Newt Gingrich’s big applause line in the South Carolina CNN debate is coming back to bite him.

When moderator John King opened the debate with a question about allegations that his ex-wife made in an interview. Gingrich fired back, saying that his campaign offered several friends familiar with the situation to rebut ABC’s interview, but that the network refused to talk to them.

That wasn’t really true, his campaign now says.

Gingrich’s spokesman R.C. Hammond has told CNN that the only witnesses it offered to ABC were Gingrich’s two daughters from his first marriage. Not exactly the scores of “personal friends” that Gingrich promised as character witnesses in the debate, and promised again in a follow-up interview with King.

Mitt Romney came down against Gingrich’s treatment of the media, and John King in particular, in an appearance on FOX News Wednesday, The Hill reports.

“It’s very easy to talk down a moderator,” Romney said. “The moderator asks a question and then has to sit by and take whatever you send to them. And Speaker Gingrich has been wonderful at attacking the moderators and attacking the media.”

Ultimately, the legacy of Gingrich’s big moment might not matter, as Gingrich’s South Carolina boost seems to be shrinking fast. Already the conservative media is uniting to sink Gingrich’s campaign, and new polls show that Gingrich is rapidly losing his lead in Florida.

Source: Business Insider.

*Written by Rob Rimes.

I’d hate to knock a whole state but man, what the fuck was South Carolina thinking? After a few debates and weeks of campaigning, the Palmetto State finally held their presidential primaries. After the smoke cleared, the sinister grin of Newt Gingrich was all anyone could see. The scariest part about all this is that South Carolina has a history of picking presidential candidates. Since 1980, the results of the South Carolina primaries have been game changing. In 1980 the winner was Reagan, who went on to win the presidency. In 1988 it was Bush I, who also won the presidency. In 1996 it was Bob Dole, who won the nomination but ultimately lost to Bill Clinton. In 2000 it was Bush II, who won the presidency. In 2008 it was McCain, who won the nomination but lost to Obama. So if history is any indicator, Gingrich will be the Republican nominee to go head-to-head with Barack Obama this fall. Then again, there’s a first time for everything and chances are, this is just some ridiculous coincidence.

Before we got to Iowa, we were told how important it was. We were also told the same thing about New Hampshire. Initially, Mitt Romney won both those states but after those genius Iowans realized that they forgot how to count right, they declared Rick Santorum the winner, thus solidifying his position as the frontrunner. But wait, Mitt won New Hampshire, which we were told made him the frontrunner. Now Newt has won South Carolina and we’re told that means he’ll be the nominee. Man, all this bullshit is confusing. I mean, how can you say that any of these men are the frontrunner? Each one has only won one state out of fifty and there are forty-seven that still have to vote. The problem is, all this rhetoric is just media hype – trying to shape the public opinion while capitalizing on weekly ratings spikes. Right now, this race is anyone’s game, except for Santorum because even if he did win the nomination, he’d get slaughtered by Obama. The truth is, South Carolina will eventually be wrong. You can buy into this weird Palmetto State and media hyped superstition all you want but statistically the tide will eventually turn.

So Newt Gingrich won South Carolina (40 percent), Mitt Romney got second (28 percent), Rick Santorum got third (17 percent) and in what is a showing of how unintelligent South Carolinians are – Ron Paul got fourth place (13 percent). The results of this primary prove unequivocally that South Carolina is for statists. Then again, looking at this primary situation as a whole, maybe something odd is going on. Now it is no secret that I am a Ron Paul guy and truthfully, I don’t want to come off as a sore loser. In fact, I have been of the belief that Mitt Romney was going to win this thing since before anyone even announced their bid last year. The problem is, Paul has gotten the shaft so far and based off of everything I’ve seen, it’s hard to understand why. Let me explain in more detail.

To start, Ron Paul was favored to win Iowa going into their archaic caucuses but to everyone’s surprise and shock, Rick Santorum rose from his bottomless pit and took the state by storm. Santorum, who had used up all of his resources in that state, still hadn’t made enough of an impact to even put a dent in Iowa. However, when the votes were tallied and then tallied again because the state admittedly fucked up, Santorum was the winner. Romney was in second and the projected favorite, Dr. Paul, was in third ahead of Gingrich and Perry. How did Santorum, an almost unknown candidate with no real support, win Iowa? Between the ballots being collected and counted at a secret location behind closed doors as well as the fact that there was already alleged fraud with the “dead voters” and the fact that they changed their results two weeks later makes this whole process look sketchy. I’m not saying that Paul won the state but shit just doesn’t add up.

In New Hampshire, Mitt Romney was the hands down favorite and in the end, he came through and won the state with Ron Paul not too far behind in second place. Huntsman won third place and then dropped out to support Romney. Gingrich and Santorum were both at the bottom with Rick Perry who dropped out not to long after these results. Thankfully, Santorum was knocked back down to Earth and Newt Gingrich had two bad finishes in a row. Leaving New Hampshire, Mitt Romney was the frontrunner with Ron Paul right on his heels. It had become a two-man race and frankly, I still believe it is, regardless of South Carolina’s results. However, let’s look at that situation.

The South Carolina portion of this journey is also pretty odd. In the first debate in Myrtle Beach, rude South Carolinians were booing Ron Paul and his explanation of the “golden rule”. Oh, how very Christian of them! The second debate in Charleston was quite different however. The other three candidates, as well as the media, tried to limit Dr. Paul’s time and when this was apparent, the crowd went apeshit and booed for Paul to have a chance to answer some of the questions that they weren’t giving him. If anything, this gave Paul supporters some hope that the game was changing in the Palmetto State. The tip of the iceberg came when each of Dr. Paul’s events in the state were packed full of thousands of enthusiastic supporters. No other candidate traveling the state could compete with the level of love Paul was generating. Elsewhere, just a day before the primary results in South Carolina, Newt Gingrich had to cancel an event due to complete lack of interest. In fact, here’s what was reported in the Associated Press:

Newt Gingrich has cancelled a campaign appearance in South Carolina because of poor attendance.

