Newt’s daughter’s non-denial denial of Gingrich confronting 1st wife in hospital over divorce

America Blog ^ | 11/4/2011 | John Aravosis

[presidio9]

But of course, she denied something that wasn't even the story.

This is a lie.

The story has always been that Newt blinsided Jackie Battley with divorce papers in the hospital where she was dying of/being treated for cancer. The correct story (if you hate Newt enough to continue harping on it) is that Newt Married Jackie Battley (his HS geometry teacher) when he was 18 and she was 26. Eight years and two children later, the two had grown apart and began discussing a split. Divorce was her idea. The two went over the papers while she was recuperating from the removal of a benign tumor. The two have since reconciled, though Gingrich has, of course, remarried twice. Not quite as interesting as the story his opponents love to tell, but the truth rarely is. Should Gingrich win the nomination, I can't wait for some automaton like Scot Pele to ask him about his personal life, so he can put this one to rest, once and forever. Battley is a private person, and does not give interviews, but I have no doubt she will make an exception for a presidential election.

None of this excuses Newt's historical lack of respect for the Sacrament of marriage, but, as a Christian, I take him at his word of a recent epiphany. If he is not a different man, he's doing a wonderful acting job.

[Venturer]

Thanks for the truth.

[af_vet_rr]

Fox News is out to make sure that it’s Romney or Nobama.

[federal__reserve]

Don’t worry, Romney research is already in the bag of MSM. It will all surface if he becomes the nominee. The democrats preferred nominee is Romney. Just read all leftist blogs.

[federal__reserve]

Newt’s personal life does not bother me as much as his stands on various issues such as he was for cap and trade, his partnership with Sharpton on education reform, his Partnership with Hillary Clinton to advocate health-care IT legislation, and worst of all he was for healthcare mandates.

However the democrats and MSM is another matter because they will make a huge brouhaha about Newt’s personal life shenanigans.

[Captain Kirk]

You are absolutely right. Come August, if Romney is the nominee, he won’t know what hit him! In any case, I suspect that Romney will be toast anyway because there will not only be one but perhaps two third party candidates taking votes from him.....that is unless he appeases conservatives, a la McCain/Palin, but running Bolton for veep, or something.

[rashley]

Thanks, presidio; I did not know those details, though I have heard that the story is far less ugly and damaging than the media would have us believe.