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Newt Gingrich and Freddie Mac

Calvin Trillin

November 22, 2011

Lambasting pols who got too close to Freddie, Newt failed to say that he himself already Got Freddie payments that were large and steady.  As is his custom, Newt was undeterred. Hypocrisy’s not really what occurred. For Newt we’d need to find a stronger word.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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