The Republican presidential candidate was scheduled to speak to the Southern Republican Leadership on Friday. But a campaign spokesman told reporters that he would no longer be appearing due to poor attendance.

There were just a few dozen people in the audience at the College of Charleston’s arena, where the event was taking place.

The weird thing about this is that primary elections are typically decided by the enthusiasm as of a candidate’s supporters, as most people don’t even bother voting in primaries. The fact of the matter is, Ron Paul has the most enthusiastic supporters of any candidate I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. Theoretically, he should be killing these primaries, especially against douchenuggets like Rick Santorum. Yet somehow, this enthusiasm doesn’t seem to be enough to really tip the scales. However, how do people like Gingrich and Santorum, who have little to no enthusiastic support, keep on getting these life-preservers thrown to them to keep them afloat? Who’s throwing the life-preservers and where are they getting them from?

Is there a conspiracy? Who knows? You have to admit that this is all strange though. The truth is, even though Paul finished last in South Carolina and all his critics are pushing for him to exit the race, it doesn’t really change the fact that in his loss he still had some success. As he said in his speech after the primary, his campaign racked up four-to-five times more votes in South Carolina than they did just four years prior. So in that short time, Ron Paul’s message has grown 400-500 percent! The real reason why he is running is to promote the message of freedom and liberty and even though he finished last, the fact that the message has grown so much is a huge success! It’s not just in South Carolina however, Ron Paul’s message is growing at an alarming rate everywhere he goes. He might not have won any states yet but he has opened the eyes of more and more people and in the end, even if he doesn’t get the nomination, people will be more aware and more vigilant. Hell, the door for Rand Paul might be opened pretty wide come 2016 or 2020.

Well, at least 13 percent of South Carolinians are okay in my book. The other 87 percent just voted for statists however and as far as I am concerned, they probably shouldn’t bitch about Obama so much when the person they voted for isn’t too far from being of the same progressive mold. Hell, if they checked the box next to “Rick Santorum”, their vote went to someone worse than our current king. It’s funny though, these Christian South Carolinians have picked their choice for president and it is a man who cheated on his first wife with his second wife who he cheated on with his third wife and then used the daughters of his first wife to convince the world that his second wife was lying about his third wife. That may have been a hard sentence to follow but Newt’s dick is a tricky motherfucker and getting his kids to lie for it is even worse. Considering this is so confusing may have just caused the South Carolinians to shut down and throw their vote away. I mean, if Miss South Carolina 2007 is any indicator of the best the state has to offer, they’re all screwed in that state.

Here’s a refresher, in case you forgot about Miss South Carolina:

Dumb as fuck.

*Written by Rob Rimes.

Here we are again in South Carolina with the last debate in the state before they hold their primary election. This version of the ongoing shit show was put on by CNN. Unfortunately they brought back the throat gurgling champion of Dorchester, MA Mr. John King himself. Unlike last time however, we weren’t subjected to Mr. King’s guttural throat interruptions and in all honesty, he was pleasant to watch this time around.

Now be forewarned, the majority of this debate consisted of pointless bickering and while I did enjoy the bloodshed, the Santorum-Romney-Gingrich ménage à trois was more annoying than entertaining and for the most part it pushed Ron Paul out of the debate several times. I wish John King had been a bit more pro-active in squashing some of these squabbles, as it created an atmosphere of elitist shitcocks stealing the spotlight from the only sane man on stage. However, even with this issue, Ron Paul was not stopped from pulling off on of his best performances to date. When the man had time, he fucking shined. His smack downs to Rick Santorum were also the best jabs of the night and proved that Paul can battle it out with the establishment Neanderthals when need be.

It was a good night for Ron Paul, in fact he got the loudest ovation during the introductions which was refreshing considering how the South Carolinians treated him during the last debate. I’d like to say that the crowd was great and they really won over my support for South Carolina, as I was about ready to hire a witchdoctor to curse the everliving shit out of that state just a few days ago – following the last shit show. I guess it was just the people of Myrtle Beach that sucked because the Charleston crowd was a beast when it came to cheering for liberty and sanity.

The first question went to Newt Gingrich and it was about his ex-wife, who came out earlier in the day saying that he was a monster that ended their marriage because she wouldn’t give him permission to cheat. Without even answering or addressing the concerns brought up by John King, Newt brushed it off to a loud ovation. Gingrich said that he was “appalled” at the media for promoting this scandal and extremely upset that the subject kicked off the debate. As he continued to bash CNN and John King for their “despicable” actions, the crowd shot up to their feet! Honey Badger don’t give a shit! Newt finally addressed the issue after a long-winded smack down and said that the story was false and claims that he offered real witnesses to ABC that would debunk the story but apparently they weren’t interested. He went on to say that companies like ABC are just out to bash the GOP and protect Obama as he tries to get re-elected.

Now I understand Newt’s frustration and do agree with his feelings about the media but he was really just acting like a cornered dog – snapping at anything he deemed a threat. Whether the incident happened or not, it was well over a decade ago and the fact that the media and his ex-wife are bringing this story out now just shows that they are only out to hurt him. Frankly, as I’ve said before, I don’t care what a politicians dick does; I just care about how they lead and the decisions they make.

In an effort to save himself from looking like an ass, John King asks the other candidates their thoughts on the issue. Santorum skirts around giving a real answer and just mumbles about morals, leadership and Jesus. Romney says “Let’s get to the real issues.” Ron Paul warns about the corporate run media and how they can shape public opinion.

