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>> here he is earlier this year with david brody who asked him about his past and he gave an awfully strange reason. this will go down in history as my favorite, favorite cover story. let's listen. >> there's no question that at times in my life, partially driven by how passionately i felt about this country, that i worked far too hard, and that things happened in my life that were not appropriate. and what i can tell you is that when i did things that were wrong, i wasn't trapped in situation ethics. i was doing things wrong, and yet i was doing them. i found that i felt compelled to seek god...

His piece today asked just this question, can newt be the first openly mean president, as in openly guy. anyway. and alex wagner is also with us, an msnbc political analyst. you chuckle about it as well as i do, alex. and i'm chuckling, because that's always been my observation about newt. he's an opportunistic to exploit any opportunity to hate the other side. >> if you go over his history, he has decades of angry rhetoric, not just excessive political rhetoric. you might recall the days when he said of tip o'neill, your old boss, he doesn't know the difference between freedom and slavery. he...

Gingrich presidential campaign. >> here he is when asked about his past. he gave a strange reason. this will go down in history as my favorite, favorite cover story. let's listen. >> there's no question that times in my life, partially driven by how passionately i felt about this country, that i worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate. what i can tell you is when i did things that were wrong, i wasn't trapped in ethics, i was doing things wrong. i felt compelled to seek god's forgiveness. >> he's explaining his infidelity. the old phrase, patriotism, i neve...

This is a guy who for 30 years has had this sort of arrogant egotistical complex to accuse people of being nazis and he can't answer a question about tiffany's. >> thank you. have a nice weekend. up next, you know it's bad for michele bachmann when even tea partiers aren't taking your presidential campaign to heart or seriously. she's in the side show now. you're watching "hardball" on msnbc.

Than that. but i think what he said in your first clip is unacceptable to some republicans. he's trying to emphasize his conservative side of his message. but we're so ready. he's so vulnerable on the issue of flip-flopping, because he has flip-flopped on issues like abortion rights and other fundamental -- >> health care. everything. >> health care. that it makes him very vulnerable. people are ready to see a flip-flop wherever they can. >> let me go to steve. you haven't been on in a while. i want your fresh thinking on this. why does he fear the right? here's a guy who is going up in new ha...