(CNN) - Newt Gingrich's campaign admitted Wednesday night the former House speaker was inaccurate when he claimed his team offered several witnesses to ABC News to refute statements made by Gingrich's second wife in a controversial interview aired last week.
CNN Chief National Correspondent John King reported the campaign said it only recommended Gingrich's two daughters from his first marriage, who wrote a letter discouraging ABC to release the interview.
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Marianne Gingrich claimed in the ABC interview that her husband asked for an open marriage while he was having an extramarital affair with his current wife, Callista Gingrich.
"The story was false. Every personal friend I have who knew us in that period says the story is false. We offered several of them to ABC to prove it was false. They weren't interested," Gingrich said at a CNN debate last week.
In an interview on Tuesday, King pressed Gingrich on those claims, saying ABC News insisted no such witnesses were put forward.
Gingrich said ABC's defense was "just plain baloney."
"If they're saying that, then they're not being honest," Gingrich said. "We had several people prepared to be very clear and very aggressive in their dispute about that, and (ABC News) wasn't interested."
On Wednesday, however, the campaign conceded the candidate was wrong, both in his debate answer and in his interview with CNN on Tuesday.
R.C. Hammond, the campaign's press secretary, told CNN the only people the campaign offered to ABC were the speaker's two daughters, Jackie Cushman and Kathy Gingrich Lubbers, who make regular appearances for their father on the campaign trail.
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I think this should be this week's first question so Newt can blow up again at CNN!
He is a liar and will always be a liar without salvation...
ABC News wasn't interested in anything other than sensationalism. That's why I don't watch their news anymore.
This is no surprise....Newt has a habit of saying people are lying about this and that. As time has shown he has been wrong. I think he found loopholes galore in the lobbying issue. Time will show this to be true also. Keep digging people, this man has no integrity. It is all about being President, a medal for him.
Oh Newt ... How many "oops" " Sorry i am wrong" are the American people, his supporters going to accept.
Romney 2012 !
Now here is a real shocker, Newt not saying the truth. I will give him credit thought it only took a week and 1/2 to admit it.
The first amendment gives the right to tell outright half-truths and lies. Remember that.
Nothing new...the guy has "ZERO" character and teling lies is natural for him. But, hey he does represent the "morale majority" as the right likes to say. People if you will lie and cheat on your spouse...then it is apart of who your are.
Wrong – Not Newt? Applause....
So he lied again. Oops no, rather he was once again "inaccurate". I bet he continues to be "inaccurate" as needed.
Sooooooo....He lied! Gingrich is no fool. He knew he could lie during the debate during maximum public attention and he knew discovery of his lie after the debate would only get scant attention.
So, I get my facts a little mixed up...sorry. Lying isn't that bad as long as you are not as rich as Gov. Romney. President Clinton did it, and we weren't too harsh on him. Cut me some slack.
Another claim by Gingrich that he later has to take back. It doesn't matter though because when people were listening, he lied and take his word for it. It is time to hold these politicians' words accountable.
So in other words, Gingrich lied to the millions of people who watched that debate!
In the famous words of another Republican known for stretching the truth, "I misspoke." Of course, they never admit it unless they're caught in the act. The thing I don't understand is why they would lie about something that is so easily checked. C'mon.
Who cares anymore, John King? You're the one who gave them Newt, so nothing you could do or say will be able to erase your own error.
So he lied, WHAT'S NEW?
Gingrich was not "inaccurate." He lied – there is a sigificant difference. Of course, this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone as Gingrich is a professional at making up his own facts.
Well well well America...here's what you can expect from a President Gingrich!
So, he lied. Yes, that is it. Like all republicans. Again. and again. and again......
This wouldn't be an "oops" moment, would it?
Uh-huh.
This is like printing a retraction in the newspaper.
Useless.
Newt lies so easily that he is not capable of telling the truth.
I know Newt's going to implode at some point, but I want it to be after he gets the nomination. Let's hope this isn't it.
Gingrich is a liar. He just got caught on this one by ABC. The American people need to question everything Newt says. Now he is going to spend billions of dollars to put a permanent base on the moon, that sounds like he really wants to cut the US spending.
If, I saw several witnesses and its only my two daughters > its a lie
Newt says several witnesses but its only his two daughters > campaign error
Newt has the best forked tongue of any politician I know. He understands it is not what you say
but what you can convince your supporters you said.
I'm sure Gingrich meant to tell the truth but his runaway tongue couldn't be stopped. It's not HIS fault, it's his tongue's fault.
One more reason to NOT vote for Gringrich. I noticed in the last debate that he would not answer tough questions, but instead said they were based on "misinformation" and that he would put the answers on his website. The GOP will lose if they put Gingrich to run agains Obama. Eventhough I like Santorum as a person, Romney is the only logical choice.
This just in...Gingrich continues to lie...
I like the phrasing CNN uses... " inaccurate". No gingrich LIED... TWICE!
I recently saw an interview where Gingrich was defending his hypocrisy in the '90's when he went after Clinton for his infidelity. Gingrich said it wasn't the infidelity, it was because Clinton lied about it. Well, here is proof that Gingrich is not a "changed man" but is a liar now as he always has been.
How can we nominate someone who is so blatantly immoral? The president has a staff to generate ideas - we need a president who will execute!
His biggest error is continuing this campaign.
amazing, isn't it ? the newter hurts himself, everytime he speaks. It's too bad the Republicans are going the wayside. In about 4 to 8 years, the republicans really won't want to be 'labeled' that – I talk to republicans all the time, and they tell me that would rather be labeled (or called) or reffered to as : "Conservatives" they actually hate the word 'republicans'
Larry in Houston
The biggest Gingrich campaign error? The fact that it was formed at all. It's people like Gingrich who give the Republicans a bad name.
Gingrich is a grinch!!! Dont let him steal Christmas....
Gingrich remembers after the cameras stop rolling, how conveinient. He will never make it to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., as President. He might be able to go with a tour group. lol
I never believed he offered up "friends" who would state Marianne Gingrich's claims were false. How would friends of the family know what conversation took place between Newt and Marianne 20 years ago? These claims didn't come out until now....not 20 years ago. As usual, it is Newt who is "full of baloney". Next thing you know he will be pulling a "Herman Cain" and drop out of race because he doesn't "want to put my family through this anymore".
Why is it when one of these guys lies directly into the camera to the American people they're allowed to get away with the lie being described as "he was mistaken"? Right-wingers hammer the other side over things like this but don't care at all if their candidates lie!
What else would one expect from the man who pursued the impeachment of a president while committing precisely the same transgression himself at the same time.
"blaoney". I'll tell you what's baloney. Newt Gingrich telling the truth.
What? Gingrich told an outright lie? And got caught? Say it isn't so! Next thing you know, water will be wet and children will be frightended by Newt's face.
In other words.......Gingrich was lying as necessary to get out of a situation. Some things never change!
Newt needs to learn the difference between an error and a lie. Don't hold your breath.
Let me get this straight: Gingrich has to rely on his campaign staff to tell him how many witnesses he has to refute his ex-wife's allegations about their marriage? What would it say about me, if I had to rely on my employees to tell the world about my marriage because I got the facts wrong? This is not about truth. Gingrich is obviously concerned about managing the facade of his public image. He is just trying to coordinate his lies and he can't do that as well as he would like. Do you really want this man for president?
Will Gingrich be the end of the GOP?
That was no mistake/error. It was a bald faced lie! Are we supposed to believe that Gingrich is apparently the only man alive, who was having an affair and that he discussed his marriage with "close friends"?? OR is it the two daughters that he discussed his vile affairs with all while attacking President Clinton for his affair?? Hogwash! Newt Gingrich couldn't tell the truth if his life depended on it.
That's not a matter of being "wrong", it is lying! Personally, I'm not sure what the difference is between lying under oath (perjury) and lying in front of the entire country in a televised debate to get elected (apparently quite legal). Can we please re-elect Obama and move on? Outstanding article this month in newsweek on Obama for those that care to learn more about this election.
It's not a "campaign error", just another calculated campaign lie to dupe his gullible followers.
He lies. He cheats. He is not worthy of the office he is pursuing. Get a clue America!
No, he was not wrong. He was LYING. LYING. LYING.
IOW, Gringrich lied & then 'defended' himself by accusing honest reporting of being lies. Great leadership qualities.
Let's see... not to be outdone by Clinton in adding multiple definitions for the word "is", Gingrich is redefining three words; lobbyist does not mean lobbyist when contact says so, "friends" means daughters, and "truth"... well he hasn't told us that yet
This guy lies as easily as we breath, and you want him to be president???
Is there a surprise here? Typical Gingrich..... aggressively and offensively deny the charge by impugning the reporter or the media. If Gingrich is the Republican nominee, the Republican Party will face historic losses as he brings other candidates down with him.
If he's lying about THIS, then he'll lie about anything! Don't trust the amphibian!! Say no to the Salamander!!! Don't Vote Newt!!!!
Where do you draw the line between being wrong and lying? I am sure Newt will clarify this at the next debate and go back on ABC to apoligize to John King.
How about ABC was right
Straight lied about it. No one is surprised – the only error was getting caught in the lie.
So Newtie lies again. Ho hum...
How about that ABC was right oops
Newt Schrute LIED???? I am shocked! SHOCKED, I tell you!!!!
I believe much of what Mr. Gringrich says is "just plain baloney".
Well that isn't a mistake, it's a lie. Gingrich seems to have a penchant for re-making history in the context he prefers. Hopefully the voting public will see through this windbag who wants nothing more than to bully people into making him president.
So Gingrich basically admits he was lying. Nothing new there really.
From where I stand this is a personal issue. I am not a Newt fan but, that is his business and his ex wife. Can't we get beyond this and get to issues of the United States. When two people leave a marriage, they both lie. Besides when he entered this race we already knew he was married three times. Let it go and just move on.
It sounds like someone is a big fat liar.
Well, with ethics violations,and stress adultery, these errors will just have to be forgiven. After all, Newt"s two daughters, (who were teenagers at the time), said that he was an honorable man. Of course, teenagers always know what is going on with their parent's love life. What a great canidate, our best and brightest.
So Gingrich lied. Again
Does a Fib Newton which is the favorite cookie of the Tea Party, go well with all kinds of baloney or the "just plain" kind?
This guys is such a false liar – said twice there, I know, but it was needed as an emphasis (double liar). A typical politician. An elitist rich guy himself that pretends he's of the people and understands the people. He hasn't a clue. He's such a hot-head too, I'd imagine we'd be thrown back into multiple wars. And from his tax statements, he appears quite the stingy person for such a rich guy, lacking in generosity & compassion. I will never vote for this guy. If it comes down to him & Obama, though I've always voted for Republicans in the past ... I'd rather vote for Obama.
It isn't an error if you knew it wasn't true in the first place. It's called a "lie", and therefore, you are a "liar".
I love it. After the way he went after John King when asked delicately if he had anthing to say, he came out full force. They need to open tonight's debate with the first question being about his ex-wife's allegations, and why he lied as he was thrashing on John King for asking a completely valid question in a professional manner. What a pig.
The headline should read "Campaign Acknowledges Gingrich Lied Repeatedly"
So the lesson is....
If you're going to lie, lie big in front of a big national audience and then, only if you're absolutely forced, have some else admit the 'mistake' to a much smaller news market several days afterwards and hope it stays buried in the small arena.
(Note that the headline reads "Gingrich campaign admits error" not that Gingrich lied twice in front of a national audience.)
My question to my fellow citizens is this, when will we stop cheering because a politician says what we emotionally want to hear and instead applaud the politician who dares to speak the truth!
DGK
"the former House speaker was inaccurate" is just a polite way of saying he was lying.
He was "inaccurate"??? He blatantly lied about it twice...how are Republicans supporting this guy? Given his likely performance in the general election, his supporters might as well vote directly for Obama.
This is what lying liars who lie do! And no one is better at it than Newt!!!
An Error? No, he lied to deflect the issue. This is what you'll get with Gingrich. Plus, how can He and his wife stand in front of the voters when they were having an affair while he was married. Oh... they got religion and asked forgiveness. How convenient. The gall.
Say it aint so! Newt Lied? Who would have thought such a thing was possible? He knew he didn't offer "several people" to refute what is second wife said. He was in full defense mode and did what he does best and that is deflect, distort and lie.
