Gingrich Campaign responds to Freddie Mac story

Well, I just did my speech today on Cutting down our National Debt (went really well…Flaming Liberal “professor”), my Chem test was today (probably not too well), tomorrow is my Chem Lab Final (studying now), Monday is Computer Programming Final, Tuesday is Chem. Final, Thursday is “Impromptu speech” in Communications! Pretty busy these days! Thanks for asking though!

Agree about too intense but this guy is dangerous and trecherous and to make things worse tHIS is the guy Obummer most wants to run against ..Why ??

Your facts are sooo scewed is it unbelievable…..Your post is worthless. You need to get your facts correct before you post because what you posted is not correct. Post the whole story then make an opinion.

Did it work?

Did Newt lived up to it?

I will await your answers.

That was Verbatim of his press release that clip just shows the arrogance of the man and the absurdity of his of his words

You might need someone to tell you what to think which has been the problem with voters over the last 50 years in that no one can diseminate information. Facts I have shows he’s a BIG GOV Lib. You might want to do some research.

Newt’s Record – His Recent Conservatism doesn’t match the Record
04/02/1987 – He cosponsored the 1987 Fairness Doctrine
10/22/1991 – He voted for an amendment that would create a National Police Corps.
03/–/1993 – He Voted for sending $1.6 Billion in foreign aid to Russia.
11/19/1993 – He voted for the NAFTA Implementation Act.
11/27/1994 – He supported the GATT Treaty giving sovereignty to the U.N.
08/27/1995 – He suggests that drug smuggling should carry a death sentence.
04/25/1996 – Voted for the single largest increase on Federal education spending ($3.5 Billion)
04/10/1995 – He supported Federal taxdollars being spent on abortions.
06/01/1996 – He helped a Democrat switch parties in an attempt to defeat constitutionalist Ron Paul in the 1996 election.
09/25/1996 – Introduced H.R. 4170, demanded life-sentence or execution for someone bringing 2 ounces of marijuana across the border.
01/22/1997 – Congress gave him a record-setting $300,000 fine for ethical wrongdoing.
11/29/2006 – He said that free speech should be curtailed in order to fight terrorism. Wants to stop terrorists from using the internet. Called for a “serious debate about the 1st Amendment.”
11/29/2006 – He called for a “Geneva Convention for terrorists” so it would be clear who the Constitution need not apply to.
02/15/2007 – He supported Bush’s proposal for mandatory carbon caps.
09/28/2008 – Says if he were in office, he would have reluctantly voted for the $700B TARP bailout.
10/01/2008 – Says in an article that TARP was a “workout, not a bailout.”
12/08/2008 – He was paid $300,000 by Freddie Mac to halt Congress from bringing necessary reform.
03/31/2009 – Says we should have Singapore-style drug tests for Americans.
07/30/2010 – Says that Iraq was just step one in defeating the “Axis of Evil”.
08/03/2010 – Advocates attacks on Iran & North Korea.
08/16/2010 – Opposes property rights of the mosque owner in NYC.
11/15/2010 – He defended Romneycare
12/05/2010 – He said that a website owner should be considered an enemy combatant, hunted down and executed, for publishing leaked government memos.
01/30/2011 – He lobbied for ethanol subsidies.
01/30/2011 – He suggested that flex-fuel vehicles be mandated for Americans.
02/13/2011 – He criticized Obama for sending less U.S. taxdollars to Egypt.
02/15/2011 – His book said that he believes man-made climate-change and advocated creating “a new endowment for conservation and the environment.”
03/09/2011 – He blames his infidelity to multiple wives on his passion for the country.
03/15/2011 – Says that NAFTA worked because it created jobs in Mexico.
03/19/2011 – He has no regrets about supporting Medicare drug coverage. (Now $7.2T unfunded liability)
03/23/2011 – He completely flip-flopped on Libyan intervention in 16 days.
03/25/2011 – He plans to sign as many as 200 executive orders on his first day as president.
04/25/2011 – He’s a paid lobbyist for Federal ethanol subsidies.
05/12/2011 – He was more supportive of individual health-care mandates than Mitt Romney.
06/09/2011 – His own campaign staff resigned en masse.
07/15/2011 – His poorly managed campaign is over $1 Million in debt.
08/01/2011 – He hired a company to create fake Twitter to appear as if he had a following.
10/07/2011 – He said he’d ignore the Supreme Court if need be.
11/16/2011 – Was revealed he actually received 1.6 million from Freddie Mac, vs. his previously stated $300,000

