With Gingrich on the rise and Willard Romney in trouble, it is time for Operation Batshit to step up and slow down the crazy vote from consolidating around Newt. And it looks like Karl Rove and his Operation Batshit may be up to the job because this finger prints all over it - A fake CNN news alert reporting that Gingrich forced his second wife to have an abortion:
In what appears to be a last ditch attempt to halt Newt Gingrich’s late momentum in South Carolina, a fake CNN Breaking News alert was emailed to state Republican activists early Thursday morning claiming that the former House Speaker pressured his ex-wife to have an abortion.
CNN did not send out the email alert.
It’s not clear how many people received the fake email, though at least two members of the South Carolina GOP Executive Committee, who did not want to be named, were among those who found the missive in their inboxes this morning.
Two South Carolina Republicans from different parts of the state independently informed CNN about the email on Friday morning.
The email alert was sent from fake account made to look like a CNN breaking news email address: “BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com.”
“A source close to Marianne Gingrich tells CNN that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich forced her to abort a pregnancy conceived during the affair that preceeded her marriage to Gingrich,” the fake email reads.
Do I have any evidence that Karl Rove is behind this dirty trick? Of Course not. Romney could be responsible for all I know. But it does match Karl's MO in South Carolina before. Whether it is accusing your opponent of being a pedophile or whispering about John McCain's out of wedlock black baby, it all a pattern.
On the other hand it could be Gingrich himself who is pushing this fake news story if his relentless jihad against the media. The Point is that we really don't know at this point. Karl seems as likely as perpetrator if you ask me.
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