It's OK, you are a politician and we don't expect the truth. No problem Newt, it won't affect my vote.
So Gingrich says ABC was being dishonest in their statements but now that it has been admitted by his campaign what he said was "WRONG", why was his statement not "DISHONEST" just like he claimed CBS was "Dishonest". Oh I forgot. It's Newt so what he says is not dishonest. Only wrong. There is a difference because Newt is not a "Dishonest" person. Give me a break.
That Gingrich has lied once more is no news; as a serial adulterer all through his life, and as a self-aggrandizing politician, he has made lying his second nature, it seems. The irony is that the party that preaches and claims conservative, family values should even consider this person as its bellwether.
"RC was briefing me on this the whole way through". So here's the question. Was Gingrich lying, hoping it would go away, or is he SO ineffective at management that he didn't have his facts straight about an issue in the forefront? If he said it wrong as he was unjustly attacking John King, he should have found out immediately after the debate and offered an apology or at least correction, right then. Personally, without having a staffer take the heat. This guy is a "leader"? I have no respect for him, and no trust of him.
Newt's "wrongness" got the desired effect–the biggest cheer from the audience, which I'm sure helped him in his SC win.
The old, embarrassing, "catholic" adulterer is lying and cheating as usual. Why are people surprised? It is his way of
life.
IIn other words...he LIED! Typical characteristics of a serial adulterer.
Newt Gingrich caught in a lie. I'm shocked!!! I hope this doesn't infer that all politicians lie. I would be devastated to think that!
so: A) why would anyone consider a friend to be a reliable witness, when the open marriage discussion surely was not had with friends gathered around listening, and B) Of COURSE he would say his ex wife is lying, who wouldn't?? Whether she is or not is anyone's guess, but we do know for a fact that he goes through wives like crazy. Does that matter? Maybe, maybe not, but it does give pause when thinking about his credibility and character. I won't be voting for him, that's for sure.
Ahhh newt, don't let facts get in the way. After all, the more you say it the more everyone will believe it – cuz they can't think on their own.
It's interesting to see how Gingritch rattles off statements with such conviction that people assume he's correct even when he is not. Only later when the facts are irrefutable does he back off.
This is what Newt is best at. Is this bringing back any memories of his Speaker of the House days? He knows he can say something completly outragous for his own good, and then retract it a couple days later where it gets buried. They called his ethics into question... there should be no doubt as to why they voted yes... and no reason to believe they wouldn't have voted yes even if his story is true (highly doubtful) that he encouraged them to vote yes.
And that's why Gingrinch won't be elected. He always says whatever it takes to prove his point with no regard for what the truth is.
Gingrich is a liar and cheat. Who knew?
Marianne Gingrich's story may or may not be accurate for any number of valid, non-deliberate reasons. It was a while ago, it was a emotionally charged time, etc. Newt doesn't contest her story based on these things. Instead he goes striaght for the "She is a malicious liar" defense. Nice.
Also, how can "personal friends" refute Marianne Gingrich's claims? To do so, they would have to be with her and Newt for every conversation between and that's patently ridiculous.
LIAR
Oh! What a liar! this is same person who out -rightly and forcefully called Romney 'dishonest'. This was no 'mistake', let's simply call it what it is...it is a lie and any person who willfully tells a lie is called a LIAR. This man asked his first wife for an open relationship in order to have continuous sexual activities with Callista his sweetheart.
How on earth can Americans stoop this low to even vote for Newt in a primary election as a presidential candidate? Is this what the office of the president deserves? Is this an indication of how far we have strayed from basic values like sanctity of marriage and truthfulness?
A real time LIAR like Newt has no moral authority to even seek the office of the president. Is this what we call a 'True Reagan Conservative? Let's all punish the bigot by ignoring his name on any of the primary/caucus ballot. His very name is a disgrace to our nation, in addition to the blatant fact that he was kicked out of congress for unethical conduct.
OMG! What a liar! How lower should Newt stoop to prove how immoral he is?
"admits error"???? Come clean, how about admits lie?
lying about lying, get used to it
An error? What they should have said was that good ol' Newt got caught in a lie; and certainly not the first with regards to his marriages. The guy is a sleaze; always has been. I'd love to see a viable alternative to our current president, but this guy leaves everyone feeling like they need to wash their hands.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Standard Bearer for the Republican Party and the Conservative Family Values set has SPOKEN! And he LIES!
Seriously? This is the front runner in the GOP primary?
God help us all.
In other words, when Gingrich angrily denounced John King and ABC news, he was lying through his teeth. Again.
Clever, though – many more people will hear the lie than will hear the retraction. More sleaze from the master.
R.C. Hammond, the campaign's press secretary, also disclosed that Newt's "personal" friends could only vouch for Newt's regular attendance at their swinger's parties.
Really – Newt calling them a liar with absolute conviction when he is the liar- does he just make this up and hope he is right? Newt couldn't uphold his oath to his wives, lies to the American People during debates and wants the American peoples trust? Help me understand How is this guy is still even in the race? And who ( or who is paying for) is doing the polling to show he is even close to Romney?
Obviously Gingrich lied. Twice lied now on the same subject... One can only conclude he is lying about wanting an open marriage. Gingrich is a very sleezy politician and represents all that is wrong with Congress.
Mr. Gingrich is the worst sort of self-aggrandizing opportunist. John King withered in front of Gingrich's self-righteous rage at the SC debate, where he (King) had the golden opportunity to press harder and expose NG for the liar he is. The latest story of King's journalistic rehabilitation is welcome, but a little late. That pee stain on his trousers may fade, but it won't wash out. He was a weenie, plain and simple.
I am sorry that NG's daughters have so little regard for themselves that they would defend their father's reprehensible marital record. Have they forgotten that he also dishonored their mother? That said, they are satisfying one of my goals for the 2012 campaign. I want Republican primary voters continue voting for NG as the Romney alternative and hand him their Party's nomination.
Then ... Obama 2012!
It was not an error it was an outright lie.
Typical Newt. Calling everyone else a liar when he is the one doing the lying. Newt Gingrich is one of the most despicable human beings I have ever seen. Whenever he gets backed in to a corner it is always "your facts are incorrect" (when they ususally are correct) or "their lying". And, if anyone know anything about lying, it would be the former disgraced speaker.
they should have to swear an oath to tell the truth before debating for the presidency.
Not surprising. This is, after all, a man who has taken three marriage vows, breaking two of them, and a vow to honor his elected office which he also broke (and was forced to pay a fine and step down). How can we believe anything he says?
Gingrich speaks without thinking. He does it time and again and eventually has to admit he was wrong.
The lies are always on the front page and retractions are buried next to the obituaries.
There is a lot about this man that scares me........ he spews the right words, but deep down I believe he thinks he is Napolian and is here to save the world.......... He believes he is just and righteous by saying he has made mistakes and that he is sorry... but forgiveness is in God's eyes and we mere mortals base a man on what he does forward and this man scares the living hell out of me and I have voted Republican for over 40 years........... I will change my vote if this man becomes our canidate for the first time in my life time........ As a side note how would Gingrich's daughters know what this man was doing in his private time, did he tell his daughters every time he met with his mistress? So how can they be witness to his reasons to divorce his second wife?
Another solid indication of the character (or complete lack thereof) from Gingrich. How the GOP can consider him a viable candidate for president is beyond understanding. I'm an independent and would never consider voting for someone with such a dubious recod and history in Washington. How the GOP expects to have any success when so many are willing to support men like Gingrich is incredible.
Newt's true colors are finally showing. What a fraud and hypocrit.
So, he lied, and repeated that lie until it was inevitable that he own up to it. And he doesn't even have the integrity to admit it.....hiding behind his campaign who said it was "inaccurate". No, folks....it was a bold faced lie, and it earned him a standing ovation a few debates ago. Totally sickening. PLEASE open your eyes, and see there is only one candidate who has integrity and is worthy of your vote. Ron Paul.
So if one part of his debate defense of wanting an open marriage was a lie ... how can we be sure he isn't lying entirely when he denies the allegations altogether.
Gingrich made another mistake? That's all he does.
How can republicans trust Gingrich to uphold the oath of office when he has shown time and time again that he can not even uphold the oath of marriage? Do republicans really think the zebra can change its stripes?
See – a pathological liar and cheater. Not fit....
Wait..Are you saying the Newt lied?
Shocker!!
It is actually harder to find anything he has said that is truthfull. The clown is a 24/7 lie machine.
No surprise, where I come from that is a called a "liar"!
Everyone but the evilrelics and tea baggers already knew that.
The newt indeed makes "family values" a joke punchline.
He also said every personal friend, which for Gingrich, is an oxi-moron....
Newt is a liar. If Newt lied in his defense of wanting an open marriage and then in the next sentence calls his ex-wife's claims to be false ... how can we believe him???
And here we go. Nice try, Newt.
LIAR...not an 'error'
Oh! What a liar! this is same person who out -rightly and forcefully called Romney 'dishonest'. This was no 'mistake', let's simply call it what it is...it is a lie and any person who willfully tells a lie is called a LIAR. This man asked his first wife for an open relationship in order to have continuous sexual activities with Callista his sweetheart.
How on earth can Americans stoop this low to even vote for Newt in a primary election as a presidential candidate? Is this what the office of the president deserves? Is this an indication of how far we have strayed from basic values like sanctity of marriage and truthfulness?
A real time LIAR like Newt has no moral authority to even seek the office of the president. Is this what we call a 'True Reagan Conservative? Let's all punish the bigot by ignoring his name on any of the primary/caucus ballot. His very name is a disgrace to our nation, in addition to the blatant fact that he was kicked out of congress for unethical conduct.
OMG! What a liar! How lower should Newt stoop to prove how immoral he is?
This is the sort of reporting that should be all over the place. When this issue was brought up at the debate, the crowd went wild when Gingrich asserted that he had several people who would deny that the story was true. Now it turns out that there isn't anyone who would do that. Gingrich's daughters encouraging ABC News to kill the story is not denying its truthfulness, just that they don't wan the public to know what a lowlife their father is.
Is it possible that so many Americans want a serial-adulterer and his home-wrecker, former mistress to represent the country they argue is so exceptional?
Well....maybe they've got a point. One would hope that the level of deceit, lack of morals and ethics, and hubris that Gingrich exhibits is the exception, rather than the norm, for Americans.
Liar liar pants on fire!
Really! trying to hide out by calling the press 'liar'!!!!... Anyway, probably worked: sure more people heard that than this...
The headline should say "Gingrich Lies".
He says whatever he wants in the moment to get a rise out of the crowd in debates. He lost the FL debate because the crowd was educated and respectable. Too bad SC voters already voted for him based on lies.
Well, I know I am shocked that the slimy salamander would throw out lies, to try and save his ass during the the heat of the debate.
However, continuing to do it, classifies the newt as a pathological liar, kinda like being a "historian" instead of the "consultant" Freddie Mac was paying for.
John King did the right thing vetting this man in SC he is running for Pres. You will now see the trickle down lies from Gingrich starting with this one. I am sure the next will have to do with his record as a Republican, and what Nancy Pelosi has on him. John King was the moderator you don't sound off on a moderator like a mad dog. Gingrich chose to run for Pres. John King did not force his hand and I think ALL candidates should be vetted out just like they did with Obama. I applaud John King because now we will see the lies coming from Gingrich.
Gingrich will say whatever it takes to get himself off the hook – when pressed aggressively his rep reponds, not him! He gets away witih his lies because the media is intimidated and usually doesn't follow up. Good for John King for going after him. He should continue to expose this arrogant lier.
Gingrich is a liar. Of course, so are all politicians.
So...he out and out lied. What a surprise! NOT!!!!!!
That's not an "error," that's a lie. How can anyone believe a word out of that creep's mouth.
What else is new? Even after all this mess about Newt the media still portrays him as an ideal candidate.
The headline should be rephrased to something like, "Newt caught lying." Something like this should go viral and Newt has consistently lied about every one of his position as a speaker. Everything that he was accused of from being a lobbyist to his 3rd marriage to bail outs will eventually be clear as water. So we have a liar as a potential president. America?
It takes a big man with strong self confidence to admit they made a mistake. Newton sounds like the man for the Job.
