Newt: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President"

[There Is No Spoon]

Newt the lizard: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer."

Gingrich Puts a Price on His Family Values : He sheltered his $4-million book bonanza from his struggling, non-trophy ex-wife.

December 25, 1994|ROBERT SCHEER | Robert Scheer is a former Times national correspondent.

The news that Newt Gingrich will receive $4 million from Rupert Murdoch's publishing house must have been greeted with dismay by his former wife, Jacqueline, down in Carroll County, Ga. Newt had pulled a fast one. It was only nine months ago that she consented to the congressman's request for an amendment to their divorce decree that bars her from claiming additional funds due to an increase in his earnings.

Not to be too harsh on Newt, it must be terribly difficult balancing pro-family values with a commitment to a Darwinian survival of the fittest in the marketplace. Newt the congressman-author is a winner in life's sweepstakes, Jacqueline the schoolteacher-mother is a loser, and that must be the way God and/or Adam Smith intended it.

She had free will. Nobody forced her to marry someone eight years younger. The man is supposed to marry someone younger, and Newt corrected that the second time around after divorcing Jacqueline in 1980 for "irreconcilable differences," which he said had been the case through the 1970s, despite counseling.

But did he have to be so mean about it? As reported by L.H. Carter, his campaign treasurer, Newt said of Jacqueline: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer." Hard to believe, although according to the New Yorker, his wife did tell the congregation of her Baptist church: "The devil has taken his heart." Maybe she was referring to his being so miserly in the matter of child support and alimony, but as Newt points out, we do have a safety net of private charity, and the congregants chipped in to help pay the utility bills.

... http://articles.latimes.com/1994-12-25/o...ily-values

Newt is a cretin.

[walterrhett]

Rich message for the poor in spirit.

[jaxx]

I hope this hits the Iowa papers. Good grief, even then he was angling for the presidency. Nasty man, he is beyond belief with that statement about his wife not young or pretty enough.

[JuniperLea]

To be POTUS. I won't stoop to his level and mention his ugly ass face... ooops...

[azmouse]

As I heard before about Newt: His life isn't an open book, it's an open sewer.

[yellerpup]

(12-27-2011 02:01 PM)azmouse Wrote:  As I heard before about Newt: His life isn't an open book, it's an open sewer.

Perfect description.

[gleannfia]

(12-27-2011 02:01 PM)azmouse Wrote:  As I heard before about Newt: His life isn't an open book, it's an open sewer.

....neither is your present wife (#3)

[firedupdem]

He is a real pig. Anyone that can sit with a straight face and say love for his country caused him to cheat on his wives is just scary and disgusting! He's a horrible person.

[KonaKane]

I read a great open letter recently, ripping him to shreds. It ended with:

PS You look like what happens when someone pours mashed potatoes into a suit.

[azmouse]

(12-27-2011 02:41 PM)KonaKane Wrote:  I read a great open letter recently, ripping him to shreds. It ended with:

PS You look like what happens when someone pours mashed potatoes into a suit.

Now that is quite an image!

[SeattleGirl]

(12-27-2011 02:41 PM)KonaKane Wrote:  I read a great open letter recently, ripping him to shreds. It ended with:

PS You look like what happens when someone pours mashed potatoes into a suit.

Damn funny! Good thing I wasn't taking a drink of anything when I read that!

[Treestar]

Why does the FLOTUS have to be young and pretty - that's not a requirement! Only in Newt's head. He's too ugly to be President.

[Born_A_Truman]

Anyone who has a twinge of doubt as to his character should read that sentence again.

[JuniperLea]

(12-27-2011 03:43 PM)Born_A_Truman Wrote:  Anyone who has a twinge of doubt as to his character should read that sentence again.

Once that thought solidifies, think in terms of him being touted by many as the GOPs best shot at getting a Pubbie in the White House.

I wonder what's under the barrel... the scrappings at the bottom are putrid!