To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (58545 ) 8/11/1999 8:34:00 PM From: jlallen Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 67261
Here's a shocker (if its true): (from Drudge) TABLOID: GINGRICH 'LIVING' WITH YOUNG CONGRESSIONAL AIDE; PICTURE OF DUO HOLDING HANDS Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has been romantically linked with a young congressional aide, a tabloid will report next week. Just weeks after beginning divorce proceedings, Gingrich, 56, has been photographed with the woman, 33, walking hand-in-hand, from his apartment to a restaurant. STAR magazine's Richard Gooding is set to report that Gingrich has been linked with the woman since 1995 -- when he became speaker. The NEW YORK DAILY NEWS is considering a Page One placement of the story, and photo, for Thursday editions, according to newspaper sources. [Alleged L.A. gunman Buford O'Neal Furrow was Gingrich's competition as this transmits.] "If he was secretly dating her during Clinton's impeachment, and this is why he ultimately left congress, we've got a great story," one DAILY NEWS source explained when asked about the news value of Gingrich's romantic life. Gingrich was asked about the relationship as he walked hand-in-hand with the woman to dinner one night last week, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Gingrich brushed off the reporter and said: "No questions." The WASHINGTON POST was been hot on Gingrich for more than a month, according to newsroom insiders, but the paper was holding off trying to find a rationale to run the story. "We have not been able to prove that he gave up the speakership [over this]," one POST source said. The woman was first named in a September '95 VANITY FAIR piece by Gail Sheehy as his "frequent breakfast companion." Developing...