Gingrich claimed ABC news was "not being honest," and his campaign admits ABC was correct. That makes Gingrich a liar in my book.
shoot. I was hoping they were going to admit his entire candidacy was a mistake.
Stop Lying Mr. Gingrich.
"I was wrong, but let's throw some red meat to our bloodthirsty, uneducated idiot base and blame the media anyway."
Error? Really? The disgraced former speaker is a liar.
The headline in the CNN home page as "Gingrich Admits Error." I kind of felt the earth move.
So this is News? Gingrich still managed to expose John King, CNN, and ABC for the biased Liberal news organizations they truly are and the audience erupted with support! This spoke volumes as to how informed American voters truly are and that credibility and fairness within the media has waned so much! Wake up CNN, America is on to you!
who cares. Newt still made john king look like a blithering lightweight. He should stick to his map boards and election coverage.
He divorced his second wife because he later discovered that she use to be on food stamps. Hahahahaha!
The only surprise here is that Gingrich is admitting his "error".
The problem I see here is that this "historian" wants to rewrite history and correct all the erros but they can't tel what's true or cues anymore.
We know better though! He's a hypocritical buffoon!
I thought the bigger error was him running for president.
Of course the two daughters only have nice things to say about the woman that made Newt leave the marriage with their mother..... Really?
Pants on fire again? Let's send Gingrich to the moon where he can lie in peace.
Dance, dance, dance Newt. (along with the other candidates) You are merely GUARANTEEING O'Bama's 2nd term. And while I am at it, shut up and listen to what Americans are saying, not your hand-selected audiences. We know what is wrong – we're not stupid – we want to know how you're going to fix it!
I'm sure he love to be asked the question again in tonight's debate!
Gingrich needs to publicly state that he was wrong with his statements and his defense. He essentially accused ABC of lying...when in fact the lie was on his part. For a candidate to go on national TV and in a debate say one thing and score political points for it and then the campaign quietly correcting his false statements is downright shameful. Next, he'll be claiming he lead the SWAT team that killed Bin Laden, and they'll issue a little statement saying "the candidate was incorrect."
So the 2 daughters of the first wife ... who Newt cheated on while she was recovering from cancer with wife #2 ... doesn't get support from the 2 daughters ... who'd a thunk??
And so, we now have the Right-Wing answer to Jesus: 'GIVE US BARABUS!" say the Republicans. Give us the pathetic compulsive liar to head our nation – because we seeth with racism, bigotry and hate for everyone that is not like us...
In other words he go caught in a flat out lie.
What other lie, er error, is going to be admitted to?
Gingrich lied? Didn't see that coming.....
Empty vessels make the most noise
There's a big difference between being 'wrong' and telling an outright lie.
"Gingrich campaign admits error"
Really CNN? Really? Why don't you just say it like it really is. Newt Gingrich lied through his teeth . This was not an error – it was a calculated decision by Gingrich to lie without even flinching. Not only did he lie about it but he kept on defending his lie. I'm glad this came out but the headline makes it seem like an innocent mistake when it was not.
Newt needs to now shift the words he used against others back onto himself: I was dishonest and my statements were false.
He was not wrong, he lied. And the daughters were the first wife's children, so why not go against the woman that broke up their mother's marriage. Pitiful, pathetic and above all hypocritical.
So he lied-what else is new??
If Newt wins the nomination, Mormons should NOT vote for the Republican Party nominee. Here's why, 1. We have a responsibility to our country to ensure that a demagogue doesn't run the country. Gingrich shows the all the signs of a kingman. And we know what happens when kingmen become powerful. He sounds like a Korihor.
2. Mormons care about family values. We care about having a president who is a good father and husband. The last thing this country needs is the Example in Chief being a bad man, even if he espouses good things.
Better to elect a Republican Senate and box Obama in than hire a bad guy.
CNN needs to be smart this time about it. Bait the other candidates into bringing the issue up, so that way he can't use the media as an excuse. Without the bully pulpit, Gingrich looks like a buffoon.
...This guy is a pathological LIAR, and he has the guts to call Romney a liar... at least Romney has remained faithful to his wife for over 40 years, we can't say the same thing about Newt, who seems to think that he can cheat and then say, I've confessed (been caught) my sins and now I'm forgiven. Really? I thought forgiveness of sins required also restitution... Just because YOU say, you are forgiven, doesn't make it so. I'm not saying he's not repentant, he might be. However, the fact is, Newt LIES, AND LIES, AND LIES. He is NOT an honest individual, and this comes from his personal life. If he can do that to his wife, he'd have no qualms about doing that to those who he doesn't know, us. ...I'm still voting for Romney, at least for now.... if Santorum gets his act together and stops bashing Romney and gives a more clear vision of what he can do/will do, then he might get my vote... we'll see.
He was not wrong, he lied. And the daughters were the first wife's children, so why not go against the woman that broke up their mother's marriage. Pitiful, pathetic and above all hypocritical. And why would children be allowed to be in their parents marriage. They should not have privy to that info.
This is pure Newt ,put out a false comment in the full knowledge that it will not be challenged untill well after the fact,and everybody is focused on something new.
I imagine someone in the Speaker of the House's camp is getting shishkabobbed over this mix up.
I can not believe people are buying this guy's "bag of crap" again. The RepubliCONS are desperate!
It's rare that anyone would admit an error these days, let alone a campaign for a President. Wow! What will be next?! This is impressive!
This is typical of Newt's use of so-called "facts".
They are there when they are needed ... then later are proven to be "lies".
OOOPS!
This in addition to the adultery, the ripping off of Americans while Speaker of the House, the other ethics violations, and lying about his work for the 1.6 million from Fannie Mae! Newt is almost now qualified!
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
An outright lie? He just got through saying what he did wasn't as bad as Bill Clinton because he didn't lie to the American people. Well he just did, TWICE in the same 24 hours.
It wasn't a lie it was an error. And I thought I was wrong once but I was actually just mistaken....
Its one thing for something to slip out but to be adamant about a claim then for it to turn around and be a lie, wow, that's the kind of character we need in the White House.
This man scares the hell out of me........... I believe he thinks he is the next coming of Napolian and that as long as he states that he is righteous and sorry for past mistakes that we will think better of him. He has been forgiven in the eyes of God that I believe, but we mere mortals will jidge him on this CONSTANT PAST and his furure acts...... I have voted Republican for over 40 years and if he is our canidate I will change my vote..... I do not understand how his daughters can speak for him....... did he confide in them every time he met with his mistress and discuss his personal sexual deeds with them so that they would know that it was his ex-wife who was the problem ... and if so this speaks volumes about his children and the way he raised them.......... sorry but he is not the man who needs to be the head of this country......
We have five cases of toilet paper with Newt's face on it; should last us through the election.
This and how many other "errors"? He wants us to go to the moon? He first. Sorry, moon.
Newt is lying yet again.
The thing is unless they were in the room with Newt and Marianne when it was discussed then their saying its true means nothing. I am sure Newt told them it wasn't true whether it was or it wasn't, because he wouldn't want them to think any less of their father and I highly doubt that either he or Marianne would have wanted anyone else present when they were discussing this and certainly not his children (it doesn't matter how old your children are – when you're discussing stuff like this you do not want them (or for that matter anyone) around).
What another lie from Gingrinch I just don't beleive it, this man is a pillar of society, he is the moral authority on how a man should handle himself. NOT
He has no shame at all. To continue in attack mode on others, when he's dripping wet sleazy, well.....
Oh and one more thing. I am really sick and tired of "baloney". Enough already, Newt!
I'm sure that no parent has ever withheld the whole truth from his/her children to uphold their parental image.
He has been wrong on many things in fact and moral. I don't find him a likeable person because he has had so many questionable actions and problems in the past. That doesn't deny that he is smart and could have ideas to be used in the future. He just isn't the man now or ever.
Like anyone would believe his two daughters who are on Daddy's payroll and would be dis-loyal to their own mother by claiming their father did not ask her for a divorce in the hospital. Unless they were a party to the conversation I would rather hear the events from a first hand source. Why wife #2 pretends to be so shocked at Newt's open marriage request is a puzzle as she was a mistress herself. When she moved on to wife, she left a job opening in the mistress deptartment which Calista the church going Catholichypocrit would fill for 8 years. What is in the drinking water of Republicans, first Palin flaunting her pregnant teenage daughter, now this serial groom. If someome had told me 10 years ago we would have a black man as President and his opponents would be scandalous I would have had them locked away.
John – Does this make your tender feelings better? Must have been highly embarrassing to you when the Speaker put you and CNN in your rightful place at the beginning of the debate! You have to get very tedious about your details in order to make yourself look better. If Obama made a statement like this and it wasn't 100% accurate, would CNN have gone to the trouble it did with Newt? I THINK NOT!!!
That's how Republicans lie. They tell the lie so it's out there for everybody to hear. And, then they come back and say, Oh that wasn't true. But, it's out there and the original statement can't be reversed. What and asshole.
Besides.. how would any of his close friends OR daghters from the first marriage KNOW what he and his second wife discussed in private. Hearsay
A big majority of Americans are getting fed up with the double standards and the hypocrisy that goes on with most of the mainstream media which includes CNN!
i well bet my pension and all belongings that Newt will not be the next president of these united states!
How would a personal friend know if Newt had asked his wife for an open marriage? Considering he was carrying on a long-time affair while he was still married to wife #2, I'm thinking whether he actually said the words or not he was living that "open marriage" anyway.
How would a personal friend know if Newt had asked his wife for an open marriage? Considering he was carrying on a long-time affair while he was still married to wife #2, I'm thinking whether he actually said the words or not he was living that "open marriage" anyway.
The Republicans should nominate Gingrich only if there is no hope of beating Obama in the General elections. He has been proven to be a liar repeatedly. He is not trustworthy and cannot win the Presidency. It will be unwise of the Republicans to nominate him, he blatantly lied during the debate to win points, the American electorate will not be fooled again.
I am surprised that no one has yet called him on one of his biggest lies that he repeats on every stump. That "as Speaker" that he personally "led the Congress to four straight years of balanced budgets." First of all, it was only three years. Worst of all, he was gone by the time most of that took place. Newt didn't see the Congress in 1999. We had balanced budgets in FY1999, FY2000, and FY2001. Gingrich is lying, but I know that the DNC will let him live it up until he wins the nomination.
He's not "in error"! The headline should read: Campaign Admits Gingrich Lied! Why beat around the bush?
"Obama's 30% millionaire tax"
What a wonderfully loaded and misleading headline, CNN. Shall we now all refer to the 35% paid by the vast VAST majority of middle-class tax payers as "the GOP's 35% serfdom tax"? Jerks. He's not suggesting taxing them at no less than 30% for being millionaires as the headline (purposefully) implies...he's suggesting making it so they pay as much as the rest of us.
Not sorry he lied to the American Public...but sorry he got caught!!! Same ole Noot. Can't believe anybody would vote for this idiot.,
Is anything about Newt's infidelity really a surprise anymore? He was in a relationship with Wife2 before divorcing Wife1, he was in a relationship with Wife 3 before divorcing Wife 2, and he will probably cheat (or is cheating) on Wife3. How can he be believed on anything? If he can't be faithful to his wife, how can anyone expect him to be faithful to America? Newt does what is best for Newt and everyone else be damned. He is not running for President to help Americans, he is running to stoke his enormous ego.
Newt Gingrich's only error / inaccuracy is himself.
As a former Republican and now a toss up independent, if Newt is choosen for the GOP canidate for president I can either not vote at all or vote for another 4 years for Obama........I believe that it is the duty of every American to vote for one or the other and I will have to cast my vote for Obama.
WOW! after he pounced on John King for bringing up the interview and emphatically said witnesses were made available to rebut Mary Ann's assertions that he wanted to "swing". Now the truth comes out that the campaign did not provide names of people privy of the truth other than his two daughters (same old).
Gingrich should have been the one to stand in front of the cameras to say he lied. He has some major character flaws. Habitually lying, hiding from his past, displaying anger when confronted, belittling others, and narcissistic attitude are just some of them.
That's not an error. That's a lie!
This is the GOP darling? It's unbelievable that this party has any support at all.
We don't need Gingrinch in the white house, he is too liberal.
Poor ol' Newt, his 'undressing' of nice guy John King was an absolute travesty. Everyone knows it's the Liberal Media that is responsible for Newt's 'indiscretions' and record of 'inaccuracy'! Watching Newt is like going 'back to the future'
"Gingrich admits error". Back in the newspaper days, this would have been a stop the presses story. "Gingrich makes error" – another dog bites man story.
