Speaker Gingrich says it is false and defamatory!

Great Wire - Fox News Insider ^ | January 6, 2012 | Greta Van Susteren

[true believer forever]

"It has recently come to our attention that your station has either been asked to run, or may soon be asked to run, various advertising spots produced by the Mitt Romney aligned SuperPAC “Restore Our Future” or Romney for President, the principal campaign committee of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Included among the Romney advertisements submitted to your station for broadcast are likely to be various advertisements which specifically mention Speaker Gingrich and purport to quote or reference the findings of a 1997 report issued by the House Select Committee on Ethics (the “Report”).

The content of these advertisements state and/or suggest that, Speaker Gingrich was “fined” $300,000 for “violations” of congressional rules. These statements are NOT TRUE. In fact, ANY statement, suggestion, or innuendo that Speaker Gingrich was assessed a congressional fine for violations of House Ethics Rules is fundamentally false and misleading. If published after your receipt of this letter, it will be a knowing publication of a false statement. As such, it represents a defamatory communication which exposes this station to potential civil liability. In turn, we do hereby DEMAND that your station immediately REFUSE, and if started, CEASE airing any such advertisements and refrain from broadcasting their content until such time as the libelous statements have been removed."

[Mr. K]

I dont think Romney is going to like Newt durin gthe next debate

GO NEWT~!

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“Noot plea bargained the fine to have the other charges dropped, now he is claiming he did not do that. Bull!”

KMRRA, Mr Romneyite...

[bigbob]

Much like the Herman Cain “agreement” vs “settlement”, the average Joe will not understand, or care. I don’t think Newt can win this, and threats will backfire and make him look vindictive and whiny.

[true believer forever]

Gingrich could add some funds to his campaign this way... don’t these suits usually get settled for lots of money?

[presently no screen name]

Informative post. Thank you! Go Newt - expose the evil one, strip him down to his venom veins and all the favors he will be counted on to pay on the back of America.

[greeneyes]

Thanks so much for clarifying this situation. I could not remember all the details, but I did remember it was a baseless witch hunt.

I am glad that Newt is taking steps to make sure this bilge is not broadcast far and wide.

[org.whodat]

LOL, do not think it has anything to do with willard. Unless he bought a flux capacitor and time travels.

[fantom]

“If it looks like a troll and posts like a troll, by God, it must be troll”1

“Howdy, troll”!

You have to do better than that . Get used to this. This is just the start . If you think this is tough wait until the O people start on him. He will spend most of his time fighting off charges , real or not.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Some anti Romney stuff that is just coming out.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/06/new-anti-romney-video-attacks-bain-capital-work.html

New Anti-Romney Video Attacks Bain Capital Work

[HiTech RedNeck]

So anti-Newters should make a trivial change in the news story to clarify the nature of the non-fine “fine” (sanction, restitution, whatever it actually was) then Newt won’t have a leg to stand on any more when complaining about it.

[TomGuy]

The FACT remains he was NOT “fined.” PERIOD.

So, then, why did he have to borrow money from Bob Dole to pay part of the 'non fine'?

Gingrich is parsing and nuancing.

Maybe he was just donating $300,000 to the House Ethics Committee's annual ballroom dance. [/s]

[presently no screen name]

We have a conservative who is fighting back and look at the trolls who are condemning him for it with ‘their spin on it’.

Go NEWT! I want to see what candidate and or politician will stand with you or the liberal media and their liberal son. Americans are behind you and your fighting spirit against socialism/liberalism!

[rockinqsranch]

As has been stated before in other threads, other articles there is so much disinformation from that era out there, imaginings of the Left with purpose at the time to discredit Newt as he was the biggest thorn in their side.

83 trumped up accusations investigated at great cost were tossed. Invalid accusations drummed up by Democrats for the purpose of smearing one man, and the accusers knew they were throwing lies out there, yet they got away with it, because they were Democrats.

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts I coined “DISS-Information” for just this type of activity. It’s SOP for the Democrats.

[onyx]

“We’re going to release a short, 27-minute film that is well-documented, and tells the real story of Mitt Romney at Bain Capital—and it’s not a pretty story,” says Rick Tyler, adviser to a pro-Gingrich PAC.
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WHACK!

[Diogenesis]

The cheating, backstabbing ineligible, RomneyCARE-creating, RINO:
"Lie for me. Promise anything for me.
Hurt anyone for me. Anyone. For me. For me."

"Vote Count Error? Did Rick Santorum Really Win the Iowa Caucuses?
DES MOINES, Iowa - Edward True, 28, of Moulton, said he helped count the votes
and jotted the results down on a piece of paper to post to his Facebook page.
He said when he checked to make sure the Republican Party of Iowa
got the count right, he said he was shocked to find they hadn’t.
“When Mitt Romney won Iowa by eight votes and I’ve got a
20-vote discrepancy here, that right there says Rick Santorum won Iowa,” True said. “Not Mitt Romney.”

"Several UNREPORTED news reports have it that Romney
did not win the Iowa Caucuses.
Barring any objective, verifiable proof that shows more than 12 votes mistakenly
being credited to Santorum, Romney lost."

"Could Typo Rewrite Caucus History? (Santorum may regain win)"

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Romney for Obama in 2008

Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."

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The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
… aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.

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"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."

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"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."

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"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

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[Parley Baer]

Yep, a troll all right. He must be working for the Mitt/McQueeg campaign.

[ConfidentConservative]

Calling these people out is a good thing. Specially when it has been proven over and over on FR.

You did the right thing Onyx! Thanks

[presently no screen name]

Truth BUMP!

[LuvFreeRepublic]

I don't have ping list and don't know who to do a thread. I have been trying to get someone to notice the link I posted. Also on twitter, stuff being tweeted about Romney doing money laundering. Hope that is true and hope it comes out soon. Could get a little rough for Mittens.