A Fig for Newton?

What's all the fuss about?

In the strange world outside the United States there is something called the Metric System.  Found in this peculular way of measuring things is the “Newton Meter” which gauges how much torque is applied to something.  In America, tonight, we also have a Newton Meter however it will be based not on the Metric System but instead, on a politician… Newton Gingrich and how much torque his ex-wife, Marianne, will apply to his candidacy with her “revelations” about their marriage.

ABC News, which has an exclusive with Marianne (along with the Washington Post), leaked the fact that they have a juicy story much the way “news” of Hermann Cain’s infidelities were “leaked” shortly before the details were aired and he dropped out of the race not long after.

We won’t concern ourselves with the particulars as to what Marianne Gingrich says happened (watch an episode of Maury Povich) but instead, we are interested in what the fallout will be.

Newt is an interesting character and yet, for politics, he is a typical one.  There is no doubting his intelligence or debating skills however on the private side of his life things aren’t so positive and his need to have the last word is supreme.  These character traits might be okay unless you are keen on giving advice as to how people should live and what values they should have.

Does the Contract with America ring any bells..?

Depending upon how “bad” Marianne’s revelations are (and how true they ring) Newt could very likely be done as far as being a presidential candidate goes but, knowing him, he will put up a struggle first.

And even though Liberals constantly beat the drum as to how one’s private activities should play no part in one’s public life, I somehow think few will speak up an defend Newt just as few said anything about Hermann Cain.

Mitt Romney is like Inspector Clouseau at a villan’s dinner party… his host keeps trying to kill him but somehow all the other guests are the ones accidently dropping like flies.

Rick Perry dropped out and, perhaps soon, only Mitt, Ron, and Rick (the other one) will remain.

Republicans often put themselves into a Trick Bag by going after Value Voters even though they themselves have personal lives filled with skeletons.  This point is again made via the Washington Post:

“When a liberal talks about values, will he or she actually like us to teach American history?” Newt Gingrich told the women’s group. “Will they actually like young people to learn that George Washington was an ethical man? A man of standards, a man who earned the right to be father of this country?”

If the ex-Mrs. Gingrich is to be believed, Newt is not an ethical man though he preaches on the subject and has made his entire political career about that subject.

Since many Republicans don’t live up to what they preach, many Liberals are compelled to try and smear their Conservative opponents spreading rumors that they are gay, or that they were drug users, married someone involved with an abortion doctor, or stepped on a crack in the sidewalk and broke their mother’s back in the process.

Meanwhile, Democratic politicians get a pass fathering love children, driving cars off bridges with female passengers stuck inside, spending tens of thousands of dollars on hookers, or having gigolos party at their home.

I have never liked Newt Gingrich and think he’s a bad frontman for the Republican Party, particularly in a race for the presidency, but his worst enemy has always been himself and, since he’s so big on suceeding or failing on one’s own terms there should be much for him to say once his ex-wife has her say.

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