- Gingrich voted for an increase in the debt ceiling in 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1984
- Gingrich voted to permit the Federal Reserve to purchase Treasury Debt
- Bailed out savings and loan institutions in 1991. $40B Bank bailout
- Gingrich voted to strengthen the federal home loan agencies
- Gingrich voted for increased powers to the FDIC to bail out struggling savings and loans through reorganization, purchase of bad assets, or recapitalization.
- Gingrich voted in favor of the Chrysler Bailout in 1979
- Gingrich voted for an oil windfall profits tax in 1979, which was signed by Jimmy Carter.
- Urged the House to repeal the War Powers Act and give the Presidency more power.
- Urged Clinton to expand military presence in Bosnia.
- Gingrich voted against a provision requiring congressional approval prior to deployment of U.S. troops into Central America in 1983.
- Gingrich voted to increase CIA secrecy and against any requirement that the President report covert activity to congress before it is initiated.
- Gingrich voted for Jimmy Carter’s “Energy Mobilization Board.”
- Gingrich voted for an increase in taxes on coal producers in 1981
- Gingrich voted for a 5-cent increase in the gas tax to fund highway and other mass-transit projects.
- Gingrich was one of the few who voted against the 1984 bill requiring the President and Congress to submit a balanced budget
- Gingrich voted for a congressional pay raise
- Gingrich voted against a bipartisan 1% cut to the Department of Defense budget for 1983
- He was a draft-dodger during the Vietnam War, yet pushed aggressive foreign interventionism his entire political career, and did say that Vietnam was the “right battlefield at the right time.”

I believe if you go back and do some research you will find that the true cause of the USA economic collapse all started when the Democrats in 1978 under Jimmy Carter began with the Community Reinvestment Act of 1978. From there it grew into a legistative monster (via Barney ”Sweety Pie” Franks and Chris ”I need a sweetheart loan” Dodd) that forced banks to give out bad loans by forcing banks to loan to low income individuals that normally would never have received a loan because they have no way to repay it.

So, Newt doing some consulting work for ”the Macs” really had no impact nor should it have any impact on his bid for the Presidency.

First of all u cannot cite any evidence that he stopped reform as for the bad stuff newt said or did, he has changed his mind on as many of us have since the ego got elected and since the economic crisis….even some radiotalk show hosts have become more libertarian now, if it is ok for us to change then why not the politicians….question is what causes the change…I believe newt is more conservative now than earlier

You are wasting ur time trying to convince the folks here…. idealogues rarely change their minds

I didn’t go into a history lesson; I was only concentrating on Gingrich. You can delve into the history, but I’ve done that already, and didn’t see any need to do that, here. You can do all the gymnastics you want, but you’re completely ignoring the fact that there is NO CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY for subsidies of private enterprise. Regardless of Dodd Frank, it can be severed, because you cannot write a law that contradicts the Constitution; you would have to amend the Constitution. We are under no obligation to remain in a contracted arrangement, considering we have no authority to either enter or fulfill that contract.

Furthermore, as for being a RINO, yes, he is. This is the same guy that says on the Sean Hannity Show that he doesn’t read the Conservative handbook to see what’s acceptable. The Conservative Handbook is called the Constitution, by the way. Furthermore, the man has not repudiated global warming; he’s only said that appearing in the commercial with a notorious liberal in endorsing that false concept was a “mistake”. Furthermore, he has a history of backing leftist RINOs, over Conservatives, the latest example of which was in NY. Though the Conservative is saying ‘dont’ hold it against him’, that’s precisely what I’m doing. On Gingrich’s own website:

Whether it was helping to build the Republican Party of Georgia back when Democrats controlled the entire state or leading the nationwide effort in 1994 to break 40 years of Democratic rule in the House, Newt has always tried to advance the cause of a truly conservative Republican party. This has always meant supporting the most conservative nominee possible as selected by Republican primary voters.
Therefore, Newt will almost always back the nominee of the Republican party and not back an independent candidate in a race against a Democratic candidate.
Newt still believes in this principle, however, he has admitted it was a mistake to back Dede Scozzafava, the Republican nominee in the 2009 NY-23 special election. Although she was the Republican nominee, the problem was that Republican primary voters did not pick her, the local party leaders did, otherwise her liberal views would have prevented her from becoming the nominee. The Conservative Party candidate whom Scozzafava was running against, Doug Hoffman, recently remarked about Newt’s endorsement of his rival, “I would advise other conservative republicans: Don’t hold this against him.”
http://www.newt.org/answers#Dede

So to him, its all just a party game. He wanted to maximize the number of people with “R” behind their name in office, as opposed to real Conservatives. This is the hallmark, signature move of the establishment Republican, also known as a RINO, and a sure sign that he has no problem with the status quo. Conservative ideas will save America, not the Republican Party. Face it: he has a terrible history, including being the only speaker to be forced out BY HIS OWN PARTY:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2813565/posts

His word is not something that can be trusted. He is soft on illegal immigration, and seems far too interested in showing how smart he thinks he is, quite frankly.