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C’mon Marianne

by $8 blue check mistermix|  January 19, 20128:16 am| 103 Comments

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According to Reuters ABC has decided that their ethics permit them to air an interview with Marianne Gingrich tonight on Nightline, after an internal debate John posted about last night. Newt’s daughters from his first marriage (he divorced their mom to marry Marianne) have already issued a statement essentially saying we ought to ignore whatever that crazy bitch says.

Here’s my question: what could she possibly say that would end Newt Gingrich’s campaign? Watching Newt is like attending a freak show every day. At first, the two-headed calf and the bearded lady are riveting, but after a while they’re just part of the scenery, and it takes something really strange to catch your attention. For example, Newt said this yesterday:

The Republican contender told a forum of anti-abortion activists ahead of South Carolina’s primary election that as president he would ignore supreme court rulings he regards as legally flawed. He implied that would also extend to the 1973 decision, Roe vs Wade, legalising abortion.

“If the court makes a fundamentally wrong decision, the president can in fact ignore it,” said Gingrich to cheers.

I don’t know what that means in practice, but isn’t taking an oath to uphold the constitution and then ignoring it basically treason? Newt says shit like this every day, and a lot of the shabby and sordid details of his personal past have been well-publicized, and he’s still a contender. So what does Marianne think will sink his boat? Did he partial-term abort the baby of his underage black mistress with his bare hands while being fellated by an illegal immigrant rentboy? It had better be something that bad or worse, otherwise Marianne’s interview is just going to be a big fizzle.

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  1. 1.

    Certified Mutant Enemy

    January 19, 2012 at 8:19 am

    The Republican contender told a forum of anti-abortion activists ahead of South Carolina’s primary election that as president he would ignore supreme court rulings he regards as legally flawed. He implied that would also extend to the 1973 decision, Roe vs Wade, legalising abortion.“If the court makes a fundamentally wrong decision, the president can in fact ignore it,” said Gingrich to cheers.

    And he has the nerve to call Obama a radical…

  2. 2.

    Mino

    January 19, 2012 at 8:20 am

    I don’t know what that means in practice, but isn’t taking an oath to uphold the constitution and then ignoring it basically treason?

    Come on, you aren’t that much of a naif.

  3. 3.

    Dave

    January 19, 2012 at 8:24 am

    It’s not the information that will sink Gingrich, it’s the optics of the poor, abandoned wife kicked to the curb for a shinier model. There are lots of dumped spouses who are going to watch that interview and see themselves. And they’re going to hear what a shitlicker Gingrich is from their proxy.

  4. 4.

    Nix

    January 19, 2012 at 8:25 am

    I would guess number 2’s interview is a reminder that Newt can’t keep his dick away, when out of site of his current wife. One would assume that he has now switched to prostitutes , so as to keep from running off with another woman yet again. What service he uses would be interesting information to garner.

  5. 5.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 19, 2012 at 8:26 am

    @Dave: News flash. They already know what an asshole he is. Newt’s popularity among middle-aged and older women, in my experience, is pretty darn close to zero.

  6. 6.

    amk

    January 19, 2012 at 8:28 am

    @Certified Mutant Enemy: As “prezinent”, noot can do jacksquat.

  7. 7.

    Egg Berry

    January 19, 2012 at 8:29 am

    Newt will just say he’s been washed in the blood of the Pope and all is forgiven.

    As a Gingrich volunteer said on NPR yesterday:

    You know, I think his is a story of redemption. And if he’s asked forgiveness from God – and I believe he has – and if he’s made peace with the people in his life that were hurt by that, then I don’t know what more I can ask.

  8. 8.

    amk

    January 19, 2012 at 8:30 am

    via nyt, the latest polls have newter neutering willlard.

    http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/states/south-carolina

    (You gotta click ‘show all polls’ since the high brow, grey lady ‘trusts’ only corporate media polls.)

    I root for noot.

  9. 9.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 19, 2012 at 8:31 am

    @Nix:

    One would assume that he has now switched to prostitutes

    I don’t want to be an age-ist or a looks-ist, and certainly don’t want to second-guess people’s motivations – plus, I’m a dude, so I may not understand, but take a look at and a quick listen to Newt, the man, and tell me what sort of a woman would be genuinely interested in fellating him in the back seat of his car?

  10. 10.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    January 19, 2012 at 8:32 am

    Primetime on ABC News, eh? Why is Marianne freezing my homegirls on The View out of this juicy exclusive? Corporate mainstream news is for trolling Obama and fluffing his GOP opponents. Didn’t she get the memo?

