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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 08:13 AM
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Some Newton Leroy Gingrich Fun Facts
Some Newton Leroy Gingrich Fun Facts.

As a high school student Newt had an affair with his high school teacher geometry teacher and after he graduated high school they got married he was 19 and she was 26.
His wife helped him through both undergrad and graduate school by working and doing much of his class work for him. Together they had 2 daughters. In 1980 Newt
started a relationship with another women who would later on become his second wife. Newton Leroy Gingrich is reported to have asked for or wanted to discuss the terms
of a divorce when he visited his wife who was in the hospital being treated for cancer.

In 1981 married his second wife but he continued to have numerous affairs and when confronted by his wife about his affairs as he was a member of the House of
Representatives and a very public spokesman for morals and family values Newton Leroy Gingrich was reported by his second wife as saying something to the effect of,
"It is not important what I do but what I say." Newton Leroy Gingrich divorced his second wife either before or after she contracted M.S..

One of the affairs Newton Leroy Gingrich had was with a staff person who was 23 years Newton Leroy Gingrich's junior. Her name was Callista Bisek. Newton Leroy
Gingrich's affair w/Ms. Bisek was ongoing as he seeking to have President Clinton removed from office for his moral failings.

In 2000 Newton Leroy Gingrich married Ms. Bisek. In 2009 became a Catholic like his wife. Newton Leroy Gingrich said that seeing the "inner peace and joy" that
came from Pope Benedict's persona helped to convince him to become a Catholic.

In 2011 Newton Leroy Gingrich told the Christian Broadcasting Company that his affairs were in part because of his passionate feelings for his country.

Newton Leroy Gingrich also had to resign form his Speakership in the House of Representatives and the Congress in disgrace because of personal use of campaign funds.

Newton Leroy Gingrich is the only speaker of the House to have been sanctioned w/a charge of ethics violations.

In the 1980s when a mother drowned her 2 young children by driving a car into a lake in South Carolina Newton Leroy Gingrich blamed the murder on the influence of the liberal
policies of the Democrats. (She was the daughter of the local county Republican chairman)

Many more Newton Leroy Gingrich Fun Facts are "out there" too.
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Owlet Donating Member (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 08:17 AM
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1. It just boggles the mind
That this clown is the current Republican frontrunner.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 08:23 AM
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5. I have to get some work done so I had to stop ....
Edited on Tue Nov-22-11 08:24 AM by Botany
.... w/ the Newton Leroy Gingrich "Fun Facts." Just his payments from Freddie Mac are really wild.
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 08:18 AM
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2. no wonder he's doing so well in the polls
what a guy! :patriot:
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 08:21 AM
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3. No wonder he has support among republicans
He's everything they aspire to be in life.

The down side is Democrats on a national level won't tear him to shreds based on his sordid past.
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geckosfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 08:21 AM
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4. Two words: Dirt bag.
With apologies to dirt and bags of all varieties.
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GusFring Donating Member (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 08:41 AM
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6. LOL. NT
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 08:49 AM
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7. Truly, Newt is one of the scummiest people in politics. How about his 84 ethics violations
as Speaker of the House? Only one of the 84 was dropped and he was chased out of the House of Representatives by his own party.
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Cigar11 Donating Member (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 08:51 AM
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8. Got to Love those Good-Old-Conservative-Values!
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 09:01 AM
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9. May I add one? Back in 2006 Representative Jim Nussle ran for governor in Iowa
While Mr. Nussle was running the press was very quiet about the sffair he had with a congressional staffer that eventually led to his divorce and marriage to that staffer.
Nussle was introduced to the staffer by Gingrich. From what I understand, they often double-dated.
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 09:13 AM
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10. It is really strange how Republicans cannot come up
with someone who exemplifies their alleged values.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 09:16 AM
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11. How does he ever find the time to write history books? ...
unless of course someone does it for him.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 09:21 AM
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12. Liar. Cheater. Hypocrite. Seems like perfect GOP material to me.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 10:17 AM
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13. Plus, rumors he's associated with Opus Dei.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 11:22 AM
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14. "Pig" Newton
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 01:31 PM
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15. Do the voters know that he lived in France?
Edited on Tue Nov-22-11 01:31 PM by DesertRat
Newt reportedly became interested in politics during his teen years while living in Orléans, France. :wow:

Have we seen his birth certificate?!

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