Maine-iac7 has started a Newt ping list if anyone wants on it.
Heard this on FOX today. Sounded like they had discovered it.....Only thing remembered from the report was that it clearly stated Newt was NOT a lobbyist
That does not at all mean that he wasn't being paid to peddle his influence on Capitol Hill. In fact, that's exactly what the Freddie Mac officers said the contract was about:
Former Freddie Mac officials familiar with the consulting work Gingrich was hired to perform for the company in 2006 tell a different story. They say the former House speaker was asked to build bridges to Capitol Hill Republicans and develop an argument on behalf of the company’s public-private structure that would resonate with conservatives seeking to dismantle it.
Remember when the Bush administration was trying to strengthen regulation of Fannie and Freddie, a move that just might have prevented the worst of the housing market crash? Yeah, Gingrich was at that time "building bridges" to Capitol Hill Republicans, trying to convince them NOT to dismantle the GSE's.
Thanks, Newt.
And thanks to conservatives for "not caring."
I'll vote for the man if he gets the nomination, but he's not the savior some are making him out to be.