Newt Gingrich: 1st Wife Wasn't Pretty Enough to be First Lady
Court documents have been unearthed that appear to contradict Newt Gingrich's account of his first divorce.
Gingrich has been famously accused of serving his first wife Jackie Battley divorce papers while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery in 1980. Gingrich denies this, saying they had discussed divorce before she went into the hospital.
The papers show that Gingrich wanted the divorce and that his wife was trying to fight it. Gingrich has claimed that the divorce was her idea.
The New York Daily News reports that former Gingrich campaign treasurer Leonard Carter said Gingrich didn't think Jackie, who was seven years older than Gingrich and was once his high school teacher, was White House material.
"(Gingrich) said, ‘You know and I know that she’s not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of a President,’” Carter told CNN.
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OK........marrying his teacher.....uber creepy!
What an ego on Newt, 30 years ago he thought he deserved a wife to be pretty enough when he walked into the Oval office? What, no thoughts on an official harem? Newt might look in the mirror, he's no Brad Pitt. Heck, he's no Jon Stewart. He is actually the ugliest guy left running for president.
Jerome McCollom
New Poll: Ron Paul Betters All Other GOP Candidates Vs Obama
The CNN / ORC poll shows
In a direct head to head with ObamaIn a direct head to head with Obama, Paul does better than all of his GOP rivals in a wide and diverse range of population categories, including males; persons ages 18 to 34; persons under 50 years of age; persons earning less than $50k per year; persons who have attended college; crossover Democrats; self-identified liberals; self-described moderates; residents of the Northeast and Midwest geographic regions; and those residing in urban areas.
Paul does better than all of his GOP rivals in a wide and diverse range of population categories, including males; persons ages 18 to 34; persons under 50 years of age; persons earning less than $50k per year; persons who have attended college; crossover Democrats; self-identified liberals; self-described moderates; residents of the Northeast and Midwest geographic regions; and those residing in urban areas.
The Congressman also betters all the other GOP competitors against Obama where non-white voters are concerned,
The latest poll dovetails with a previous NBC News/Marist poll out of Iowa that found Obama beating all GOP competitors - except for Ron Paul.
The results of these polls prove that Paul is the .. only.. GOP candidate that appeals to voters across the political spectrum.
Where is the link for these polls, if they even exist
Read this survey of polls, which has much more validity. Obama kicks Paul's butt:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_paul_vs_obama-1750.html
Paul is hopeless in a general election. He has something to alienate almost everyone because of his libertarian perspective. He is pro-choice, pro-legalization of marijuana, and against federal regulation of marriage - that kills off social conservatives. He is against any sort of social support provided by the government - that kills off liberals. He is against any sort of federal interference in employment - that kills off the union vote. Even though he denies providing racist content, newsletters bearing his name had extremely racist remarks - that kills off the minority vote. People are flocking to him because of his comments on foreign policy and his tea party like fiscal conservatism. However, when the complete picture of Ron Paul comes to light, he will be lucky to do as well as Walter Mondale did against Reagan.
Obama is a tremendous disappointment, but the GOP has yet to put forth someone who that a majority of people trust enough to do better. Democrats are cheering for Ron Paul because they know he will be the death of the GOP in 2012 should he win the nomination.