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First, a brief review of his past. Gingrich has exemplified the sanctity of marriage by divorcing twice (once sending divorce papers to his wife while she recovered from cancer) and marrying three times. He allegedly cheated on his first two wives with the subsequent wife. In the shadow of various congressional ethics investigations and following the over-the-top impeachment process against President Clinton as well as the dismal Republican showing in the 1998 midterms, Gingrich was forced out as speaker by other Republicans including John Boehner. He subsequently resigned from Congress. His former congressional staff reportedly referred to Gingrich as a "sociopath."
It's also worth noting for the benefit of strict constructionist tea party people who cherish the original intent of the founding documents, that Gingrich isn't too fond of the Constitution when it comes to national security. In late 2006, Gingrich famously repeated the fear-stricken far-right refrain, You can't have a Constitution if you're dead, when he said he'd restrict free speech rights in order to fight terrorism. Recently, Gingrich said he would ignore the Supreme Court on matters of security, thus exceeding the executive powers enumerated in Article II. If you're a tea party member and you claim to be a constructionist, these remarks ought to knock your tri-cornered hat clean off your skull.
Peppered throughout Gingrich's time as the flavor of the month were bits of the Southern Strategy. Gingrich is a well-known demagogue who, like Lee Atwater and Frank Luntz, is a master of Orwellian language and dog whistles. (In 1994, Gingrich authored a memo for GOPAC titled Language: A Key Mechanism for Control. You might recognize many of Gingrich's suggested words used in Republican talking points even today.) As such, he's been known to pop off very well calculated bursts of subtle race baiting. For example, in May, Gingrich said, "President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history." Hmm. Earlier that month, he compared the success of the mostly white Texas with the failure of the mostly black Detroit. There's also that time in late 2010 when Gingrich invoked Birtherism, saying that President Obama has a "Kenyan, anti-colonial worldview." Later, Gingrich expressed support for a Jim Crow style law requiring an American history test before being allowed to register to vote.
There was also the time in early May when Gingrich told the Christian Broadcasting Network that his love of country forced him to do things that "weren't appropriate," and led to his two divorces. Yes, he loved America so much he just couldn't keep his pants on.
Liberals worried about Newt and Freddie Mac- nothing more than a smear campaign.. put your money where your fat mouths are:
about Senator Obamas statement earlier today is he kept bringing up greed on Wall Street. Hes got two economic advisors. One was leading up his vice-presidential selection campaign, Jim Johnson. He used to work at Fannie Mae. He was a top exec at Lehman Brothers. He made tens of millions of dollars. And the Washington Post had reported that Frank Raines made $90 million in six years as the head of Fannie Mae and that he has been an economic advisor for for Barack Obama.
It isnt just Fannie Mae where Obama has a problem. Another close political adviser, in fact the one man responsible for rallying support for Obama early on among Congressional Democrats, is Rep. Rahm Emanuel, who served on the Board of Directors for Freddie Mac after leaving the Clinton White House. According to Freddie Mac insiders, Emanuel during his time on the board opposed every reform proposed by the Bush Administration that would have impacted Freddie and Fannie Mae.
Now all of a sudden it becomes an outrage with libs.. No matter Chris Dodd, no matter Barney Franks, no matter Obama, no matter Rahmbo.. Barack Obama Fannie Mae Lobbyists second favorite senator « JuggaMyNuggaWhat?
Fannie and Freddie have also been places for big Washington Democrats to go to work in the semi-private sector and pocket millions. The Clinton administration's White House Budget Director Franklin Raines ran Fannie and collected $50 million. Jamie Gorelick Clinton Justice Department official worked for Fannie and took home $26 million. Big Democrat Jim Johnson, recently on Obama's VP search committee, has hauled in millions from his Fannie Mae CEO job.
Read more: Barack Obama's Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Connection | Fox News
If it's a NOW a big deal then your messiah needs to resign as well as all the Clintonites.
High Infidelity
By Steve Benen
But the most notorious of them all is undoubtedly Gingrich, who ran for Congress in 1978 on the slogan, "Let Our Family Represent Your Family." (He was reportedly cheating on his first wife at the time). In 1995, an alleged mistress from that period, Anne Manning, told Vanity Fair's Gail Sheehy: "We had oral sex. He prefers that modus operandi because then he can say, 'I never slept with her.'" Gingrich obtained his first divorce in 1981, after forcing his wife, who had helped put him through graduate school, to haggle over the terms while in the hospital, as she recovered from uterine cancer surgery. In 1999, he was disgraced again, having been caught in an affair with a 33-year-old congressional aide while spearheading the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton.
"High Infidelity" by Steve Benen
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Now Have a Blank Check
Obama gives blank check to Freddie and Fannie. Corruption?
On Christmas Eve, President Obama quietly signed an executive order removing the caps of $200 billion dollars that the Treasury was authorized to spend on each of the two mortgage underwriters. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now will have access to unlimited Treasury funds through 2012 this despite the fact that Treasury has so far provided $61 billion to Fannie and $50 billion to Freddie, both formidable sums, but a far cry from the now-abolished $200 billion ceiling.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Now Have a Blank Check
Obama gives blank check to Freddie and Fannie. Corruption?
On Christmas Eve, President Obama quietly signed an executive order removing the caps of $200 billion dollars that the Treasury was authorized to spend on each of the two mortgage underwriters. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now will have access to unlimited Treasury funds through 2012 this despite the fact that Treasury has so far provided $61 billion to Fannie and $50 billion to Freddie, both formidable sums, but a far cry from the now-abolished $200 billion ceiling.
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac phase-out plan due from Obama - Feb. 9, 2011
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Now Have a Blank Check
Obama gives blank check to Freddie and Fannie. Corruption?
On Christmas Eve, President Obama quietly signed an executive order removing the caps of $200 billion dollars that the Treasury was authorized to spend on each of the two mortgage underwriters. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now will have access to unlimited Treasury funds through 2012 this despite the fact that Treasury has so far provided $61 billion to Fannie and $50 billion to Freddie, both formidable sums, but a far cry from the now-abolished $200 billion ceiling.
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac phase-out plan due from Obama - Feb. 9, 2011
And how is that plan working out? The bonuses were a bit high for such a failing institution, don't ya think. What an inept leader.
Isn't it facked up how Retardplicans still bash Dems over Clinton's cheating and praise Newt as the latest flavor as if he's perfect and great?
