Tag Archives: Newt Gingrich

No details yet, but there’s this: Drudge siren is ablaze with the report that Newt Gingrich’s ex-wife Marianne, who famously claimed she could end her [former] husband’s career in one interview, has apparently given that interview to ABC News. The network is currently debating the “ethics” of airing the interview before the South Carolina Primary. Rubs hands and chortles in …

Above is a portion of a Gingrich fundraising email with the subject line: “A Bloody Nose Just Won’t Cut It.” Unbelievable. Hit the link for more.

Gawker is reporting on explosive speculation from the Miami Herald that has apparently been a decade-long rumor in the DC press corps, even though it’s not seen much print. The rumor, in brief, is as follows: In the summer of 1997, the Hill’s Sandy Hume—the then-28-year-old son of Fox News’ Brit Hume—broke a blockbuster story about four GOP congressman who …

But don’t call that an endorsement. Then she has the nerve to describe Obama as not having been vetted in 2008.

On Saturday the anti-gay hate industry crowned Frothy Mix as their official Not-Romney. “Not so fast,” says American Family Association founder Don Wildon. Our culture has become saturated with corruption and immorality. I firmly believe the future not only of our nation but all of Western Civilization is at stake. Voters in South Carolina will help decide if we can …

An actual official site by the Gingrich campaign. Consider this an extension of the “Romney abused his dog” charge.

In addition to the below hard-hitting clip, there’s a separate website with a 30-minute expanded version of what is excerpted below. GOP insiders are crying foul, saying that Gingrich is going to drag down the entire party in his vicious and increasingly personal campaign against Romney.

Huge props to Soledad O’Brien! Gingrich, of course, rolls right past her corrections and continues to lie.(Via – Igor Volsky)

I guess that whole “no negative ads” thing is over.

As the not-Romney effort heats up, much of the anti-gay hate industry will be meeting in Texas this weekend to decide which of the not-Romneys will be their guy. Via Right Wing Watch: “You and your spouse are cordially invited to a private meeting with national conservative leaders of faith at the ranch of Paul and Nancy Pressler near Brenham, …

Citizens United in action. A Las Vegas billionaire has contributed $5 million to an independent group backing Newt Gingrich, breathing new life into the former House Speaker’s struggling campaign for the GOP presidential nomination and casting renewed attention on the role of such groups in the 2012 contest. A person familiar with the development said Sheldon Adelson, a casino mogul …

LGBT rights got a lot more play at last night’s debate than at the previous ones. Result: predictable. And when Gingrich launched into his “Christians are oppressed” diatribe, the anti-gay haters went crazy with glee on Twitter.

No more negative ads! Oh, wait.