What Romney did was totally fine in a market economy. Buying companies and making them more competitive is useful for the economy.
What Gingrich did with his “consulting” with Fannie Mae is legal but corrupt in the sense that he was fully participating in a corrupt political system. In fact, he is such an expert at maneuvering that corrupt system that he was able to sidestep the regulations by not registering as a lobbyist.
Please don’t be so stupid as to believe that the huge fees Gingrich got from Fannie Mae was for so-called “consulting.” Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were dishing out money to every politician who would help their cause. Fannie and Freddie had the biggest pig trough the government has ever seen and Newt was feeding on it more than anyone.
There is no question that Newt Gingrich will perpetuate our corrupt political system as he has for decades. He is the poster child. He was the leader of it. He will allow the politicians in Washington D.C. and around the country to continue their unholy alliance with special interests (like Fannie and Freddie.)
As Sarah Palin has said, crony capitalism is probably our biggest problem. Our politicians are serving their sugar-daddy special interests, not the people. Until we clean out the corruption, it will be almost impossible to fix our system, economy and country.
Don’t be fooled by Gingrich. He is telling people what they want to hear without meaning it.
He is playing you.
DON’T BE STUPID: NEWT IS CORRUPT AND WILL PERPETUATE A CORRUPT GOVERNMENT.
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It would seem that Roney had sosmething to do with a lot of people losing their jobs in companies he owned. Roineney may be a Temple Priest, but he is no angel.
Read “Can Mitt Ronney Serve Two Masters?”, by Tricia Erickson. She has the full story.