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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Euphemism Watch: Callista And Newt Gingrich ‘Had A Nontraditional Start’ (Mediaite)

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by Alex Alvarez
May 10th, 2011

This week, The New York Times delved into the life – and the potential future role – of Callista Gingrich, wife to Newt Gingrich and president of Gingrich Productions. The article immediately mentions the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Gingrich began dating while he was still married to his second wife, Marianne Ginther. The paper does not mince words when it comes to describing the impact the affair had on Gingrich’s political career:
Still in her 20s when they met, Ms. Bisek had been raised in a town of 1,500, the only child of a meat packer and a secretary. A churchgoing Roman Catholic, she had attended a Lutheran college where she practiced piano five hours a day. “Is this the wisest course for you to be taking?” Karen Olson, her best friend, recalled asking.
Today, Ms. Bisek is Mrs. Gingrich, married for 11 years, but perhaps best remembered for the six-year affair that contributed to her husband’s political downfall. His critics cast Mr. Gingrich, the former House speaker, as a hypocrite who sought to impeach a president over infidelity while engaging in it himself with Ms. Bisek, who was a Congressional aide.
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