“Excuse me, nitwit - how is it weasel words to say I pasted the quote verbatim from the linked article?”
How was I able to find the REAL quote and you weren’t?
Because I am interested in the truth, not character assasination, that’s why.
“I didnt knowwwwwwwwww....” Hmmmpph.
And you say I am the nitwit. You are dumber than a rock. I made an allegation that is true. You aren’t man enough to admit it. You asked for us poor Newt defenders to punch a hole in your pretzel logic. Consider it done. Put down the shovel. Pick up some balls.
And when I told you I cut and pasted it, you continued attacking me as a liar.
BTW, even in the context you provided, Newt is defending his role with Freddie as he denies being a lobbyist. First of all, the good intentions that Newt mentioned about expanding housing were the driving force behind lowering lending standards. That is what happens to good intentions in DC - they get perverted as soon as enough people figure out how to make a lot of money off of them. Newt knows that but apparently has you bamboozled with his spin defending his tenure as a Freddie advisor. You apparently have discarded your natural skepticism of such DC nonsense in your zeal to push Newt as the anti-Romney.
Second of all, I don't believe for one minute that Freddie and all of the other outfits that paid Newt hansomely only paid him for advice. They paid him for influence, something a former speaker has in spades.
You can believe Newt's I-am-not-a-lobbyist BS if you want. I don't. It flies in the face of what we know about how that town operates.