  11. 11.

    General Stuck

    January 19, 2012 at 8:32 am

    I don’t know what that means in practice, but isn’t taking an oath to uphold the constitution and then ignoring it basically treason?

    It is a dog whistle for those wingnuts in the 27 percentile, who have already seceded from the union in their own minds. The so called 10 amendment solution possibly augmented by the 2nd amendment solution, And is not lost on Newt, that SC is a haven for that faction of the GOP base. Newt is just answering the tea tards in wingnut speak for their cries of, “We want our country back”, and telling them in code he would be willing to do just that, if this democracy thing doesn’t pan out the right way.

    It is likely too late for Newt to lock in a campaign lizard mind meld with the upcoming southern states weighing in for the GOP primary. Wonder what it would look like if Iowa and NH, were not the first two primary states, say instead it was SC and Alabama. We’d likely get Attila the Hun to run against?

  12. 12.

    Warren Terra

    January 19, 2012 at 8:34 am

    isn’t taking an oath to uphold the constitution and then ignoring it basically treason?

    Insert obvious joke about marriage vows here.

  13. 13.

    Cat Lady

    January 19, 2012 at 8:36 am

    Reuters also tells me that Newt’s lost Gary Busey. I’m going to assume he’s even too crazy for Gary Busey, but I’m not getting out of the boat to find out.

  14. 14.

    Chris

    January 19, 2012 at 8:37 am

    @Gin & Tonic:

    I don’t want to be an age-ist or a looks-ist, and certainly don’t want to second-guess people’s motivations – plus, I’m a dude, so I may not understand, but take a look at and a quick listen to Newt, the man, and tell me what sort of a woman would be genuinely interested in fellating him in the back seat of his car?

    Someone who needs the money, I would speculate.

  15. 15.

    jibeaux

    January 19, 2012 at 8:38 am

    It does not even make any sense that the president could ignore a “wrong” decision on Roe v. Wade. If Roe were reversed, there would be no Constitutional right to a first trimester abortion, and accordingly the states could do as they will about it. Some would ban it, some would not, and many would do something in between. What the hell is the role for the President in that scenario, an executive Order that every sperm is sacred?

  16. 16.

    jibeaux

    January 19, 2012 at 8:39 am

    Although it would be pretty cool if Obama had the power to make Citizens United go away…

  17. 17.

    amk

    January 19, 2012 at 8:42 am

    @jibeaux: @jibeaux: egg.sack.lee.

  18. 18.

    beltane

    January 19, 2012 at 8:42 am

    I think that Marianne, Newt, and Callista all deserve each other. Anyone who supports Newt is already unbothered by the fact that he served his 1st wife with divorce papers while she was on her death bed so that he could marry Marianne. Are these people really going to be upsset that he subsequently upgraded his hardware?

  19. 19.

    AlladinsLamp

    January 19, 2012 at 8:44 am

    A live boy or a dead woman.

    Or maybe genital herpes?

  20. 20.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    January 19, 2012 at 8:47 am

    This is excellent news for Herman Cain.

  21. 21.

    Dave

    January 19, 2012 at 8:50 am

    I’m with you, DougJ Jr. I doubt this lady has much to say at all. (The notion of ABC suits wringing their hands over “ethics” slays me, too. Do you think these guys are poring over Aristotle right now? Conversing on their knees with whatever higher power they worship? Groaning tearfully into the face of a colleague, “THINK OF CALLISTA”??)

  22. 22.

    Commenting at Balloon Juice since 1937

    January 19, 2012 at 8:50 am

    Did he partial-term abort the baby of his underage black mistress with his bare hands while being fellated by an illegal immigrant rentboy

    Video or it didn’t happen.

  23. 23.

    dmsilev

    January 19, 2012 at 8:50 am

    So, let’s review. The contenders for the GOP nomination are

    * A vulture capitalist who believes that any attempt to examine the sources of his income is roughly the equivalent of Stalin liquidating the Kulaks.
    * A thrice-married disgraced former Speaker who has abandoned dog whistles in exchange for dog Klaxon horns.
    * An angry dwarf who is one step away from advocating tinfoil helmets and railing about the International Shaker Conspiracy.
    * A fanatical anti-sex crusader with an unfortunate Google problem.
    * Rick Perry.

    Wow.

  24. 24.

