Newt steals from fanny

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The Dude

Banned
Paid 1.6 mm for being a historian?
Then he says I was speaker of the house and an advisor.
Sounds like he shook them down.
newt poster boy for the 1 percent, or thief?
 
The Republicans are smart enough to get rid of the parade of buffons once the voting starts.
 
It was over a few years. The funny part is that at the same time he was taking their money he was talking about how too many politicians in Washington were getting campaign donations from them. Wow, who would have thought that Newt was a hypocrite?
 
Socrtease said:
It was over a few years. The funny part is that at the same time he was taking their money he was talking about how too many politicians in Washington were getting campaign donations from them. Wow, who would have thought that Newt was a hypocrite?
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He was taking their money as a consultant AFTER he had left office. How is that hypocritical?
 
He was paid slightly more than 100K per year for an 8 year contract as a historian after he left office. In the FM/FM world, that is nada.

I'd ask Dungheap whether a former contract with a company which I used to work for precludes me from seeing the truth and speaking out about it and wonder how it could possibly make me a hypocrite.
 
That’s certainly intriguing. Gingrich could probably write that kind of white paper in his sleep, if he were so inclined. Instead, at least according to Bloomberg’s sources among former Freddie Mac officials, Gingrich didn’t give them anything they could have used to garner more support on Capitol Hill for their bubble-creating policies. What was Gingrich telling them from 2006-8? Gingrich says he’s bound by a confidentiality agreement — standard for consultants with access to highly proprietary information — and I’m betting Freddie Mac won’t be releasing him from those NDAs any time soon.

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Damocles said:
He was paid slightly more than 100K per year for an 8 year contract as an historian after he left office. In the FM/FM world, that is nada.

I'd ask Dungheap whether a contract with a company I used to work for precludes me from seeing the truth and speaking out about it.
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The "historian" bit is hilarious. Even Newt backed down from that characterization, Damo. Given our lengthy discussions in the past about the failure of the Republican controlled Senate to implement meaningful reforms on the GSEs at the same time that Newt was "consulting" with Freddie Mac on its legislative strategy, I find your defense of Newt quite fascinating.

And, while contracting with a company doesn't preclude you from criticizing it, lobbying Congress on behalf of the company while criticizing others for accepting donations from the company is indeed hypocritical. I'm sure you wouldn't have any trouble seeing it if the former party leader were, say, Tom Daschle.
 
icedancer2theend said:
That’s certainly intriguing. Gingrich could probably write that kind of white paper in his sleep, if he were so inclined. Instead, at least according to Bloomberg’s sources among former Freddie Mac officials, Gingrich didn’t give them anything they could have used to garner more support on Capitol Hill for their bubble-creating policies. What was Gingrich telling them from 2006-8? Gingrich says he’s bound by a confidentiality agreement — standard for consultants with access to highly proprietary information — and I’m betting Freddie Mac won’t be releasing him from those NDAs any time soon.

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Man, these danged Republican presidential nominees and their danged confidentiality agreements!
 
Damocles said:
He was paid slightly more than 100K per year for an 8 year contract as a historian after he left office. In the FM/FM world, that is nada.

I'd ask Dungheap whether a former contract with a company which I used to work for precludes me from seeing the truth and speaking out about it and wonder how it could possibly make me a hypocrite.
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Methinks you're ignoring the obvious hypocrisy because he has an (R) next to his name.
 
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