Ok Fed Up. ABC only wants to sensationalize news, that's why you don't watch them anymore. Then you must watch FOX which definitely doesn't sensationalize news. Yeah, right
like most right wingers, Gingrich later said his statement was "not meant to be factual"
Newt is ethiclly and morally bankrupt and he is corrupt. Dont let Newt or his mistress wife anywhere near the White House. Can you imagine what a great role model Collista would be for Americas young girls?
Surprise, surprise. Newt lies again.
Is gingrich also ready to admit his "error" regarding his comment calling Pres. Obama "the food stamp president"?
He is also inaccurate in that claim. The truth of the matter is that more Americans receive the benefit of food stamps (46.2 million) than ever before. This is a function of the economy. But, 14.2 million more Americans enjoy the benefit of food stamps since Obama took office. During the Bush administration, food stamp eligibility was expanded, and 14.7 million more Americans were added. So the Obama administration, during the worst recession since the Great Depression, saw 500K fewer additions than in the Bush administration.
It appears that being "inaccurate" comes as easily as breathing to mr. gingrich. Here in the real world I'd call it lying.
If he lied about saying ABC lied, than he is surely lying about telling his wife he wants to be a swinger.
Interesting strategy. Lie big time in a debate that is seen by millions and then 2 weeks later very quietly say, "Oh yeah, that wasn't really true" that gets put on the bottom of Cnn's webpage and no otehr news outlet as far as I can see. So lie to millions and then admit you lied to like 100 people that actually read this small story. Interesting strategy. Wonder if that will work.
Maybe it was early stages of Alzheimers!
On the bright side, if Newt wins the Presidency, we will have a certifable Wh0re in the White House......That will be interesting....
@FED Up "ABC News wasn't interested in anything other than sensationalism. That's why I don't watch their news anymore."
Let me guess, you watch Fox "News"? There's no sensationalism there.../sarcasm
A lie bought the win in SC.
A high price to pay for temporary gain.
The media shouldn't give Gingrich free pass. He was very defiant in his response and now it turns out it was a bald faced llie in a publicly televised debate. And he called Romney a "liar"!!! The Democrats are praying for Gingrich to get the GOP nomination. Do you really think now that Newt has been 100% upfront about Fannie / Freddie? I like Newt's perspective and "big picture" thinking, but he epitomizes the fat, rich and deceptive lifetime Washington insider. Romney is rich, but not an insider and not dishonest.
Oh, I love this guy....PLEASE, PLEASE nominate him.
Are you telling me The Newster would tell a lie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SHOCKED.
He is such a liar.
Newt does what he does best...turn the blame on someone else and lie,lie,lie.
But the best part is I think Newt is already on the MOON and he would be in his GLORY with all the moon rocks to listen to all his spacey ideas.
So he admits he lied. why can't the headline say so!
Sure: Is Gingrich really Catholic,? is Gingrich really white? Gingrich's behavior suggests he's secretly campaigning for Obama!
To be fair, he seems to be a pretty good salesman, but underneath it all... a snake. Apparently those who really know him can confirm this.
I'm SHOCKED! A liar, adulterer, washington insider, lobbyist would LIE?? So...Republicans went after Clinton tooth and nail and attempted to impeach him over his fling, yet they are trying to put THIS guy into office?
No, according to Republican cant, it isn't really a lie unless it's said under oath.
The ridiculous thing is that even if every person that ever knew Gingrich swore on the bible that it wasn't true it would mean NOTHING because there is absolutely no way that his friends were actually there for every conversation Newt and his wife ever had. I can't believe the media didn't call him on that when he brought the whole defense up. His defense was no defense at all.
Newt believes in LIE"S after all he is on his 3rd marriage.
Do we really want a adulterer as a President and a adulteress as our FIRST LADY?
I HOPE NOT!
I knew it was a lie when Newt said. Common sense applies when accessing how many people are gathered around when a husband and wife discuss such delicate matters as desiring an "open relationship". Please!!!
Republicans – nominate Ron Paul, or just give it up.
Choosing between a RICH spoiled brat or a philanderer is NOT an option.
Thank you.
@Fedup: I am not sure why you are blaming ABC news...You are shooting the messenger...The campain itself admitted that Newt was wrong on his answer. Besides I find it hard to believe, a long standing news organization would'nt give a chance to Newt to say his piece on such an explosive issue.
This makes me so excited for the debate tonight. I hope that the moderator and Mitt, plus the other candidates will go after Newt. It's time for this guy to get off the stage. What a liar!!!
Newt tries to tell us that his marital affairs aren't worth bring up.
That is wrong. He's a man who has this idea that gays being allowed to marry is a bad thing because it ruins the sanctity of marriage. Newt has done more to ruin the sanctity of marriage than most gays would. It's hypocrisy at it's finest.
So Newt, don't try to convince us that your marital affairs aren't important, when family values are a foundation of your campaign. Not to mention how badly you went after Clinton. Suddenly, it's not important.
So, he lied, and repeated that lie until it was inevitable that he own up to it. And he doesn't even have the integrity to admit it.....hiding behind his campaign who said it was "inaccurate". No, folks....it was a bold faced lie, and it earned him a standing ovation a few debates ago. Totally sickening. PLEASE open your eyes, and see there is only one candidate who has integrity and is worthy of your vote. Ron Paul.
Newt the hypocrite. He tries to convince us that his affairs aren't important, that they don't apply to his run for presidency. Need I remind you how bad he went after Bill Clinton? Apparently, marital affairs were bad for the President then, but aren't important now. Hypocrite.
Add all of this into the fact that one foundation of Newt's campaign is family values. How can you honestly expect us to believe that LGBT shouldn't be allowed to marry because it ruins the sanctity of marriage, when you have done so yourself repeatedly? You try to tell us it isn't relevant. Oh Newt, it certainly is. Hypocrisy at it's finest.
This is just the tip of the iceberg of why Newt would be horrible for America.
Newt's a liar and very yukky man, on par with Rush and the likes but my question is this: how in the wide world of sports can his friends substatiate him not saying he wanted an open marriage? This is just bizzare. Like his friends were privy to all of the personal conversations between him and his yukky wife... WTF???
So do we now take away the loud applause and standing ovation?
This is a news flash? Newt’s always been a pathological liar and a master manipulator. No morals, no integrity and no honor. Is it any wonder that Palin the Grifter endorses and cheerleads this fool? Two birds of a feather…
This is a disgrace.
The one candidate, Ron Paul, that could bring together people on the left, right and center, will probably not get the nonination.
So we are left with a childish fibber, or a man that wants to buy the presidency as some kind of commodity.
This is a sad day for this country.
When backed into a corner, always blame the media. A good distraction and popular way to not answer a question of character...
Everyone seems to be focusing on Newt, but what about Callista? Ya'all want a First Lady who's a homewrecker?
Such a jerk!
Is anyone surprised ????
Surprise! A cheating guy in his third marriage..... still lies. Shocking.
The morals of an alley cat !!!!
Gingrich lied? Really? You gotta be kidding me. I'm sure he'd never do anything like that, moral and ethical person that he is.
So do we get to see his pants on fire on primetime?
"There are several witnesses that can back me up. Wait, the voices in my head count, right?"
Well I think we all already knew that Newt lives in an environment of very strange fantasies and very strange understandings of reality. No one should be surprised that he never did what he said he did, or that he did do what he keeps on insisting he didn't do. That's the way Newt rolls. Vote for Newt if you want the country to roll down, down and further down with him, his fantasies and his strange understandings of reality.
Shouldn't have happened in the first place, but good to come clean on the issue. Of course liberals here will never ask the same of Obama, who has been caught with lies on numerous occasions. I guess it's ok for a democrat to lie.
Fig Newton lies before he thinks. Serial liar, serial adulterer, convicted by congress of 87 counts of gross malfeasance and ethics violations. My dog has higher standards that Newton Leroy Gingrich.
Newtie lied – there's a shocker!
Gingrich is a corrupt politician and influence peddler! How anyone believes his wild assertions is beyond me/
Error? It was an outright lie. He lied two times! Why not just call it what it is??
I wonder how the people in South Carolina feel today? Would he have won if he hadn't made a fool of himself lying on national TV. I hope Romney brings this up in tonights debate!
Newt and Mitt ,
Men with Daddy Issues .
Well, this is a very sad day in American politics. For the first time in the history of our country a career politician has said something that was not quite true. Next thing you know, they will all be telling bigger and bigger lies.
Come on Newt, do you really expect us to take anything you say at face value? You're a politician which means there is a good chance you're lying if your lips are moving.
I remember when he said that. It made no sense to me that ABC would not interview the people that Newt "brought forward."
Now it makes sense. This man is an arrogant, disingenuous Washington insider with nothing more than ego and ignorance as "attributes."
Either he has a mental problem or is really, really dumb. Newt is a pathalogical liar who really believes that if he says it, it is not only true, but that we'll buy it.
"On Wednesday, however, the campaign conceded the candidate was wrong, both in his debate answer and in his interview with CNN on Tuesday. "
Why am I not surprised?
His mistake was running for president. He's a miserable whining liar.
This creep is as slimy as they come. He should really be managing a Buy here... pay here used car lot with his pinkie ring. It says a lot about America when we see a dog like him get to where he is in the polls. Have we lost all intelligence, honorable character and pride? Do we have no more class and style?
And so it begins . . .
How does the GOP support an individual that had so many ethics charges against him, was ousted by his own party as Speaker and had to pay 300,000.00 in fines? Not to mention his family values, isn't that hypocrisy????????????????Obama is a refreshing change, honest, intelligent, respectful and is working so hard to make America good again...OBAMA FOR SURE 2012
Mr. Gingrich will throw someone from his staff under the bus and fire him for telling the truth and making him look bad in this dog and pony show.
Does that make him a liar?
To FedUp:
Newt Gingrich and the Republicans made moralism the center of their campains....the fact that they have no morals is their fault, not ABC's.
So, in a debate, which was done solely to garner support in an upcoming state primary, he goes on the offensive, feigning anger at someone who dares question him, by saying something he knew to be false. thus looking good in front of an audience. then, in the comfort and privacy of his campaign headquarters issues a retraction. If he is truly sorry for the "misunderstanding" he should, at the next debate, apologize to THAT audience. Go public with his mea culpa. But doing that, those on the fence would have a reason to take what he is saying with a grain of salt.
Offered his children from a previous marriage as witnesses? Of course they wouldn't say anything that would be contrary to their father's claims! Perhaps he was confused because the "friends" he thought would deny the allegations against him refused to lie for him! And what couple having personal conversations about their marriage has it with an audience? Newt Nut!
Not meant to be factual.
Ah, so the man lies again, yet he spouts his religious faith regularly. I bet God gets tired of hearing this man ask for forgiveness.
The country cannot come together – heck! – the Republicans can't even come together. Nothing will change... Barack Obama will win by a landslide if they run two candidates against him. The odds are in BOs favor.
Once a cheater, always a cheater. And cheating involves...lying! You see a person break marriage vows before God and family twice and what do you expect? And THIS is the best the GOP has to offer? Newt claims to be a converted catholic, so I wonder how many hours he spends in the confessional each week? Poor priest probably has to bring lunch. Then again, I doubt Newt follows catholic dogma to the letter – he prefers living by his own rules.
As usual, the only person not being honest is Newt. He has a very very long history of calling people liars that don't agree with him. He can't be trusted to tell the truth even about the smallest of things. His first approach to any situation is to lie about it and of course blame someone else. It's time the republican public wise up to the fact that Newt lies about everything, plain and simple. Check out his past if you're not old enough to remember the real Newt, don't believe one word this self-proclaimed historian (NOT) says.
CNN should redo the headline such that "error" is removed and "lie" or "liar" is inserted. The word error, in this context, implies an honest mistake. This was not an honest mistake. This was a lie.
So, someone will actually vote for a man who dumps his first and second wife to marry the person he is being adulterous with. Than he dumps a dying wife because he can't wait until she dies to marry that mistress. He commits 84 ethics violations while in the house. Now he lies about his facts. Why, exactly, would anyone vote for this man?
