Posted on 12/05/2011 12:13:48 PM PST by maggief
Newt Gingrich said that a threat from Nancy Pelosi to disclose information she learned while serving on an ethics committee investigating him during his time as Speaker of the House would "totally abuse the ethics process" and violate rules of the House of Representatives.
"I want to thank Speaker Pelosi for what I regard as an early Christmas gift," Gingrich said at a press conference in Manhattan Monday.
Gingrich denounced Pelosi's threat as "a fundamental violation of the rules of the House," and said that if Pelosi were to disclose details of the investigation, it would expose the "tainted ethics process the House was engaged in." He also called for the House to condemn Pelosi if she were to reveal anything from the ethics probe.
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My goodness! If they are completely ignoring the Connsitution, why does he think Pelosi would adhere to the House rules?
I don’t care if Pelosi has video of Newt doing her doggy style on top of Monica’s blew dress!
I am voting for Newt!
Romney can KMA
Um, and eyebrows, cheeks, chin, etc!! Plasti-girl!!
In next week’s episode, Pelosi eats Newt in one bite and slowly digests him over a thousand years.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/69805.html
When I asked Gingrich how he would characterize a career politician, and is Mitt Romney one, he pointed to his rival’s repeated runs for office - the U.S. Senate, governor, and running for president “for six years” - and said he would let the press decide.
I knew he’d get her. She’s like a kid who gets caught stealing cookies, and her response is to come up with harsh new punishments for cookie thieves.
Newt: would you please pledge an investigation of Ms. Pelosi’s insider trading?
That is stealing, and how can a house member be exempted from the laws that apply to ordinary citizens? Is Ms. Pelosi American royalty?
Gingrich: "Eighty-three charges were repudiated as false," he said, adding, "The one mistake was a letter by a lawyer I didn't read carefully."
Paraphrasing Pelosi: But it's the seriousness of the charges that matters.
Newt has the brass to take on all comers from the left.
I like his style and will be helping his campaign.
“Newt has the brass to take on all comers from the left.”
Yep- that’s the way it must be done.
This is why I like Newt. He’s got the brass that no other candidate has.
I caught that also, she definitely is doing something unethical by threatening to release confidential ethics committee info on settled cases.
Haven't you heard?
Pelosi, Kerry, Boner and company have appointed themselve to the committee who wil be "investigating" congressional insider trading.
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“I dont care if Pelosi has video of Newt doing her doggy style on top of Monicas blew dress!”
LMAO....
Me too, totally committed to Newt, now.
That’s fiberglass, like the rest of her...
He’s a total fool if he thinks she cares about any house ethics rules.
Sounds like a fake fight to me.
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