Callista Gingrich at It Again at Tiffany Co.
Callista Gingrich was spotted browsing in a Tiffany store in Leesburg Pike, Va., over the weekend while her husband, Newt, ordered sparkling wine at a restaurant next door, the Washington Post reports. With a night off between two weekend Iowa visits, the Gingriches stopped off at a popular local restaurant — Chef Geoff’s at Tysons Corner. The former House speaker caught a few minutes of Sunday football at the bar as he drank a class of cava while his wife checked out the goods in the high-end jewelry store.
Last May, one week after Newt Gingrich announced that he was seeking the GOP presidential nomination, financial disclosure reports revealed that in 2006 Callista Gingrich listed a revolving charge account at Tiffany and Co. Charges ranged between $250,001 to $500,000. “Well, go talk to Tiffany’s. All I’m telling you is we are very frugal. We, in fact, live within our budget. We owe nothing,” Gingrich told CBS’ “Face The Nation” at the time. “I’m a guy running for president who pays … his bills in after-tax income at no cost to the taxpayer and who currently owes nothing except one rental property in Wisconsin. I am debt-free.”
One month later, it was found the Gingriches had a second line of credit at the store, which at one point listed charges between $500,000 and $1,000,000. Gingrich spokesman Joe Desantis confirmed that the six- to seven-figure credit line would be reported on financial disclosure forms, but that as of June, “it has zero balance, and it has been closed.”

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LOL! So with a night off between two Iowa campaign events, they decided to jet back to Virginia for a few hours to go shopping at Tiffany’s? Yeah, Newt lives in the same world as you and me……………….NOT!
But running for president sure has been a lucrative career for Newt. He hasn’t held a job since he was in Congress, but he’s run for office a number of times……….
Posted by: Searambler | October 25, 2011, 11:50 am 11:50 am
Gingrich’s jetting to VA on their own dime? How about the Obama’s jetting all over the world on the taxpayer’s dime…….and don’t tell me it’s all politics/business because you’be be full of s**t.
Posted by: doeslovetoread | October 25, 2011, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm
I don’t really see what the big deal is? So they have a million dollar line of credit at Tiffany’s…….but the account was closed and they owed zero on it. They aren’t in debt, live within “their” means (not ours) and pay their taxes. What exactly did they do wrong again? Oh…..the peope who don’t shop at Tiffany’s are jealous! Look, I don’t give a tin whistle about Newt Gingrich, but you think Obama (or any of the rest of them) aren’t doing exactly the same stuff? Obama’s $40k per plate dinner was a little high priced for the majority of our budgets, don’t you think? So don’t vote for Gingrich…he isn’t going to be elected away. Next!
Posted by: thatwasobvious | October 25, 2011, 12:33 pm 12:33 pm
It is her money – at least she isn’t jetting off to Hollywood on my tax money on AF1 to wine and dine with the elite rich for campaign money.
Posted by: jamescbuilder | October 25, 2011, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm
And this is a story. . . why? My god, if they can afford to shop at Tiffany’s, more power to them! The only reason to complain about this is envy. Well, that, and being hopeful they can harm Gingrich politically. This is a pathetic excuse of a news piece.
Posted by: Jamie W. | October 25, 2011, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm
It’s their money and none of your business. Get a life!!!!
Posted by: Greg | October 25, 2011, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm
Poo-Poo!! You folks over at ABC just can’t help yourselves can you? You people are so fixated on destroying all Republicans, let alone Newt Gingrich and his wife. Give it a rest already. There has been such a steady decline in good journalism these days as evidenced by this article from Miss Kunin. Their money, their business…..period. Get over it!!!!
Posted by: CW | October 25, 2011, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm
Gingrich is a relic of the past…the Roaring 90′s. He is all about consumption (power, money, adultery, etc.). Is this the person that you think could honestly lead us into a future with scarce resources and increased awareness of our environment? No.
Posted by: Stan | October 25, 2011, 1:56 pm 1:56 pm
Maybe she’s paying her bill. LOL.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | October 25, 2011, 2:01 pm 2:01 pm
This story does not matter because Gingrich is a non-issue. He is too pompous and could never lead this country! Since it was reported his wife had him take her on a 2-week European vacation at the beginning of campaigning, I can’t imagine what the White House and our country would be run like!
Posted by: Wondering | October 25, 2011, 2:16 pm 2:16 pm
I have to agree with others here. I’m definitely not a fan of Newt but its their money and the girl loves Tiffanys. What’s the big deal? I like the comment “maybe she’s paying her bill.” LOL!!! She just might be!
Posted by: MyTakeOnThis61 | October 25, 2011, 2:20 pm 2:20 pm
so what??? was she spending tax payer money??? NO!!! Then why does it matter?? so she has money & wants 2 shop @ Tiffanys ..If I had money like that I’d shop @ tiffanys 2
Posted by: sammiejo | October 25, 2011, 2:48 pm 2:48 pm
Oct 25, 2011 11:37am
Michelle Obama at It Again at Burger King!
Posted by: GirlNextDoor | October 25, 2011, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm
She’s addicted. I hope Newt can handle it. My wife was finally cured.
