Posted on 01/06/2012 8:03:28 PM PST by true believer forever
Thank you, thank you for bringing this back up. Working with Bonior was my dirtbag congressman, Harry Johnston. He filed over 80 bogus ethics charges against Newt, all of which were thrown out. This was after Newt won the House in ‘94. This gang of losers did every underhanded thing they could, not only to stop Newt and the conservative revolution, but to obstruct justice. These losers were never challenged by the wimpish Republican establishment, and Newt was eventually beaten down by this phony-baloney nonsense.
Still, Newt stood up as a patriot and addressed the House publicly, televised, and apologized for this garbage for which he was later cleared. Without Newt, there would have been no Clinton impeachment, and we would have had President Gore. Could you imagine that on 9/11?
Newt is the best hope we have.
Up twinkle and down twinkle are you leading the chants today. So we can all repeat what you say. When we all do that, not much need for a discussion board.
Katie, you are doing a great job. Thank you for all your efforts in disclosing things. I look forward to seeing your posts. You are truly appreciated!
TC
Here is the FACTS....
Newt 2012
Fact Check: Latest Ad by Pro-Romney Super PAC “Restore Our Future” Contains Numerous Lies and Falsehoods
Atlanta, GA - Newt 2012 released a fact sheet today responding to the latest dishonest attack ad aired by pro-Romney Super-Pac “Restore our Future”:
Falsehood: Freddie Mac paid Newt $30,000 an hour - $1.6 million.
The Truth:
“I think less than maybe once a month, they [Freddie Mac] would drop by. We’d spend an hour [talking].”
-Newt Gingrich, On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, 11/17/11
It is this remark which the Super-Pac uses to justify this gross distortion.
First, Freddie Mac was a client of the Gingrich Group, a firm with thirty employees and offices in three cities. The client fees were not paid directly to Newt, they were paid to the company, and the vast majority of it went to staff salaries, health insurance, rent and other overhead.
Second, like any consulting firm, a great deal of work and research goes into the recommendations given. Newt and his staff spent time preparing for these meetings, putting in hours of research to bring a well informed opinion. To report that a one hour meeting is the extent of their work is ignorant of standard business practice.
Falsehood: Gingrich teamed up with Nancy Pelosi on global warming.
The Truth: Newt absolutely opposes “cap and trade,” which Nancy Pelosi supports, as well as any system of taxing carbon emissions. He testified before Congress against the Nancy Pelosi-backed cap and trade effort in 2009 and led a grassroots effort while he was the Chairman of American Solutions to block its passage in the House and Senate. Newt repeatedly states there is no scientific evidence to justify a large government, centralized response.
Falsehood: Together [Gingrich & Pelosi] they co-sponsored a bill that gave $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal “One Child” policy.
The Truth: Newt never voted for this legislation and this never became law. Additionally, Ronald Reagan’s Mexico City Policy was in place in 1989, which would have prevented any money going toward abortions in support of China’s One Child Policy:
“As to US contributions to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, their continuation will be conditional on “concrete assurances” that no part of the US monies will be used for abortion and the Fund does not support abortion or coercive family planning programs.”
-US Policy Statement for the International Conference on Population, 1984
This policy applied to any legislation passed through 1993, and implicitly prohibits any US funds from going to China’s One Child policy.
Falsehood: As Speaker, Gingrich even supported taxpayer funding of some abortions.
The Truth:
“House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Sunday supported the availability of federally- financed abortions for poor women who are victims of rape or incest.”
-Chicago Tribune, April 10, 1995
Newt supported Hyde amendment language, which prohibits federal funding for abortions. This language often makes exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother, and is supported by conservative members of Congress. These clauses were found in the Republican supported Stupak Amendment to President Obama’s healthcare bill. Newt recognized that an outright ban on federal funding of abortion would not be signed by Bill Clinton, and worked to remove federal abortion funding as much as possible in the existing political framework.
Falsehood: [Newt] was fined $300,000 for ethics violations by a Republican Congress.
The Truth: Eighty-four politically motivated ethics charges were filed against Newt when he was Speaker of the House regarding the use of tax exempt funds for a college course he taught titled “Renewing American Civilization.” Eighty-three of the eighty-four charges were found to be without merit and dropped.
The remaining charge had to do with contradictory documents prepared by Newt’s lawyer supplied during the course of the investigation. Newt took responsibility for the error and agreed to reimburse the committee the cost of the investigation into that discrepancy. The agreement specifically noted that the payment was not a fine, but instead a “cost assessment.” The House vote affirmed this agreement.
In 1999, after a 3 ½ year investigation, the Internal Revenue Service (under President Bill Clinton, nonetheless) concluded that Gingrich did not violate any tax laws, leading renowned CNN Investigative Reporter Brooks Jackson to remark on air “it turns out [Gingrich] was right and those who accused him of tax fraud were wrong.”
For more facts about Newt Gingrich’s record, please visit Newt.org/answers.
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Contact: R.C. Hammond
rch@newt.org
“Spin it as you wish, it is still what it is.”
And what it is is bullcrap.
One battle at a time. Let’s win this one first, then we will be more battle hardened for the next.
The $300,000 was a reimbursement to the House for the cost of the investigation. It was not a fine.
THANK YOU for posting the FACTS!
Once the folks in Fla hear that Santorum want to cut SS benefits right away I think the votes will leave Santorum fast.
Can you imagine what the Obama machine could do with this if Gingrich was running against him?
Thank you Sir/MyLady
Your twinkle that runs up and down your leg is propaganda - we don’t come here for propaganda puke.
Right and worse. Romney is the enemy within.
Thanks very much. I urge everyone to bookmark this thread.
“Noot plea bargained the fine to have the other charges dropped, now he is claiming he did not do that. Bull!”
He simply and clearly states they are lying. They are. He was not fined. He says;
The content of these advertisements state and/or suggest that, Speaker Gingrich was “fined” $300,000 for “violations” of congressional rules. These statements are NOT TRUE.
Yes, I know. That one was all over Sarah Palin threads acting the part of the troll.
That one has it in for strong , principled conservatives, who would institute the radical changes needed to save and restore our Republic.
That one is a go-along-to-get-along “Republican”.
Refreshing! FOX needs notice, in harsh terms, that we have ALL had enough! They themselves have become an accomplice against conservatives, alligning themselves with the liberal Establishment to co-opt the primary process before we can speak. That happens in South Carolina, or Bust.
“I’d rather blame my penalty on some stupid bipartisan committee than have to admit that my republican colleagues who had previously made me speaker had now penalized me $300,000 to repay the costs of the ethics committee investigation that were caused by me giving misleading information.”
You’d rather lie than set the record straight?
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