Two claim Gingrich lobbied in ’03

DesMoines Register | December 28, 2011 | Tony Leys

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Link only due to posting restrictions

The LINKED article describes Newt Gingrich and a meeting in 2003 with members of Congress urging their support on the Medicare Expansion Bill after he'd left Congress. (It passed -- barely)

The people interviewed are U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake (AZ- 6th) and former congressman Butch Otter (both have endorsed Romney). Otter is now the governor of Idaho. They feel Newt Gingrich was lobbying.

Newt and others dispute this.

You can decide.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I posted this because I found this 2006 Red State blog post praising these same 2 elected officials (described as Libertarians) in connection with Ron Paul (now supporting Mitt Romney) coming forward to make a claim against Gingrich very interesting. (slow loading page -- but it will load)

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Red State 2006:

"Thank you, Jeff Flake, Butch Otter and Ron Paul"

"On Tuesday, the House debated the Administration's warrantless wiretapping program, and a Democratic amendment to prohibit funding for electronic surveillance, other than as authorized under FISA or other criminal wiretapping statutes.

As much as I hate to back Democratic initiatives, I was pleased to see this amendment considered by the House. I was even more pleased to see a number of Republicans back the amendment, including several moderates and three notable libertarian voices within Congress: Jeff Flake, Butch Otter and Ron Paul.".........

[Cincinatus' Wife]

[Representative Jeff] "Flake was born in Snowflake, Arizona (named in part for his great-great-grandfather, Mormon pioneer William J. Flake), was educated at Brigham Young University and was a Mormon missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to South Africa in the early 1980s. He worked in the public affairs sector after college and served as Executive Director of the Foundation for Democracy in Namibia and Executive Director of the Goldwater Institute before entering the House of Representatives." Source

[SatinDoll]

Who paid Gingrich to lobby those men?

Or or did he talk to them as a concerned citizen?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It’s described in the article.

[SatinDoll]

Hammond says he wasn’t paid.

It sounds like Gingrich occasionally tries to persuade fellow Republicans to support legislation, and a couple of Romney supporters are poisoning the well of good intentions.

I’m beginning to entertain some evil thoughts about Milliard Romney. It is one thing to be a weathercock responding to every political puff of influence, and being mean to the family dog, but scheming to damage another Republican’s professional reputation is unacceptable to all Conservatives. This indicates a serious flaw in the character of the former Gov. of Massachusetts and I believe he is unfit to be President.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

This is part of Newt Gingrich’s record and he will have to answer the questions. I did find the Libertarian connection interesting too.

[Utmost Certainty]

There’s a searchable lobbyist database here which goes back most years between 2011 and 1998: http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/search.php

I did a query on Gingrich and he doesn’t come up.

[scooby321]

The dumb powers to be want Roomey and they want it over now.

[Utmost Certainty]

There’s also another one here: http://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=choosefields

Searched by lobbyist name for ‘Gingrich’. Again, he doesn’t show in the records.

[SatinDoll]

Answering question about past actions is good.

Character assassination via innuendo by another Republican is clearly out of line.

[ez]

I lobby my kids to keep their room clean every day. That doesn’t make me a “lobbyist.” That term has a very specific meaning.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

[Son House]

Who: a private meeting of Republican House members

When: the fall of 2003

For what: Medicare prescription-drug program

Sounds like Newt best describe what was going on and if there are any similar circumstance of this nature.

[TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl]

[Representative Jeff] "Flake was born in Snowflake, Arizona (named in part for his great-great-grandfather, Mormon pioneer William J. Flake), was educated at Brigham Young University and was a Mormon missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to South Africa in the early 1980s. He worked in the public affairs sector after college and served as Executive Director of the Foundation for Democracy in Namibia and Executive Director of the Goldwater Institute before entering the House of Representatives." Source

Just another example of Joe Smith trumping Conservatism.

[richardtavor]

Maybe romney should answer some bogus questions occasionally.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Maybe romney should answer some bogus questions occasionally.

This shows how easy it is for Perry to make Romney stumble and stammer:

That's -- I'm running for office, for Pete's sake, I can't have illegals. [video clip] -- Mitt Romney, GOP presidential debate - October 18, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV

[Redleg Duke]

Come on! Why haven't you investigated Newt's actions while he was in kindergarten and First Grade?

I'm sure you can find impeachable offenses being committed there, you Slacker!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Apparently I don’t have to investigate anything.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Oh my.

Alinsky is for Perry now, I see.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Did Perry bring Karl Rove on board?

What’s with the mudslinging from Perrywinkes now?