    MattMinus

    January 19, 2012 at 8:52 am

    @Gin & Tonic:

    It’s a strange thing that fat, ugly guys with tons of confidence and an outsized personality can consistently punch out of their weightclass. Hell, I’ve seen it happen with guys that do autoglass work. I’m sure that if you add a title like “Professor” or “Congressman” the trick becomes very easy.

  25. 25.

    Keith G

    January 19, 2012 at 8:56 am

    but I don’t want Newts to campaign to end. damn you marianne.

  26. 26.

    ET

    January 19, 2012 at 8:57 am

    @Dave: Unfortunately if she is the messenger she is a uniformly bad one. She was the mistress when he cheated on the first wife (hence the kids support I suppose).

    As to mistermix’s question about motivation/utility, I think she just wants a little attention and as far as I am concerned anybody saying bad things about Newt is a good thing. There are many Christian-types who will ignore his being a big cheater because he has said sorry and there is little/no mention of this beyond a throw-away line. Also, she can offer some behind the scenes commentary on what was going on when Newtie was at the center of the Capitol Hill power pissing contest. Now that could be revealing.

  27. 27.

    dr. bloor

    January 19, 2012 at 8:57 am

    @MattMinus:

    Professors and congressmen are a dime a dozen. OTOH, a really good autoglass guy…

  28. 28.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    January 19, 2012 at 9:00 am

    @MattMinus:

    It’s a strange thing that fat, ugly guys with tons of confidence and an outsized personality can consistently punch out of their weightclass.

    Is this phenomenon unique to the United States? Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any bombastic slugs who are achieving the same success in Canada or Great Britain, for example.

  29. 29.

    MattF

    January 19, 2012 at 9:03 am

    Also, firing people who disagree with him:

    http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/gingrich-suggests-illegally-firing-federal-employees-over-liberal-views.php?ref=fpa

    I’m thinking, there’s a word for this…

  30. 30.

    Punchy

    January 19, 2012 at 9:10 am

    Video or it didn’t happen.

    Honestly, with this GOP base, video and it doesn’t matter. Video and likely more support.

  31. 31.

    Linda Featheringill

    January 19, 2012 at 9:10 am

    @dmsilev: #23

    Excellent summation!

    [applause]

  32. 32.

    Napoleon

    January 19, 2012 at 9:11 am

    @ET:

    How is that a bad messenger? It helps reinforce the idea he is a serial sleasebag.

  33. 33.

    amk

    January 19, 2012 at 9:13 am

    @dmsilev: LOL. Nailed it.

  34. 34.

    Linda Featheringill

    January 19, 2012 at 9:14 am

    @MattMinus:

    It’s a strange thing that fat, ugly guys with tons of confidence and an outsized personality can consistently punch out of their weightclass.

    Not only guys. I had a friend [she’s gone now, RIP] who was a BIG woman and had a very active sex life. If she walked across an intersection in the middle of town, she’d probably have a hot date by the time she got to the other side. They weren’t all losers, either.

    [Here’s to you, Jackie.]

  35. 35.

    beltane

    January 19, 2012 at 9:16 am

    @dmsilev: And yet any one of these defective individuals is guaranteed to receive the support of at least 45% of Americans. What does this tell us about the deep sea of stupidity that is the USA?

  36. 36.

    amk

    January 19, 2012 at 9:16 am

    @dmsilev: well, the corporate news network ‘breaking’ that the TX idjit is dropping out today.

  37. 37.

    Linda Featheringill

    January 19, 2012 at 9:16 am

    @Shawn in ShowMe: #28

    Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any bombastic slugs who are achieving the same success in Canada or Great Britain, for example.

    Visitors from the UK seemed to be especially fascinated with Jackie. Just saying.

  38. 38.

    jackmac

    January 19, 2012 at 9:16 am

    @Egg Berry: I listened to that same NPR report was struck by the hypocrisy of the person interviewed and that attitude shared by many Evangelicals: If you confess your sins all is forgiven and your past, no matter how many awful things you’ve done, doesn’t matter anymore. (It only matters if you happen to be a liberal or a Democrat or a President who happens to be Black).

  39. 39.

    me

    January 19, 2012 at 9:19 am

    @dmsilev: Not for much longer.

  40. 40.

    Linda Featheringill

    January 19, 2012 at 9:21 am

    @amk:

    I’ll give Rick Perry one thing: His statement that “God didn’t tell me I would win, he just said to run” is probably the most truly religious thing I’ve heard out of this rat pack. He seems to recognize that God is bigger than Rick Perry.

