Gingrich on a First Lady Calista — Nancy Reagan + Laura Bush, with a Dash of Jackie Kennedy
EmailWEST DES MOINES, IOWA — In our interview, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich discussed what kind of First Lady his wife Calista might be.
Gingrich is quoted in the new e-book “THE RIGHT FIGHTS BACK,” by Mike Allen and Evan Thomas, saying she would be in the Nancy Reagan mold. So that’s where we started.
What did he mean by that? I asked.
“First of all she is a very strong personality, which Nancy Reagan was,” Gingrich said. “She actually describes herself as being a cross between Nancy Reagan and Laura Bush with just a slight bit of Jackie Kennedy tossed in and I think there is, somewhere swirling in there, the model Calista would like to live up to.” Gingrich noted that Calista “is a musician. She is a trained pianist, she plays the French horn in the Fairfax City band. She sings in the professional choir at the Church of the Immaculate Conception so she is really into music and I think she would be very musical in the White House and music education orientated.”
He also said she would likely want to focus on cancer awareness, with family members of her having been impacted by the disease.
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This reminds me of Herman Cain expressing his undying love for Justice Thomas before any of his alleged mistresses ever came out of the wood work. The reporter who was asking him a question then failed to connect the dots. Since then we have heard repititions of the phrases that were used by Justice Thomas during his confirmation hearing such as “high tech lynching” in describing the actions of those women who have accused Herman Cain of sexual harrasment. Having said that, what it seems Gingrich is trying to do here, is shine a spotlight on the fact that Reagan who is the most revered Republican has his own shut commings with women. He was a divorced father of three and moved into the white house with his second wife Nancy. Even if we were to over look that, we simply can’t overlook the fact that Gingrich was cold hearted when he left those women. The first wife was struct by cancer when he left her. He cheated on his second wife when she needed him most as she was battling with serious illness. Gingrich is evil as he has demonstrated throughout his carrier. He was impeaching Clinton of the same crime he was guilty of.
Posted by: Ben Emos | December 2, 2011, 8:06 am 8:06 am
““…She actually describes herself as being a cross between Nancy Reagan and Laura Bush with just a slight bit of Jackie Kennedy tossed in. She is a trained pianist, she plays the French horn in the Fairfax City band. She sings in the professional choir at the Church of the Immaculate Conception…”
Hmm… Where is husband-stealer on this Curriculum Vitae? None of the women she aspires to were such. Even though Nancy reagan was a second wife it was Jane Wyman who divorced him and not the other way around. I suppose its good to always have goals…
Posted by: MyTakeOnThis61 | December 2, 2011, 8:17 am 8:17 am
Well, I guess we all don’t have to vote now. Newt says he’s going to be the nominee and his wife is the Mrs. Kennedy/Reagan/Bush incarnate. Let’s just get them in office now. Why wait another year?
Posted by: Bob | December 2, 2011, 8:26 am 8:26 am
ben emos wrote:”He was impeaching Clinton of the same crime he was guilty of.”
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Gingrich was lying before a grand jury? Obstructing justice? Who knew…..
Posted by: Michelle Shu Jas | December 2, 2011, 9:20 am 9:20 am
BEN E. i’m not defending Newt, but you are rehashing points that the democrats have been spinning for years to suit their purpose, and by your post I bet you were still in diapers when all that happened.
Posted by: Lizzie | December 2, 2011, 9:29 am 9:29 am
This is exactly why we can not allow Newt to gain the nomination. How could he compare his mistress, now wife, to former 1st Ladies? Calista knew Newt was married, she knew she / he was committing adultry, is this the moral caliber of someone who would be our President? I say a resounding NO !!!!
Posted by: Joe berardy | December 2, 2011, 12:04 pm 12:04 pm
Newt’s breakup line to his second wife, Marianne, was ‘I can’t handle a Jaguar right now. All I want is a Chevrolet.’ Now the Ms. Chevy is a Nancy Reagan + Laura Bush + a dash of Jackie Kennedy.
Newt is soulless selfish fascist that is a worse threat to this nation than the deficit or Al Qaeda.
Posted by: SR | December 2, 2011, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm
You look at all the comments on negative articles about Ron Paul and you will see 1000 educated and articulate people come to his defense singing his praises. You look at all the comments on positive articles pushing Newt Gingrich on the American voters and you see 1000 comments pointing out Newt’s flaws, hypocrisy and defects. So tell me, how exactly is Newt a front runner and Ron is not?
Posted by: bja | December 3, 2011, 2:16 am 2:16 am
First of all that’s a pretty high opinion of oneself, which makes me very uncomfortable. Second of she is nothing but a power hungry woman, who helped break up a marriage. I do not wish to see her as a first lady of anything. The queen of narcissism. Is Mr. Gingrich really under that type of woman’s spell?
Posted by: Cynthia Kelley | December 3, 2011, 7:01 pm 7:01 pm
Nancy Reagan, who blew millions of tax dollars on fashion and toilet seats, not to mention psychics. Then there’s Laura Bush, a woman who looked medicated up to her eyeballs and actually killed someone. Yeah, I’m sure these were remarkable women in Newt’s eyes. Calista raked up a $200,000 bill at Tiffany’s.
Posted by: Al | December 4, 2011, 11:41 am 11:41 am
“Gingrich was lying before a grand jury? Obstructing justice? Who knew…..”
Time to do a little research on Mr. Gingrich, and why he was thrown out of power, not to mention the whole Clinton fiasco was a rouse, which cost tax payers millions. They impeached Clinton over an affair, and a “think of the children” campaign. Years later, all the GOP crooks keep getting caught with their pants down, and many have gone on record saying that Clinton’s impeachment was payback for Nixon. The Right made so many fantastic allegations about the Clintons, that they were sure their investigation would prove those fantasies right. When nothing was found, they had to play up the affair for all it was worth. Interestingly, but not shockingly, they spent more money on investigating Clinton, than investigating 9/11. Clinton should never have testified, just as Bush and Cheney gave the finger to their indictments.
Posted by: Al | December 4, 2011, 11:49 am 11:49 am
She sounds uppity to me.
See what I did there?
Posted by: Michael | December 5, 2011, 11:40 am 11:40 am