You know how Newt Gingrich was able to get his South Carolina debate audience on his side after attacking the "elite media" for interviewing his second ex-wife? And for letting her claim he tried to convince her to have an "open marriage" and for asking him about it at the debate? Gingrich told debate moderator, CNN's John King, "Let me be quite clear. Let me be quite clear. The story is false. Every personal friend I have who knew us in that period said the story was false. We offered several of them to ABC to prove it was false. They weren't interested because they would like to attack any Republican." But now it turns out Gingrich was, um, false himself.
King reported last night, "Tonight, after persistent questioning by our staff, the Gingrich campaign concedes now Speaker Gingrich was wrong — both in his debate answer, and in our interview yesterday. Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond says the only people the Gingrich campaign offered to ABC were his two daughters from his first marriage." So the only personal friends that Gingrich had during that period were his two daughters?
At least we can dream of the moon base.