  41. 41.

    beltane

    January 19, 2012 at 9:21 am

    @jackmac: My brother-in-law is a bad person who has done a lot of bad things. He found Jesus so now he does these same bad things with a clear conscience. These people don’t even have to buy indulgences like in the old days. Now they’re SAVED so it’s all good.

  42. 42.

    handsmile

    January 19, 2012 at 9:24 am

    This very point, contrasting the breathless anticipation of Marianne Gingrich’s interview with Newt’s own treasonous remarks about the Supreme Court, was what I was yelling at the TV this morning.

    From 8:05-8:15am on CNN’s morning show, host Soleded O’Brien and three men each well-compensated for their political analysis, Ron Brownstein, Will Cain, and Roland Martin, all clucked and giggled about the interview: do people really care what an ex-spouse has to say; everyone knows about Newt’s “baggage”; comparisons between Newt and Jack Welch; what will women thiink? Not a peep (nor in the previous half-hour I watched) about Newt’s astonishing declaration that as President sworn to uphold the constitutional guarantee of the separation of powers, he would not be bound by Supreme Court decisions.

    Two more paragraphs from mistermix’s Guardian link expose how dangerous and despotic are the views of this “historian:”

    “I will issue an instruction on the opening day, first day I’m sworn in, I will issue an executive order to the national security apparatus that it will not enforce Boumediene and it will regard it as null and void because it is an absurd extension of the supreme court in to the commander in chief’s (authority).”
    _
    _

    Gingrich has said before that he regards the president as above the court when the two branches have fundamentally differing views but he went further in committing himself to setting up a constitutional crisis on his first day in office.

    How is it conceivable that such statements do not merit wide attention and alarm? “Our failed media experiment” and “Why oh why can’t we have a better press corps” just don’t go far enough in condemning the corporate media’s fundamental role in the debasement of this country.

    ETA: The fifth paragraph above should be block-quoted as well. I tried to follow Watergirl’s and Steeplejack’s instructions on b-qing consecutive paragraphs (two underscores between the paragraphs), but evidently I remain an irredeemable Luddite on such matters.

  43. 43.

    Tone In DC

    January 19, 2012 at 9:24 am

    @dmsilev:

    LULz.

  44. 44.

    Valdivia

    January 19, 2012 at 9:25 am

    A little OT but from Greg Sargent’s Morning roundup: more confirmation that the crazification factor is the perfect measure of American politics: guess the percentage of people who think Obama is a SociaIist?

    (ok, it’s 26% but isn’t that so close as to make you shake your head in wonder at the perfection of predictability of the crazy?)

  45. 45.

    beltane

    January 19, 2012 at 9:27 am

    @Valdivia: 26% is well within the margin of error so we’ll count it as a win.

  46. 46.

    Raven

    January 19, 2012 at 9:29 am

    Mitt is paying her.

  47. 47.

    Cacti

    January 19, 2012 at 9:29 am

    I’ll have to join the chorus that’s asking, what could she possibly say that would make Gnewt look like a bigger sleaze?

    Is Gnewt n’gay?

  48. 48.

    amk

    January 19, 2012 at 9:29 am

    @Linda Featheringill: The question is does his fucking gawd break the bones of willard in SC ?

  49. 49.

    Jess Sane

    January 19, 2012 at 9:29 am

    @Shawn in ShowMe:

    Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any bombastic slugs who are achieving the same success in Canada or Great Britain, for example.

    Obviously you don’t know about John Prescott, MP
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott

  50. 50.

    Valdivia

    January 19, 2012 at 9:30 am

    @beltane:

    exactly what I thought! :)

  51. 51.

    Tone In DC

    January 19, 2012 at 9:33 am

    @beltane:

    A lot of good Christian folk seem to miss that verse from John 8:11 (“…go and sin no more”).
    Interesting.

  52. 52.

    Paul in KY

    January 19, 2012 at 9:34 am

    Bout the only thing Repubs like about Pres. Jackson was that he defied the Supreme Court when they ruled he could not move Cherokee (and other) indians out of Georgia. He did get away with it, as they were forcibly moved anyway.

    Every Repub president (since Eisenhower) has dreamed of sticking it to the Supreme Court in this manner.

  53. 53.

    Paul in KY

    January 19, 2012 at 9:39 am

    @MattMinus: I think generally the fat guy also has to be tall (say 5’10”) or taller. Makes them look not so much like an oompa loompa.

  54. 54.

