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Political Factoid
"Elected to Congress in 1978,
[Newt] Gingrich quickly became
one of the most powerful figures
in America not through innovative
ideas or charisma, but through a
calculated campaign of attacks
against political opponents,
casting himself as a savior in
a fight of good versus evil.
Taking office in the post-Watergate
era, he weaponized the good
government reforms newly
introduced to fight corruption,
wielding the rules in ways that
shocked the legislators who had
created them."
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