Hell Hath No Fury Like Marianne Gingrich
Headlining at the Drudge Report at this very hour is news of ABC's "bombshell interview" with Newt's second wife, Marianne Gingrich, which allegedly sheds light on some game changing facts about the candidate. The Drudge Report discloses that
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. Her explosive revelations are set to rock the campaign. But now a "civil war" has erupted inside of the network, an insider claims, on exactly when the confession will air!
ABCNEWS suits determined it would be "unethical" to run the Marianne Gingrich interview so close to the South Carolina Primary.
Two things I'm having a hard time working out here. First, how is it ethical to leak news of a "bombshell interview" and to claim that said interview could be a total game changer, but then not to release the interview so that voters can decide for themselves whether the information divulged therein was indeed important? Second, is there really anything that a spurned ex-wife could say about Newt Gingrich—a man whose personal life we've all long known to be a [hopefully formerly] disheveled mess—that could potentially damn his chances in the upcoming South Carolina primary?
Update 7:06pm PT: AP reports that the interview will be aired Thursday, before the SC primary.
Update 4:35pm PT: According to The Drudge Report, "a decision was tentatively made to air the interview next Monday, after all votes have been counted."
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Aug '10
Re: Hell Hath No Fury Like Marianne Gingrich
What could she POSSIBLY reveal that we don't already know?
Newt's a Cthulhu cultist?
Newt was Michael Vick's dogfight bookie?
Newt is the Lindbergh baby?
Re: Hell Hath No Fury Like Marianne Gingrich
Ben Shapiro is having a field day with this...
Edited on January 19, 2012 at 2:07amSep '10
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Anyone who has ever been through a contentious divorce, or seen their parents go through one, knows that exes are capable of anything. At the very least, they can put things in the most negative light. My mother's assessment of my father was, in my experience, quite far off. I discount automatically what exes say about each other. I read the Esquire hit piece with Marrianne.This is old news. Sometimes exes create a false other. They believe their spouses have certain motives which might be absolutely wrong - hence the divorce. I know my ex completely misunderstood me. So I really don't care at this point.
Is this the same ABC News that turned a blind eye to Juanita Broderick who claimed, fairly credibly, of being raped by Clinton?
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So much to think about. 1) 15 years after Lewinsky, Drudge still has it. 2) I bet the interview is a total dud and is more harmful to Gingrich unaired than aired. 3) The Romney campaign was smart to develop good relations with Drudge years ago. 4) This "internal debate" hyped large couldn't have happened at a better time for Romney. 5) I love politics. 6) I hate politics.
Aug '11
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Aaron Miller
Democrats probably fear Gingrich more than any other candidate.
They certainly got their legs kicked out from beneath them with Newt's "Food Stamp President" remark. Carney got quite huffy.
Dec '11
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This I agree with. Its probably going to be a retread of the obvious.
Jul '11
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I think those who feel this is a non-issue are missing the point. People love a rumor and dirt, even more so in this day and age of reality TV. Accusations of dastardly issues are nearly as bad as being guilty in some circles.
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Aaron Miller
Diane Ellis, Ed.
Second, is there really anything that a spurned ex-wife could say about Newt Gingrich—a man whose personal life we've all long known to be a [hopefully formerly] disheveled mess—that could potentially damn his chances in the upcoming South Carolina primary?
Update: According to The Drudge Report, "a decision was tentatively made to air the interview next Monday, after all votes have been counted." ·
"Please sit down. I have some bad news."
That's what ABC is doing. They know imaginations will run wild. They needn't reveal anything. Simply advertising "explosive" accusations will skew perceptions of Gingrich.
Yes, I would bet that you're pretty dead on here.
Jul '11
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Franco, I've been there and done that in a small town but for every couple people that tell you what garbage is going around there are others who just whisper.
Sep '10
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If Marianne Gingrich (she has kept his name for some reason) is going to keep dishing regurgitated dirt like this, perhaps Newt had good cause to get the hell away from her.
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Good assessment on all counts,..particularly point 3. I have a feeling that whatever the news is, it isn't as explosive or as damaging to Gingrich as letting public imaginations run wild as voters go to the polls,...hence ABC's reluctance to air the thing before the election.