    Tone In DC

    January 19, 2012 at 9:39 am

    @Jess Sane:

    Damn. That dude IS a piece of work. Prescott could be Packwood and Addington’s illegitimate lovechild.

  55. 55.

    Waldo

    January 19, 2012 at 9:44 am

    We are talking about GOP voters here. They don’t give a shit about abstract nonsense like the separation of powers. After 8 years of Bush basically ignoring any laws he didn’t like — or misinterpreting them to align with a predetermined course of action — Newt’s statement is both relatively tame and demonstrably true. And as the article points out, among the base it’s a crowd-pleaser.

    But put a weepy ex-wife on the tube …

  56. 56.

    DanielX

    January 19, 2012 at 9:55 am

    Newt says shit like this every day, and a lot of the shabby and sordid details of his personal past have been well-publicized, and he’s still a contender.

    Well, yes. To a lot of people of a certain age group (Rs and Ds alike), Newt is a well known bomb thrower and shitweasle of the lowest degree. On the other hand, people who are now 24 years old were 12 years old in 1998 when Newt announced his resignation. Even for those are three-four years older, it can be reasonably assumed that most weren’t very politically aware at that time. Hearing about Newt’s various misdeeds now, a lot of them are just going to think “partisan attacks, both sides do it”, etc, without really noticing that when it comes to public and personal fuckups, Newt is in a class by himself. This interview just might make an impression on these folks, but then people who might change their votes based upon such an interview aren’t likely to vote for Newt anyway.

    Then again, for the 27% (god bless John Rogers) the fact that Newt is personally obnoxious and/or crazier than a shithouse rat (if he believes all of what he says) is irrelevant. Being a 27 percenter involves being personally obnoxious or crazier than a shithouse rat anyway, so voting for someone falling into either or both of those categories isn’t much of a stretch. As witness the rest of the Republican field, thankyewverymuch. Newt himself doesn’t believe his past misdeeds matter, and has said so in so many words. He thinks it’s his destiny to be Preznit, so he will say or do whatever he thinks helps him to accomplish that end.

    What matters to these folks is that Newt, along with the rest of the clown car occupants, opposes Barack Obama and all his works. Unlike Obama, none of them are Kenyanislamofascistsoshulists either (or black – did I mention that Obama is black?) Whether the current field of Republicans are crazy, corrupt, incompetent or all three doesn’t matter. What matters is they aren’t Barack Obama. To complete the circle, the fact that Newt Gingrich is a 10th degree douchewaffle doesn’t matter to 27 percenters; it wouldn’t matter if ABC broadcast an interview including video of Newt microwaving live kittens while manufacturing Santorum with a rentboy. If they think he can beat Obama, they will vote for him.

  57. 57.

    Ryan

    January 19, 2012 at 10:02 am

    I bet she has a tape of him saying “whitey.”

  58. 58.

    Brutusettu

    January 19, 2012 at 10:14 am

    Is there an argument that the POTUS should enforce laws that they find clearly unconstitutional?

    The “legally flawed” language from the link, that doesn’t seem to bode well for Newt on this though.

    Albeit Newt seems to implicitly hate the 14th amendment and anything the “Founding Fathers” didn’t write. These are the dudes that allowed or supported owning people, stealing their labor, etc.

  59. 59.

    geg6

    January 19, 2012 at 10:18 am

    @Ryan:

    Okay, had to clean the monitor over that one.

  60. 60.

    beergoggles

    January 19, 2012 at 10:20 am

    I don’t know what that means in practice, but isn’t taking an oath to uphold the constitution and then ignoring it basically treason?

    It’s not treason if the following Democratic administration is “more interested in looking forward than .. in looking backwards”

  61. 61.

    ET

    January 19, 2012 at 10:23 am

    @Napoleon: More of a compromised one I suppose.

  62. 62.

    Frankensteinbeck

    January 19, 2012 at 10:29 am

    @Gin & Tonic:
    Personality. We may find his personality abhorrent and painful, but men (and women) with a strong, aggressive personality are attractive to some people. And that ‘some’ isn’t a small group. Confidence is very, very sexy.

    Throw in a little actual wealth and power, and there will at least be a small but workable percentage of attractive women who dislike themselves enough to overlook what a supreme asshole he is.

    @DanielX:
    Yes. This. WE know what an ass Newt is. His sins are forgotten or never known to most of the public. His 2nd wife laying them out in detail all over again could work wonders.

    But to the Tea Jerks, his horrible personality is a plus. They finally get candidates who are as hateful and stupid and narcissistic as they are. They WANT that, badly.

