UK: The power of Newt's...chins?

The Daily Telegraph

Thanks to Thursday's debate, Newt Gingrich might have a Marianne but he also has momentum

By Tim Stanley

Newt Gingrich won last night’s debate in the first five minutes. Moderator John King opened the discussion by quizzing Newt over an interview his ex-wife, Marianne, has given to ABC. “In it, she says that you came to her in 1999, at a time when you were having an affair. She says you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage.” King said, “Would you like to take some time to respond to that?” Gingrich replied, “No, but I will.” The audience erupted with applause and the night belonged to Newt.

To understand the full power of Gingrich’s answer, you really have to watch him give it. The former Speaker has three standard expressions: charmed bemusement (“Why are you asking me that, you fool?”), indignant (“Why are you asking me that, you swine?”) and supreme confidence (“That’s not the question I would have asked, you moron”). Each comes with its own number of chins. For his stunning “No, but I will”, Newt employed the full dozen. He looked straight down them, with half moon goblin eyes. “I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office. And I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that.” By the time his chins unfolded, Gingrich was in total command of the debate.

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