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From the Huffington Post:
Report: Gingrich Stabbed Boehner In Back, Whipped GOP Opposition To Bailout
Sam Stein
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was working aggressively behind the scenes to defeat the Wall Street rescue plan minutes before he himself released a public statement in support of the package, NBC's Andrea Mitchell reported on Tuesday.
Gingrich was whipping up votes for the opposition, Mitchell said, apparently without the knowledge of the current GOP leader, John Boehner, who was responsible for recruiting enough support from his caucus to help ensure the bill's passage. Ultimately, the GOP was only able to rally roughly a third of its members.
"Newt Gingrich," she said on MSNBC, "I am told reliably by leading Republicans who are close to him, he was whipping against this up until the last minute, when he issued that face-saving statement. Newt Gingrich was telling people in the strongest possible language that this was a terrible deal, not only that it was a terrible deal, it was a disaster, it was the end of democracy as we know, it was socialism -- and then at the last minute [he] comes out with a statement when the vote is already in place."
Indeed, as Mitchell noted, shortly before the bill's failure, Gingrich "reluctantly" came out in favor of its passage: "Therefore, while I am discouraged at the final collapse of the Bush Administration, and frustrated by the Democrats' passion for the taxpayer's money, I would reluctantly and sadly vote for the bailout were I still in office."
The rest of the set of Morning Joe had some interesting takes on the news nugget. Joe Scarborough called Gingrich's backstabbing of John Boehner "undercutting his own."
Mike Barnicle offered his own bit of reportorial insight: "Andrea, I could hug you for saying that, because I was told last night by two or they members of Congress that this was the opening salvo of Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign four years hence."
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Liberals looked at the Republican Economic Meltdown of 2008 and saw an opportunity to restore sanity to our markets for the benefit of all Americans.
Conservatives looked at the Republican Economic Meltdown of 2008 and saw
the Reichstag Fire.
4 comments:
Newt = mold infestation
(and the mold is smarter)
If Newt thinks that 4 years from now, his conservative ass, with all the chancres that it has on it, will be attractive enough to the voters to run for dogcatcher, then he's in for a shock.
Looking apprehensively across the Chattahoochee to Cobb County--that's Newt's problem; he's always wanted to be President, but without all that nuisance of actually having to be elected. His ego is the only thing bigger than his ambition.
You know, it's kind of ironic: the same egomania giving the Repugs marching orders for the first real financial crisis of the 21st Century was responsible for the last spectacular federal budget flameout of the 20th.
Irony be still thy bleating fart.
Boehner, if I've read right elsewhere, was out in front to Boot The Newt Back When.
Now, Newtie thinks he's exacted revenge and furthered his 2012 chances.
Only one person is living THAT opiated laced pipedream. And it ain't Boehner. *G*
Way to set the party further back than McCain has, Newtie! THANKS!!! *G*
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