    EDIT – @beergoggles:
    Incorrect. It’s not treason if congress AT THE TIME says ‘sure, go right ahead’. The current GOP will gleefully let Newt flout the law. That’s kind of scary, actually.

  63. 63.

    Judas Escargot

    January 19, 2012 at 10:32 am

    Ignore the courts when they don’t serve your purposes? Check. Fire government workers/contractors with differing political views? Check. Send US Marshals to arrest judges you don’t approve of? Check.

    None of this is new: Newt Gingrich is just a high-tech rebrand of good old-fashioned 1930s Catholic fascism. Think “Mussolini with a Blackberry”.

  64. 64.

    beltane

    January 19, 2012 at 10:33 am

    What fun! The breaking news is that Rick Perry is dropping out of the race and endorsing…Newt Gingrich!

  65. 65.

    JCT

    January 19, 2012 at 10:42 am

    @Chris:

    Someone who needs the money, I would speculate.

    I guess a $500,000 line at Tiffany’s would do the trick for some idiot. Man, brain bleach time.

  66. 66.

    DanielX

    January 19, 2012 at 10:45 am

    @beltane:

    Oooh, feel the Newtmentum! Ranks right up there with an endorsement from Herman Cain, although Newt and Herman probably get along all right based on shared experience and tastes.

  67. 67.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 19, 2012 at 10:51 am

    @Frankensteinbeck:

    Throw in a little actual wealth and power

    See, I understand power as an aphrodisiac, and can even see where, say, Kissinger got the hot babe. I mean, I despise Henry almost to Hitchensian levels, and always have, but at least he’s * interesting * in some way, and he wasn’t married at the time, and presumably went through some recognizable courtship ritual. But to spend years sucking off Newt in his car while he’s still married must take either unusual fortitude or some kind of self-loathing that I just can’t get my head around. Even for a $500k credit line.

  68. 68.

    beltane

    January 19, 2012 at 10:53 am

    @DanielX: Don’t forget the coveted Sarah Palin endorsement. Grifters of a feather flock together.

  69. 69.

    Larkspur

    January 19, 2012 at 10:54 am

    @dmsilev: You, before I read your list of possibilities, I was thinking how well one of Stephen King’s remarks applies. He said that it was his intent to terrify his audience, but if he couldn’t terrify them, he’d settle for horrifying them, and if that didn’t work, he’d settle for grossing ’em out.

    So I’d guess Marianne might have to gross us out to make any kind of impression, especially given Newt’s company (dmsilev FTW). Maybe some graphic demonstrative evidence that he’s a devotee of kitten or puppy poker?

  70. 70.

    Frankensteinbeck

    January 19, 2012 at 10:56 am

    @Gin & Tonic:
    Again, I say – to a not small number of women, the sheer strength of his personality will be magnetic. He always knows what to say, he takes the lead in things, he’s utterly confident of himself. That is, in fact, exactly the abusive jerk our society has told them is sexy. He’s become bloated and ugly as sin and he seethes with spite and gall, and those will slow down the effect, but not stop it.

    Also, the power of self-loathing is beyond the belief of anyone with decent self-esteem. Trust me on that.

  71. 71.

    beltane

    January 19, 2012 at 10:58 am

    @Gin & Tonic: If you look at it strictly in business terms it all makes sense. Not all women are cut out to be sex workers, but for those women who do choose this line of work, sucking a disgusting old man’s pecker for $500,000 is a vastly better gig than sucking an equally disgusting old man’s pecker for $50.

  72. 72.

    Mino

    January 19, 2012 at 10:59 am

    Well, at one time a subpoena from Congress meant something, until it was applied to top Republican operatives and then it didn’t anymore.

    Anyone see a pattern here?

  73. 73.

    comrade scott's agenda of rage

    January 19, 2012 at 11:17 am

    So what does Marianne think will sink his boat? Did he partial-term abort the baby of his underage black mistress with his bare hands while being fellated by an illegal immigrant rentboy?

    That is so full of win.

  74. 74.

    jonas

    January 19, 2012 at 11:26 am

    There’s a belief in some of the darker corners of the 27%-er fever swamps that the whole idea of “judicial review” — that SCOTUS and federal courts can declare a law unconstitutional — was extra-legally foisted on the country by John Marshall in Marbury v. Madison and was never explicitly granted to the courts in the Constitution.

  75. 75.

