On Hannity last night, Newt said he was exonerated of all 84 ethics charges in the 90’s, pointed out that Romney had investments in Fannie and Freddie and also that he has two lobbyists for Fannie and Freddie in his attack ad against Newt, and then he referenced this article in ‘08 regarding Newt’s advice on Fannie and Freddie:
Behind a G.O.P. Revolt, Ideology and Politics
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Mr. Boehner and other House Republicans were furious at the White House for signing on to the bill, and they pointed to Mr. Paulson as the culprit. For his part, according to lawmakers who had discussions with the Treasury secretary, Mr. Paulson privately complained that the Republicans simply did not grasp the severity of the economic threat posed by the potential for a housing collapse.
What they do grasp is a need to draw some sharp distinctions between themselves and Democrats, and to reassert themselves as ardent foes of wasteful government spending. They are convinced that traveling a wayward fiscal path was the reason for their undoing in 2006.
“We learned our lesson after the 2006 election,” said a chastened Mr. Boehner. “I’d be the first to admit that I think some of my colleagues lost their way leading up to the ’06 election.”
Senior Republican officials acknowledged privately that another factor had also been at work in the Republican tide against the housing bill: the prospect of a leadership fight after the fall elections. Given the chance of losses in November, the current leadership team is not assured another term at the top. And Mr. Boehner, other Republican leaders and potential challengers are doing what they can to demonstrate their conservative bona fides to the rightward-tilting House Republican membership.
“I believe rewarding, encouraging and reinforcing risky investments should not be the role of the government and certainly shouldn’t be financed by taxpayers,” said Representative Roy Blunt of Missouri, the No. 2 Republican, in explaining his stance against the bill.
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke at a private party meeting before the vote and joined Mr. Boehner in encouraging Republicans to oppose the measure, rallying lawmakers who remember that it was Mr. Gingrich’s ideas that prevailed in the halcyon days of the Republican revolution.
FOX DID AN EDITING JOB ON THIS INTERVIEW AND CUT ALL OF THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION OUT!!
I bet they did, thanks for the info.
Drudge, Coulter, talk shows or some of them , establishment, they have all been found out in this election and that goes for the MSM including FOX