Newt Gingrich and his sleazy ways: A history lesson –
\n\t\tThe Term Sheet: Fortune's deals blog
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGingrich's work for Freddie Mac reminds us that Gingrich has always invoked the \u201chistorian\u201d label to excuse his most questionable conduct.
\nBy Roger Parloff, senior editor<\/p>\nThe views expressed here …\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Those who forget history will be condemned to have a "historian" as president Quoth the senior editor of Fortune: "If some readers find this piece unusually partisan for Fortune, I protest that I am simply acting here\u2014as Gingrich has so often claimed to\u2014as a nonpartisan educator. Nevertheless, as readers will see, I will depart from … Continue reading “Those who forget history will be condemned to have a "historian" as pr…”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,99],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2012","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24638,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/18\/for-a-self-labeled-historian-gingrich-has-a-doltish-view-of-american-history.html","url_meta":{"origin":24438,"position":0},"title":"For a self-labeled historian, Gingrich has a doltish view of American history","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 18-Dec-11 10:53am","format":false,"excerpt":"The Founders made it clear that you can't rely on people in power to exercise personal restraint in that power, or that such powers would only be used in extraordinary circumstances. 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