He didn’t honor his pledge 2 other times, why would anyone think he would honor this one.
But, for a golden oldie see:
During April 1980, Newt and Jackie separated. They divorced in February 1981.
“The most notorious incident in Gingrich’s marriage ... was when he cornered Jackie in her hospital room where she was recovering from uterine cancer surgery and insisted on discussing the terms of the divorce he was seeking. Shortly after that infamous encounter, Gingrich refused to pay his alimony and child-support payments. The First Baptist Church in his hometown had to take up a collection to support the family Gingrich had deserted. Six months after divorcing Jackie, Gingrich married a younger woman, Marianne, with whom he had been having an affair.”
Source: Stephen Talbot. “Newt’s Glass House.” Salon.com. 8/28/1998.
His own daughter says he has really changed. She ought to know.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2819132/posts
http://www.creators.com/opinion/jackie-gingrich-cushman/setting-the-record-straight.html
Newt’s daughter debunks ‘cancer bed divorce’ myth
We have daughter Jackie's account of that so-called death bed "cornering" of her mom by Newt.
Her mother is alive and well. The cancer surgery was not as the tumor was benign.
“He didn’t honor his pledge 2 other times, why would anyone think he would honor this one.”
This is an entirely valid point. Unfortunately, the Salon account of the hospital divorce discussion is a pack of lies: even WaPo concedes this point. http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/aspects-of-gingrich-divorce-story-distorted/2011/11/17/gIQA8iY4YN_story.html
That story’s been debunked.