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I knew that Newt was a douchebag when he went all Jonathan Swift about people on any kind of public assistance.

Posted by Trish (aka trish) May 17 '11, 14:06

He double confirmed it when he served his wife divorce papers as she laid dying of cancer in a hospice.

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[still not dead] -- nm - Newt's ex-wife May 17, 14:07 20
- Why sugar, you're right. He served her with divorce papers when she was close to death from cancer. - Trish May 17, 14:11 17
  - According to their daughter, that's not true. -- (link) - Inigo May 17, 14:13 16
    - Call me cynical, but every single news outlet reported this when it happened. - Trish May 17, 14:21 8
      - They reported it back in 1980? When Newt was just a House representative? - Inigo May 17, 14:29 4
        
        And still a douchebag due to his plans for people on public assistance. - Trish May 17, 14:38
        
        Mother Jones first reported it in 1984 -- (link) - lord tubbington May 17, 14:36 1
        
        The better Gingrich story is that while leading the Monica Lewinski witchhunt, Gingrich was having an affair the whole time. - David May 17, 14:40
        
        (And he cheated on her, which was the reason for the dissolution of the marriage.) -- nm - David May 17, 14:35
      - Link? -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 17, 14:22 2
        
        Find your own year old links, bubba. -- nm - Trish May 17, 14:29 1
        
        *laughing* You got it, sugar. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 17, 14:36
    - blocked as a "Malicious Site" -- nm - znufrii May 17, 14:16 2
      - Try this one -- (link) - Inigo May 17, 14:19
      - It's www.outsidethebeltway.com. I'd never heard of it before. - Inigo May 17, 14:18
    - so he gave her a tumor! -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:14
    - Ah, it all unravels. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 17, 14:14 2
      - so correcting records after the fact of an occurrence is a good thing now? J. Carney will be so relieved -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 14:18 1
        
        Sure> But, if you're having to correct your own (administration's) record, several times, over several days... -- nm - Stephen May 17, 14:35
- and that makes it okay... -- nm - znufrii May 17, 14:09 1
  - Nope, but it makes me take this story with an extra grain of salt or two... - Dr.Vermin May 17, 14:13

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