I don't understand why the media's pretending to be so upset about these charges coming from Marianne. I mean, it's all about sex [this is sure not what he said about Bill Clinton or Ted Kennedy] and how many times are we told that somebody's sex life, even if they're president, doesn't matter. It's nobody's business as long as it doesn't affect the job. And how about all the sex stories from Obama's former girlfriends? That's right: What stories? What former girlfriends? In fact, have we ever found out anything about any of his students when he supposedly taught law at the University of Chicago or buddies at Harvard Law Review? I mean, we still don't know anything. "Mr. Limbaugh, this is very clever of you trying to disguise the fact that Mr. Gingrich is..." No, I'm just reacting here. [Just reacting? How do we go from the adulterer Gingrich to Obama's college records? I think that is called "deflecting."]Limbaugh doesn't stop there, trying to make light of the entire sordid Gingrich story:
I got a great [???????] note from a friend of mine. "So Newt wanted an open marriage. BFD. At least he asked his wife for permission instead of cheating on her. That's a mark of character, in my book. Newt's a victim [Now I think I'm getting seriously sick]. We all are. Ours is the horniest generation. We were soldiers in the sex revolution. We were tempted by everything from Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice to Plato's Retreat, Deep Throat to no-fault divorce. Many of us paid the ultimate price, AIDS, abortion, or alimony for the cultural marching orders we got. Hell, for all I know we should be getting disability from the government." That's from a good friend of mine [gotta wonder about Rush's friends], "Newt's slogan ought to be, 'Hell, yes, I wanted it.'" (laughing) I'm sharing with you how some people are reacting to this.Now, I'm certainly not saying that the MSM doesn't have a motive in putting out this story about Newt. The timing is interesting, to say the least. But gimme a break. This still doesn't take away from the fact that Newt Gingrich completely betrayed not only his first wife, but his second wife as well. He had a 6-year affair behind her back, and then when she is sick with MS, and the doctor has specifically said that she should not be put under stress, he tells her he wants a divorce. And even has the gall to ask for an "open marriage" (which he denies and we are expected to believe), telling his wife she has to "share" him. And people like Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham are defending him?
Later in Limbaugh's monologue, he even tries to blame Marianne Gingrich:
I also know that Marianne Gingrich... I've seen places shortly after Newt was made Speaker with Mary, social weekends and so forth, and she was never comfortable with the public eye -- and that bothered him. He thought it limited his future. She didn't like the media, she didn't like the focus on her life, so she just wasn't comfortable with the public eye -- and I know that he said, "Well, you knew what you were marrying." So there's two sides to all this [I can't stand it!!!! Marianne wasn't all that comfortable in the spotlight, so that makes it okay that Newt was a lying, cheating adulterer]Rush later makes another reference to that "great note" he read:
And don't downplay this note I got from my buddy who's in his fifties, and I'll read it to you again here sometime during the program.Limbaugh does correctly point out the hypocrisy of the media, but Limbaugh claims that the media hypocrisy means we should just ignore Gingrich's behavior:
Here's a headline from the New York Times: "Former Gingrich Wife Says He Asked for Open Marriage." Now, folks, this is the same New York Times that never ran one article about John Edwards cheating on his cancer-stricken wife. Do you remember ABC, CBS, NBC, Washington Post, New York Times would get nowhere near the John Edwards story? That was a National Enquirer exclusive, and the mainstream media was dragged kicking and screaming to it.All I can say to this, is so what? Just because, like Rush, the MSM are hypocrites, that does not justify Gingrich's behavior and Limbaugh's defense of it.
Then there's the final kicker from Limbaugh, who himself has been married four times:
Hell, Newt was married to Marianne for 18 years. Do you realize that's a lifelong commitment in Hollywood terms? That's a lifetime marriage, in Hollywood.So because Newt was married longer than most people in Hollywood, anyone who dares to criticize him is a hypocrite. As far as I'm concerned, anyone who defends this behavior has lost all credibility.
I also watched the Republican debate in South Carolina last night, and the first question was to Gingrich about his ex-wife's intereview. He castigated the moderator and attacked the MSM for bringing this up. The most alarming part of this is the fact that the audience supported Gringrich, applauding him for standing up to the media!!! Gimme a break, people. Do you realize you are supporting a serial adulterer here, a seriously flawed individual? Oh yea, we're suppose to be forgiving, and that's fine. But does that mean we have to support him for president? He has been married 3 times. As far as I'm concerned, that alone completely disqualifies him to be president. He shows a serious lack of character and morals. Maybe he is truly repentant and wants to live a different life, and I actually hope for his sake that this is the case. But please!! How can anyone with any sense of right or wrong support this man for president? He needs major help. When Clinton was caught doing the nasty with Monica Lewinsky, all of his political opponents attacked him because they said it made him vulnerable to blackmail. So why isn't this the case with Gingrich?
I guess we get the leaders we deserve.
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