Ron Paul is then asked about whether or not we need the federal government to set up specific plans to help solve the unemployment problem. Paul says that we need sound currency and for the federal government to get out of the way. He calls for a near zero percent income tax and for regulation to be reduced in order to help create more jobs. He explains that we need to get rid of our excessive debt and malinvestments. He adds that the government shouldn’t be bailing people out and that they need to just stay out of everything. He says that they should focus on enforcing contract laws and bankruptcy. On the same subject, Newt says that we have to eliminate Dodd-Frank. He also talks about tapping into offshore natural gas, as that industry could create tons of jobs. He adds that we should look at overhauling the Corps of Engineers.

King switches the discussion over to Romney and Bain Capital. I’m so tired of this damn subject. Newt claims that Bain’s business model destroyed companies. Romney, like a fucking coward, diverts the whole issue and goes back to talking about job creation. Mittens blames Obama for using crony capitalism which is just a soulless attempt at getting cheap pops from the crowd. He then rambles about unimportant nonsense but throws “capitalism” around for even more cheap pops. It gets to the point where all I hear is “Capitalism!” “Capitalism!” “Capitalism!” “Capitalism!” and applause. Santorum jumps in and says that he “..still believes in capitalism.” Man, this guy is funny! He then tells stories about Iowa just so he can make an Iowa connection and brag about how it came out earlier in the day that he actually won Iowa and not Romney.

Ron Paul is asked if the federal government should help veterans get jobs, as statistically the unemployment problem hits vets the hardest. Paul says that he is concerned about soldiers coming home and trying to adjust to regular life again. He says that the vets do need help especially in regards to health. He talks about how veterans traditionally get shortchanged. He also talks about helping them with their mental health, as the suicide rate for veterans is very high.

Santorum is asked the same question as Paul. He feels that there should be special preferences for veterans. He then turns that into a rant about Obama wanting to cut the military and says that it is “disgusting”. On the same subject, Romney says that while he was governor of Massachusetts he helped vets with college and job training. This isn’t about you asshole. He then spins it into typical Romney rhetoric and finishes by saying he will build a military so strong, no one will dare test us. What about people who like challenges Mr Romney? Someone will always test it. Gingrich then talks some smack about Ron Paul which turns into him calling for a transition program for veterans, which is essentially the same thing Paul was suggesting.

On Obamacare, Mitt Romney says that an executive order won’t kill the bill. He says that we have to go after a complete repeal. He adds to his point that the American people need to stand strong and united in order to influence Democrats to help end Obamacare. Mitt then says that he will replace Obamacare with his own program. Huh? Wait.. what? Mitt claims that he will protect people and give them insurance options. He then says that he’ll help save health care with “free market principles”. Oddly, none of this sounds like “free market principles”. All Romney proposes to fix government intervention into health care is a different form of government intervention into health care. Government intervention is the opposite of free market.

Continuing on with the health care portion of the debate, Newt Gingrich tells parents to vote for the GOP candidate because they’ll create an environment that’ll get kids out of the house and off of their insurance plans. Santorum disses Romney and starts a Romneycare rant. Ricky Boy then starts dissing Gingrich for being in favor of individual mandates. Rick then talks about how he was the author and architect of a private health reform project that no one but him was interested in. Romney responds to Santorum saying that Romneycare wasn’t a government run system. He then points out that people in Massachusetts still approve of Romneycare 3-to-1. Mitt also claims that insurance rates dropped under his plan. Ricky Boy jumps back in and says Mitt’s facts are wrong and then reveals that Romneycare was the model for Obamacare! Dude, that’s like really old fucking news. Romney and Santorum then go back and forth for what seems like forever on Medicare and Medicaid.

Gingrich then jumps in, making it a three man dick-wagging contest. He calls Santorum “mildly lazy”. He then says that he led the charge against Hillarycare and that he was the guy that helped Rick Santorum try to gain traction with his private health reform project. He then challenges Obama to a Lincoln-Douglas style debate, which causes Santorum to make fun of him for suggesting that without having yet earned the GOP nomination. They then go back and forth as John King tries to bring Paul, the only doctor on stage, into the health care debate.

Ron Paul admits that the likelihood of repealing Obamacare isn’t good. He then talks about how he practiced medicine before government got involved and describes how well it worked back then. Paul points out that Santorum, regardless of his claims, expanded government control over health care based off of his policies. Paul then gets into the massive spending on the military and talks about how if we can bring that down, we’d have more to use elsewhere, even though he plans to attack the budget on every front.

Rick Santorum is asked about Newt Gingrich’s recent comments that called for Santorum to drop out of the race. Ricky Boy looks kind of hurt by the question, poorly shrugs it off and says that grandiosity is Newt’s style. He then points out again that he won Iowa and had twice as many votes as Newt so Newt should STFU and GTFO. Ricky Boy then claims that he was 2-0 going into South Carolina, which is a blatant lie. Then, comparing himself to Gingrich, says that he is steady and solid and even if he isn’t charismatic and doesn’t have good soundbites he is still a top tier candidate. Santorum basically said, “Hey, if you didn’t know my faults, here they are! Vote for me! Lulz!”

Gingrich then immediately gives us a Reagan name drop, as well as a Jack Kemp name drop. He goes on to describe his record versus Santorum’s and says that Rick isn’t qualified to be president. He adds that we need real leadership that can take on big projects and makes it known that Santorum can’t carry the ball at that level. Ricky Boy snaps back, getting personal, saying that under Newt, the House of Representatives was “undisciplined”. He then says that Newt doesn’t have the courage to stand up against rival leadership. Newt then lists off all the shit he did that he feels is bad ass, in an effort to prove that he is a rebel.

