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Gingrich Said to Be Paid $1.6M by Freddie Mac (RINO Alert)
Bloomberg | 2011-11-15 | Clea Benson & Dawn Kopecki

Posted on 11/15/2011 9:06:05 PM PST by rabscuttle385

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: 2012gopprimary; beltwayinsider; bush; corporatewelfare; corruption; cronycapitalist; economy; financialcrisis; freddiemac; gingrich; gse; hispandering; housing; lobbyists; mortgages; pork; porkbarrel; rinos; toobigtofail
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To: Josh Painter

Yep...Ol buddy Rabs doesn’t like either of my two preferences....Sarah and Snewt

I miss pissant...


101 posted on 11/15/2011 11:15:51 PM PST by wardaddy (Ethnonationalist...I'll cop to that....Suicide of a Superpower...I've decided for Newt)
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To: napscoordinator
Oh boy some will say it is a throw away vote to write in my candidate. Why should I have to vote for someone who does not share my principles

Very nice thinking and just the type of independence that was shown towards McCain in the last presidential election. Such great thinking gave us OBAMA.

We do not need just independents, but citizens who care who will have the finger on the supreme court appointment button. Such selfish thinking will not just result in Obama, but an Obama with 2 maybe 3 SCOTUS appointments during his term as president.

Is that really what you want for your family and relatives?. Is that what you want for your country? Sorry, but how selfish. Especially when you look at who he appointed his first term!
102 posted on 11/15/2011 11:18:07 PM PST by JSteff ((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
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To: rabscuttle385

If it were between obama, mitt and a third party, I would go with the third party...


103 posted on 11/15/2011 11:20:01 PM PST by babygene (Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
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To: Son-Joshua
Sure and the congress gave them another 186 billion at the same time, LOL, all just one of those obummer things, well hell how did that happen.
104 posted on 11/15/2011 11:42:23 PM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Perry and his fellow demorats.)
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To: Gator113
He has already addressed this... it’s not news and it’s not an issue.... it was legal.

Unless he is less than forthright about the specifics. Newt likes to shift things around in his stories. He claims to be a Conservative now but just a few years ago wrote this book that sounds like Al Gore wrote it.

He is a straight up RINO. He has spent the last ten years proving it in deeds and actions. He can go to hell.

105 posted on 11/15/2011 11:43:53 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

He wants conservatives to vote for 1993 Gingrich. He wants moderates to vote for 2000s Gingrich. Can’t stand Dana Milbank but he has an article out with direct Gingrich quotes that are downright scary to any real conservative. Newt is playing a game right now in the debates that started working when Cain got thrown under the bus.


106 posted on 11/15/2011 11:47:22 PM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: over3Owithabrain

My big problem with Newt is that he has been trashing Conservatives like me on Sunday programs and in his deeds for years now, like his slamming of the Ryan Plan and his talk of the end of the Era of Reagan. Now all of a sudden all types of people here are all fine with the guy because he started moving in the polls. His Mea Culpas are phony and I have a long memory. I don’t trust this guy.

If I gotta rally behind him in the General, fine, but I am not going to get on the bandwagon till there is no other option left.


107 posted on 11/15/2011 11:58:32 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: BillyBoy; napscoordinator; FlipWilson
Best analysis of situation on ground I have seen on FR in 3 months.
108 posted on 11/16/2011 12:16:56 AM PST by federal__reserve (Obama Vs Perry presidential debates are my worst nightmare! Those will get huge audiences.)
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To: nathanbedford
Newt's incontrovertible Facts:

“Criticized Paul Ryan's plan saying social engineering from the right is bad”
“Medicare will be left to wither on the vine”
“We are not going to deport 11 million people”

For healthcare mandates before he is against it!
For man made global warming before he is against it!
Newt was actually FOR Cap & Trade!!
Partnering with Al Sharpton on Obama’s education reform.
Partnered with Hillary Clinton to advocate health-care IT legislation
3 marriages, with 6 years adulterous affair with staffer
Callista Bisek, while he was married to Marianne Ginther
Newt has more recorded votes in congress than all except Ron Paul,
and will be thoroughly dissected & bisected by MSM.

As sargent Joe Friday would have said, "Just the facts maam"

109 posted on 11/16/2011 12:21:13 AM PST by federal__reserve (Obama Vs Perry presidential debates are my worst nightmare! Those will get huge audiences.)
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To: nathanbedford
Newt's incontrovertible Facts:

“Criticized Paul Ryan's plan saying social engineering from the right is bad”
“Medicare will be left to wither on the vine”
“We are not going to deport 11 million people”

For healthcare mandates before he is against it!
For man made global warming before he is against it!
Newt was actually FOR Cap & Trade!!
Partnering with Al Sharpton on Obama’s education reform.
Partnered with Hillary Clinton to advocate health-care IT legislation
3 marriages, with 6 years adulterous affair with staffer
Callista Bisek, while he was married to Marianne Ginther
Newt has more recorded votes in congress than all except Ron Paul,
and will be thoroughly dissected & bisected by MSM.

As sargent Joe Friday would have said, "Just the facts maam"

110 posted on 11/16/2011 12:21:39 AM PST by federal__reserve (Obama Vs Perry presidential debates are my worst nightmare! Those will get huge audiences.)
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To: federal__reserve
I offered up an analysis of Gingrich's representation of Freddie Mac and pointed out that there was nothing in the article which did not exonerate him from any imputation of wrongdoing.

