saveliberty Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Washington Examiner: What really happened in the Gingrich ethics case? by Byron York Chief Political Correspondent posted6 hours ago at11:20pm with72 Comments The Romney campaign has been hitting Newt Gingrich hard over the 1990s ethics case that resulted in the former Speaker being reprimanded and paying a $300,000 penalty. Before the Iowa caucuses, Romney and his supporting super PAC did serious damage to Gingrich with an ad attacking Gingrich's ethics past. Since then, Romney has made other ads and web videos focusing on the ethics matter, and at the Republican debate in Tampa Monday night, Romney said Gingrich "had to resign in disgrace." In private conversations, Romney aides often mention the ethics case as part of their larger argument that Gingrich would be unelectable in a race against President Obama. Given all the attention to the ethics matter, it's worth asking what actually happened back in 1995, 1996, and 1997. The Gingrich case was extraordinarily complex, intensely partisan, and driven in no small way by a personal vendetta on the part of one of Gingrich's former political opponents. It received saturation coverage in the press; a database search of major media outlets revealed more than 10,000 references to Gingrich's ethics problems during the six months leading to his reprimand. It ended with a special counsel hired by the House Ethics Committee holding Gingrich to an astonishingly strict standard of behavior, after which Gingrich in essence pled guilty to two minor offenses. Afterwards, the case was referred to the Internal Revenue Service, which conducted an exhaustive investigation into the matter. And then, after it was all over and Gingrich was out of office, the IRS concluded that Gingrich did nothing wrong. After all the struggle, Gingrich was exonerated [Read the whole thing. H/T Instapundit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
righteousmomma Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 THIS IS A MUST READ Thanks, Save Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 The question is will the Romney campaign drop this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5icfNKtboY Mark Levin defends Newt against ethics claims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5icfNKtboY Mark Levin defends Newt against ethics claims. I would pay cash money to watch The Great One vs. Christie! Dollars to donuts he won't take up Levin on his offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cudjo Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 very good article Save Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyle58 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 If you really want to experience the ridiculousness of Christie's statements, try Googleing ethic complaints against Chris Christie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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