Continuing with the pot-stiriing bullshit, John King asks Romney about him calling Gingrich an unreliable leader. Mitt diverts the question in typical Mitt fashion and instead, talks about how the spat between Newt and Rick is why we need “a guy that’s lived in the streets to run this country.” By streets he means inside of the gated community. Romney filibusters for so long he pauses, looks at Newt and literally asks him “where are we at?” because he can’t even remember the original question and apparently can’t follow his own train of thoughts. Mitt comes back though and takes a shot at Newt saying that if he and Reagan were so tight, why is he only mentioned once in his diary.. oh snap! Gingrich doesn’t even flinch, he just name drops Reagan again, ignoring Mitt’s comment about them not being homies. Suddenly everything starts to fall apart on stage and we are stuck in another long-winded three man dick-wagging contest. There was almost some full-on full frontal fencing between the three swashbucklers.

The issue of releasing tax returns is brought up. Ron Paul says that he is afraid to release his as he’d feel embarrassed to have his income compared to those of the other men on stage. Paul jokingly points out that he isn’t a fat cat like the dick-wagging three amigos who are ballin’ outta control. Romney says he will release his taxes in April when he is done with them. Hasn’t this motherfucker heard of Turbo Tax? It’s January and I’ve got my taxes done already. That shit only took twenty minutes! Romney then wastes everyone’s time to ramble about Obama playing golf while Americans are out of work. He then bitches about the pipeline and Obamacare and doesn’t seem to realize that other people need to answer the tax question. Gingrich says that if there is nothing to hide, then Mitt should release his tax info. Newt adds that he released his earlier in the evening. Santorum says that his taxes are on his computer at home and that he hasn’t done them yet, as he’s been campaigning. When asked exactly when and how he will release his tax info, Mitt says that he doesn’t know and gets greeted with a chorus of incredibly loud boos. However, South Carolinians are apparently gullible as Mitt quickly adds that he “..won’t apologize for being successful”, which causes them all to cheer. I think these people have serious ADD.

Santorum and Paul then get into a spat. Ricky Boy starts by saying he would cut corporate taxes in order to allow us to compete with our foreign rivals. Paul comes in and says that you have to create the right conditions to bring companies back to America. He explains how free trade with China actually helps the American economy, contrary to modern conservative bullshit. Paul then points out that Santorum has damaged the economy by not supporting “right to work”. Santorum snaps back saying that he would support it as president. Sure you would now dicknose because you’re pandering to the people!

The hot button issue of the week, SOPA and PIPA, come up. Just the mention of SOPA gets the crowd fired up to where they boo loudly and uncontrollably. Gingrich is questioned about it first and he responds to King saying, “You’re asking a conservative about the intellectual interest of Hollywood?” In typical fashion, Newt’s clever one-liner got a lot of applause and cheers, however it is just a clever one-liner and pretty soulless as it offers no substance and doesn’t answer anything. Truth be told, whether he’s a conservative and Hollywood is liberal doesn’t matter. Artists have a right to own their own property and not have it infringed upon. Newt doesn’t care about the rights of who he perceives as his enemy however. Now I am not saying this in support of SOPA and PIPA, I vehemently oppose those laws; I am just pointing out how empty Newt’s one-liners are. After his big soundbite, he looks a little befuddled, like he has no idea what all this SOPA and PIPA talk is. He does finally add that laws already exist that allow companies to sue those who infringe on them.

Romney says that Gingrich is right and adds that the SOPA and PIPA laws are too intrusive and too expansive. He feels that these laws would have a “depressing impact” on the Internet and all of the industries attached to it. Romney wants more effective laws to bring the digital pirates to justice and says that these laws aren’t going to do that.

Ron Paul tells us that he was the first Republican to come out and oppose the law. He then says that the bills will not pass but that everyone should be vigilant as similar laws will come back up in the future. Paul feels that the Republicans have been on the wrong side of the issue. He then says that freedom and the Constitution bring people together and this is a great example of it due to the strong opposition to these laws all over the Internet.

Santorum says that he doesn’t agree with the law but then goes on a tangent about how the Internet isn’t a free zone where people can just trample on the rights of others. What the fuck does he know? His computer is powered by musk turtles. Santorum, who is talking against SOPA and PIPA, as the crowd hates it, still thinks that there should be a law like it. He then asks, “Who on the Internet said ‘anything goes’?” Shut up fucktard.

The debate then shifts to illegal immigration and border security, which these fucking guys have talked to death every single debate. I honestly lose interest and find myself staring into an empty bottle of bourbon that was used to wash down the twelve pounds of sushi I ate just a couple of hours prior. I snap out of my sushi-bourbon coma and hear Newt talking about modernizing visas, Ron Paul talking about how taking care of the needs of illegals hurts our schools and hospitals and then I get distracted by porn on the other television.

Gingrich and Romney argue over pro-life shit for quite some time and then Santorum jumps in making it round three of the GOP dick fencing competition. John King steps in after this abortion debate has raged on forever and goes to Ron Paul in an effort to change the subject. The crowd immediately erupts with boos as they are not happy that, once again, the only doctor on the stage was left out of a medical portion of the debate.

Ron Paul, on abortion, says that laws won’t correct the morality of people. Santorum jumps on his shit and says that he only has a 50 percent “right to life” voting record, responding to what he thinks is an attack on him by Paul. Ron Paul laughs and tells Ricky Boy that he is “too sensitive” as he wasn’t referring to him in his comments. Paul then goes on to explain how bullshit his 50 percent “right to life” voting record is, as he follows the Constitution and his record with that is 100 percent. Paul further explains that these “right to life” laws should be handled at the state level and that is how he has always voted. Santorum just stands there like a dork dick with his bitch tail between his bitch knees.

