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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (64621)	1/20/2012 3:26:26 PM
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Sometimes Newt Gingrich doesn’t get enough credit for honesty. At least that’s what comedian Stephen Colbert said Friday when speaking about the allegations that Newt Gingrich’s second wife made about the former Speaker’s request for an open marriage. “Honesty is the best policy. Here’s the thing that I don’t think Newt Gingrich gets enough credit for: a lot of politicians screw around on their wives, but he was enough of a gentleman to ask permission. That’s a Southern gentleman. That’s what Robert E. Lee would have done,” quipped Colbert on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” But at first, Colbert was loath to answer any questions at all about open marriage, mocking Gingrich’s indignant response at the CNN presidential debate Thursday. “I just can’t believe that a journalist of your stature would lead with such garbage like that. I don’t care to answer that question, and I don’t think the people in this room want me to answer that question,” said Colbert, drawing rowdy applause from the audience at the Mills House Restaurant in Charleston, S.C, where Morning Joe was broadcasting from. Colbert, who is exploring a run “for the presidency of South Carolina,” griped that he couldn’t be written-in as a presidential candidate in the state. “I think anybody should be able to be written-in anywhere, that’s just freedom,” Colbert explained. However, the next best thing is to vote for Herman Cain, the host of “The Colbert Report” said. “He’s an outsider - how much more an outsider can you be? He’s not even running!” said Colbert. “If people hunger for a Colbert candidacy, then they should vote for Herman Cain on Saturday, and then I will know that people out there share both my and Herman Cain’s values.” “Herman Cain is my main man. He’s my main man with a tax plan so fine, they called it 9-9-9. The Mad Max of the flat tax,” added Colbert with obvious showmanship. “He’s a family man, he’s pro-business, and he has something I don’t think I’ll ever have - a spot on the South Carolina ballot.” Of course, no Colbert appearance would not be complete without a parodying of the campaign finance system, helped along by the “Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert” SuperPAC . In fact, the comedian claimed that he had nothing to do with an ad that the SuperPAC recently put out. “My staff did not make that ad. Jon Stewart’s staff made that ad, and they happen to be the same staff that used to for me on my SuperPAC, that Jon hired away from my staff, and they can work in my building with other members of my staff who are working on my exploratory committee, but we keep them separate,” he joked. Read more: politico.com