Posted by: newcountryman | October 25, 2011, 3:31 pm 3:31 pm
“He hasn’t held a job since he was in Congress, but he’s run for office a number of times……….” Humm, sounds very familiar.
Posted by: newcountryman | October 25, 2011, 3:33 pm 3:33 pm
What a non-story concocted by those on the left that are totally afraid of what Newt Gingrich would do to their Liar In Chief in a debate! They are totally afraid of Newt!
Posted by: Frank | October 25, 2011, 3:51 pm 3:51 pm
Ooo, yes! Obama is really afraid of a debate with Newt, the cheating scumb&g! Obama would beat any of the GOP “candidates” in a debate. Infact, even with the economic situation as bad as it is, he will beat the nominee before they even step up to the podium. I wouldn’t underestimate his political skills.
Posted by: Stan | October 25, 2011, 7:01 pm 7:01 pm
The President has “benefits” that come with the position. Most of us who work have “benefits”. Now, where was the overt concern with the “other” Presidents daily coming and going. Callista needs a neck kick-stand to hold her stiff head and hair in place. Maybe Tiffany’s carries them.
The kids were literally scared of her when they were on “champagning” here. “The Descent”.
Posted by: NoBushesHere | October 26, 2011, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm
I love it. The only way the media can help Obama is to drag the opponent through the dirt. They’re going to have to post quite a few of these storie before Calista will catch up with Michelle.
Posted by: Thikskin | October 27, 2011, 8:58 pm 8:58 pm
Several newspapers are now reporting that Newt Gingrich is dating and basically living with Callista Bisek, a “willowy blond Congressional aide 23 years his junior.” Biske, 33, has been spending nights at Gingrich’s apartment near the Capitol and has her own key. In an amazing act of hypocrisy, Gingrich was apparently dating Bisek all during Clinton-Lewinsky adultery scandal, even as he proclaimed family values and bitterly criticized the President for his adultery.
Reporters and other Washington insiders have known about this relationship since 1994, even before Gingrich became Speaker of the House, but did not have any solid proof to report. In 1995, Vanity Fair magazine described Bisek as Gingrich’s “frequent breakfast companion.” Gingrich was married to Marianne Gingrich during all of that time, and just filed for divorce in August 1999.
Newt is apparently trying to create a new hybrid form, Christian adultery. According to MSNBC, Bisek sings in the National Shrine Choir, and Newt would often wait for her at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, listening to her sing while he read the Bible.
This is hardly the first time Newt has cheated, either. “It was common knowledge that Newt was involved with other women during his [first] marriage to Jackie. Maybe not on the level of John Kennedy. But he had girlfriends — some serious, some trivial.” — Dot Crews, his campaign scheduler throughout the 70s. One woman, Anne Manning, has come forward and confirmed a relationship with him during the 1976 campaign. “We had oral sex. He prefers that modus operandi because then he can say, ‘I never slept with her.’”
Kip Carter, his former campaign treasurer, was walking Newt’s daughters back from a football game one day and cut across a driveway where he saw a car. “As I got to the car, I saw Newt in the passenger seat and one of the guys’ wives with her head in his lap going up and down. Newt kind of turned and gave me this little-boy smile. Fortunately, Jackie Sue and Kathy were a lot younger and shorter then.”
Family Values? Pressing Wife for Divorce in the Hospital:
“He walked out in the spring of 1980…. By September, I went into the hospital for my third surgery. The two girls came to see me, and said, “Daddy is downstairs. Could he come up?” When he got there, he wanted to discuss the terms of the divorce while I was recovering from my surgery.” – Jackie, his first wife.
Dead-Beat Dad:
The hospital visit wasn’t the end of it, either. Jackie had to take Newt to court to get him to contribute for bills, as utilities were about to be cut off.
Draft Dodger:
Though he relentlessly pushes military spending and talks like a bigtime hawk, Gingrich avoided the Vietnam War through a combination of student and family deferments. (He married one of his teachers at age 19.)
Problems With Women?
Newt pressed his first wife to sign divorce papers while she was still in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery. He also graciously said “She isn’t young enough or pretty enough to be the President’s wife.” But his second marriage hasn’t been that smooth either. Newt and Marianne have been separated – “frankly”, she told the Washington Post in June 1989, “it’s been on and off for some time.”
Does Newt have some kind of problem with women? He has said that he read a book called “Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them”, and “found frightening pieces that related to my own life.”
Incidentally, Marianne told Gail Sheehy she doesn’t want Newt to run for President. ” I told him if I’m not in agreement, fine, it’s easy. I just go on the air the next day, and I undermine everything. … I don’t want him to be president and I don’t think he should be.” Newt’s response? Marianne “was just making the point hypothetically” that he would not run unless she agreed he should.
House Banking Scandal: Newt Bounced 22 Checks
Remember the House Banking scandal, where so many congressmen wrote rubber checks on government money? Newt hopes you don’t, because he bounced 22 himself, which almost cost him reelection in 1992. His vote for the secret House pay raise, and the chauffeur who drove him around Washington in a Lincoln Town Car, didn’t help.
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