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Rick Perry bows out while Gingrich's baggage is exposed
by Joseph Earnest January 19, 2012
Newscast Media AUSTIN, Texas— As Perry decides to check out of GOP presidential race, Gingrich the candidate Perry endorsed, is having to deal with his baggage being exposed by the media. Initially conservatives gravitated toward Donald Trump when he implied that there was a possibility he could run. When Trump announced he wouldn't run for president, conservatives channeled their support to Michele Bachmann, then when Perry stepped into the race, they shifted to him.
Meanwhile, Herman Cain started gaining traction then he became the flavor of the moment. The left-wing media, foreign and domestic, became nervous and derailed Cain's campaign by exposing that he had a mistress. Cain did the right thing and dropped out without endorsing anybody, since he had a lot of damage-control to do in order to preserve his marriage.
Perry, Santorum and Gingrich hoped for endorsements from conservatives, but none came before the Iowa caucuses, which Romney went on to win and also swept New Hampshire by double-digits. It has since been discovered that Santorum may have won Iowa by 34 votes. Romney declared it a virtual tie and congratulated Santorum.
A few days before South Carolina, Sarah Palin said if she were voting, she would pull the lever for Newt Gingrich, yet it is now coming out that Gingrich has the same kind of baggage that Cain had. In an interview with ABC News, Gingrich's ex-wife says he wanted them to have an open marriage but she declined, then Gingrich asked for a divorce over the phone. His ex-wife also said that Gingrich attempted to convince her to share him with his then mistress. Marianne Gingrich said she decided to go public when she heard someone trashing her on a radio program.
"Truthfully, my whole purpose was to get out there about who I was, so Newt couldn't create me as an evil, awful person, which was starting to happen," she said.
She said when Gingrich admitted to a six-year affair with a Congressional aide, he asked her if she would share him with the other woman, Callista, who is now married to Gingrich.
"And I just stared at him and he said, 'Callista doesn't care what I do,'" Marianne Gingrich told ABC News. "He wanted an open marriage and I refused." You may read Gingrich's ex-wife's interview here. (pop-up)
and the ABC interview here. (pop-up)
An open marriage is one where a man can sleep with as many women as he wishes without having to honor his sacred vows. He also allows the wife to sleep with as many men as she wants, without being held accountable. It will be interesting to see how Christians and Evangelicals will respond now that this information has been revealed, and whether Sarah Palin will continue to support Gingrich.
While in politics this kind of lifestyle may be acceptable, in the real world there are still people who honor their sacred vows, and to be asked to look to Gingrich as a role model to become president, will not sit well with the Evangelical community.
Yet Palin did herself a disservice and lost points by belittling another woman who experienced the pain of betrayal, when she went on Sean Hannity and said, "They think by trotting out this old Gingrich divorce interview — that's old news and it does feature this disgruntled ex- that claimed that it would destroy a campaign. All this does is, Sean, is incentivize conservatives and independents who are so sick of the politics of personal destruction because it's played so selectively by the media."
The older generation may not consider moral character to be important or fidelity in marriage, but there is a younger generation that is looking for role models, so as much as Palin is justified in being angry at ABC News, she should have only attacked the media and not a woman whose husband cheated on her. Palin's gripe with ABC dates almost four years back because they played a big part in destroying her political career and defining her on their own terms. She has never been able to recover, and Gingrich would have possibly resuscitated her by making her his VP. If Romney were to get the nomination, I don't see him picking her, because it is obvious she prefers someone else to be nominated.
The media shapes politics and is perhaps the most powerful weapon in conveying a message across, and just as they would not allow Ron Paul to win, they are brandishing everything they've got against Gingrich, because Romney has been chosen by the media to be the GOP nominee. Do you think it is an accident that these revelations come out at such a critical moment days before the South Carolina primary and hours before the debate? Of course not! I suspect if Newt continues in the race, more dirt will come out about him, which will only embarrass those who are supporting him
Sarah Palin lost her influence due to the narrative shaped by the media between 2008-2011 about her. There was no way she could get into the race and overcome the misconceptions and misinformation about her. The Tea Party has been of no effect whatsoever, and has absolutely no voice in shaping the 2012 elections. The Evangelicals do not know whom they want and are like wandering strangers moving from candidate to candidate.
This
is where Mitt Romney's genius is playing in his favor. He understands
the saying: "If you want to destroy a man's dream, just give him another
one." All Romney has to do is just sit back, as different candidates
are thrown to Evangelicals, whereby they chew them and spit them out. When
all is said and done, the conservatives will be so disoriented, and may
eventually rally around Romney, a man with no baggage, who has a clear and
focused vision. Add
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