Newt Gingrich broke out in tears when he was asked to talk about his mother. His mother, Kit Gingrich, died in 2003 of a bipolar disorder and she suffered from depression. Usually Newt Gingrich is a competitive person who would never let his guard down. Talking about his mother, burst out into tears, I just had to give the guy some sympathy. Even though it looks like Newt Gingrich is using his dead mother to win a primary, you have to think about it in his shoes. Losing a parent can be really tough. He stated that "I identify my mother with being happy, loving life, having a sense of joy with her friends,". If she was alive today, Newt Gingrich said that he would do everything he can as a candidate to be worthy of her. One of his daughters, was sitting in the audience, she handed him a tissue as he wiped the tears off his face.
But in a way, I think that Newt Gingrich used a sob story to try and reenact Hilary Clinton's success. Newt is a dirty politician who does anything to be successful. Newt Gingrich is just trying to show people that he can be emotional and he isn’t a cold hearted person that everyone thinks he is, but not many people is buying it and he will get criticized by the media. I think the author of the article, Susan Page, is siding with Newt Gingrich. She doesn't criticize or suspect Newt of false tears. She talked about the positive reasons as to why Newt cried.
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