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  • Giving Newt a Pass

    11/21/2011 11:32:24 AM PST · by Fred · 111 replies · 2+ views
    National Review ^ | 112111 | John Derbyshire
    I can’t understand why Newt Gingrich is getting such a pass on his Freddie Mac consulting. He claims to have been a historian for this outfit? FHLMC needs a historian like the U.S.A. needs a Department of Education, like Europe needs a common currency, like … like … I dunno, like Michelle Obama needs another $12,000 accessory. I sputtered about this on last week’s Radio Derb: Newt’s trying to ju-jitsu the thing, telling us that his experience as a shill for Freddie Mac gave him valuable insider understanding of governmental affairs. Isn’t that what we want in a candidate, valuable...
  • Gingrich May Have Unlikely Ally in Obama on Lobbying

    11/17/2011 12:59:15 PM PST · by wolfman23601 · 40 replies
    New York Times ^ | 11/17/2011 | Michael Shear
    Newt Gingrich explains away his work for the Freddie Mac mortgage giant by insisting on the rather fine distinction that he was never, officially, a registered lobbyist. And on that point, he has the intellectual — if inadvertent — support of an unlikely ally: President Obama.