Ahh, yea. Newt's my second choice, but still, she's right about that. He was hired to be a spokesman for Freddie and that's what he did. And no, he didn't do any lobbying; notice how when the issue came up Newt was very quick to make the issue about whether he did any lobbying or not. He can easily, and truthfully, defend himself from such charges and so that's the level on which he wants to defend himself. That's political experience there on his part.
I once worked at a school that endorsed abortion for kids without parental consent. I refused to sign off on it and we agreed I would “not be invited back” the following year to consult.
Now, if someone wanted to, they could say that I was working in a school, in a department that was DIRECTLY involved with deciding that issue.
No matter that I may have advised against and eventually left because of my convictions or because I didn’t like it or because it didn’t pay enough, it could truthfully be said that I was employed by them in an advisory capacity when the policy was adapted..
I’m a little touchy on the subject of hearing the whole story, you see. You can make history tell you anything.