Recall, if you will, Newt cheated on his first wife, Jackie Bentley Gingrich, with a variety of women, including future wife Marianne Ginther. He decided to reward his older first spouse (who had been a high school teacher of his) with divorce papers served on her while she was recuperating from cancer surgery. When that divorce was finished, he married Marianne, but unfortunately for Newt, she wasn't much of a political wife. She preferred to stay in Georgia or Ohio pursuing her own career. Unfortunately for Marianne, she too had health problems, so Newt did what he does best, and that was to cheat on her with presumably Calista Bisek. Newt's carousing (during the time when former president Bill Clinton was undergoing a sham impeachment over the Lewinsky silliness) became the subject of much gossip, including a great article by David Corn that is as unforgettable as the 1984 Mother Jones piece. (Edit: 2016: The link no longer works. I cannot locate the article online, but I am sure it is someplace.)
One can assume--or not--the woman in question was his current--and perhaps last, unless she gets sick--wife:
Democratic aides on Capitol Hill, who long had traded in gossip about Gingrich's extramarital recreations, were beside themselves with anger. From such sources, I received a number of leads and tales. My favorite was from an aide who swore she had once spotted Gingrich's pale-green Mustang bouncing up and down in an underground House parking garage, with the windows all fogged up -- signs that not-so-conservative behavior may have been occurring within.
The aide said she had tried to peer through the condensation to determine with whom Gingrich was rocking and rolling, but that she just couldn't get a clear-enough view.
After all, it could have been his wife.
His supporters have decided to gloss over the inconsistencies of his life and appreciate his support for marital fidelity. I don't doubt he is faithful NOW--he's close to 70. My understanding is Calista watches him like a hawk, so he doesn't DARE cheat.
Calista should be watching her health and should be regularly seeing a doctor, just in case.
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