The debate ends with a segment where the candidates are given time to beg the South Carolinians for their vote. They all say what they have all been known to say over the course of this primary adventure and I don’t feel like wasting time typing out the details. This was a pretty good debate, there have been better ones and worse ones. Ron Paul’s time was limited due to the gay three-way the other candidates were having but Paul utilized the time he had brilliantly and really pulled off one of his best performances. Paul was the real winner here and Gingirch, although I don’t like many of his answers, also did well after having a really shitty day due to his ex-wife. Santorum sucked per usual and Mitt just looked like a sack of crap. Mitt getting booed made me giddy inside.

Grading Scale:
Grade A+: Ron Paul
Grade A-: Newt Gingrich
Grade D: Rick Santorum
Grade D-: Mitt Romney

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich unloaded on CNN Anchor John King for asking about allegations made by Gingrich’s ex-wife that the former Georgia Congressman had proposed to make their marriage an “open marriage.”

“To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine,” Gingrichtold King in the January 19 South Carolina debate. “I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that.” The South Carolina presidential primary is scheduled for Saturday, January 21.

“He said the problem with me was I wanted him all to myself,” Gingrich’s ex-wife Marianne told theWashington Post in a story published earlier that day. “I said, ‘That’s what marriage is.’ ” The former Marianne Gingrich concluded: “He was asking me for an open marriage, and I wouldn’t do it.”

Though Gingrich has called the claims by his ex-wife Marianne “false,” he admitted back in 2007 that he kept his current — and third — wife Callista as a mistress during his marriage to Marianne. In essence, though Gingrich is denying that he asked his ex-wife for an open marriage, he has admitted he acted as if he had an open marriage. Gingrich began the sexual relationship with Callista (nee Bisek) in 1993, and continued it through the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal. In 2000, Gingrich, then 57, marriedCallista, then 34.

“There were times when I was praying and when I felt I was doing things that were wrong. But I was still doing them,” Gingrich told Focus on the Family back in 2007. “I look back on those as periods of weakness and periods that I’m not only not proud of, but I would deeply urge my children and grandchildren not to follow in my footsteps.” Gingrich formally converted to Catholicism — Callista’s faith — in 2009.

At the debate, Gingrich’s three remaining Republican opponents — former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Texas Congressman Ron Paul and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum — all said they believed in in the power of forgiveness, though Romney and Paul hinted at their own long and stable marriages.

Gingrich’s angry response to King’s question drew loud applause as he blamed the media for what he called a major media smear campaign against Republicans. “My two daughters wrote the head of ABC and made the point that it was wrong” to make this an issue, Gingrich said, adding “I am frankly astounded that CNN would take trash like that and use it to open a presidential debate.”

Source: New American.

As the political world waits to hear what Newt Gingrich’s ex-wife had to say about their failed marriage in an interview that will air later today, the reporter who conducted that interview, ABC Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross, told WMAL’s Morning Majority program that Marianne Gingrich claims her ex-husband wanted an ‘open marriage.’

“He came to her and said, ‘I want to stay married to you and still have an affair with Calista, his current wife,” said Ross. “According to Marianne, he said ‘You need to share me,’ and she said ‘I don’t want to share,’ and the marriage ended,” he added.

Ross told WMAL that ABC News had been trying to land the interview with Marianne Gingrich off-and-on since November, and that she finally agreed to sit down with him last Friday here in Washington.

“I think we start by knowing that what an ex-wife has to say we all take with a grain of salt, I hope, because that’s what ex-wives can be known for,” says Ross. “But I think the most dramatic thing from the point of view of people looking at Gingrich  in his campaign about character and that he’s asked for God’s forgiveness and that he believes in the sanctity of marriage is her allegation that what Gingrich wanted from her was an open marriage,” he says.

“She talked about how he called her and told her he loved her, knowing that Calista was next to him in bed in their apartment in Washington,” says Ross.

Ross says Marianne Gingrich wanted to come forward now, because she thinks voters would want to know this kind of information before they go to the polls.

Click on the video below to hear Brian Ross’ entire interview on WMAL’s Morning Majority.

Source: WMAL.

*Written by Rob Rimes.

I’m getting tired of Saturday night debates, they cut into my weekend time and thus make it so that I can’t go out and shower my taste buds with everything 80 proof and above. Granted, I drank a lot of beer during this debate but I would have much rather been out trying to plant my seed in loose women than be stuck on the couch fighting fits of rage due to my chronic irritability brought on by just the sight of Rick Santorum or Michele Bachmann. Luckily I was at my friend Michael’s house and we were stuffed full of Vietnamese style marinated beef chunks and Guinness Black Lager. Anyway, enough of my bullshit, let’s talk about the debate.

This debate was moderated by two people I pretty much can’t stand: Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos, both who have probably already written plenty of checks to the Obama campaign. Being that it was hosted by ABC, one would expect a cool set and pretty high production value. This was not the case, as the stage felt small and very claustrophobic and the broadcast was plagued with amateurish audio issues. It’s funny when ABC, just like CBS can’t take the debate seriously enough to use their better resources to produce a better show than 2nd rate cable networks like Bloomberg. Fox News and CNN blow all these people out of the water with their debates but I guess the content is what is most important. Then again, ABC and CBS both ask really fucking stupid questions. At least the video intro showed a clip of Rick Perry actually using the phrase “Git-R-Done!”

