Posted on 11/20/2011 6:56:38 PM PST by Fred
When Newt Gingrich says he never lobbied, he's not telling the truth.
When he was a paid consultant for the drug-industry's lobby group, Gingrich worked hard to persuade Republican congressmen to vote for the Medicare drug subsidy that the industry favored. To deny Gingrich was a lobbyist requires an Obama-like word parsing over who is and who isn't a lobbyist.
Gingrich stated last week on Fox News, "I do no lobbying of any kind. I never have. A very important point to make. I have never done lobbying of any kind."
But the facts contradict that claim.
First of all, we know that Gingrich has been paid by drug companies and by the drug lobby, notably during the Medicare drug debate. A former employee of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, (the main industry lobby) told me Gingrich was being paid by someone in the industry at the time. A spokeswoman for Gingrich's health care consulting firm, Center for Health Transformation, told me that drug companies have been CHT clients.
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Newt: Part of the problem.
Newt loving CARD CHECK!!
http://www.examiner.com/county-republican-in-dallas/gingrich-blasted-by-national-right-to-work-committee-over-support-for-scozzafava-ny23-race
First Amend, NOT!!!
Newt Gingrich Co-Sponsored the 1987 Pro-Fairness Doctrine Bill
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/04/29/newt-gingrich-co-sponsored-the-1987-pro-fairness-doctrine-bill/
Howard Dean Endorses Newt
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-07-25/politics/gingrich.dean_1_newt-gingrich-gingrich-candidacy-howard-dean?_s=PM:POLITICS
Stop the Insanity say no to Newt
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-11-10/politics/30381368_1_newt-gingrich-conservatives-herman-cain
Too many liberal BS positions to list
http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/11/newt-gingrich-no-conservative?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_
Newt with his BFFS Princess Nancy, Kerry and Al Sharpton
http://www.mofopolitics.com/2011/11/09/friendly-reminder-newt-gingrich-is-a-rino-wimp-and-a-scumbag/
Newt loves HC mandates always has
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2011/05/13/newt-gingrich-long-time-supporter-of-health-insurance-mandates/3/
Newt Flip Flops on Libya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiXPLmbrefI
Professor Cornpone
Ethanol lobbyist Newt Gingrich and us—and the future of the GOP
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704698004576104682930044012.html?mod=djemEditorialPage_h
Newt Gingrich on Bailout: “Reluctantly ... Yes”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJb2NfqwghY&feature=related
So was EVERY other former member of Congress and the Executive branch who ever got to D.C. Like THIS is a shock?
I could accept that ticket too.
Have you even been watching any of the debates? He's been very articulate, especially when attacking Obama's failed policies.
Newt, IMO, was selling his intellectual insider information on how to work the system. He may not have approached members of Congress directly, but he was writing the script and directing the cast.
That’s why I don’t want Newt as POTUS. I think, however, he would be an excellent VP to Cain.
Just like the MSM, your titles don't match the articles. Newt opposes card check. Tell me somthing, now that Newt is climbing in the polls, how many hours a week do you spend campaigning against Newt on FR?
Thank you for proving my point.
I should have clarified my statement more clearly. I was addressing his answers that he has given over the last four days to his “consulting” work with Fannie and other corporations such as GE and the Pharma and Health Care industries.
Newt... candidate with “baggage”... 3 wives. Who knows how many girlfriends over the years? Got paid as a consultant for telling Freddie and Fannie they were on the wrong track (too bad his advice was ignored). But, he is a piker... did not use his high office to seduce an intern, did not get impeached for lying (I did not have sex with that woman). Admitted some dumb mistakes (i.e. adv with Pelosi). But, his original “Contract with America” was a big success. We went from a deficit to a surplus! He can win debating Obama and win the Presidential election. I’ll give him a shot for 4 years w/ his “21st Century Contract with America”. He has my vote!
Lets not forget Jennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky, Dolly Kyle Browning, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broderick. And what about Hillarys friend Vince Foster? RIP. How quickly liberals forget when they are on the attack.
I don’t recall pulling your string.
A complete non sequitur. First you claimed that nobody knows what the hell he's talking about, now you're claiming that he's winning the debates. And here you're lumping conservatives together with the MSM about 'recent' revelations that have been known for years.
Carter signed the Department of Education in 1979, when Newt was a mere freshman in the gop minority. He had nothing to do with it.
No doubt that will not stop you from spreading another lie about him though.
President Newt Gingrich..... get used to it, it’s going to happen.
Good grief the pharmaceutical companies have always been tied to Washington Politics and they do work together one way or another...like it or not.
They are huge contributors to candidates...and for the most part Republicans have been who they contribute the most to.
People seem to think that we're just going to vote and whoever gets it is going to change the corruption and way things are done in Washington overnight...it ain't going to happen. Although booting Obama and his crew is of course the no’ 1# deal.
It takes money to run for office and they all get it from their favorites...be it pharmaceutical company's...big business...banks or what have you...and when politicians leave office they are always sought after because of their political connections. It is no different in other industries as well...it's how it works.
Not enough just to have conservative values at this time in our history...This country needs someone who can plug the holes Obama’s open wide, and knows how to do that and who to get on board to accomplish that.
Three or more years ago I would say the same thing....can’t do that now...it’s not enough.
shut up
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