Reeiping it Real – Of course liberals here will never ask the same of Obama, who has been caught with lies on numerous occasions.
Please document all the "lies" Obama has been caught with along with direct links to facts pointing out that he did not tell the truth.
Offered his children from marriage #1 to call their stepmother from marriage #2 a liar? Oh yeah, great idea! I'm sure the children are liars since they have had a good teacher in their father. He is such a hypocrite. I can't imagine how anyone would vote for him for anything. I wish him and his helmet head wife would just go back to wherever they have been hiding since he had to leave Congress in shame.
Why isn't thjis being reported on FOX?
This guy Gingrich is clearly a pathological liar and big mouth. He thought he can shut the media by his big mouth. Good for John king and following up on the matter of this liar's infidelity. Americans definitely do not want sucha blatant liar to be president of the US.
Come on now folks! Did anyone actually think Gingrich would tell the truth?
What I cannot understand is why the RNC allows this guy to continue to be potential candidate!
"This is the operative statement. The others are inoperative."
So a sleazy politician tells a lie (with great effect) in a debate and a interview before millions of people. And he later sends his underling press secretary to say he misspoke while no one was listening. Taken right out of the Republican playbook!
It's not that Newt lied, it's that he did not follow up his statement w/the correct disclaimer "the comment was not intended to be factual".
Newt Gingrich is one of the worst kind of dirtbags in the world. He is a liar, has always been a liar, and will always be a liar. He admitted to cheating on his wife, but denies that he asked for an open marriage. "Yeah I did it, but I didn't tell her about it!" How is that any better? Clinton cheats on his wife and is almost thrown out of office, but Gingrich cheats on his wife and is being considered as President? Ridiculous.
*** tim
they should have to swear an oath to tell the truth before debating for the presidency
You mean, they should lie and say they are going to tell the truth, right ?
Just another example of how Gingrich says one thing, only to find out that he was hiding the truth.....Didn't we go through this once before with, "weapons of mass distruction?" That misleading lie cost us thousands of lives and tons of money. I don't know about you, but I just don't trust another disceptive Republican in the White House.
Newt lied. This is not surprising. The best is probably yet to come.
Hang in there Newt. Only you can drag down Mitt the the abyss where you live.
So the daughters are ethically challenged also. Splitting hairs over adultery is like Clinton trying to know what the definition of is is.
One more reason to NOT vote for Gringrich. I noticed in the last debate that he would not answer tough questions, but instead said they were based on "misinformation" and that he would put the answers on his website. The GOP will lose if they put Gingrich to run agains Obama. Eventhough I like Santorum as a person, Romney is the only logical choice.
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LOL! Obama is gonna mop and wax the floor with the GOP's "only logical choice!" These are the weakest and worse GOP presidential candidates to ever run. Newt is a lying, carnival barking blowhard; Romney (Mr. One Percent; logical choice, lol) is a greedy, lying, flip flopper who has absolutely nothing in common with everyday Americans; Santorum is a right winged, bigoted, religous zealot and extremist; and poor old Ron Paul is certifiably insane with his out-of-touch 19th century ideology. What a joke and embarasessment the GOP candidates are. Keep the popcorn handy!
Politician:
When im not kissing babys, i am stealing thier lollipops.
This man is disgusting, representing the GOP as a top candidate. Tells you much of the quality of the GOP, equally disgusting.
Palin endorsing Newt? She would get her gun if her husband acted like that! Callista should be wary if Newt wins and then runs with Palin! What a mess! Palin's Todd better walk on eggs.Sarah supports an adulter? Can Todd come out to play?
He is doing the forward backstroke in the wrong direction. He will never be President and he knows that. He could never stand up against Obama. He won the battle but is fast loosing the war.
The Newt was forced to admit he lied. The only people he had to confirm his lie were his daughters. It does speak well of the Newt that his girls were willing lie in his defense.But, as Republicans, lies are Mothers Milk to those little darlin's.
Let the Newt run
Run you slimy salamander, run.
Thou shalt not knowingly make inaccurate statements, or something like that.
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Obama 2012!!!! See CNN will allow this. I've noticed they control what postings they allow. Pro Obama and anti-conservative are the majority allowed. A few conservatives are allowed with any regularity, i.e. Truth and nothing but, Fair is fair, WiredWierd, only to be targets for the liberals on here.
Attention GOP Leadership: Please call off the debate due to the fact that all of the candidates are in the dark when it comes to understanding the Middle Class, the Poor, the Elderly, and of course Hispanics and Latinos.
The new caligula.
The difference between Newt and Mitt is that at least Newt has the guts to admit that he lied. Mitt's head is probably spinning in circles trying to keep all his "errors" in check.
He wasn't "wrong", he LIED.
This is only the beginning. It's going to be fun to watching the end of Newt's political career. I hope that the powers that be bring out the knives and filet this dirty rat.
This lie is easily caught so he admitted it. It makes it that much more believable that the open marriage thing was real.
I can't believe anyone is surprised that Gingrich lied, then lied to try to cover up the first lie, then lied to try to cover up the cover-up, then... well, it goes on ad nauseam - nothing new there, but what's the story with that fiberglass-haired beanpole store-mannequin in the oh-so-'80s red "Power" dress and the painted-on smile they prop up on stage with him - always one step to the side, two steps back? Don't tell me that's a human - the thing hasn't changed expression since its first appearance.
So sorting out the lies and inaccuracies, Newt's Family Values Stand is that gay marriage is a sin, but an "open" marriage is all jake to the angels? I only hope he picks Bachmann as a running mate, so we get to see them BOTH go down in flames.
Even if Gingrich had been correct about offering witnesses how can a third party attest to what happens in someone else's marriage? If this weren't so serious you'd have to laugh at his hypocrisy on a whole range of topics.
Lets see,
Newt lied, nope.
Its the democrats fault,
its the media's fault,
Its Romneys fault,
Its Newts ex wife's fault.
Have i covered everything ?
More liberal media bias....
So...he used his daughters from his first wife, to refute what his second wife said, and support his third wife. You just can't beat politics, especially when it's played by lying politicians.
Wolf Blitzer... don't be like John King – grow a pair and ask the question again... this time asking that he refrain from telling another lie and be honest. Additionally, make sure he tries not to A) Attack the media for the problem that is his and his alone and B) Make sure he does not try to use the "I'm a grandfather" line as a way to suggest that grandparents cannot be immoral and bad role models. Gingrich wants us to believe he is in the mold of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher... both role models for the right. How can anyone consider a President Gingrich as a role model given his background of philandering and his taking the vow of marriage as insincere as possible? How can we expect him to defend marriage when he has thumbed his nose at it.... not in the divorce, but in his desire to have an open marriage of infidelity while remaining married to a woman with MS? How is THIS form of marriage paramount and gay marriage is forbidden? WOLF- DON"T LET NEWT ESCAPE TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS ISSUE. HE WILL HAVE TO ANSWER IT AND IT IS BETTER NOW THAN LATER!
Fib newton.
I feel bad for the cookie.
The Grinch lies, so whats new?
Is anyone surprised? The fact that this pathological liar is the GOP front runner says something about the GOP.
This creep is as slimy as they come. He should really be managing a Buy here... pay here used car lot with his pinkie ring. It says a lot about America when we see a dog like him get to where he is in the polls. Have we lost all intelligence, honorable character and pride? Do we have no more class and style?
It sure says a lot about the people who voted for Newt in SC. This isn't about slimy, disgraceful Newt Gingrich. This is about how some Americans think Newt can beat Obama with nasty language, lies, smears and racial hatred. Hate will make even the smartest people forget about their religion, morals and common sense.
Newt, like most in the GOP, make things up as they go along. Then they keep repeating their lies so much that begin to believe those inaccuracies themselves. GOP pseudofact.
Karl Rove was especially talented at picking out something only the rabid extreme would consider relevant and spin it into a wedge issue for the masses, all of course supported by GOP pseudofact.
Okay, is ANYONE from the moderator's table actually going to call Newt out on this tonight?!?!?! He gets to go on national television and not only shoot the messenger (with his little snitty tirade at John King), but the hypocrites in the audience drank it up like the kool-aid they've been consuming since the campaign started. Doesn't Newt now get a chance to apologize to King and the rest of us for throwing that hissy fit when the crap he was hollering has now been shown to be false? I doubt anyone at the table will have the sack to call him on it, but I hope I'm wrong.
Here is a thought why didn't ABC the next day come out and say that Gingrich lied? You would think that the source of the story would know the truth. But not one word about it anywhere. So who is really running the election process? If you are in the News??? business or reality TV it is good for business to keep it going. Gingrich is a slimy as they come but it makes for good ratings to keep him going. We the people need to say goodbye to Gingrich don't vote for him.
Baloney. Every one knows what happens behind closed doors in a marriage can be vastly different from what the public sees. Friends ask aren't Seal and Heidi Klum the most loving couple ever? Yeah, except for that filing of divorce thingie that happened last week. Friends only know what they're shown.
I would expect after this that his poll numbers would drop,
but hey, this is Florida, probably will win.
Newt is such a dishonest man! With the straight face he lied to John King at that debate in SC – and apparently Newt's answer was the turning point for his campaign. Maybe it's time for a do-over in SC now that we know the truth?
I cant wait for the next debate.
Fireworks ?
Why is his current wife ALWAYS WITH HIM??? WAY TOO GO JOHN!!
Wolfe, Can you come up with a better ? to start this debate? Maybe ask him if he would like to apologize to the USA & John K. It was a great ?, the people need to know everything about him before we hire him. I cannot wait for tonight!!
Keep up the GOOD work.
Clean up on aisle one.
Hey Newt, I'm going to vote for you! Or am I lying?
So Newt Gingrich once again LIE to people and he Only saying what he think what people what to hear. His two Daughters to say anything he want they to say. This man can't be trusted.
Newt is not a trustful candidate. AS NANCY SAID HE WILL NEVER WIN THE white House not even the GOP primary
I love how Newt's Campaign admits error– Not Newt himelf. He would never admit to making an error. It would be the fault of the person calling him out on it.
Newt lied twice to win an "in the moment" conflict then his campaign later corrected his "mistake"?
The other participants at tonight's debate should have red flags to throw(a la NFL coaches) challenging Newt's glib, false pronouncements until"further review can determine if he is making stuff up again. If he's guilty, his mic is off for 20 minutes!
Correcting his lies later when no one is watching leaves the illusion of his erudition/intellect intact way too long.
NEWSFLASH!! The Tea Party will be in the capitol today serving FiB Newtons.
On another note: The Republican Party has just sent the President, Barack Obama, a note congratulating him on his second term and notifying him that all Republicans with an I.Q. over 25 will not be voting in the upcoming presidential election due to a lack of any viable candidates worthy of a vote!!!!
Its official! Newt says whatever he thinks sounds good whether its true or not. Reminds me of Stephen Colbert but he makes no clain to ever be telling the truth. If I was Obama, I'd refuse to debate him unless Colbert was also was on the stage to be the perfect twin of Newt's "Fabrication Nation".
Serial Liar
This is a presidential candidate who has a history of being a serial Liar. No wonder he made history being the ONLY house speaker in American history to be 'BOOTED' out of congress for ethic violation...this includes him being a LIAR!
He is a serial liar...a serial Hypocrite according to Ron Paul.
Gingrich has proven to be a consistent liar. He would never be POTUS.
Sounds more like a lie than an error.
He is liar ! And as an Vetern, an American and voter....I feel disrespected that Newt he has the character to be a canidate to represent Americans. His personal life, his performances as the Spreaker, his border lines racist remarks and ideas.....are dispectful to Americans ! And the SAD part is that old Southerns from SC, Fla and Georiga vote for this man. And his wife stands there like they are the standards for America...it is a soap.
If he is elected .....we are a nation with a problem.
What? Gingrich lied? I'm Shocked! Shocked, I tell you. Come On People! Gingrich lied to his wives about his affairs. He lied while in Congress which lead to his ouster as Speaker. He has lied this entire campaign. Why is anyone surprised?
I hope they keep this going, We can then make a list of newts lies and put them together in commercial if he is the teapublicans choice. Ca1t you just see it. Have it all on tape, where he won`t be able to lie his way out of it. The party of moral values is endorsing a wife cheater and a lier. Just pathetic.
