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Crony Newt (Will voters overlook his Freddie Mac payments?)
National Review ^ | 12/13/2011 | Katrina Trinko

Posted on 12/13/2011 11:41:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

Larry Sabato is an idiot.


21 posted on 12/13/2011 3:19:14 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: eater-of-toast
Keep in mind that National Review backed Romney in 2008.

Instead of McCain? And that's a problem for you?

22 posted on 12/13/2011 3:20:08 PM PST by BfloGuy (The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What strategic advice did Newt give Freddie Mac for $1.6million?


23 posted on 12/13/2011 5:04:35 PM PST by MontaniSemperLiberi (Moutaineers are Always Free)
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To: Churchillspirit

What advice did Newt give?


24 posted on 12/13/2011 5:07:07 PM PST by MontaniSemperLiberi (Moutaineers are Always Free)
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I think it was something very basic like not giving loans to folks who could not repay them.


25 posted on 12/13/2011 5:42:07 PM PST by Churchillspirit
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“IIRC Freddie Mac did not take the advice they paid Newt to give.”

I’m sorry. Maybe my humor batteries need to be changed but do you know what advice Newt gave?


26 posted on 12/13/2011 7:10:25 PM PST by MontaniSemperLiberi (Moutaineers are Always Free)
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To: MontaniSemperLiberi

See #25.


27 posted on 12/14/2011 10:51:55 AM PST by Churchillspirit
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To: BfloGuy

NR didn’t have to endorse either.


28 posted on 12/14/2011 9:50:17 PM PST by eater-of-toast ("It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones." --Calvin Coolidge)
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