NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - - Nobody does self-righteousness like Newt Gingrich. Nobody.
On stage here Thursday night at the 17th Republican debate, Gingrich was asked about the accusations his second wife had just made about him on ABC News and to the Washington Post.
Continue ReadingGingrich?s face took on the appearance of a cartoon character whose face blows up like a beach ball until steam comes out of his ears.
?I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office and I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that!? Gingrich said to uproarious applause by the audience.
?Let me finish,? Gingrich continued. ?Every person in here knows personal pain. To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question for a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine!?
Really? That is as close to despicable as anything Newt can imagine?
Here is something that I consider closer to despicable: ?Gingrich divorced his first wife, Jackie, as she was being treated for cancer,? ABC News reported, and he moved to divorce his second wife, Marianne, ?just months after she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.?
But that is not despicable to Newt Gingrich. To him it is despicable that ABC put Marianne on the air saying that Gingrich had requested an ?open marriage? so he could more easily pursue his multi-year affair with a congressional aide.
?I am frankly astounded that CNN would take trash like that and use it to open a presidential debate,? Newt roared on.
Amid the wild applause for Gingrich, CNN moderator John King pointed that CNN had not reported the story, but ABC.
?John, John,? Gingrich said amid hoots and yells and applause for him, ?it was repeated by your network! You chose to start the debate with it!?
Gingrich pointed his finger toward King and stabbed the air with it. ?Don?t try to blame somebody else!? Gingrich said. ?You and your staff chose to start this debate with it!?
Gingrich said the story was ?false? but by that he meant the accusation that he had requested an open marriage. Gingrich does not - - because he cannot - - deny his history of tawdry affairs.
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