanted an adultery pass. How would 'we' know that? Why would America care until they are asked to trust the man? He's unfit for office, a liar, a hypocrite and a fake.
He's so far from the standards he pretends to it is not funny. The fact that he has an iota of support shows us that the GOP does not care a whit for any of that 'Sacrament of Marriage' talk, the whole religious pant load is a pant load. They do not mean it at all. Thus, their raging opposition to marriage rights for others is clearly an affectation made to excuse their intolerance, willfully crafted out of words of faith.
They are all sacks of sanctimonious shit, festering hate mongers and charlatans. Newton is among the worst of them.
She did the right thing. The years of silence were the wrong thing. Finally, she speaks the truth.

Apparently not many people read it. She is not just now speaking out. At that time no one was paying any attention to him.

Read more: http://www.esquire.com/features/newt-gingrich-0910#ixzz1jv7FzDx3

But it'll make the already noticable gender gap for newt even more dramatic in the general. And there are more of us women.