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Diane Ellis, Ed.
"Please sit down. I have some bad news."
That's what ABC is doing. They know imaginations will run wild. They needn't reveal anything. Simply advertising "explosive" accusations will skew perceptions of Gingrich.
Yes, I would bet that you're pretty dead on here. · Jan 18 at 5:13pm
Please. ABC doesn't care about skewing perceptions of Gingrich, they care about ratings. You are all assuming this leak to Drudge came from ABC News. I doubt that. Smells like a rival campaign leak to me. You know, someone who actually has a stake in skewing perceptions of Gingrich.
Jul '11
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Blue Yeti
Diane Ellis, Ed.
"Please sit down. I have some bad news."
That's what ABC is doing. They know imaginations will run wild. They needn't reveal anything. Simply advertising "explosive" accusations will skew perceptions of Gingrich.
Yes, I would bet that you're pretty dead on here. · Jan 18 at 5:13pm
Please. ABC doesn't care about skewing perceptions of Gingrich, they care about ratings. You are all assuming this leak to Drudge came from ABC News. I doubt that. Smells like a rival campaign leak to me. You know, someone who actually has a stake in skewing perceptions of Gingrich. · Jan 18 at 5:20pm
Bingo. I smell Romney here and an ex with borderline personality disorder. If it is Romney then great, that means he is up to the task of skewering Obama!
Sep '10
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Blue Yeti
Diane Ellis, Ed.
"Please sit down. I have some bad news."
That's what ABC is doing. They know imaginations will run wild. They needn't reveal anything. Simply advertising "explosive" accusations will skew perceptions of Gingrich.
Yes, I would bet that you're pretty dead on here. · Jan 18 at 5:13pm
Please. ABC doesn't care about skewing perceptions of Gingrich, they care about ratings. You are all assuming this leak to Drudge came from ABC News. I doubt that. Smells like a rival campaign leak to me. You know, someone who actually has a stake in skewing perceptions of Gingrich. · Jan 18 at 5:20pm
The only thing that could lower my perceptions of Newt's personal moral life is if he slept with Diane Sawyer.
Jul '10
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Diane Ellis, Ed.
Aaron Miller
Diane Ellis, Ed.
Second, is there really anything that a spurned ex-wife could say about Newt Gingrich—a man whose personal life we've all long known to be a [hopefully formerly] disheveled mess—that could potentially damn his chances in the upcoming South Carolina primary?
Update: According to The Drudge Report, "a decision was tentatively made to air the interview next Monday, after all votes have been counted." ·
"Please sit down. I have some bad news."
That's what ABC is doing. They know imaginations will run wild. They needn't reveal anything. Simply advertising "explosive" accusations will skew perceptions of Gingrich.
Yes, I would bet that you're pretty dead on here. · Jan 18 at 5:13pm
And the fact that Drudge falls for this is quite telling if you ask me.
Sep '10
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Doc Jay "I smell Romney here and an ex with borderline personality disorder. If it is Romney then great, that means he is up to the task of skewering Obama!"
You need the media's help. They will help Romney vs. Newt, not vs. Obama. There's plenty of damaging info out there on Obama - we never hear it.
May '10
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Need I point out that this would not be an issue with a candidate Santorum?
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And by the media, you mean Drudge, right? He's the one driving this story now, not ABC.
Jul '10
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DrewInWisconsin
Michael Tee: I have a legit question: Why is Mitt Romney the least vetted candidate in the GOP?
To wit:
Jan 18 at 4:50pm
Yes, I saw that piece yesterday, and have been trying to figure out how to condense it into a Ricochet post. You want to give it a shot? · Jan 18 at 4:53pm
I'm working on it.
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Michael Tee
And the fact that Drudge falls for this is quite telling if you ask me. · Jan 18 at 5:26pm
Ha! This is what Drudge does! You just have to be savvy enough to know how to read Drudge. Remember what you saw today and keep it in mind the next time it happens to someone else. And, of course, Drudge is much more open and honest about what he's doing than the other media outlets, which mask it and pretend they're high brow. He just got tons of hits off of this. Millions.