Geschichte, historie, and the collapse of the economy

Someone once said that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and history.

The Germans, I'm told,  distinguish between geschichte (history as it is written, taught and perceived), and historie- what actually happened.

Herein Mona Charon writes about a book which makes that very distinction where the collapse of the economy in 2008 is concerned.

Geschichte, it would seem, says that the Republicans were to blame, whereas historie blames the Democrats.

HT: Real Clear Politics