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NEWT EX-WIFE UNLOADS ON CAMERA; NETWORK DEBATES 'ETHICS' OF AIRING BEFORE SC PRIMARY
Drudge ^ | Jan 18 2012

Posted on 01/19/2012 6:50:05 AM PST by LucianOfSamasota

NEWT EX-WIFE UNLOADS ON CAMERA; NETWORK DEBATES 'ETHICS' OF AIRING BEFORE SC PRIMARY

**Exclusive** Wed Jan 18 2012 18:47:14 ET

Marianne Gingrich has said she could end her ex-husband's career with a single interview.

Earlier this week, she sat before ABCNEWS cameras, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

She spoke to ABCNEWS reporter Brian Ross for two hours, and her explosive revelations are set to rock the trail.

But now a "civil war" has erupted inside of the network, an insider claims, on exactly when the confession will air!

MORE

ABCNEWS suits determined it would be "unethical" to run the Marianne Gingrich interview so close to the South Carolina Primary, a curious decision, one insider argued, since the network has aggressively been reporting on other candidates.

A decision was tentatively made to air the interview next Monday, after all votes have been counted.

Gingrich canceled a press conference on Wednesday to deal with the matter.

"He believes that what he says in public and how he lives don't have to be connected," Marianne Gingrich, Newt's wife of 18 years, explained to ESQUIRE last year.

Developing...

UPDATE: The AP reports ABC is now likely to air the segment Thursday on NIGHTLINE.

(Excerpt) Read more at drudgereport.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ethics; lol; mariannegingrich; newtgingrich; partisanmediashills
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To: Steamburg

How likely is it that anything she says is based on provable fact?

Most of the interview will likely be old facts, and her own interpretations of them. However, I figure her biggest points will probably be:

1) Newt quits his wives when they no longer look like Barbie Dolls, how can you be certain he won’t just quit working hard in the oval office when the pressure is on him, or things don’t run his way.

2) Newt can’t be honest with his own wife, while he holds a position of power, or a position of power is his highest moral liability, why give him the situation that tempts him to do bad, why not retire from politics?

Again, these are the two points I see Marianne Gingrich making. Again, it’s also the problem with ex-wives too. If someone divorces you, that makes them an unquestionable expert on your character, at least in the eyes of the MSM.


21 posted on 01/19/2012 7:13:35 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: Vigilanteman

I agree, this stuff needs to come out now, ASAP. Lets get the trash out in front, and not in october.


22 posted on 01/19/2012 7:14:20 AM PST by Paradox (I want Obama defeated. Period.)
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To: Vigilanteman

I agree, this stuff needs to come out now, ASAP. Lets get the trash out in front, and not in october.


23 posted on 01/19/2012 7:14:49 AM PST by Paradox (I want Obama defeated. Period.)
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To: LucianOfSamasota
This debate about “ethics” is all posturing. This will backfire on the left. “He who is without sin......”

Many have Ex’s who have old “stories”. What is more telling is what he has done with his life since.

Now that Perry is throwing in the towel, Newt will get a boost. He's the only one with intestinal fortitude who can change this mess we're in.

He's not perfect, the last one who was...was crucified.

24 posted on 01/19/2012 7:14:49 AM PST by lula (Anyone but Zero)
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To: Venturer

They took out Ryan in Ill. with some marriage crap. Next up they destroyed Cain with some bimbo stuff...now onto Newt. Same old playbook and it always works, for them so why let it go.

Here we are a small audiance. As such, our opinions are pretty much the same but not widely read...a prime time interview on ABC could have devastating affects on Newt’s campaign because the mindless out in TV land will just go with the story as edited by the ministers of propaganda at ABC.


25 posted on 01/19/2012 7:15:17 AM PST by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: Mamzelle

Newt’s still ABO. Heaven help us, and I’d love to wring the necks of the GOP insiders that brought us to this crossroads!!!

It’s most likely the work of the MSM and Marianne Gingrich, again, sometimes ex-spouses can bring up dirt. You also have to remember the media principles: if someone is an “ex” of something, they are to be viewed as an expert on it.


