The Georgetown Dish meets the next First Lady?

Photo by The Georgetown Dish
Would-be First Lady Callista Gingrich pulls her own neat luggage at Dulles Monday
Would-be First Lady Callista Gingrich pulls her own neat luggage at Dulles Monday

She looks almost too perfect to be real – not a hair out of place, clothes that fit like a glove, with some, ahem, major Tiffany sparkle on her hand, and a rolling carry-on and chic purse that match.

Texting, tapping, talking kindly with strangers -- Calilsta's got the charm to be First Lady (Photo by: The Georgetown Dish) Texting, tapping, talking kindly with strangers -- Calilsta's got the charm to be First Lady
But the woman who may be America’s next First Lady is very real – zipping to a commuter gate at Dulles sans Secret Service as she taps on her iPhone up the escalator, as she walks, even as the shuttle train jolts to a stop.

With her husband hovering near the top of the Republican primary polls, Callista Gingrich has to adroitly walk, chew gum, text and look great at the same time.

“I’m on my way to Charleston,” she croons, warmly answering a stranger’s greeting. “Newt’s there already. We have a town hall meeting,” she says, one eyebrow creeping a little higher. With one look, she's got you. You're in on it.

Her husband may be a brash brainiac, but Callista Gingrich more than soothes the scrapes with a salve of warmth and charm.  

“You look perfectly put together, all set for the town hall,” says the stranger.

A deadpan look. “Some days are better than others,” she says.

9 Comments For This Article

Peter Rosenstein

Let us hope that the residents of Georgetown and the country are much too smart to make this woman our next first lady. Let her continue to help the economy by shopping at Tiffany with the money her husband makes peddling his supposed influence.

Anonymous

What a sad comment on our society that you feel the most important thing about this woman is that she
looks good. You show no interest what issues she concerned about or any other intelligent thoughts.
Media like this just continues to make women objects. Shame on you.

Anon

She sounds charming (read with heavy sarcasm).

Anonymous

Let's hope that Mr. Obama does the right thing and steps aside so that Bill Clinton can be the next First Lady.

Bob Russell

Well I hope she has some Tiffany baubles on because The Newt spent a half million bucks on jewelry there. Maybe that's where the money he made from Fannie/Freddie Mac went, LOL.

Mike

I know the woman personally - and she is a fine person. In the many years I have known her, she has been nothing but kind, generous, effusively polite, and I have never heard her utter one negative thing about anyone. I wish I could be more like her in those many respects. We would be lucky to have a First Lady like Callista.

Anonymous

Pathetic commentary, much less the apparently perceived importance of same. How much lower can we stoop?

Beth Solomon

She was lovely. We all need to meet people before rushing to judgment about what we have heard or read.

Anonymous

Self rightousness like the one expressed by Peter Rosenstein and Bob Russell is exactly, why this country is in trouble. Peter you supported Adrian Fenty and then turned on him. Benedict Arnold. Bob, you are just expressing ignorance. Do you know Newt and Calista? What kind of person rushes to judgement based on what the biased media tells them? Someone who is ignorant.

Beth you are right. Like or dislike, agree or disagree with them; they deserve like everybody else the benefit of the doubt. Judgemental people like Peter the Rat and Bob the Naive and Ignorant are just feeding into the stupidity of most American.