Badmovies.org Forum

Gingrich Lacks Moral Character to Be President, Ex-Wife Says  
By BRIAN ROSS and RHONDA SCHWARTZ

http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-gingrich-lacks-moral-character-president-ex-wife-135852543--abc-news.html (http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-gingrich-lacks-moral-character-president-ex-wife-135852543--abc-news.html)

Newt Gingrich lacks the moral character to serve as President, his second ex-wife Marianne told ABC News, saying his campaign positions on the sanctity of marriage and the importance of family values do not square with what she saw during their 18 years of marriage.

In her first television interview since the 1999 divorce, to be broadcast tonight on Nightline, Marianne Gingrich, a self-described conservative Republican, said she is coming forward now so voters can know what she knows about Gingrich...

So did Clinton.
Nobody let that stop him.

Yeah, but Clinton had charisma.

Isn't this the guy who made some bad remarks about race and sex?

As a conservative, I'm kinda torn.  Newt's personal life is a train wreck, but he has lots of experience and some great ideas.  For the moment, I'm stickin' with Santorum.

I'm gonna reward you for that.  It's interesting how CLINTON's name will always be inextricable from GINGRICH's, particularly for the latter's condemnation of the former for doing exactly what he himself had been doing at the same time.  Except with much more serious intentions, like divorcing a seriously ill woman (again) in order to marry an adulteress (again).  Very lucky man!  At this juncture with this story, it's about GINGRICH who is shown to be a hypocrite.  

Bill Clinton was impeached for PERJURY, not adultery.  He put his hand on a Bible and swore to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and then lied his a$$ off and asked his staff to cover his lies.  If you or I did it we would have gone to jail, NO MATTER WHAT WE LIED ABOUT.  He deserved to be impeached and frankly should have resigned.  It was a disgrace.  NOTE that I am not defending Gingrich - I agree that his actions were hypocritical.  But I will NEVER give Clinton a free pass for his shameful acts.

Good thing Jack Ryan's not in the race. :tongueout:

You're changing the subject.

My problem with Gingrich is he is really too cerebral and nasty to be a president. EVeryone wants him to debate Obama, but most of being president isn't debating, it's ambassadourial (is that a word? I doubt it). for example take the palestinian israeli conflict. many people have very intense views on that but it's a very delicate situation. You can't have a guy who will say something wierd or possibly lose his temper in a crazy way.  It could mean big problems for everyone. It's unfortunate because gingrich has been around a long time and has the credentials but he's just not cut out for a role. He has the disposition of a pundit not a president.

"Too cerebral and nasty" and "the disposition of a pundit,not a president"....that fits him to the letter. I've never liked the man and just couldn't vote for him. If it came down to a choice of him or Obama,I'd write in someone else.

Just the facts as of today, Sunday, January 22.

Gingrich has been declared the winner of the South Carolina Republican primary.

That gives the three front runners one win each.

Mitt Romney, of course, won the New Hampshire Republican primary.

And Ric Santorum has been declared--narrowly--the winner of the Iowan caucuses. Originally, Romney was declared the winner, but the results were so close, that they went back and looked at the results again, and this time decided that Santorum was the winner, narrowly edging out Romney.

And Ron Paul was a respectable fourth in the South Carolina primary behind the three front runners.

As they say in baseball and politics: "The game ain't over till it's over." And it may not be over for some time yet. So stay tuned.

We definitely have a campaign on our hands now! LOL :cheers:

Anyone who would want to be President probably lacks the moral character to be President.  Kind of a catch-22.

I don't know about that.  I'd love to BE President . . . I'd just hate to RUN for President. :teddyr:

More power to ya,my friend....as for myself I just wouldn't want all that pressure. :wink:

Yeah, it'd be great to be the leader of any country, because then maybe you could steer it away from some of the more blatantly stupid things it's done in the past...but that won't happen unless you're a dictator because you won't have complete power. As bonus, you'll get the blame if someone does something dumb that you had absolutely no say in.

You're right.  I'd much rather be Supreme Dictator of the Earth instead of President of the U.S.A.  I would try to only abuse my power in ways that would be amusing to the vast majority of the population . . .


like locking Pat Robertson and Rob Zombie up in an elevator for two weeks, with cameras to monitor the carnage!!!!

LOL...oh,the horror! :bouncegiggle:

I'm guessing that the missing premise of your argument is that most other politicians would swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth and do so? Am I correct in assuming your position that Bill Clinton was unique in that regard?

As for my opinion on the OP,count me among those idiotic rational people that see no correlation between what his ex-wife says about his moral character and his ability to govern. My reason for not supporting Gingrich is because he represents the Washington power-elite that I despise. He is also the last person the Republicans should nominate if they want to win the White House. He would lose.

Like I said, I'm a Santorum guy.  But I am so desperate to get rid of this terrible, terrible President that I will vote for WHOEVER gets the nomination to oppose him.

And, in all fairness, as controversial as Newt is, he had some pretty impressive achievements as Speaker - the Contract With America, 4 balanced budgets, a reduced national debt, and major welfare reform.  None of those would have passed without him.  And, frankly, I do believe he would make hash of Obama in a debate.  The President's overly hyped eloquence would be exposed for its intellectual emptiness.

So, no, I won't vote for Newt in the primary for many reasons.  But if he is the nominee I will work my butt off to help him win.

Newt would lose. I am reminded anytime Obama has spoken to the American people and I go into work the next day, and conservative Republicans I know say "Damn he sounded good. He even had ME going."

Just you wait until the summer. Gingrich, despite all of his acheivements, would lose his cool in a debate while Obama would remain cool and calm. Romney, while he is more charismatic and would probably do better in a debate against Obama on the soft-skill stuff that voters love, "Occupy Wall Street" should remind us that there are ALOT of people that will despise him.

I predict that the presidential debates will be watched on a level that we've never seen before, and the debates will truly decide the election.

Hey, these types of posts you make remind me of something.  Are you member of Yahoo and do comment on their news articles?  :tongueout:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/01/17/the_anti_fornication_anti_abortion_wife_of_rick_santorum_lived_very_differently_in_her_20s_.html

kind of strange story about santorums wife. she had a much older boyfriend who was actually an abortionist. He as also an OB GYN and had delivered HER back in 1960.

Sorry if my nascent cynicism is showing, but I disagree.  I don't think the debates EVER matter and certainly won't this year.

I kinda think it's all decided already, and voting is, uh, where's my tin foil hat?

In the same room where you stuck all of those coathangers to the ceiling silly.

That's a NO on both counts.  There must be another very well informed, intelligent, and eloquent conservative out there masquerading as me!! (Which, of course, is completely understandable!)

MUMRAH!!!

Being the old school punk rock freak that I am-(read: cynical,disillusioned hair-brain) I really and truly believe that ALL politictions are full of sh!t. They're salesmen of the snake oil school. Professional liars who will say anything to get there fat,tax payer fed asses padded even more.
f**k em all.

(No-I'm not drunk-waaay to early in the wek-and day-for that  :wink:)