The debate started with the typical introductions and applause for the candidates. Michele Bachmann was smiling so wide with those crazy eyes that she reminded me of the Green Goblin mask hanging in my closet. Also, she is wearing navy with black, doesn’t she know that’s a fashion “no no”? It is interesting to note that Ron Paul got the loudest ovation and Rick Santorum got no ovation. I also noticed that Mitt Romney, who is in third place going into this debate is positioned in the middle. The positioning is based off of recent polling numbers, therefore the two center spots should be the top two in the polls, which are Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. Newt is there in the center but Paul is stuck at the 3rd or 4th place podium. Considering how many questions and how much time was wasted on rebuttals between Newt and Mitt, it’s pretty obvious that CBS is pulling for Mitt first and Newt second. It’s all good though, because Ron Paul was set to have a good night while Mitt had maybe his worst performance and Newt spent some time confusing and irritating people.

On a side note, ABC had a countdown clock that displayed colors as opposed to numbers. It went from green to yellow to red when it was time to stop. That’s just stupid; give the candidates some numerals. Moving on to the substance part of the debate.

The first question went to Newt Gingrich. He is asked about creating jobs and he goes on to tell us about how he was a job-making wizard with Reagan back in the 80′s when he was in the House of Representatives. He also talks about how he and Clinton created jobs and fixed the economy in the 90′s when he was Speaker of the House. He goes on to say that less taxes and an energy plan will create jobs. He calls for zero capital gains taxes as well as zero corporate tax. He also wants to abolish the death tax.

Mitt Romney goes on a rant where he says “private sector” 354 times in under 60 seconds. Mitt goes over his seven points on job creation and amazingly doesn’t run out of time. I think the stop light clock gave Mitt more time, or maybe there weren’t any other cars waiting at the intersection?

Ron Paul says that we need to liquidate the debt and to stop dumping it on the people. He says that we need to stop helping and bailing out those (big banks and corporations) who keep ruining the economy. Ron Paul calls for an end to big spending and big government and points out that he will cut a trillion dollars his first year in office.

The next candidate to jump in the job creation exchange is Rick Perry. He pimps out his flat tax plan, which surprisingly he hasn’t mentioned over the last few debates. He tells us that we need to get rid of the regulatory burden created by massive agencies with too much power, as it hinders innovation and job creation. He claims that he has the blueprint to create jobs and cites his “success” in Texas once again. Rick Perry finishes his points by bitching about the crony capitalism between the Beltway Suits and the bankers on Wall Street.

Bachmann, who was just itching to piss me off right from the fucking get-go yells out “nine nine nine!” Are you fucking kidding me?!?!  Cain’s gone lady, I don’t want to hear it anymore! In fact, I was relishing in the fact that I didn’t have to hear it ever again and here you go yelling it out the first chance you get! What the motherfucking fuck woman! And Bachmann was the first candidate to come out and bash it, now she is quoting it? Jesus Christ, could it be anymore obvious that she is trying to suck in the Cain Brains? Needless to say, she didn’t answer the question, she just gave us a really poor fucking attempt at stealing Cain’s flock of sheep.

Apart from that she obviously finds the time to immediately bash Obama and Obamacare and to tell us for the umpteenth time that she was fighting it in Congress. We already fucking no that lady! Please just give us some goddamned substance for once and stop regurgitating the exact same talking points you’ve used in all fifteen or so of the previous debates. I can’t deal with this woman, who is consistently polling under 5 percent, for another three months throughout this race. Please, please, please bow out. It’s time.

Santorum who also needs to bow out at this point, tells us to get our Bibles out or he will jail us. No, not really, but I’m sure that’s what he wanted to say. He goes on to say that “Made in the USA” is going to be his motto when in office. Why not make it your motto now dude, because you are not going to win the presidency. Even if everyone else on stage dropped out and Obama just decided to quit and you were the only choice, you would still lose on a write-in vote. Why are you still in this? He also mentions petri dishes or something but I don’t care.

The moderators go back to Bachmann to ask her about payroll tax extensions. Again, she starts harping on Obama without answering or giving a solution to anything. Bachmann wants us to be sure that she does not stand with Obama. No shit nincompoop!

Mitt promises not to raise taxes, mmmhmm. He rambles on and on about jobs while Rick Perry just creepily stares at his cheek. Under the stage lights tonight, Mitt looks a lot older. He also looks orange and his eyes are bloodshot. I think he was puffing chiba before he came out. In fact, he seemed really off all night and just didn’t hit the mark at all.

Rick Perry is asked a question from the moderators and Rick Santorum immediately starts to answer it, cutting off Perry like the prick that he is. I don’t hear Santorum’s answer because it is pointless. I just notice Perry creepily staring at Santourm’s cheek now. Perry is also blinking a lot! He may be one of those space reptiles sent here to eat our livers. Perry never gets a chance to actually answer the question that was meant for him.

Ron Paul says that he wants to extend the tax cuts but says that he would be able to pay for it by cutting billions of dollars by bringing home the troops and ending American imperialism all over the world. He tells us that we need to get rid of several embassies and bases and in doing just that, we will save a ton of money. He even mentions that we wouldn’t need to raise taxes on Social Security, if we would just trim the military fat.

The candidates are asked who among them is the most conservative and best choice to take on Obama. Really? What a fucking waste! I bet they all say “me”. However, this question isn’t really answered, as it just turns into a long exchange between Mitt and Newt where each is given about two dozen chances to respond to their opponent’s responses in what was a fifteen minute circle jerk of shit.

Mitt disses Newt about his desire to create a lunar mining colony to find resources. Mitt also repeatedly calls Newt a “career politician” and takes shots at him for wanting to end child labor laws. Newt responds with one of the best disses ever, when he says that Mitt would’ve also been a career politician had he not lost to Ted Kennedy for a Senate seat in 1994. The crowd erupted and Mitt looked like he wanted to eat his shoe. Newt then defends what he feels is a real need to explore space and to look for resources everywhere we can. He says that NASA has gone from being great to being more of a tragic establishment today. Gingrich says that we need to be in space in “an aggressive entrepreneurial way”. He also defends his stance on child labor laws and gets a round of applause. Newt made Mitt look real weak in this debate.

