http://www.salon.com/2011/03/08/gingrich_divorce_hospital_cancer/
The anecdote was repeated ad nauseam when Gingrich became House speaker in 1995. Then it was repeated ad nauseam
when he filed for divorce with his second wife, Marianne, in 1999.
The story came up again in the mid-2000s when Gingrich was openly mulling a 2008 presidential bid.
In 2007, when Gingrich told James Dobson in a radio interview that he had in the 1990s cheated
on his second wife (with his current wife, Callista), several stories about the admission also noted the 1980 hospital encounter.
If Gingrich is really serious about a 2012 candidacy, expect the hospital story to stay with him throughout the campaign.
http://www.salon.com/2011/05/13/gingrich_cancer_divorce_daughter/
None are perfect. I’d vote Ron Paul if I could appoint his SecState/Def. Congress must be the key, not which R is in the White House. tagline....
I’ve had my doubts about Grinch going all the way back to the Government shutdown during the Clinton years. I agreed with the policy at the time, but there were a number of other weird things about him. His off-again, on-again catfight with Clinton — which he always came out of worse for wear..., various other rumors...
As President, no... I just can’t make the picture.
Actually, she isn't. She may not be as conservative as most on this site, but she has done some significant conservative reporting (click here).
As for Newt, he's an interesting combination of political fire-breather, policy wonk, and nerd goofball. Sometimes all three personae are evident at once. He's at his best exchanging well-aimed shots with pompous liberals (like his encounter with Scott Pelley at last weekend's debate) and at his worst regurgitating idiotic management-Newspeak ("lean six-sigma"). He tends to react before he thinks everything through. Christopher Hitchens (of all people) pegged him best when he said that he thought that Newt has about 200 ideas per week, of which about 100 may be good ones.
His current ascendency in the polls is a reflection of the relative weakness of his competitors, not of his own personal political strength. He will fade back into the pack, as many others have before him.
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Jennifer Rubin is, I think, the one they had on Fox News all- stars. And who attempted to debate Charles K on Iran. She is as dumb as a rock, actually used the word “gazillion” in her debate. You should have seen the expression on K’s face - priceless. She is your typical lib journolist, all chutzpah and no brain.
The WAPO Romney advocate stiles again.
This is all crazy. Gingrich has made it fairly clear that he was a “futurist conservative.” What futurists do is spout ideas of what “could” be.
Just because I have an idea does not mean I am advocating it. It means I’m throwing it out there for discussion.
It’s almost like brainstorming. The neat thing about throwing every idea out for discussion is that the process of analysis might actually lead to a derivative idea that will really work.
I don’t know if its apocryphal, but I think I remember that Edison had over a 1000 iterations of the light bulb before he hit the right combination.
What if he’d stopped on idea #1 and said that it doesn’t work?
Here’s an idea about abortion: classify all abortions as homicides. Then allow the facts of the case to determine if it was justifiable, accidental, negligent, intentional, etc. Then charge accordingly.
What will actually happen in the future? I think the forces of life are beginning to turn the corner with more Americans rejecting abortion except for extremity. With the liberal party using abortion as a type of population/race control, they will push hard to head off this turn in American public sentiment. Additionally, our population is not keeping pace due to a low birth rate.
What if we incentivize birth rates by giving college credits to each new live birth born to a married couple?
It promotes life, education, and marriage.
Is it liberal or conservative?
And have I just advocated it, or have I done no more than toss an idea into the ring?
I’m prepared to vote for Newt Gingrich. He is the smartest guy in the room and is a true visionary like Churchill. Yes I know his negatives. . . Even Churchill was turned out of power shortly after he saved Britain in WWII. As an evangelical Christian, I am much more comfortable with Rick Perry. But I don’t want to listen to 4 years of the leftist media shred him Like they did W. My niece worked for Newt at the Enterprise Institute and says that Newt is the best choice to alter the course of this socialist ship of state.
Whats disputable about this? Why would conservatives want to nominate a loose cannon with no fixed principles who is also a serial adulterer ? Why in the world why?
Face it everyone...Mitt is the choice of the RINO and Dem Establishment. He is the ONE they want to face Obama. Every other candidate that even gets close to getting the nomination will be vetted in a way that neither Mitt or President Obama will ever be vetted. They were able to smear Cain with accusations, but enough that he has lost a significan part of women.
If we want an alternative candidate we have work cut out for us. The mud will be coming thick and heavy for any other candidate. Huntsman would be another “darling” of the establishment but he has no way of getting any traction at this point.
I think Gingrich is obviously a conservative, and obviously an intellectual. However, he is not a consummate conservative, and he is not, as of yet, in complete control of his intellect or his zipper. He wouldn’t be my first choice, but as a replacement for the country killer Obama, he would be a blessing.
There is no question in my mind that money is important to this guy. He's a rabid fundraiser and he gets people to open up those wallets. Fish gotta swim. Birds gotta fly. Politicians raise money.
Full disclosure: As a registered Independant, I can't vote for anyone in the PA primary. If I could and had to vote today, it would be for Newt.
I’m hoping after we’ve destroyed all our candidates we’ll be able to hold out for the white knight...yeah, that’s the plan..the white knight will destroy Romney, right?
Jennifer Rubin
She attended college and law school at the University of California, Berkeley. Before moving into journalism, Rubin was a labor and employment lawyer in Los Angeles, working for Hollywood studios, for 20 years.
See tag line.
Conservatives can do better.
