I’m not a Republican, but these GOP primaries are getting more interesting by the day. 24 hours ago it looked like Mitt Romney was going to run away with the whole thing. He had Iowa, he had New Hampshire and was dominating South Carolina. Then today all hell broke loose.
Turns out he didn’t win Iowa, Rick Santorum did. Plus, when Yosemite Sam Rick Perry dropped out of the election, he threw his support behind Newt Gingrich and now instead of a double digit lead in SC, Mitt Romney is locked in a dead heat with Newt Gingrich.
Sounds like good news for Newt, right?

Wrong.
As soon as he caught a little momentum, his ex-wife (the second one, not the first one) dropped this bomb. Apparently Newt Gingrich asked for an “open marriage” right before he divorced her in 1999. It pretty much ruined Newt’s day.

Then he found out that Santa wasn’t going to let Rudolph help him deliver the Christmas presents.

Sorry, that wasn’t Newt. That was Hermie the Christmas Elf who wanted to be a dentist. I think I got thrown off by the hair. Somehow the name Hermie sounds more reasonable than Newt right now though.
I love the term “Open Marriage” because it sounds so simple. Who wouldn’t want things to be “open”? Things that are “closed” aren’t good. So open should be better. Two things about “open” when it is applied to marriage. First, you agreed to a closed marriage when you got married. That’s pretty much the definition of marriage. Second, “open marriage” is code for, “there are other women I want to have sex with.” The other parts of marriage ain’t open. Newt didn’t want to open up the marriage so he could pay two mortgages. Or double up on his life insurance. Or split his stuff THREE ways if he wanted a divorce. Or make sure more people could get back to the hospital room after visiting hours in case Newt was laid up for a few days. B-b-b-but wait it gets worse!
Newt asked for the “open marriage” in 1999, he was divorced and remarried in 2000. That’s not an open marriage, he had something very specific in mind. He could have just said, “this is Callista, I’d like to have sex with her while we are still married. That cool?” He wasn’t “open”, he wanted a the marriage contract to be specifically amended. He had a mistress and figured he might as well ask if it was cool before he blew his entire world up. It wasn’t. He bounced.
Then, inexplicably, he immediately got married again. He’s clearly into the ladies. Meanwhile, why is his second wife angry? Before wifey #3 was the side chick, she was the side chick. I’m pretty sure there is a law on the books somewhere that says that side chicks aren’t allowed to get mad when they get hit with side chick karma. You know your man cheats. He was cheating when he met you. Don’t get mad when he does it again.
So Newt, how many ladies is it going to take to keep you happy?

Just 1? You know I don’t believe that. Come on man, keep it real.

Two? That seems more like you. But I’m really asking for a total here. You’re already on 3.

Thanks for your honest Mr. Speaker. I do have to ask you. You seem to be an expert on the ladies. You have to know a lot about relationships. What is your favorite thing about women?

An ass man huh? Are you trying to get the Team Us endorsement for the election? Nice try. I’m worried you might try to ask for an open Presidency and try to run Canada at the same time.
-Brock