Wasn't this theory put to the test during the Obamacare debate. See Bart Stupak.
It has been proven that all Rats are indeed Leftist.
Posted on 12/01/2011 2:20:51 PM PST by Lazlo in PA
Newt Gingrich said on Wednesday night that his advocacy with state and federal legislators for policies that would help his paying clients was in keeping with his role as a citizen, and was not evidence that he ever acted as a lobbyist.
Speaking in an interview with the Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity, Mr. Gingrich appeared to be referring to an article in The New York Times on Wednesday detailing how he has made millions of dollars while helping his corporate clients promote themselves to — and gain access to — state and federal officials.
He referred to a news briefing mentioned in the article in which he joined with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2005 to promote a bill co-sponsored by Representative Patrick J. Kennedy, Democrat of Rhode Island, and Representative Tim Murphy, Republican of Pennsylvania, that would have increased the use of electronic medical health records.
“You might say to yourself ‘gosh, why would a Newt Gingrich do that?’” he told Mr. Hannity in the interview on Wednesday. “The answer is simple. You want to get a message out in the news media, and you put Gingrich and Hillary together, and Patrick Kennedy with Gingrich, you’re going to get huge press coverage.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
See, now, I completely disagree. Repubs DO need to work with Dems on all those issues, and more. When Repubs fail to show leadership on the issues you bring up, then all we have are what the Dems give us. Repubs need to work to change the minds of Dems so that issues of GW, immigration, health care, etc., are moved in the correct direction.
hold it, what did she lie about?
um, you can’t change the minds of leftist ideologues.
What was it about Newt and the gang of 14 or something like that?
What was that about? Anyone know?
CAPITOL GAMES TAQIYYA |
Um, not ALL dems are leftist ideologues.
i know, but the ones in the federal government are, and if they aren’t they get whipped into voting with ‘em
Actually . . . . NO! Not all dems in the Fed Gov are leftist ideologues, and NO, they don’t always get “whipped” into voting with the leftist ideologues. You are familiar with Blue Dog democrats, right?
Wasn't this theory put to the test during the Obamacare debate. See Bart Stupak.
It has been proven that all Rats are indeed Leftist.
Newtster,
We’re not as stupid as you think we are, and you’re not as bright as you think you are.
oh boy do I ever, Bart Stupak was my congressman. There is no such thing as a bluedog. They say they are bluedogs in mixed company, but then when in front of their dem buddies, laugh at it and denounce the idea. Oh boy, am I ever familiar.
Don't be fooled. Newt was feeding at the trough.
It was a coup for Hillary and Pat Kennedy to get Gingrich behind the bill.
This was absolutely not a citizen supporting a bill he was strongly in favor of. Believe, there was a big, probably indirect, payoff through the health-related companies he was "consulting for."
He was so slimy that he didn't register as a lobbyist and went around all the restrictions. This "consultant" garbage is typical Newt.
Please don't be fooled.
Newt is a snake-oil salesman, the ultimate insider and totally corrupt.
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the more I learn about Newt, the more I feel we are giving up the most important part about being Conservative. Principle. I believe Newt’s past is too damn much, but, at least I know what I’m getting if he continues to be the front runner. I can fight for him, I cannot fight for a non-fighter like Romney. and that’s the difference...
I am, of course, talking about Newt Gingrich. I am, quite frankly, in a state of shock at the stupidity of support for him. He is a mean, insufferable, arrogant, pompous Rockefeller Republican, an ethanol-subsidizing global-warming crony-capitalist ludicrously hypocritical pretend conservative.
Here is just the start, just a hint, of his anti-conservative actions (provided by a friend):
04/02/1987 - cosponsored the 1987 Fairness Doctrine
10/22/1991 - voted for an amendment that would create a National Police Corps.
03/--/1993 - voted for sending $1.6 billion in foreign aid to Russia.
1/27/1994 - supported the GATT Treaty giving sovereignty to the U.N.
08/27/1995 - suggests that drug smuggling should carry a death sentence.
04/25/1996 - voted for the then single largest increase on federal education spending ($3.5 billion)
04/10/1995 - supported federal taxdollars being spent on abortions.
06/01/1996 - helped a Democrat switch parties in an attempt to defeat constitutionalist Ron Paul in the 1996 election.
09/25/1996 - introduced H.R. 4170, demanded life-sentence or execution for someone bringing 2 ounces of marijuana across the border.
01/22/1997 - Congress gave him a record-setting $300,000 fine for ethical wrongdoing.
11/29/2006 - said that free speech should be curtailed in order to fight terrorism, called for a "serious debate about the 1st Amendment."
02/15/2007 - supports Bush's proposal for mandatory carbon caps.
09/28/2008 - says if in office, he would have reluctantly voted for the $700B TARP bailout.
09/30/2008 - releases his book A Contract with the Earth which embraces man-made global warming.
12/08/2008 - paid $300,000 by Freddie Mac to halt Congress from bringing necessary reform.
03/31/2009 - says we should have Singapore-style drug tests for Americans.
11/15/2010 - defends Romneycare
01/30/2011 - lobbies for ethanol subsidies.
01/30/2011 - suggests that flex-fuel vehicles be mandated for Americans.
02/13/2011 - criticizes Obama for sending less U.S. taxdollars to Egypt.
03/09/2011 - blames his infidelity to multiple wives on his passion for the country.
03/15/2011 - says that NAFTA worked because it created jobs in Mexico.
03/19/2011 - has no regrets about supporting Medicare drug coverage. (now $7.2T unfunded liability)
03/23/2011 - completely flip-flops on Libyan intervention in 16 days.
03/25/2011 - plans to sign as many as 200 executive orders on his first day as president.
04/25/2011 - admits he is a paid lobbyist for federal ethanol subsidies.
07/15/2011 - his poorly managed campaign is over $1 million in debt.
08/01/2011 - hires a company to create fake Twitters to appear as if had a following.
11/16/2011 - revealed he actually received $1.6 million lobbying for Freddie Mac, vs. his previously stated $300,000
This list could go on and on. Here's more. Further, he has no executive or private business experience whatever. Until he cashed in with lobbying contracts after he resigned from Congress in 1999, he never worked a day in the private sector. Like Zero, he taught at a state school (University of West Georgia) until becoming a professional politician (Congressman from Georgia 1979-1999). He is an ultimate Washington insider.
bfl
I’ll have to come back and read this later devolve. Dinnertime here.
A Newt lover from Drumrass
Rose to the head of the Rino class
By reciting quite bright
And sleeping at night
With his tongue up the SPEAKERS A**!
Newt left the House in 1995. The Gang of 14 did their thing in 2005.
If you see a connection, please enlighten us.
Problem is those "common interests" are always antithetical to our freedoms.
Tis why we call them RINOS!
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