For those who don’t know, Republicans strongly supported action against Gingrich by the House Ethics Committee.
Old news...yawn...
Newt is NOT for today. Not now.
Gingrich aligned himself with Ronald Reagan. In congress, led the Republican Revolution taking the Republican majority for the first time in 40 years. As Speaker passed the Contract with America, cut taxes, decreased the deficit, balanced the federal budget, blocked HillaryCare, reformed welfare, fought Clinton tooth and nail. A determined aggressive man with these ambitions and accomplishments makes many political enemies along the way. Someones ox always gets gored. Toes get stepped on. Partisan bickering, sniping and ethics charges break out. Nothing came of any of it.
Holy crap, what a bunch of small potatoes. Hell, Obama got half his cash last time from overseas. They went after Newt hard with 85 alleged violations and 84 were bullshit and 1 led to a reprimand. Hell, clinton was censured and the Dems would him back in in a heartbeat. You’re bailing out a rowboat with a dixie cup, my FRiend.
For those who don’t know, Newt exposed House Speaker Jim Wright (D) and Wright was forced out:
In 1988 Wright became the target of an inquiry by the House Ethics Committee. Their report in early 1989 implied that he had used bulk purchases of his book, ‘Reflections of a Public Man’, to earn speaking fees in excess of the allowed maximum, and that his wife, Betty, was given a job and perks to avoid the limit on gifts.
Faced with an increasing loss of effectiveness, Wright tendered his resignation as Speaker on May 31, 1989, the resignation to become effective on the selection of a successor. He was the first Speaker to resign because of a scandal.
Democrats had held for 40 years (1954). When Newt became Speaker (1994) the Democrats wanted revenge and they got it.
We are all guilty of breaking some federal regulation - it’s just a matter of who wants to enforce it and why.
Curiously you didn’t mention the other 84 bogus charges that were filed against Newt & subsequently dropped. He was Palinized before there was such a term. You also failed to mention the IRS cleared him of all charges after his departure.
The dems have been famous for these tactics for years. Have you denounced these tactics........except for ONE instance against Newt? They were wrong all the other times against Newt & MANY others except this once? Do you really not see the pattern?
And what was his unpardonable crime? Teaching a course? C’mon dude.
>> The 395 to 28 vote closes a tumultuous chapter
Tumultuous?
For each House member, $35 billion and counting out the window. Yeah, $15 trillion gone after Gingrich’s tenure, not during. We’re now living “the tumultuous chapter” no thanks to people not like Newt.
Yes sir - I recall. Newt accepts the battlefield as it is instead of changing it. He teases us with occasional offenses then pulls the rug out with a cave in on a core principal.
The more these RINO Repubs fight Newt’s nomination, the more it makes me want him over Mittens
Mfl