Supposedly Marianne Gingrich, Newt’s second wife, has said that she could give an interview that could end his political career. When interviewed by Esquire in 2010, this did not happen. Is Marianne blowing smoke or what?
Tonight ABC is supposed to air parts of a 2 hour interview with Marianne Gingrich. Details are sketchy at best. It seems unlikely that there will be anything all that revealing. Both of his daughters have issued a statement:
To: ABC News Leadership
From: Kathy Lubbers, Jackie Cushman
Date: January 18, 2012The failure of a marriage is a terrible and emotional experience for everyone involved. Anyone who has had that experience understands it is a personal tragedy filled with regrets, and sometimes differing memories of events.
We will not say anything negative about our father’s ex-wife. He has said before, privately and publicly, that he regrets any pain he may have caused in the past to people he loves.
ABC News or other campaigns may want to talk about the past, just days before an important primary election. But Newt is going to talk to the people of South Carolina about the future — about job creation, lower taxes, and about who can defeat Barack Obama by providing the sharpest contrast to his damaging, extreme liberalism. We are confident this is the conversation the people of South Carolina are interested in having.
Our father is running for President because of his grandchildren — so they can inherit the America he loves. To do that, President Obama must be defeated. And as the only candidate in the race, including Obama, who has actually helped balance the national budget, create jobs, reform welfare, and cut taxes and spending, Newt felt compelled to run — to serve his country and safeguard his grandchildren’s future.
That is a pretty powerful letter. Gingrich was involved in a relationship with his present third wife while still married to Marianne. He apparently doesn’t always say the smartest thing when it comes to women, according the Huffington Post:
According to an extensive profile in Esquire, he told Marianne Gingrich that she was a “Jaguar” and that “all I want is a Chevrolet.” That brought him to his third marriage to Callista Gingrich, who was a House staffer when she began an affair with her eventual husband.
DUH! I wonder how Callista likes being compared to a Chevrolet?
Word on the street it that the interview will be a segment on Nightline tonight. Obviously the interview is meant to deal a blow to the Newt Gingrich campaign. Is it possible to do him harm? Could this be the end of the line for the Gingrich-ster? My guess is that Newt has at least 9 lives and whatever Marianne has to say will be unlikely to have much influence of potential primary voters.
