He played the Washington, DC insiders game and was trading on his past as Speaker of the House. He was hired to give Freddie Mac advice on how to keep Congress as a financial ally. Newt was basically there for his advice to clients on how to start new businesses to get more Federal dollars.
What is a more valid consideration than a candidate’s most extensive background and history of ethics violations ?
Gingrich was the first Speaker ever to be overthrown on ethics changes turned lobbyist consumed by greed and graft who then lied about it. You seriously can’t make this up. Enriched himself on Freddie Mac political graft no less.
The temperament of a hypocrite and a spoiled brat running on a big government platform just seems to be icing on the cake for some folks.
Your information is wrong and outdated....Newt was found not guilty of those charges...and there were over 8 of them launched against him.....the number alone should have told people the rats were at it again.
So you need to get current....
...”Newt says that he told ‘em (Fannie and Freddy) that the housing market was a bubble that was about to burst.... He told them that they were making a mistake handing out loans to people who couldn’t afford them..... Newt says he told them what they were doing wrong and what they needed to fix it.... and he did get his consultancy fee for it.
If all that’s true it’s a shame they didn’t listen to him. Doesn’t matter what they paid him; it was good advice. Certainly better advice than what they’ve gotten from their own wildly overpaid executives. Certainly better advice than they’ve gotten from Obama..... The Fanny and Freddy stuff?... Newt has answered for the Fannie and Freddie stuff”. ....(Rush Limbaugh)
>> He played the Washington, DC insiders game and was trading on his past as Speaker of the House. >>
That must be why all the establishment types are pulling for him to win then. Oh wait, they are all AGAINST HIM. They have leveled the most withering attacks on him since the attacks on Sarah Palin - which were the most withering attacks on anyone since the last round of attacks on Newt.
Ruh Roh, you better try something else. That one bombed.