Gingrich’s Wife Callista Apparently Caused Campaign Staff Stampede.
Ouch! Fred Barnes at The Weekly Standard reports today, “The problem was the wife. Aides to Newt Gingrich have resigned from his presidential campaign in protest of what they felt was a takeover by Callista Gingrich, the candidate’s wife since 2000.” Of course, for Gingrich, it’s often “the wife” who gets in the way of one thing or other. . . Please click “Read More” for, well, more . . .
Mr. Gingrich’s marital issues are well-known. However, in a spirit of helpfulness, I’ll repeat them. For Gingo aficionados, New York Magazine Daily Intel’s punchy summary is worth memorizing:
Let’s remember, Newt famously dumped wife #1 for wife #2 while wife #1 was in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery. As in literally went to the hospital to present her with divorce papers while she was recovering from surgery for uterine cancer.
He eventually dumped wife #2 for wife #3 shortly after wife #2 was diagnosed with MS back in 1999. And he was having the affair on wife #2 with wife #3 while he was turning the country upside down trying to drive Bill Clinton from office over his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
The family values lobby’s family values guy.
This time, though, in re Callista, Newt seems not so in charge. Fred Barnes reports:
The last straw for the campaign staff was Gingrich’s decision to go on a two-week cruise in the Mediterranean, from which he returned on Tuesday. His advisers urged him not to go and take so much time from a campaign that was already in trouble. But his wife wanted him to go and she won the argument.
With well-earned irony, this time, Gingo has been hoist with his own petard. . .
For more on Gingo’s latest:
June 10, 2011: Bedtime For Gingo – Gingrich Loses Mojo And More As Entire Campaign Staff Quits
