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To: Lazamataz

I thought the immediate description of it as a “scandal” was rather amusing.

Gingrich did release all the information a couple of days later, btw.

This is obviously going to be the line of attack they’re going to take. It was very effective in getting him out as Speaker back in 1997, when they attacked him for financial improprieties regarding a college course he taught; they filed 84 ethics charges against him, 83 of which were dropped, and the one that they pursued (an IRS violation) was later found to be without merit - after he had already been removed as Speaker.

It was an act of revenge on the part of the Dems for Gingrich’s success, coupled with abandonment by the RINO wing of the GOP. I think the GOP was embarrassed by his success in getting the Contract with America passed. He was regarded as a “polarizing” (horrors!) figure by the RINOs.


12 posted on 11/19/2011 5:09:41 AM PST by livius
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To: livius

“they filed 84 ethics charges against him, 83 of which were dropped, and the one that they pursued (an IRS violation) was later found to be without merit”

Don’t forget, it was Frist and Hastert leading the charge to boot Gingrish. They wanted to create a crony system like the Democrats have today, for our side, remember?

And Gingrich stood in the way of that.


28 posted on 11/19/2011 6:29:44 AM PST by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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To: livius
"This is obviously going to be the line of attack they’re going to take."

The tactics they used on Sarah Palin were first used on Newt and for the same reason; Elected Conservatives Must be Destroyed.

It is very sad to see all the useful idiots helping the Marxists accomplish their goal of destroying Newt, the man that has done more for conservatives then anyone since Reagan. The most conservative Speaker of the House in the modern era. The man that twice shut down the Federal Government battling Bill Clinton. Newt balanced the budget, Newt kept his promises in the Contract with America and Newt reformed welfare. Show me ANYONE since Reagan with that kind of conservative record.

34 posted on 11/19/2011 7:11:30 AM PST by jpsb
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To: livius

bttt


36 posted on 11/19/2011 7:17:15 AM PST by Matchett-PI ("One party will generally represent the envied, the other the envious. Guess which ones." ~GagdadBob)
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