I think he worked very hard at being a person who is normal, reasonable, moderate, bipartisan, transparent, accommodating - none of which was true. In the Alinksy tradition, he was being the person he needed to be in order to achieve the position he needed to achieve ... He was authentically dishonest. (Newt Gingrich)

I think he worked very hard at being a person who is normal, reasonable, moderate, bipartisan, transparent, accommodating - none of which was true. In the Alinksy tradition, he was being the person he needed to be in order to achieve the position he needed to achieve ... He was authentically dishonest.

Newt Gingrich

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