Reply With QuoteGingrich is too easy.
"SO, instead of helping out those homeowners with distressed mortgages, we bailed out lobbyists, like Mr. Gingrich."
This should shoot the 'turkey' down in the GOP ratings..... maybe. The guy stood up for Freddie Mac!!!! Then he bad mouths them out the other side of his mouth. The amount paid to him now amounts to possibly $1.8 million. I wonder how many cars and rings it bought his newer ole lady?
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Gingrich says he received Freddie Mac compensation
By Associated Press
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
URBANDALE, Iowa —Rising in national polls, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich found himself on the defensive today over huge payments he received over the past decade from the federally backed housing agency Freddie Mac.
Gingrich said he didn’t remember exactly how much he was paid, but a former Freddie Mac official said it was at least $1.5 million for consulting contracts stretching from 1999 to 2007. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel matter.
Speaking with reporters in Iowa, Gingrich said he provided "strategic advice for a long period of time" after he resigned as House speaker following his party’s losses in the 1998 elections. He defended Freddie Mac’s role and said, "every American should be interested in expanding housing opportunities." Long unpopular among Republicans, the federally backed mortgage lender has become a focal point of anti-government sentiment because of the housing crisis.
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6/12 - Romney's record at Bain "Sterling"~ praised Bill Clinton
From 'the President's Club':
*After Nixon died, Clinton compared the death with the loss of his mother
*Clinton came to rely on Nixon’s advice
*Nixon ingratiated himself with so many of his successors, particularly Mr. Clinton.
*George H.W. Bush’s ... relationship with Bill Clinton has grown so close
*Clinton is now referred to in the Bush family as the “Brother From Another Mother”
*Mr. Clinton / George W. Bush, who have become unexpectedly close and also worked on joint endeavors
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