Fake CNN email used as dirty trick in South Carolina

[kpete]

The email alert was sent from fake account made to look like a CNN breaking news email address: "[e-mail]."

"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.

Marianne Gingrich, who went public this week with charges that Gingrich once asked her for an "open marriage" while he was having an extramarital affair, has not made that claim.

"An ABC News interview with the Speaker's ex-wife aired Thursday evening which detailed the candidate's request for an open marriage and their subsequent divorce," the fake email alert adds.

more:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/20/fake-cnn-email-used-as-dirty-trick-in-south-carolina/

[ThoughtCriminal]

1. Seems like SC has become the "Test Market" for the nastiest dirty tricks

But I didn't think Newt could be out done in that department.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Right on schedule.

Very Rove.

Reminds me of the rumor of John McCain fathering a black child with a prostitute that suddenly circulated in SC right before the primary 8 years ago.

[Greybnk48]

3. This is circa 1990's, at least that's when I first heard it.

The email might be fake but I'm not sure what it says is.

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. That is lame as dirty tricks go.

We saw a lot more shenanigans when Haley was running and the Alvin Greene surprise. This primary has been surprisingly tame in that area.