This is the Karl Rove style of politics...lie, lie and lie some more, until people believe it...then when your caught in your lies, you offer a back door apology, but the damage has been done...all the Faux News followers repeat the same lies, so the lies are taken as fact by all of the Tea Baggers and ignorant GOP sheep, even though it is a lie. Rove knows that 30% of America will believe anything a GOP'r says even if you can prove that it is a bold face lie...
Gingrich = Surrender of moral authority on "Family Values" to Obama and the Democrats. Imagine in your mind –the image of the first Family –Barack and Michele and their adorable daughters– juxtaposed against Newt and Calista. All the grandiose ideas and clever debating skills will never wipe away that contrasting image! I cannot understand how we Republicans think for a moment that is a winning hand. Newt would like to talk his way out of a dishonest lack of individual moral character that he acted himself into repeatedly over a sustained period of time (6 years with Calista, and several more with Marianne before that). Newt would have us believe that there is nothing here –just "pain" and "divorce" something common to many and to someone that all of us know. But there is no personal dishonesty in 'pain' or even in 'divorce' –those are not the real issues. The real issue, which Newt would like to hide through smoke and mirrors and angry, crowd-pleasing outbursts, is a core issue of personal honesty and integrity. And on that score, as it relates to the seeking of the position of highest public trust in the land, Newt, and Calista, together should be weighed in the balance and found sorely wanting.
If you lie with great conviction and often, I guess you can fake out some of the less informed voters.
But he seems so honest!
Tom DeLay, a top deputy to Gingrich during the Republican revolution of the mid-1990s said the following in a radio interview with KTRH, DeLay said: “He’s not really a conservative. I mean, he’ll tell you what you want to hear. He has an uncanny ability, sort of like Clinton, to feel your pain and know his audience and speak to his audience and fire them up. But when he was speaker, he was erratic, undisciplined.”
Double speak of the Republicans... Inaccurate=LIE, not meant to be "factual= LIE.... Anything that comes out of a Republican's mouth=LIE.
It's become preposterous that Politicians think they can lie and lie and lie and get away with it when actual EVIDENCE and PROOF exists to contradict them! The real problem is that Republican voters for the most part, don't actually believe in the truth or facts.. they think that uninformed personal opinion is the new fact and truth....
Everyone else lies, Newt makes "errors". I just threw up a little.....
Newt made an error in his comments??? I am in shock!!! I am dismay!!!
Please note the sarcasm dripping off my comments! He lies and is never sorry for it. He has all of those nice christian people fooled that he has repented his sins but hasn't. He is one of those "good" Christian's that think they can continue to lie and cheat and do evil as long as they say sorry when they are done. Being truly repentant doesn't work that way...it's I'm sorry and I'll never do it again...and actually meaning it. That is so not Newt.
The best indicator of future behavior is past behavior, and we see it in Newt every day!
Really, would your daughters know if you had proposed an open marriage to their mother? Is that a conversation that you would have in front of your children? Or is that something that you might keep to yourself? Also, why would the daughters weigh in against their mother. Oh, that's right, Newt has all the money. Gold digging daughters!
Ask it again...and again...and AGAIN...hammer him with his lies....
Newt really believes that he is more intelligent than anyone else living. A sociopath. He even believes his own lies. He's erratic. A new idea every minute. A classic case.
The first question from the next debate shold be: " Why did you lie about the ABC interview with your 1st wife, when it was brought up in the last debate?"
Will any of Newt's fellow candidates raise a point in the next debate about whether Newt shoots from the hip and asks questions later handling of the truth would play if Newt is President?
Once a liar, always a liar, wonder if the folks in Florida are getting this, I mean are really GETTING this.
Gingrich knew what he was saying during the debate was a lie. He said it because the GOP hates the media, so it would garner maximum appeal. His retraction means absolutely nothing - the "GOP base" will remember this as a time when the media lied, even though that is not what happened - exactly as Gingrich intended.
Carl Rove would be so proud of Gingrich's ability to twist lies and truth and make the public remember what you want them to.
The fact that this liar was buddies with Tom Delay, says it all. Gingrich resigned in shame, with ethics violations all around him. He says that the $300,000 wasn't a "fine" but was repayment for the investigation. Well, if I hadn't done anything wrong, I certainly wouldn't pay someone $300,000...We know this guy enough now, to know he would fight to the political death, if someone accuses him of something he didn't do...so why did he pay the "fine" and then resign? Becasue he has no ethics and the rest of the Congress knew this...even his own party. He led an impeachment of Clinton, while cheating and doing the exact same thing...then he said it was because Clinton lied not because he cheated in the White House...now this liar wants to be President? Come on GOP, you can certainly do better than this ethically depraved liar.
So when did the words inaccurate and wrong replace the word – LIE?
Newt is nothing more than a liar! He is doing all he can and think that Americans are stupid to vote for him. Maybe in South Carolina they are too guillible but the rest of America is not.
A classic liar. He used that question to arouse emotions of many voters party to win SC. It was a tactic of immoral and unethical deception. And people fell for that gimmik. He did the same thing while he was in congress. He is man with deceptive practises, a self-serving politicians who only cares about himself. I can not imagin why anyone with right sense want this kind of guy to be our President. This kind of people will ruin this country. If this is how they behave now, imagine how they would govern this country. Just pathetic.
The lie wasn't accidental, and served it's purpose. Most people will only hear what was said in the debate, and not the news a few days later that quietly says it was not true.
Imagine that? Next thing you are gonna tell me is that he lied about not being a lobbyist for Frannie/Freddie
Slimey Newt has a new tactic – when confronted by accusations, he won't respond during the debate. Instead,he says his rebuttal will be on his website the following day. Sure, when he has enough time to think of a good spin on the issues as well as knowing 3/4 of the people watching the debate won't check out his website. The man turns my stomach.
Newt "The Hoot" Gingrich is one "Spaced Out" Dude. He's been lying for so many years now, he can't even remember when he is lying. In fact he lies so much now he has no time for the truth and when he is caught in one of his lies, he shouts at the media. His position is and always be that "it is their fault". Never his fault.
Since tonight's debate allows cheering and booing, don't be shocked it Newt plays it to his advantage. He'll say his manager was wrong, put out a few names to get him off the hook until the Florida votes come in. I hope the people if Florida doesn't buy his crap.
Emperor Newt is above all this. To call him a lying politician is an insult, and you will be severely punished. Anything that is a lie, is not. Reality according to Newt is historical fact, sanctified by his holy mouth. Obey him and you will live.
Newt also lied about abortions being paid for by the government, if anyone would check they would find it is against the law.
Yet another example of what he is: a classic sociopath, a man completely without a conscience who will say and do anything at all to get what he wants.
If his parents are still alive I'm sure they'd admit that Newt was an error.
watch..this is all part of his plan to get whomever's asking the questions at the debate in Florida to ask him this question so he can go on the attack to rile up votes...don't be fooled people...republicans, especially ones like Newt do not ever admit to any false statement, error or lie!
Kingrinch lying? Hey, it is what he does. No surprise, just another day at the orifice.
So, "Newt" is a liar. I'm so surprised. Lol. He's a tool. His lead looks like a block on granite on a fat body.
I guess the difference between Newt and Mitt is that Newt isn't as good at hiding his sociopath behavior.
Between this and his claim that execs at Freddie Mac wanted to make bad loans (which, if you know anything about the role of GSEs, has to be a lie- because Freddie does not make loans to borrowers), and the political coward that is Romney... I feel very, very bad for my Republican friends. They really don't have a useful canidate to offer up.
Too late, gingRICH got away with it when it mattered. No one is going to pay attention now. That is exactly how gingRICH operates because he knows the public will move on and he can continue with hid bald faced lies and get away with it.
newt = a low life form frequenting cold, damp, dark places surrounded by rocks while avoiding sunlight.
Once a cheater, always a cheater...once a liar, always a liar. Buh bye, Newt...
Didn't his 1'st wife say he would do anything to become President. He is NOT Presidential material. Period.
CNN should ABSOLUTELY pose that question to him again. Maybe prefacing it in a question about whether compulsive LIARs should be voted to the highest office in the land.
Have been reading the comments posted about Mr. Gringrich's "mistake". And I am most amused (and at the same time, saddened) when reading comments from those individuals rationalizing Mr. Gringrich's actions as being overblown by the "liberal" press. Mr Gringrich is running for President of the United States of America and if he is lying (sorry, this is most definitely not an "error") about his actions on national television, what else is he lying about?.
As I have said multiple times his only defense is "You are a liar" and never has any proof. Of course his own daughters are going to back him above their former step mother.
there is a difference between a mistake and a LIE
With Clinton and Obama, and the public is worried about finding an honest politician...
People should start calling the republicans the party of the "DoubleSpeak". George Orwell coined the right term for the republicans. "Doublespeak–a lie is the truth and the truth is a lie." You can see it in almost every sentence that comes out of their mouth. Romney–the president is dividing the country (lie), (truth) the republicans are dividing the country. I could go on, but maybe other people can come up with some good lies, that the republicans try to turn into the truth.
This guy is a serial liar and a serial philanderer... not to mention a bellicose gasbag...
Wow- what a liar. If he had the names of the people he was going to trot out in his defense, he had the right there. But no, I'll check with my people. Aren't you the one to supply the names of the people? What a slim ball.
Tonight's first debate question: How do you justify your aggressive prosecution of impeachment proceedings against President Clinton when you were Speaker of the House, married, and having an affair with another woman? Or, maybe: If the media had the obligation to report on President Clinton's improper conduct, isn't it proper for that same media to report on your improper extra-marital conduct?
Let's make a list of everyone who lies through their teeth – every day – to the American People: Everyone in Congress, our Teleprompter in Chief, Mitt Romney, AG Eric Holder, Treasury Sec. Tim Geitner, Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, John Boehner, Newt Gingrich...the list just goes on and on with no end...NEWS FLASH: ALL POLITICIANS LIE...how is this even news nowadays?
Breaking News: Newt claims his pants are on fire, blames Romney..
This goes right along with the "it doesn't matter what I do, all that matters is what I say" allegation by his ex-wife. Really makes me believe what she said is true.
He knows he's good at talking and thinks he can talk himself into an alternate reality. He has no moral compass.
The only reason Newt is doing so well in the primary elections is because CNN has shown polls that he could not win against Obama. The Dems are all going out to vote for this clown so they can get another 4 years.
How does a habitual liar cover his lies? Blame them on their support staff making a "mistake" has always works for the GOP.
Sometimes, motivated by his love for this country, Newt says things he shouldn't have. For that I'm sure he's profoundly sorry, and he has asked forgiveness and made amends.
Either that, or it's the liberal media's fault.
So Newt is a liar – I'm shocked – shocked. Who would have thought a God forgiven serial adulterer like Newt would lie about about something like that.
So Newt is a liar – I'm shocked – shocked. Who would have thought a God forgiven serial adulterer like Newt would lie about about something like that.
If this goofy truth twisting liar is the best that the GOP has to offer then I hope Newt wins the campaign and the presidency. He is exactly what this country needs to finish what GW Bush srarted. To use Newt's own words ... ARMAGEDDON! God help us. You'll see B-Shelters poping up in every neighborhood.
Another Newt error? SHOCKED I say! SHOCKED!
Gingrich really does have problems with reality and truth and the accurate recall of past events. Boy, that must be a problem for a "historian."
Newt didn't lie. He simply "mispoke". (Everyone: Remember this if you ever get into politics.)
And he said that Nancy Pelosi lives in fantasy land. Anybody that thinks like him and his moon colony idea. This man is very dangerous and scary.
you can only lie to yourself so Newt must really hate himself to be able to not only lie to himself but to believe the very lie he is telling
Newt.. 'ooops' ... newt you called Romney a moderate, then you said he was liberal to moderate, now you're saying he's just liberal by republican standards.. which is it? And isn't that your one play in the playbook? accuse someone of being a liberal and then sacrifice them before the public? Interestingly enough Mr. Historian, did you know Jesus was considered a 'liberal' ?
It was no mistake. It was just a big fat LIE.
And by the way don't mention Newt and President Obama's name in the same sentence when you are talking about lying and family values. Some people may not think the President is some things but he is no where near as terrible as Newt.
Gingrich need to apologize to John King on National tv during thr debate
Inaccurate? I call it lying.
