Posted on 12/06/2011 12:44:44 PM PST by SmithL
In case you haven’t been watching cable TV, two former House Speakers named Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich are having a bit of a fracas related to all that Gingrich baggage about which GOP primary voters in Iowa appear to be blissfully ignorant.
Pelosi, the San Francisco Democrat and now House minority leader, promised to release records that are public but haven’t seen much sunshine lately about the congressional ethics investigation of Gingrich back in the day.
Gingrich said that would be foul play and promised to retaliate, claiming Pelosi was threatening to disclose non-public information. But Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said Pelosi was “clearly referring to the extensive amount of information that is in the public record, including the comprehensive committee report with which the public may not be fully aware.”
Hammill helpfully provided public links and we provide them here.
Here’s the 1280 pages of the Ethics Committee report.
In a thumbnail, Congress accepted the committee report, which found that Gingrich used tax exempt contributions for political purposes and then attempted to mislead the Ethics Committee about it. Pelosi sat on the Ethics Committee at the time, so has vivid knowledge of the whole business.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.sfgate.com ...
Gingrich should use scorched earth tactics against Pelosi. Everytime she opens her pie hole Gingrich should bring up the loan guarantees for Pelosi’s brother in law, the 0bamacare waivers for her favorite restaraunt etc. Screw the marquis of queensbury rules. Punch her in the mouth with brass knuckles.
“Can somebody remind me again when Maxine Waters’ ethics trial is scheduled?”
Around the same date as Jesse Jackson, Jr.’s.
Gingrich said that would be foul play and promised to retaliate, claiming Pelosi was threatening to disclose non-public information.
Why would anyhing about a public servant, 'ceptin his SSN, be non-public information?
Ethics trial? pah! They will make her the new Banking Queen.
Actually none of this stuff should be hidden from the public, Pelosi and her cronies included.
Bwahahahahahahahaha! THEY DID IT AGAIN!
These ink-stained wretches simply CANNOT write ANYTHING about New Gingrich without using the word “baggage”.
Probably not..."All the news that fits!"
By the way, Brit Hume cleverly forgot to mention that last night while hyperventilating over the risk of Newt.
People change...I remember when a chap named Brit Hume had a conservative spine, even!
Newt is not my candidate but I know he is a good man.
If you heard Newt’s interview on Beck this morning you would know exactly what his real agenda is. There is a Government solution to every problem.
Newt might not be perfect but he's far and the best of the GOP herd - and the objective at this point isn't Utopia, it's getting Obie and his pack of perverted criminals out of office, right?
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