I have read may of your post and really felt you where one who looked for and sided with the truth, willing to fight for it.
In this case I am totally surprised!
I gave you exact quotes from the Democrats involved. THEY said it was not a fine because by THE LAWS it COULD NOT be called a fine. But yet you are continuing to call it a fine.
With 83 violations (attacks) on Newt Gingrich...
Lets see what that looks like...
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,
21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,
38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,
55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,
72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,
Yes, all of these attacks and on 1 they spent hours and hours and hours trying to find evidence that the 1 mistake was ledgement And guess what, it was a mistake made by the lawyer...
That is right, What the DEMOCRATS spent all that time on was a mistake Made by Newt Gingrich’s LAWYER.
(THE DEMOCRATS should have PAID for that witch hunt, not Newt Gingrich.)
Now I really like you Tomguy. I have read may of your posts in the past. But this time. YOU are the one not letting go of the knat. And trying to beat the knat with a BASEBALL BAT. and that is what the DEMOCRATS what you to do.
What really fries me on this one, is Newt Gingrich has stated he will take the responsibilty for the error made by his LAWYER. And yet he is being treated like a criminal!
Okay, it is NOT a fine.
Gingrich still had to pay $300k.
Parsing and nuancing is NOT going to change that.
Gingrich paid it in installments, part of which he borrowed from Bob Dole.
And it helped in ending Gingrich’s speakership.