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Looks like Newt Gingrich won’t be hiring his mother as House historian.

In a column about what Connie Chung heard from Newt’s mother, who heard it from Newt, Frank Rich of the New York Times lets slip a telling phrase: Why doesn’t anyone give Mrs. Clinton “an apology, even if only out of minimal respect for her office?” But Mrs. Clinton holds no office. No one ever voted for her for anything. The power she wields flows from her mate, and from the Praetorianization of the Presidency over the last sixty years. We would never call a lady a bitch, on or off the record. But what we call political usurpers is too harsh for Mr. Rich’s tender ears.

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Looks like Newt Gingrich won’t be hiring his mother as House historian.

In a column about what Connie Chung heard from Newt’s mother, who heard it from Newt, Frank Rich of the New York Times lets slip a telling phrase: Why doesn’t anyone give Mrs. Clinton “an apology, even if only out of minimal respect for her office?” But Mrs. Clinton holds no office. No one ever voted for her for anything. The power she wields flows from her mate, and from the Praetorianization of the Presidency over the last sixty years. We would never call a lady a bitch, on or off the record. But what we call political usurpers is too harsh for Mr. Rich’s tender ears.