    JCT

    January 19, 2012 at 11:38 am

    Annnnd, it looks like Newtie asked Marianne for an “open marriage” so he could continue fucking Callista. And told her that he had been doing so *in her own bed* in their Washington apt. Good going, Noot — while I can’t imagine that his support among women is remotely decent, banging the mistress in your wife’s bed is truly crossing the Rubicon.

    Family Values!

  76. 76.

    hitchhiker

    January 19, 2012 at 11:50 am

    @JCT:

    It’s about Callista. Callista standing next to Newt with that frozen face, Callista in her thousand dollar suits, Callista with her freaky helmet hair.

    Marianne is going after Callista. Now every time we see her doing the political wife thing for the cameras, we’re going to picture her doing the dirty with somebody else’s husband in that somebody else’s bed.

    If we’re really lucky, she’ll have to give her own God loves a sinner interview, but in the meantime I think Marianne just got the ultimate payback. She called her husband’s new wife a slut on national tv, in prime time.

  77. 77.

    Villago Delenda Est

    January 19, 2012 at 11:50 am

    @handsmile:

    Separation of Powers, how does it work?

    (That whirring sound you hear? James Madison rotating at high speeds in his grave)

  78. 78.

    kc

    January 19, 2012 at 11:51 am

    what could she possibly say that would end Newt Gingrich’s campaign?

    That he personally performed an abortion on Monday?

  79. 79.

    JCT

    January 19, 2012 at 12:09 pm

    @hitchhiker:

    I think Marianne just got the ultimate payback. She called her husband’s new wife a slut on national tv, in prime time.

    +1

    But hey, if the shoe fits…

    There was an interesting article in the NYT a few months back talking about how extramarital sex was one thing, but in the marital bed was a whole other deal. Finished off with the story of a marriage that crashed over the husband’s affair — wife let the husband have the marital bed. When they went to use it found she had carved “SLUT” in the headboard….

  80. 80.

    Mouse Tolliver

    January 19, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    @Cacti:

    I’ll have to join the chorus that’s asking, what could she possibly say that would make Gnewt look like a bigger sleaze?

    Marianne will inform us that Newt is the reason Harriet Vanger went missing 40 years ago.

  81. 81.

    West of the Cascades

    January 19, 2012 at 12:19 pm

    @Paul in KY: The Trail of Tears would be an example of the Supreme Court getting something fundamentally RIGHT, and the President ignoring it.

    Possibly an example of Newt’s precise point would be the Dred Scott decision (more or less ignored by President Lincoln, although the Emancipation Proclamation carefully — from a purely legalistic standpoint — freed only slaves in areas which no longer considered themselves bound by Dred Scott and other United States laws anyway).

    Someone with the mindset of a despot like Newt would be pretty scary to have in the Presidency after the power that branch has accrued to itself over the last 30-odd years.

  82. 82.

    handsmile

    January 19, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    @jonas: (#73)

    You, good sir, are evidently a man of benevolent opinion when it comes to the American people, as represented by the Party of the 27%.

    My own encounters with that faction suggest that one could comfortably fit into a Smart Car the number who could correctly identify John Marshall, much less the findings of the Marbury v. Madison decision.

    A little sport I’ve played for more than thirty years among co-workers, acquaintances and at family gatherings when talk turns to matters political is to ask for the names of three sitting Supreme Court justices. From sad experience, less than one individual in ten can do so. And this among people for whom higher education is standard practice.

  83. 83.

    Joel

    January 19, 2012 at 12:28 pm

    The “campaign ending” talk reeks of advertising desperation.

    Consider that Gingrich is already on the outs. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.

    ABC just wants people to watch their dumb news programs.

  84. 84.

    r€nato

    January 19, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    “If the court makes a fundamentally wrong decision, the president can in fact ignore it,” said Gingrich to cheers.

    I’d just like to remind y’all that N. Leroy Gingrich was at the head of the lynch mob screaming RULE OF LAW! RULE OF LAW! RULE OF LAW! when they were trying to impeach Clinton over a fucking blow job.

    I honestly can’t figure out which of these fucking GOP douchebag candidates I hate the most. Today it’s Newt.

  85. 85.

    shortstop

    January 19, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    @dmsilev: Hilarious.

    @Linda Featheringill: I don’t think he realizes it. He’s trying to save face. If he had won, he’d be all, “YES! GOD LOVES RICK PERRY AND SPEAKS TO HIM DIRECTLY! LISTEN UP!”