In response, you submit a bill of particulars which have nothing to do with the article but broaden the inquiry into Gingrich's whole public and private career. Coincidentally, I just submitted the following reply in response to those issues which you legitimately raise and to which Gingrich must be made to respond here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2808143/posts?page=19#19

When relativism is legitimate.

Resort to relativism is characteristically a left wing tactic. It says, yes Bill Clinton screwed around but everybody does it therefore we should forgive Bill Clinton. Relativism as a defense should not be admitted when the defense is invoked against a principle or when the alternatives are better.

In other words, we should forget about Bill Clinton's sexcapedes because to remove him from office would be to install Al Gore who is worse. That makes a certain amount of sense if we are making a political judgment about the future health of the Republic. But if we want to adhere to a constitutional principle, then that kind of relativism argument carries little weight. The constitutional principle in that case is, not Clinton's sex life but perjury, suborning perjury, hiding evidence, all in an attempt to fix a court case by the chief law officer of the United States. Does that not count as a matter of principle for more than the state of my 401(k)?

When we are looking for a presidential candidate to nominate we are compelled to ask, if not Newt, who? The field is finite. The alternatives are reduced as a practical matter to Mitt Romney and Herman Cain.

None of us who are political junkies who have followed this selection process from the beginning are unaware of Gingrich's baggage. In fact, I am on the opposite side from Gingrich on every one of the issues raised by National Review in this article. There are some issues which one can color in a different way, and there are some issues which I expect Gingrich to be able to neutralize by filling in the context. But I am not so naïve as to believe that I will be satisfied in every respect. In other words, on some matters of principle I will be disappointed.

The question is will I be satisfied relative his competitors in the field?

Clearly, Gingrich will have to come forward and make his case. No one will be able to make his case better and I expect that much of this will be neutralized, but not all.

At that point, we will have to make a judgment about whether the three considerations in selecting a nominee, electability, conservative bona fides, and vision weigh more for Gingrich or for Romney or Cain.


111 posted on 11/16/2011 12:31:19 AM PST by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: rabscuttle385; All

So much hate on FR...no one but Romney is apparently good for some of you!? At least that’s what your actions determine.


112 posted on 11/16/2011 12:36:11 AM PST by Rick_Michael ( 'REAL' Conservatives who witch hunt their own, are no better than Obama.)
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To: nathanbedford

Ok, let me make it perfectly clear...Newt will be 3 times better president than 0bama. However Newt will be 6 times worse than Cain/Bachmann/Santorum for the conservative agenda. And Newt will be 3 times worse than Perry & Paul.
And even worse, Newt will be a bigger disaster than Romney.


113 posted on 11/16/2011 12:36:25 AM PST by federal__reserve (Obama Vs Perry presidential debates are my worst nightmare! Those will get huge audiences.)
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To: Rick_Michael

Since when stating stark facts become hate?
Hate is when you attack without giving facts and just giving opinions.


114 posted on 11/16/2011 12:38:57 AM PST by federal__reserve (Obama Vs Perry presidential debates are my worst nightmare! Those will get huge audiences.)
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To: Joann37; All

Truth is, some people on FR will not support any candidate...but take some down with them!? They’re just bitter people.

Or others are just Obama supports. Either way, I don’t consider them conservatives; they’re worse than the political enemy!


115 posted on 11/16/2011 12:39:18 AM PST by Rick_Michael ( 'REAL' Conservatives who witch hunt their own, are no better than Obama.)
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To: federal__reserve

(Rhino alert) is not a fact, but an opinion. Posting a thread without that (crap) is ok, but posting ‘rhino alert’ on everything is just propaganda.


116 posted on 11/16/2011 12:44:49 AM PST by Rick_Michael ( 'REAL' Conservatives who witch hunt their own, are no better than Obama.)
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To: napscoordinator

Those are my three too. Santorum is my personal favorite. I like Bachmann and Cain next. Unfortunately, it’s basically over by the time our primary occurs here.


117 posted on 11/16/2011 12:50:49 AM PST by Pinkbell
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To: federal__reserve
I suggested that the candidates be judged relatively on three standards: electability, conservative bona fides, and vision. Clearly, you have made your judgment on conservative bona fides assuming that the candidate is elected. But as John F. Kennedy said, "first you gotta get elected" so I think we have to think about electability.

I include "vision" because beyond reacting to events as a conservative, we expect our President to be proactive, to take our country in a certain direction. At no time in our history since the descent of the Iron Curtain are we facing such a perfect storm of crises that require a leader with vision.

I am content to await Gingrich's answers to the challenges you raise, judge them on all three standards, and then judge them against the other candidates.


118 posted on 11/16/2011 12:59:42 AM PST by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: maine-iac7

Xsqueeze me, you are supporting a guy who has his lips firmly attached to the beltway piggy. So gets what that means, you have no problem with it.

Admit it be proud of it.


119 posted on 11/16/2011 1:01:41 AM PST by Fred (no job no house no gas no food no problem Obama 2012)
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To: bigbob
for services as a historian, according to Newt the other night...

He is such a liar. Did they throw a suitcase of cash at Doris Kearns-Goodwin too? What the hell does Newt Gingrich know about real estate history? HE LOBBIED. We all know it. So why defend him on it?

If he gave a "historical perspective" for a $1.6 million windfall...LET'S SEE IT! C'mon Gingrich...print it out and release it to the public.

He won't Because he is a damned liar and a RINO corruptocrat fraud.

120 posted on 11/16/2011 3:01:13 AM PST by montag813
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