This is just more of Newt's warped view of his importance. What he did though is last long enough on the lie to get through the SC primary. There his lie managed to hold the line with the people stuck in the 1950's who don't want women/minorities to have a say in anything. Offering your 2 daughters as "proof" doesn't work either especially when they are part of your campaign.
This is just another example that Newt will say whatever he wants to get what he wants. He has on regard for truth, morality or personal values yet points the finger at what he claims are their failings. He needs to look in the mirror and point at himself when he wants to tell lies because clearly he believes his own lies.
What possibly could any number of Gingrich friends, even if they did exist, offer to disprove the ex's allegations?? How many of these imaginary friends would have been in on the phone call she described? Gingrich's lying defense and excuse was stupid on the face of it.
American Exceptionalism: the Kardashians; the birthers, intelligent design; Fox News, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh; and Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich as credible presidential candidates,
Congratulations on your second term, President Obama. How does it feel knowing that the Republicans, in what should have been a landslide slam-dunk, couldn't beat the "worst president ever"?
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PPPPPPLLEEEEEEAAAASSSSSE!!!!!
Last week... "Oh, snap South carolina! Newt just "powned" King! I gotta get my vote on fo dat!" This week SC residents.... "well, just another slick politician working us to seek his own agenda"
LOL John King just HAD to find something inaccurate about Gingrich's statement, after Gingrich literally tore King apart that night. John King got embarrassed big time hahaha. It figures that they would try and retaliate afterwards.
You got destroyed, John King. You got destroyed big time. Man up, and take your beating hahahahaha. GINGRICH 2012!
Keep trying to make this man pres.. KEEP IT UP. It will be a sure win for Obama.. Newt man is more corked then Hoffa .. Newt has aided more in the destruction of this economy then W Bush's fake wars... PLEASE make this butter ball of crazy your choice.
Yeah, okay so what. It was two people offered up instead of several. It doesn't change the fact that ABC lied also by saying Newt never offered anyone up. Another classic hatchet job by CNN.
BTW- to me being repentant of a wrong and saying you have sought and received redemption from your mistake means that you confess and dont do it again. Covering it up only means you are unrepentant and have not come to grips with what you have done. How great would it be if he had said, "I made some serious mistakes with my former wife and hurt her. I have paid for those mistakes and have sought forgiveness from her and my maker" Who could throw stones at that. INstead he has magnified his infidelity and perversion by revealing that he's also a liar who lied to everyone on national TV. Newt, your worth more than that. Winning south carolina and losing everything else isnt worth it. Cmon admit your mistakes, get your life in order, and move on.
Newt needs to apologize to the American people, to King, and to the people of SC for manipulating them into voting for him.
What is it about Newt being a clinical pathological liar don't you understand?
oops! Newt the Narcissist's favorite fan is Newt!!. This guy is a sociopath. One of many lies to come.!!!
Wow! What a supprise the Newtster Lies. Oh this Sooooooo Republican. Charles Bowen Solomon Stone
I believe everything Newt says because that is how God is instructing my heart.
Were his daughters present when he asked his wife to be a swinger? I don't think so unless he truly is a very sick man. WAIT!! They probably were present.
"Every personal friend I have who knew us in that period says the story is false.".... how stupid do you think we are, Newt? How the heck would your friends know the truth about this? How the heck would your daughters know the truth about this??? Do you really think that we believe that you talk to every personal friend you have about the status of your marriage in that way? Is that party conversation at your house?...."hey, Newt, did your wife agree to your request for an open marriage? pass the corn chips please."
Come on. The only person that really knows the truth about what went down is him and his ex-wife. And he has already been proven to be a liar and a man lacking ethics. Go away, Newt. Please. Just go away.
Know how you can tell Newt's lying? He opens his mouth. Seriously.
Newt is a power grabbing liar, plain and simple. He tells people what they want to hear, and unfortunately too many people are voting for him because of that. We need someone who had a successful career; which is anybody but Newt.
What's new? GOBP wingnuts are often lying if their lips are moving. Mitch Daniels told many lies in the response to the President's speech this week. Their sheep eat the lies up.
Superfudge, you need to reread the article. Newt said they'd offered up several witnesses to refute the wife's claim and ABC said no such witnesses were brought forth. The daughters did NOT refute the claim, they just wrote a letter asking ABC not to air the interview.
Gingrich lied? I'm shocked. SHOCKED!
(with apologies to "Casablanca")
The campain is just starting and so is the lying! Should we be surprised? I can't think of one Republican out there that I can trust...
Liar, liar – pants on fire. Where there's fire, there's got to be smoke and mirrors.........those two sycophantish daughters who think they could possibly have some sort of career opportunity by hanging on those obese coattails. Enough with the BS.
My bologna has a first name and it's P I O U S B L O W H A R D
This story is a total fabrication to save King. He was way out of line and is a loser. Gingrich never said he wasn't factual. Supposedly someone from his campaign said it? How stupid are the masses?
Republican Family Values: getting the daughters with your first wife to say that your second wife is lying about your third wife.
The Newt lied to his wife for SIX years before she caught him. He's good!
And, are we surprised? Humm.... from this guy? I think not.
This single situation involved a dramatic web of lies, not just one "oops, our candidate made an error". He's said: 1) my ex-wife lied. 2) every personal friend I had at that time says she lied, 3) I've offered people to ABC who will refute her statement, and 4) ABC wasn't interested in talking to such people. My God, what an expert liar he is. No wonder the GOP runs the other way from him. I'm sure we'll see people bailing from his campaign very soon,
Newt used his daughters from his first wife, whom he ask for a divorce while she lay in the hospital with cancer, to convince everyone that his second wife, whom he was cheating on with his first wife, was lying about his third wife, whom he was cheating with on his second wife. You got to admit the SOB has chutspah.
As the Bible says, a man's marriage to a woman who is not a virgin is without founding. They should ask Santorum and Gingrich if their first wives were virgins when they married and how soon are they going to divorce them to get their lives in line with the Bible. Newt should also be asked about gluttony.
First lie. Then, when caught, lie again and aggressively blame the "liberal media", and then when they present proof, quietly concede a mistake four days later. I can't believe there are people willing to vote for this guy.
Gingrich lied? Unheard of! I mean it's not like it's been proven already that a staggering 86% of his answers are either half lies or full lies.. More leaning to them being 100% blatant lies usually. the man is a habitual liar, a cheater and a lobbyist for Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac.
He's as much of a POS as there could possibly be. If you ever wanted to know whats wrong withn America, look at Gingrich, he embodies EVERYTHING that is wrong with this country. Pieces of Shi! like him, who rapes us citizens, every single chance they get. Nice bonus that he ends up a millionaire for it, while thousands get tossed out into the street? That is NOT what a president should be. Gingrich is garbage..
Wait a minute!
Do you mean to tell me that a politician was dishonest?
No way!
To tell such a bold lie to the American people with such seeming conviction smacks of someone who is not only profoundly dishonest by nature, but who uses dishonestly as a way to win arguments.
i guess newts asking god for forgivness does not include being a seriaL liar. he is not to be trusted, why is the gop offering him up as the president of the united states? what are they thinking. it is a good thing newt is godless, he has to know lying about coming over to god is a deal killer for someone who TRULY believes
"Rudy NYC
The first amendment gives the right to tell outright half-truths and lies. Remember that."
No, it doesn't and folks can be held liable for the lies and half-truths that they tell.
Democrats for a Gingrich-Romney ticket! Or a Romney-Gingrich ticket! It doesn't matter baby!
When Clinton lied nobody died.
So is CNN and Fox going to have a debate before each state votes in the primary. Never heard of such a thing, but then the republicans who control the 25 conservative publishing medias can do anything the want. I tell you one thing the public is so sick of Romney and Gingrich they are just about ready to vote for a billy goat.
Back-peddle Back-peddle.
Now I know why many of the soaps are going off the air. We all know they are ficticious. Besides, who needs them when we can get the same entertainment watching politicians, and the networks don't have to pay them a dime.
So Newt lies, but then sends his campaign secretary to claim he was inaccurate. Well inaccurate means inexact or imprecise, not totally and completely untrue. His statements were patently untrue, not inaccurate.
He is a cheater of life time. Seeing he and his mistress of 6 yrs in the public just make me want to vomit. If he is nominee I will stay home.
"On Wednesday, however, the campaign conceded the candidate was wrong, both in his debate answer and in his interview with CNN on Tuesday."
IOW, he lied. Twice.
Gingrich recently admitted (with a sly grin) that he does not speak French. That might be true, but he does have a French name, LeRoy, or Le Roi in French, the King in English. Perhaps that explains the size of the ego and arrogance of this man, who thinks he is divinely mandated to rule over us peasants, and that therefore the normal rules of civilized behavior do not apply to him.
Whenever Newt is moving his lips hes telling a lie. There are sheeple out there who would rather not investigate their candidate, If a candidate says something they like they believe him/her on blind faith, but in the instance of Newt hes been caught lying repeatedly for about the last 13 years. Why would you vote for someone you know is a habitual liar? I mean arent there other GOP candidates running for POTUS who have been more forth right where the truth is concerned other than Newt?
Now that the lie that won South Carolina for Gingrich is exposed, he has a new line. He now says he can relate better to normal people and he is more normal because he had affairs while his wives were sick and then divorced them. He implies people like Romney, Santorum, Paul and Obama can't relate to normal people because they've only had one wife each. But, he says it with a straight face so there will be a group that will believes it.
Admits error? How about reporting the headline correctly CNN and saying "Gingrich has yet to admit lie." which is what everyone knows it was...the answer was simply a way of temporarily jamming the gears of the negative publicity machine until he could say a week later (when it is all blown over) he didn't have anyone to corroborate.
Of course he was 'mistaken'. It is the hallmark of the inveterate liar. Just keep repeating the lie to stall until the next shiny object pops up, and then use the old "Ok, I was 'mistaken', but... LOOK OVER THERE!" line and run like heck to the next lie.
Gingrich characterized ABC's defense as 'just plain baloney'. Newt, every other word out of your mouth is not only baloney, but baloney left in the hot sun for several hours. Just take a look at Politifact... Newt shows up with "Pants on fire" with regularity.
All the Newts that's fit to print.....At some point, this comes under the category of "dog bites man" news. Newt seems to say something self-serving and nasty and untrue, almost every day. When Newt actually says something that turns out to be true, that will be newsworthy
Oooops, I did it again....
John King you have a duty to hold Newt accountable on this because he made a mess of you at the debate. He made you look ridiculous. It seems you handed him a life line when he was drowning. To Americans and the rest of the world, you have to undo what you made. Remember the Iraq WMD issue? Same lying that turned out to cost the American Tax Payer billions of dollars and people's life. I bet Americans don't want someone that will lead them into another ....
Newt is just a self-serving clown who know that stirring the waters gets voters riled up and his camp. While it might be fun to see him debate Obama the worry is that if he actually became president he'd just be another narcissistic president and could cause long term harm to the conservative brand. I can't vote for this guy.
He should just say what mitt says all the time IT WAS TRU THEN!!! They r all trying to act presidential. REMEMBER "WERE GONNA SMOKE'M OUT"!!! Who said that? Oh thats rite, THAT OBAMA GUY SAID THAT RITE?
i'm sorry but as a conservative woman, i'm outraged that CNN doesn't have this article as a headline article. it's a BIG DEAL that newt lied about his ex-wife's account. he mad a big deal denying it at the debate, and cnn should make it widely known that all that smoke was a lie. and yet, it's in small type on the side of the page. where is the outrage? and to think that my conservative friends in south carolina voted for him to win. they don't know the truth, and putting this headline on the side is a miscarriage of justice for the american readers. how you treat your wife matters to republicans. how you handle difficult situations matters, not your tax return. if you treat your wife like dirt, then nothing else you say is worth listening to. if you agree, befriend the conservative "no newt gingrich" page on the website. it's the only conservative focussed page on facebook that has no picture on it (because i'm not graphic-design-gifted). but i can't sit by and watch newt win another republican primary.
Newt Lies again! hahahaha Romney 2012!!!
no newt gingrich page on facebook with ? as the photo. like it and share with your conservative friends. dems and independents should also "kindly" share it with your conservative friends. let's unite and stop newt from letting gingrich in the white house. i don't care who else you vote for, but don't vote for newt!
The man makes everybody associated with him a liar at one time or another.
