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Finally, which republican candidate said in new hampshire he doesn't care what the rest of the country thinks or fears? that's in the sideshow. we start with newt gingrich. joan wall somebody editor at large for salon.com and david corn is from "mother jones" and an msnbc political analyst. one of the most ridiculous answers at last week's cnbc republican redate. asked about his ties to freddie mac, newt gingrich said they paid him to offer advice as, quote, an historian. let's watch. >> i offered advice, and my advice as an historian when they walked in and said to me we are now making loans ...

Me, we are now making loans to people with no credit history and have no record of paying back anything, but that's what the government wants us to do. this is a bubble. this is insane, this is impossible. >> okay. so i'm just going to say, i don't buy a word that he says -- there are if you look at the chris christie numbers, there are smart republicans in this country, just not that many running for president. >> the bench is amazing. the bench is pretty impressive. mitchell daniels sits out there, he could be running for president. if you like southern republican politics, haley is as good ...

Now to politics. republican flavor of the month newt gingrich really went out on a limb at the cnbc debate last week when he said he never worked as a lobbyist for the government-backed mortgage company, freddie mac. >> your firm was paid $300,000 by freddie mac in 2006. what did you do for that money? >> are you asking me? >> yes. >> i offered them advice on precisely what they didn't do. i have never done any lobbying. every contract that was written during the period when i was out of the office specifically said i would do no lobbying and i offered advice. my advice as a historian when the...

After different topic, i paused. and i don't understand why that pause created so much quote/unquote controversy. >> wow! wow! holy [ bleep ]. >> i have never not taken responsibility for what some people perceive as mishaps, missteps or whatever the case may be. >> dr. kissinger turned my offer down to be secretary of state. he said he's perfectly happy doing what he's doing. >> you asked dr. kissinger to be secretary of state. >> no, i did not. i was not serious about asking him. i know he's retired. >> holy [ bleep ]! >> my advice as an his or the yandle when they walked in and said to me, ...

said in a broadcast interview and congress is being urged to have new laws sandusky, in a shocking interview with bob costas, the former coach admitted he, quote, horsed around with boys in the shower at university's complex. sandusky insists he's innocence of the 40 sex crimes detailed in indictment against him. >> how would you define the part you played? what are you willing to concede that you've done that was wrong and you wish you had not done it? >> well, in retrospect i, you know, i -- i shouldn't have showered with those kids. you know, so -- >> that's it? >> yeah. i mean, t...