Quotes from Dana Milbank

And then there was Gingrich. In 1983, he pushed for the House to expel two members for having affairs with House pages, saying "a free

Death threats. Gag laws. Book banning. Secret informants. Voter suppression and election intimidation. Vows to imprison political opponents.

The slash-and-burn politics he brought to the Capitol made it ungovernable, and the zealots he brought into the Republican Party had no wish to govern. It has been that way ever since.

Faction is a dangerous thing—presenting readers, viewers, and listeners with a fictitious account and making them think that it is true.