Whose turn is it now? Mitt again!!! enough already, pass the mic! He shows really thin skin over Ted Kennedy remark and then responds with, “Private sector! Private sector! Private sector!”

Ron Paul is asked about his anti-Gingrich “serial hypocrisy” adverts. He points out that Newt has taken many non-conservative stances and even took money from Freddie Mac, who were a huge contributor to our current economic woes. Ron Paul says that Newt Gingrich has taxpayers money in his bank account due to his involvement with Freddie Mac, touché! Paul says that there is serious trouble for anyone trying to compete with him on consistency. That also deserves a solid ”touché”!

Responding to Paul, Gingrich says that he is with Paul on auditing the Federal Reserve and firing Ben Bernanke but he doesn’t stand with him on most other issues. Newt, obviously taking a shot at Mitt to divert from dealing with the truth brought out by Ron Paul, starts dropping, “Private sector! Private sector! Private sector!”

Bachmann tries to get in the mix and says that Newt’s actions are the epitome of the establishment. Right, and her actions aren’t? She’s the candidate that called for suspending the 10th Amendment last debate when she said that she was in favor of tort reform on a federal level. Bachmann, lying to everyone including herself, says she is the most conservative. Yep, that’s why she wants to expand the PATRIOT Act and ignore states’ rights. Bachmann, on yet another Obamacare mini-rant, brings up the fact that Newt was for the individual mandate. She goes on to say, “Obamacare. Obama. Obamacare. Obama. Obamacare.” She then refers to Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney as if they are one being, when she calls them “Newt Romney”. I personally think she got confused and then just tried to play it off like she was clever. Either way, it was dumber than Gilbert Grape’s brother trying to build a dump truck with his boogers.

Newt talks about and describes how he fought against Obamacare. He then tells Bachmann that it is important that her allegations be accurate because everything she said about him wasn’t true. Bachmann cuts in and again calls them both “Newt Romney”, which once again, gets no response from the crowd. Sorry lady, if a joke doesn’t work the first time, move on! Don’t try to keep telling it because you will only look like a fucking tool. The point to all this is, is that once again, Bachmann has absolutely no substance and nothing to offer to these debates. Her campaign has become a big joke to everyone else but her and Wayne Newton. Every time she tries to mix it up with these professionals, she looks like the drunk mom at a PTA meeting. Again, Bachmann has NO substance!

In defense of Bachmann’s idiotic tirades against himself and Newt, Romney responds. On Obamacare, Mitt says that he wishes Obama would have given him a call in order to see what did and didn’t work with Romneycare. He also disputes the validity of Bachmann’s statements.

Rick Perry, vying for attention, says Bachmann hit the nail on the head with Mitt and Newt on their health care follies. He tells us that the Beacon Hill study said that 18,000 jobs have been lost in Massachusetts because of the individual mandate in Romneycare. Perry then tries to get clever and calls Obamacare an “Obamanation”. Romney cuts in with a good cheap shot, when he calls out Perry for his attempt at forced inoculations.

Again, defending his position on the individual mandate, Newt talks about how it initially started as a conservative thing to stop Hillarycare back in the 90′s. Perry and Romney go on to argue about some missing content that was edited out of Mitt’s book and Mitt tries to make a ten thousand dollar bet with Perry, which Perry refuses. Bachmann cuts in with, “Obamacare! Obama! Obamacare! Obama! Obamacare!”

Rick Santorum said that unlike Newt, he looked for a better solution than the individual mandate and that he tried to implement medical savings accounts. Santorum then says that he is a consistent conservative. Nope, he is a consistent religious fascist. Santorum blasts Bachmann by saying that she is consistent but that she “always fails”. Bachmann responds with another Obamacare rant and then we are treated to our first commercial break, thank God!

We come back from break and the topic is character and if marital fidelity is an indicator of who is a good leader. Rick Perry says that marital fidelity is not only a vow to his wife but a vow to God. He says that it’s stronger than a handshake in Texas. He tells us that he is of the opinion that if you cheat on your wife you will cheat on your business partner. The other Rick, Mr. Santorum, believes that infidelity is a factor but it doesn’t fully discount you as everyone makes mistakes and can ask forgiveness.

Ron Paul says that character is very important but it should show through not just be talked about. He makes it clear that the oath of office is what is really important here. Paul says that if people would take the oath seriously we wouldn’t have all this tyranny and a vast majority of the laws we have wouldn’t exist. He blasts the PATRIOT Act, using it as a prime example. Considering that the PATRIOT Act doesn’t take the Constitution into account, Dr. Paul is correct and really the only person on stage who can see the forest for the trees.

Mitt Romney rambles about his moral compass. Bachmann says that the Federalist Papers asked, “What’s the measure of a man?” Gingrich, knowing that all this talk is really just meant for him, says that he’s made mistakes and gone to God for forgiveness and that people need to measure him now, today and decide if they can trust him or not.

Due to his seemingly controversial stance on the deportation of illegal immigrants, Newt is asked what his criteria would be for judging who should be deported or not. Newt says that the illegal immigrant in question would need to be in the U.S. for 25 years, have an American family sponsoring them and have real ties in America, such as having had a family. Newt says that there would be an agency in place to deal with all of this on a case by case basis.

Romney says that we must first secure the border, then we can talk about the people that are still here illegally. Rick Perry says that this country needs to enforce the laws that are already on the books. Everyone is in agreement that the border needs to be secure.

On the subject of Israel and the Middle East, Ron Paul says that he doesn’t agree with Newt Gingrich’s recent remarks that the Palestinians aren’t a real people. He calls for a noninterventionist foreign policy and says that nations need to deal with their own problems in their own way.