26 posted on 01/19/2012 7:15:32 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: Mamzelle

Newt’s still ABO. Heaven help us, and I’d love to wring the necks of the GOP insiders that brought us to this crossroads!!!

It’s most likely the work of the MSM and Marianne Gingrich, again, sometimes ex-spouses can bring up dirt. You also have to remember the media principles: if someone is an “ex” of something, they are to be viewed as an expert on it.


27 posted on 01/19/2012 7:15:50 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: LucianOfSamasota

I thought news organizations were supposed to report the news - not decide the ethics of reporting the news.
It’s not their job to decide when or if something newsworthy gets reported - just whether the news is real and substantiated.
Guess these media “kingmakers” have to huddle and confer about how to best spin this to help out Obumo down the road.


28 posted on 01/19/2012 7:16:55 AM PST by bossmechanic (If all else fails, hit it with a hammer)
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To: Mamzelle

If Bill Clinton can get elected not once, but twice, with women accusing him of being a serial sexual predator, one even accusing him of raping her in the White House, NOTHING this woman says will can Newt Gingrich. Oh, but I almost forgot, he was a democrat, so it’s OK.


29 posted on 01/19/2012 7:17:08 AM PST by NKP_Vet (creep.)
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To: Vigilanteman

I agree, better now than later, and honestly, Gingrich should get some sense and support Santorum.


30 posted on 01/19/2012 7:18:06 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: relee

“Did the democrat on Fox news say that Newt wanted to become a swinger?”

THAT would leave a mark.


31 posted on 01/19/2012 7:19:39 AM PST by maggief
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To: LucianOfSamasota

“Ethics” my a$$...

All the left is concerned with is the question
“does this advance communism?”


32 posted on 01/19/2012 7:20:36 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: Mouton

Anyone else put in mind of how Michael Isikoff came to be called Spikey....?


33 posted on 01/19/2012 7:21:24 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: Vigilanteman

I wish Larry Sinclair would break out the stained blue jeans.


34 posted on 01/19/2012 7:22:29 AM PST by TShaunK
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To: LucianOfSamasota; Jim Robinson

Yes, the new twitter from drudge is “OPEN MARRIAGE?” She claims he wanted to keep marriage and Calista.

Sounds like over-kill on the drama dept. but there goes the Defense of Marriage Act.


35 posted on 01/19/2012 7:24:24 AM PST by hocndoc (WingRight.org: Have mustard seed & I'm not afraid to use it. 2 men inherited a Bush economy.)
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To: Morpheus2009

At the risk of appearing dense, what does “ABO” mean?


36 posted on 01/19/2012 7:26:15 AM PST by doc11355
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To: LucianOfSamasota

Why don’t they put on Larry Sinclair, that would cause a stir for sure.


37 posted on 01/19/2012 7:26:21 AM PST by Bon mots ("When seconds count, the police are just minutes away...")
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To: Morpheus2009

One of the things that doesn’t get mentioned much in discussions about Gringrich’s marriages, is that he has had a major religious conversion, and since that time he seems to be walking a different path.

George W. Bush was a party boy and a drunk before he found religion, and it changed his life.

Gingrich became a Catholic and seems to have righted his life in this area. The question that we should be asking is whether he has continued to stay on that “right path” since his religious conversion, not dwell on what he did before.

Of course, a lot of people don’t believe religion can change your life. But, I happen to believe it can, and I’m happy to see someone put their past behind them and turn over a new leaf.


38 posted on 01/19/2012 7:26:33 AM PST by Brookhaven (Mitt Romney has been consistent since he changed his mind.)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

39 posted on 01/19/2012 7:30:11 AM PST by Riodacat (And when all is said and done, there'll be a hell of a lot more said than done......)
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To: MrB

Ya gotta hand it to the left. They do stick together. Anything true or untrue so long as it advances their liberal causes.
Conservatives on the other hand naively look for truth and rationality. Then we leave it to the cretins in the Repub party to package and market the dullest mediocre puppet they think will appease the masses.
I don’t think we’ve ever been closer to needing a third party.


40 posted on 01/19/2012 7:31:59 AM PST by bossmechanic (If all else fails, hit it with a hammer)
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