[kiwiexpat]

Newt Gingrich was a hypocrite (e.g. he was having an affair when he criticized Clinton for doing so)and he had a misguided view of history and his own place in it. Nevertheless, even he, with his hatred(?)of liberals, recognized the greatness of FDR. FDR may have been a traitor to his class, but he did save capitalism in the USA, and life for most working people before him was pretty damn grim. It is no wonder that Ronald Reagan modelled himself on FDR, even as he set about to role back the policies stemming from the New Deal.