Everything Newt Gingrich says about his first divorce is a lie. And the truth is uglier and more awful than you suspected:

"He (Gingrich) said, 'You know and I know that she's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of a president,' " Carter, who now lives in South Carolina, told CNN recently, relating the conversation he had with Gingrich the day Gingrich revealed he was filing for divorce. Carter served as treasurer of Gingrich's first congressional campaigns.

See? He is a historian! That is the exact same reason why FDR divorced Eleanor. Lately, Gingrich has been saying that his wife divorced him, but CNN says Gingrich, who Republicans say is maybe the brightest mind in their party, filed for the divorce, claiming "the marriage of the parties is irretriebably (sic) broken."