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Newt Gingrich cries when asked about his mom
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Dec 30, 2011 05:36pm |
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| Author | Brian Montopoli |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Friday, December 30, 2011 06:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | DES MOINES -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich broke down in tears when asked about his mother at a campaign stop at a coffee shop here Friday.
Asked by pollster and Republican consultant Frank Luntz talk about a "special moment" he remembers about his late mother, Gingrich first responded, "first of all, you're going to get me all teary-eyed - Callista will tell you, I get teary-eyed every time we send Christmas cards."
He then started crying, prompting many in the audience - made up mostly of mothers - to say, "awww." Luntz is known for asking questions to get answers based on emotion, telling PBS' Frontline in 2003 that 80 percent of life is emotion to intellect's 20 percent.
"But, uh -- excuse me - my mother sang in the choir," he said, speaking over a crying baby in the audience. "And loved singing in the choir. And I don't know if I should admit this, but when I was very young, she made me sing in the choir." |
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