Newt responds by sating that his remarks about Palestinians were factually correct. Newt has the crowd really confused. Newt then says that pro-Palestinian terror group Hamas says that Israel and Jews shouldn’t exist. Newt calls the Palestinians terrorists due to their involvement with Hamas.

Mitt agrees with Newt except on the part about Palestinians being “a made up people”. Romney wants us to stand with Israel. Newt says that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a propaganda war based off of fake facts about Palestinians being a group of people that have a long history, he says that that isn’t the case and that there was no talk of Palestinians before the 1970′s. We then get round two of Newt, Mitt, Newt, Mitt, Newt, Mitt. C’mon moderators! Break the fucking cycle! Why are these guys allowed to monopolize all the time?!

Bachmann is asked who won the Mitt-Newt argument, as if any of us care. She goes on to tell some dumbass story about her trip to Israel that has nothing to do with the question, it is just some crappy stunt to waste time. Thank fuck it wasn’t sprinkled with remarks about Obamacare. Santorum is also asked who won the stupid time-wasting battle between Newt and Mitt but he doesn’t answer either! He just talks about standing shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Please stop inviting Bachmann and Santorum to these things! If Johnson and Huntsman can’t come, they shouldn’t be there either. At least Huntsman and Johnson have substance.

Rick Perry says that this whole thing is a minor issue that the media is blowing out of proportion. He reminds us that Obama is causing problems in the Middle East by being a shitty friend to Israel. Also, Obama didn’t engage Iran back in 2009, which is when Perry feels like he should have. Another example Perry gives, is that Obama just stood off to the side during the Egypt crisis and allowed the Muslim Brotherhood to take over the country. Rick Perry talks about how disgusted he is over Iran capturing one of our drones. He says that Obama did nothing about getting it back or destroying it and now it will be reverse engineered by our enemies.

Everyone is then asked about a time when they were in financial troubles and what they had to sacrifice. Perry talks about his childhood poverty and gives us the best quote ever, which was ”Luxury wasn’t really in my lexicon.” Mitt Romney says that his dad was poor but worked hard and provided well for him as a child. He says that his dad taught him how not to be poor. Ron Paul says that he was raised during World War II and the Great Depression. He said that he struggled and medical school was hard but they did okay because his wife worked as he handled his education. Ron Paul uses this “talk about poverty” time to tell us that when a country destroys its currency it transfers money from the middle class to the wealthy. Santorum jumps in saying that he had a modest upbringing and his biggest blessing was married parents that made him feel safe. Aw, that’s cute. Bachmann goes on an anti-Wall Street rant. Yep we know, you didn’t support the bailout but how the fuck does this address the question? She then gets on topic and says that she came from a middle class family but after her parents divorced, they fell below poverty level and she had to help the family out by working at an early age. Newt said that he lived above a gas station.

Now the shitty moderators bring up the individual mandate issue AGAIN! We already fucking covered this shit but whatever, let’s beat this dead horse until it’s nothing more than a pile of pulverized guts and hair. Mitt says that states can do what they want to do as that is what the 10th Amendment says. Newt is again asked about his individual mandate position again. Fuck! Can we move on from this and can we move on from Mitt and Newt for fuck’s sake? But no, Diane Sawyer keeps hammering this goddamned issue. And while mentioning her, I can’t help but to make mention that Diane Sawyer’s lazy eye was looking horrible during this debate. Her one-eyed face looked like Mumm-Ra’s cock.

Ron Paul says the government needs to be a referee but we can’t institute a society where government tries to protect people from themselves. Dr. Paul points out that people bitch about Obamacare using force against us but government in and of itself IS force and it violates the whole concept of our revolution and the Constitution. Paul owning the suckas once again!

Pushing the 10th Amendment, Rick Perry says that health care should be the state’s call. He then goes on his regular “part-time congress” rant. I’m surprised that it took him this long to drop it into the debate. Ooh, commercial break.

When they come back from break, the moderators ask the candidates what they have learned from their challengers. Santorum says he used to listen to Newt’s tapes which motivated him to run for Congress. I bet he masturbated to them. Rick Perry says he got intrigued by Ron Paul’s stance on the Federal Reserve and gives him props for fighting that fight. I get a warm fuzzy feeling because I think that Perry and Paul are going to share a cruller after the show. Mitt also gives Paul props by saying that he loves the enthusiasm of Paul supporters. Essentially, Mitt admitted that Paul generates the most loyalty and enthusiasm and in effect is the best leader. Thanks Mitt! Newt gives props to Perry in regards to his strong 10th amendment stance. He also loves Santorum for his “courage” on Iran. Ron Paul talks about freedom and doesn’t really say anything positive about the other candidates as he knows that they are all pretty much enemies of the Constitution. Bachmann goes on a pro-Cain, pro-999 rant for a third fucking time! Doesn’t she remember how much she hated it just a few months ago? And she gives us the stupid, “I’m bringing the win win win plan!” Barf! What a fucking loon! Has this nimrod even looked at her fucking polling numbers?

And with that, the debate is over. I don’t honestly know how many more of these I can sit through. I made it a point to watch all of them and to document them, so I can expose the bullshit that these people throw out. I feel that I have to go through these debates line by line and break down the fallacious arguments that these self-promoting jackasses try to pass off as legit. Truth be told, this is more taxing than I ever thought it would be. However, do not fret, I will see this thing through to the end and luckily I only have another dozen or so to sit through and chronicle. I can’t wait until April when the debates are behind us.

Grading Scale:
Grade A: Ron Paul
Grade C-: Newt Gingrich
Grade D: Rick Perry
Grade D-: Mitt Romney
Grade F: Rick Santorum
Grade F-: Michele Bachmann
Grade I: Jon Huntsman
Grade I: Gary Johnson