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When it was first revealed last week that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was once a paid contractor for Freddie Mac, he figured he could pass the $300,000 sum off as a simple exchange of ideas. His response â€" so painfully Newtonian â€" was that he was paid as an "historian.” It was unctuous, to be sure, but let's give him credit for creativity and a talent for keeping us laughing. But by Wednesday, when Bloomberg broke the news that the payout was actually more than $1.6 million, his description was no longer applicable. Suddenly those history lessons became "strategic advice."

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