{"id":25563,"date":"2012-01-18T18:07:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T01:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/18\/whod-think-i-would-be-so-torn-about-a-political-scandal.html"},"modified":"2012-01-19T21:12:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T04:12:59","slug":"whod-think-i-would-be-so-torn-about-a-political-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/18\/whod-think-i-would-be-so-torn-about-a-political-scandal.html","title":{"rendered":"Who&#39;d think I would be so torn about a political scandal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the one hand &#8230; Drudge is an obnoxious partisan hack who craves attention that he thinks he is so deserving of.  On the other hand, so is Gingrich.  Hate to see one succeeding by torpedoing the other. <\/p>\n<p>On the other hand &#8212; having Newt hoist (or so rumor says) on the petard of his ex-wife &#8230; is too delicious to be ambivalent about for too long.  #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic01.mediaite.com%2Fmed%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F01%2F2011-11-15-10-35-59-2-newt-gingrich-and-his-second-wife-marianne-ginther.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/drudge-throws-political-world-into-chaos-with-exclusive-on-newt-gingrich-ex-interview\/'>Marianne Gingrich | Drudge | Newt Gingrich | ABC News | Mediaite<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEarlier this evening, the Drudge Report teased an exclusive with the single most vague headline in modern journalism history: Network Holds Bombshell Campaign Interview. Accompanied with the legendary&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the one hand &#8230; Drudge is an obnoxious partisan hack who craves attention that he thinks he is so deserving of. On the other hand, so is Gingrich. Hate to see one succeeding by torpedoing the other. On the other hand &#8212; having Newt hoist (or so rumor says) on the petard of his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/18\/whod-think-i-would-be-so-torn-about-a-political-scandal.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Who&#39;d think I would be so torn about a political scandal?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,99,12],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-25563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2012","category-fourth-estate","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26763,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/29\/on-the-one-hand-rush-limbaugh-is-a-dolt.html","url_meta":{"origin":25563,"position":0},"title":"On the one hand, Rush Limbaugh is a dolt","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 29-Feb-12 2:38pm","format":false,"excerpt":"On the other hand, people actually listen to him and think that not only his opinions, but the \"facts\" he proclaims, are actual ... y'know ... facts.Loathesome case in point ... #ddtb Embedded Link Limbaugh Calls Student Denied Spot At Contraception Hearing A \u2018Slut\u2019 Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh called\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25854,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/pre-watching-the-watchmen.html","url_meta":{"origin":25563,"position":1},"title":"Pre-watching the Watchmen","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 1-Feb-12 6:29am","format":false,"excerpt":"On the one hand, I'm unhappy for a variety of reasons with the idea of prequels to Alan Moore's \"Watchmen\" maxiseries from the 80s. 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