Report: Newt Gingrich wanted an Open marriage with second wife.

[Raine1967]

There has been a lot of talk about the upcoming Marianne Gingrich interview with Brian Ross, This is what Ross said this morning on WMAL:

"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.

... "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.

Link: http://www.wmal.com/Article.asp?id=2375989

-- I have to wonder if Callisita Gingrich accepted these terms when they got married. He's really a pretty atrocious human being.

[JaneQPublic]

1. Gotta love those Republican Family Values!!! (nt)

[annabanana]

2. I wonder who he was seeing on the side

before the campaign spotlight hit him. Did she tell him she would "wait for him"?

[denem]

3. Sorry, Marianne Gingrich is not a reliable source.

Unless theres something more than He said / She said, it's a wash.

[leftynyc]

5. I wouldn't call her a source

She's one of the primary parties. And since his reputation is marriage/adultery/marriage/adultery/marriage, my guess is that she will be believed - certainly by women. The gender gap will be enormous.

[Botany]

4. March 2011 Newt on God's forgiveness

"What I can tell you is that when I did things that were wrong, I wasn't trapped in situation
ethics. I was doing things that were wrong, and yet, I was doing them. I found that I felt
compelled to seek God's forgiveness, not God's understanding, but God's forgiveness," he said.

"I do believe in a forgiving God. And I think most people, deep down in their hearts, hope
there's a forgiving God. Somebody once said that when we're young, we seek justice, but
as we get older, we seek mercy. There's something to that, I think," he added.


http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2011/March/Newt-Gingrich-Talks-God-Forgiveness-/

[itsrobert]

6. I can see why Todd Palin has endorsed him

Todd had the open marriage setup in Alaska.