He was. You’ve just shown that the media can program your mindset, sadly. This same Newt has had all his ideas and data available, for any who would get beyond the media programming. This is the same newt , you’re just now realizing what he stands for while the facts have been available from the start, for those not at the mercy of the media vermin.
Yeah -- helloooo all you Newt idolizers. Criticizing Bain Capital may not have been the cause of his downfall, but it happened simultaneously. Newt is brilliant, in a patronizingly hypocritical and inconsistent sort of way.
And, yes, his defense is very good. Give me just one reason why I should think he believes it given what he said just a couple months ago.