He’s not getting a pass. Consulting is what Newt has been doing for years now. He has American Solutions and another think tank organization. Consultants get paid big bucks. He has not charged any higher fees than the average. If there was anything to this the MSM would be all over him. There isn’t.
Consulting for what? How to get ethanol subsidies extended? How to get the prescription drug benefit passed? How to talk to pubbies about how wonderful Freddie is and trying to expand homeownership?
Yeah, I'm sure Newt delivered value to his clients. While helping drive the growth of the federal behemoth.
True. But the problem here is that, in the Freddie Mac case, Newt took taxpayer money - my money - to be an "historian".
It kind of reminds my of that old movie "On the Waterfront". The corrupt union boss (Lee J. Cobb) appointed all his buddies "delegates" so they could be paid with union dues.