Like he would really tell his friends that he wants to swing. Swinging is not something people bring up at dinner with friends. I also highly doubt he would tell his daughters he wanted to swing. Again, not something daughters want or need to know.
when i see callista, i see the "other woman." i don't want a mistress as the first lady of the united states. don't vote for newt. befriend the "no newt gingrich" facebook page with the question mark as the graphic. if you have a graphic i can use, feel free to post to the facebook page. thanks.
It wasn't an error, it was a lie.
If Newt's supporters are intellectually honest, they now have to ask themselves, "If he lied about this, is it possible he lied about other things?"
Because most people know he has, time and again.
The fact that this guy is even a contender for GOP candidate just proves 3 things:
1) He has a big ego.
2) He knows no shame. And
3) Common sense is even MORE lacking in certain conservatives than others.
I heard a comment today, about one candidate aiming at hispanics because as he said, They tend to vote democrat. Wel Mr. Candidate Sir, Todays hispanic voters, are very intelligent and not all hispanics are democrats.. Years ago they use to brainwash people of very low or none education and they fell for it, today they study the candidates platform, listen to them and make every effort to learn about the candidate, last election spoke for itself and voters are wiser. they will not make the same mistake. Needless to say that they are still trying to win people over with their theories of what they are going to do, but one must remember that there is a: House of representatives, a Senate and a Congress and all theories must pass thru these house for vote. Yes the President thas veto powers and sometimes usess his own power to overide the three branches but it always doesn't go well with voters, as it shows that he has no support.
Newt can claim the left wing media is out to get him, but I have no doubt they want him to get the nomination. They gave him South Carolina by asking the open marriage question at the debate and made him look like such a victim. These are media experts who know and are trained on how to influence people through media. They played their game very well and no one is calling them on it. They know Newt can't beat Obama and they want him nominated to insure 4 more years of what we got now.
Since there won’t be any ground rules for the audience to follow, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if this timely admission is just a calculated effort by Gingrich and his campaign staff to bait the moderator to broach the subject again so this calculating, petulant old emperor-in-waiting can once again perform for his base of intellectually impaired knuckle-draggers. Nothing gets them going more than an overgrown adolescent raging against the liberal “elites”, the “elite” media and the “elite” establishment Republicans that are all “out to get him”. And isn’t it interesting that a person, who believes he’s intellectually superior to the rest of us, has a $500,000 line of credit at Tiffany’s, and has millions of dollars in the bank -– is always so ‘liberal’ about throwing around the word “elite”? By definition, Gingrich is full-fledged card carrying member of the “elite” class. I wish somebody would have the courage to throw this back in face the next time he starts ranting.
Folks this is the M.O. of a narcissist. The rules DO NOT apply to them. Lies roll off their tongue, and if they say the sky is green, no matter what you say they will stick to the lie...and in some cases make their prey (his 3 wives, interns, supporters, anyone who shows any weakness they will prey on in order to get narcissistic supply) believe they are crazy for KNOWING the sky is blue. He is incapable of telling the truth. I wish reporters would do some reading on narcissistic personality disorder and learn how to go back at him. His behavior is such classic NPD behavior and is completely predictable. It is fascinating to watch this if you know anything about this disorder....you can totally predict his behavior...what is incredibly scary is that people who are unaware get sucked into the idea that he is the victim in all of this.
Please post an article listing the hundreds of campaign promises the President made the months leading up to the election if you want "errors".
No more pork in Washington under my administration.
No bill will be passed without me having gone over it line item by line item.
My administration will get our fiscal house in order.
I never spent significant time with the likes of Bill Ayers.
I really never truly listened in the 20 years I sat in church listening to America's biggest racist pastor.
My wife earned every dollar of the 316,000 she earned from her job at the county.
I absolutely did not know the home we were buying from our campaign fund raiser was priced a half a million dollars under market and if I did, the "gift" would in no way have ever bought any type of influence in my administration.
The only real choice is Ron Paul.
Mr. Gingrich simply has superior improvisation skill. He takes his subject matter from the attacks against him and spins it into a false positive. His greatest allies are ignorance and apathy. He sees Floridians in the same light as voters of South Carolina and that's someone he can use and then discard.
Which of his stories will you fall for next?
Vote Ron Paul.
Don't blame the staff...they only follow the example of thier leader...and that over-the-hill reptile is INCAPABLE of telling the truth.
ROTFLOLOLOL
Ugly Pauper
Does a Fib Newton which is the favorite cookie of the Tea Party, go well with all kinds of baloney or the "just plain" kind?
American Indians use to say "White man speak with fork tongue". Of course they were talking about Gingrich!
Accuracy? Truth? Irrelevant. This is POLITICS.
I hope old Newt does get the nomination, and wins the election. I'll move to Switzerland and we'll both be happy. Then, when he gets Moon Base Alpha constructed and goes there to become Emperor of the Moon, I can come back here and visit sometimes.
I like that they are covering this, but really. Here's a new flash! Republican's don't care about facts! This will not matter to them one bit!
What a fool, what a slime, what a lier! And he comes off as being so Angry, just a front. He wants Republicans to think that he's so angry at the state of our country and that he understands their anger, too. The man is a complete dumb-–
And his dumb republican followers encourage this type of behavior. He should be immediately asked to resign. Enough of this show. He is a disgrace to mankind.
Newt lied, but let's see how many of Obama's promises that he made in his stump/state of the union speech Tuesday become reality (he's told half-truths and lies in the past). Let's see if his die-hard supporters call him a liar and phony once these promises fade away - odds are you won't? He'll turn the blame on a do-nothing congress of Republicans (mind you, nothing was done before the Republicans took control of the House, anyways). You think he cares about you, seriously? He'll say anything to win, and he knows what blue-collars and liberals want to hear. As soon as that speech ends he goes home and laughs with mobama. He's just as big a charlatan as Newt - he would have kept going for hours about what he "promises" to do if the networks didn't put a time cap on the SOTU.
It won't matter to most Republican voters that Gingrich is a serial liar, adulterer, etc... Their hatred of Obama is so fervent that they would put Hitler in the White House if they could.
ummmm....more importantly how would his daughters from his first marriage know if he asked his wife from his second marriage for an open marriage. Stupid biased media with their crazy liberal gotcha questions....
During the debate, he didn't hesitate to say that his friends knew that what Marianne was alleging was a lie.
First mistake: How could his 'friends' have known the contents of a private phone conversation? If indeed his 'friends' knew that he was in the midst of a 6 year long affair with Callista before this phone conversation took place, why didn't any of them say something to Marianne?
Now, a week and a half later, Newt says he has to talk to his campaign manager 'who has been briefing him' on this subject. Turns out the campaign manager says there was no offer to ABC news of character witnesses for poor Newtie. See the problem? First he lies, then he says he has to consult with his manager, then the manager ends up being the one somehow in the wrong. Either Newt didn't discuss the 'character witness' subject with his manager before the debate, or he just makes things up on the fly, figuring a week later if the subject is pursued, nowhere near the amount of people will see the correction.
Sorry Mr. Lizard, we're on to you and the people following your campaign are salivating at every bit of red meat you throw their way in the way of lies.
Gingrich is the ultimate example of: The end justifies the means. He thinks he deserves to be president, so he will lie if hat is waht it takes to get the nomination He wants a new wife, so he will cheat. It is all about Newt. I guarantee he does not care a thing about the country.
Gingrich already got out what he wanted to, the GOP minions have already ate and digested it and no retraction will make any difference to them. They believe what they want to. Gingrich is a disgusting liar nothing will ever change that.
This guy and Romney are the best the GOP can do to try to beat President Obama? They should forfeit now before they embarrass themselves further.
Tax Loop hole.
The employee Social Security rate for yr. 2010 was 4.2% with a limit of $106,800 or maximum payment limit of $4,485. With this payment limit, if employed, Newt Gingrich with income of $3.1M, he would have paid a tax rate of 0.14% and Mitt Romney with income of $21.6M he would have paid a tax rate of 0.02%. With the current legislation in Congress, would the candidates support removing the limits on the Social Security taxes?
Please keep in mind the Social Security fund has been added to the general fund.
Newt is a disgrace to conservatives. Conservative are for family values, honesty, and fiscal responsibility. Newt has none of those. It is people like this slime ball that give conservatives a bad name. What's really frightening is that there are people who would actually vote for Newt. If he becomes the Republican Party's presidential candidate, look for four more years of Obama. Most Americans, including the more centrist conservatives, will not vote for him. At one time I thought I would vote for anyone, as long as it wasn't Obama. If Newt is the man, I will not vote. Obama is a problem, but at least is predictable and has a grip on reality. I wouldn't vote for him, mind you, but I wouldn't vote for Newt, either.
So he is a liar. Anyone surprised?
Are there any favorable campaign talking points that Newt has not cooped from others?
Newt will lie and twist the truth on any occasion. I am old enough to remember the mean and fearful tone of his leadership in the House with Tom "The Hammer" DeLay as his Majority Whip and how he went after Clinton to provide a smoke screen for his nefarious plans for a Contract ON America.
newt lying? noooooooooo, say it isn't so
who's surprised? I love it when the campaign says inaccurate..... yeah he lied
Gee how long does it take to figure out newt is a lying troll?
The crux of the matter WAS- that Gingrich and daughters stated that Newt couldn't have had divorce papers served on his wife in her hospital bed BECAUSE his wife was the one that initiated the divorce. FALSE Newt and daughters FIBED. CNN investigators went to Carroll Co., GA. and, at first, the documents were missing. BUT the former Court Clerk had hidden them for fear of theft BUT revealed the location. Who filed for the divorce- the Grinch had. And listed in the documents was a plea by his wife being against the divorce in the first place. SO Newt, and daughter is caught in yet another lie. This was just three weeks ago when Newt is suppose to be such a repentant soul.
The guy is the King of "Pious Baloney". He is a serial liar, who lies with a straight face all the time. And I think he is running out of food stamps. John king was so weak to let him get away with it; which is why as a journalist you should always research your topic thoroughly before you open your mouth.
"It is people like this slime ball that give conservatives a bad name."
Oh, trust me.....there are MANY MANY more.
News flash! Another Republican politician lies!
Story at 11 – Democrats do it too!
Shouldn't be the first question but Newt should be asked about this. Maybe ask the audience to hold remarks then ask 'New' Gingrich to clarify his' inaccuracies'. I think it should be framed in a question about how can voters believe in the integrety of each candidate after it has been found the candidate said something untrue.
If he were any more dishonest he would be Casey Anthony.
One thing about lying- ya always have to tell another, and another, to cover the last one up.
Hey Johnny P. – just for fun I checked out the Fox News website to see how they were handling this story since I thought you might like to also comment there. I failed to find anything about Mr. Gringrich and his escapade with Mr. King so I can see why you had to comment here. As I said, I may have missed it on Fox since Fox News is not my main source of news. However, it was kind of interesting how you rationaliized Mr. Gringrich's "error".
Let's get this straight–Newt's no bigger a liar than any of a hundred Democrats, including our current President. Further–the only source for his "asked for an open marriage" is from a woman who married him on his way up and then divorced him on his way down. Good God–I can only imagine the excuse-making and feigning of ignorance had Newt been a powerful Democrat. Please people–at least be consistent. It's embarrassing to see so much rank hypocrisy.
And this small bit of news is important how?
When are GOP candidates going to learn not to fabricate and make up things and expect it to fly? Unlike with liberals, he doesn't have a teflon coating. Well, maybe he is a liberal. Who knows with him? LOL Anyhow, he can't afford to put false statements out there. I imagine it's possible he thought his staff dealt with it, but it's still incumbent upon him to know what is going on in his campaign and with any allegations out there. He won't gain any ground with telling untruths. And his righteous indignation with John King won't be seen as so righteous given this new development - and perhaps not as stable as people originally thought.
Hey, it got him South Carolina. That's Newt. Truth matters less than votes and persuasion.
Maybe Rep. Joe Wilson will show up at the next debate and shout at Newt, "YOU LIE!" Probably not.
Newt is not only a twice admitted adulterer, but now also a liar too! What news does Nancy Pelosi have? Are their other women out there ready to come forward? Or did Nancy and Newt............no I am too much of a gentleman, I won't go there!!
So, he lied, repeatedly over and over – but the main thing is that he is conservative and stands by his principles.