    I think there’s a little disconnect in this thread about the different ways many Democratic men and many Republican women see Gingrich. Generally speaking, the male reaction here is, “So, we knew he was an asshole with his wives; what’s new?” Marianne, at Romney’s campaign’s behest, no doubt, is going for the “God, that pisses me off all over again!” reaction on the part of Republican women, or at least some older ones.

    Newt’s never been remotely popular with that group, it’s true, but this is a weird race and some of those who have always disliked him might have been motivated to vote for him because they can’t stand Romney for other reasons. This is just designed to put some of them securely in the Romney column.

  86. 86.

    Gust Avrakotos

    January 19, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    Another mistermix masturbation piece. Connecting 20 dots to arrive at the conclusion he wants.

  87. 87.

    BDeevDad

    January 19, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    Dave Weigel has the quote of the day related to Newt:

    Limbaugh now discussing Newt/ABC News: “Everybody’s had an angry ex-spouse.”

  88. 88.

    Paul in KY

    January 19, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    @West of the Cascades: President Jackson’s opinion was that it was wrong. He didn’t say he agreed with the decision & then ignored it.

  89. 89.

    grandpa john

    January 19, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    @jackmac: too bad they have it wrong, that’s the problem with relying on the old testament instead of listening to the words of Jesus
    Matt 7; 21 Not everyone who says unto me “lord, lord’ will enter heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven

  90. 90.

    chopper

    January 19, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    @kc:

    what could she possibly say that would end Newt Gingrich’s campaign?

    he raped a nun?

  91. 91.

    Howlin Wolfe

    January 19, 2012 at 1:11 pm

    @dmsilev: Update: no more Gov. Goodhair.

  92. 92.

    Ben Cisco

    January 19, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    @handsmile: Your Ferengi Media On Display | My Ready Room
    __
    […] Balloon Juice commenter handsmile makes point #3,852,410,769 against the Ferengi media, in this instance that of TeaNN: too hot and bothered about […]

  93. 93.

    JCT

    January 19, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    @BDeevDad: Or four, but who’s counting?

  94. 94.

    Judas Escargot

    January 19, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    @hitchhiker:

    She called her husband’s new wife a slut on national tv, in prime time.

    The way Marianne got to be Wife #2 was by being the Mistress during Wife #1.

    Irony, yes… but expect this to be mentioned. And not by her or by ABC.

  95. 95.

    Barbara

    January 19, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    Look, the evangelical way is that the further you fall, the more uplifting your conversion. Anything damaging that Marianne would say about Newt “during the Fall” can only help him now. Okay, maybe not with Jenny Sanford, but pretty much with most other people in South Carolina. There is logic to this situation — twisted and distorted logic — but logic nonetheless.

  96. 96.

    Steeplejack

    January 19, 2012 at 2:03 pm

    @handsmile:

    Don’t leave blank lines between the paragraphs and the underscores. Should look like this:

    Last line of regular text.
    &#60blockquote&#62
    First paragraph of blockquote. No need for blank line above; FYWP takes care of it. And if you do put in a blank line then FYWP will bold your blockquote. Go figure.
    &#95&#95
    Second paragraph of blockquote.
    &#95&#95
    Third paragraph, etc.
    &#60&#47blockquote&#62
    Next line of regular text. No need for blank line above; FYWP takes care of it.

  97. 97.

    handsmile

    January 19, 2012 at 2:35 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    You are very kind and I appreciate the tutoring. Now I will go and write your instructions 100 times on the blackboard to try to learnz it.

  98. 98.

    Robert Waldmann

    January 19, 2012 at 2:39 pm

    “isn’t taking an oath to uphold the constitution and then ignoring it basically treason?” No it is not provided no guns are involved (rent boys OK). The question has some kind of self referential weirdness as you contradict the constitution you aim to defend which includes article III

    Section 3 – Treason

    Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

    The Congress shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

    use the google.

  99. 99.

    Gretchen

    January 19, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    @hitchhiker: This. It’s about Callista. Revenge is a dish best served cold. Imagine Newt on the campaign trail, with his adoring, helmet-headed Callista by his side, and all anyone can thing of is her helmet-head bobbing up and down in the back seat of a car, while Marianne is waiting for him to come home. How will Callista do on those endless meet-and-greets?

  100. 100.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 19, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    @Gretchen:

    Missy Corpse-fucker has been grinning and bearing with Newt for long enough that an hour or two of rube-fleecing probably won’t ruffle her blonde hair-helmet too much.

  101. 101.

    A.J.

    January 20, 2012 at 11:30 am

    The interview should have been in October. Spent powder for nothing.

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