Sorry, but that doesn't sit right with me. A completely clean person doesn't resign in disgrace just because some lawyer screwed up. Something more is going on here.
The problem is that we basically have no alternative at this point. Gotta go with Newt, and hope that nothing much more comes out.
The resignation had to do with the loss of seats in Congress, not with alleged ethics violations 2 yrs previously. That’s why the resignation occured AFTER the election and not two years earlier. That’s according to Krauhammer who is not a Newt fan.
The resignation had to do with the loss of seats in Congress, not with alleged ethics violations 2 yrs previously. That’s why the resignation occured AFTER the election and not two years earlier. That’s according to Krauthammer who is not a Newt fan.
His lawyer/account actually didn’t mess up. The FBI later cleared him of any wrong doing.
There was a thread recently stating the the NYT had all the charges on their front page dozens of time, but hid the fact that he was cleared in the middle pages of the back section. Can’t remember the title. If you look around you find it. Might be under NYT
Newt should sue the bastards.
“A completely clean person doesn’t resign in disgrace “
He didn’t. You are falling for the big lie, or you just want to.
Please don't be so easily manipulated into repeating nonsense phrases from the Mittstream Media like "resigned in disgrace." Newt's frivolous ethics charges were settled 2 years into his Speakership and 2 years before he resigned. He resigned shortly after the 1998 election because they lost 5 seats after expecting to have big gains and he would have been voted out. Of course we know the big-spending RINOs wanted him out all along and probably just used the election as an excuse. Regardless, losing an election isn't a "disgrace," it's just politics. What Mitt is saying is as honest as saying, "Reagan was voted into office and then 300 marines were bombed in Lebanon." By making it sound like no time passed between those events, Mitt is saying there is a cause and effect relationship there that anyone who knows the truth knows doesn't exist.
Why he went ahead and quit the House beyond the Speakership itself at the same time, I can only imagine he wanted to move into the private sector, set up a run for President (that was derailed after his marriage fell apart), or just didn't feel comfortable becoming just another vote in the chamber after being Speaker for 4 years.