Posted on 01/19/2012 4:18:32 PM PST by TBBT
Newt Gingrich's two adult daughters said that charges by Gingrich's second wife in an interview with ABC News that the GOP presidential contender asked for an "open marriage" are categorically false.
Kathy Lubbers and Jackie Cushman, Gingrich's daughters by his first wife, told ABC News Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross they had spoken with their father about Marianne Gingrich's allegation and that he had assured them he never asked for an open marriage.
"We spoke with him about that, Brian, and he said it's simply not true," said Kathy Lubbers. "The truth is our father and Marianne had a difficult marriage. They had a difficult divorce. ... The American people have moved on. Our father has moved on."
"I think most divorces are very painful, they're never easy," said Jackie Cushman. "Dad tried very hard to make their marriage work, and unfortunately it didn't."
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I honestly do appreciate your wish for a near-perfect candidate. I honestly wish that the sorts of people that comprised the colonialists were an option.
But with good executive and conservative credentials they are far more desirable than the current crop.
Who knew that Newt was married to Lily Tomlin’s really ugly sister?
If you have seen my posts for the past two months you would see I have been calling for a brokered convention with someone like Paul Ryan being recruited to be the standardbearer of the party.
Funny how Rush even started warming to this idea a little today. Maybe all the ‘smart’ people are starting to realize a brokered convention is the only way to save the Republicans from self immolation. Stay tuned
BUMP
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