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Posted on 11/16/2011 8:44:22 PM PST by Bigtigermike
Jack Abramoff, the fedora-sporting former lobbyist whose name tends to be synonymous with a certain type of corruption scandal, accused Newt Gingrich of just that in an interview with David Gregory for the "Meet The Press" webshow "PRESS Pass."
At about the 15-minute mark of the interview, Gregory asked Abramoff - who finished a jail stint over a year ago on influence-peddling charges and has been promoting his recently-published book - about the strategic counseling fee of over $1 million that was paid to Newt Gingrich by housing giant Freddie Mac.
"What do you make of all that?" Gregory asked.
Abramoff replied, "This is exactly what I'm talking about. People who come to Washington who have public service and they cash in on it. And they use their public service and their access to make money, and unfortunatley Newt Gingrich is one of them who have done it. But far too many of them do it and one of the reforms I propose in my book is to close permanently the door, the revolving door, betweeen public service and cashing in as a lobbyist."
He added after another question, "I don't know if he'll survive this, to be honest with you, this is a very big thing."
"Why?" Gregory asked.
"Because he is doing, and engaging in the exact kind of corruption that America disdains. The very things that anger the Tea Party movement and the Occupy Wall Street movement and everybody who is not in a movement and watches washington and says why are these guys getting all this money, why do they all become so rich, why do they have these advantages? Unfortunately Newt seems to play right into it."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
You know, any congress critter that exercised the insider trading option legal only for thee, should be booted to the curb—legal schmegal.
I don’t know if that new book has a list of ALL congress critters that have done stock trades using insider info, but be they republican or democrat, they all need to go...
As far as I am concerned republicans are no better than democrats, pox on all their houses. They question we will end up arguing is should the boot of tyranny be a light boot, or a heavy one.
The current crop of republicans in congress are just a bunch of dopes. The Tea Party was successfully corrupted as far as I can tell and I think there is just no hope.
There will be a time very very soon, when I will retire from posting anywhere except Kim Kardashian websites because the government goons will be out in full force to see who has been naughty and who has been nice. Its not fun being an educated peasant.
So what’s your point?
Anything from politicos is to be questioned. Facts are optional to this rag.
BTW - I am no Newt supporter either.
Abramoff attacks Newt..
Wait while I get my surprised face out.
Abramoff looking for attention in the MSM... Gets more face time on the shows and sells more books.
If this kind of garbage is the best America can do, then we should just turn off the lights.
Exactly! I wonder how Obama would stand up to this scutiny? Oh, that’s right, they will never call him on it.
correct. perhaps Larry Sinclair can get more coverage.
Exactly! Why attack Obama when we can eat our own?
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