(dtroutma said, 1 day agoNewt is simply THE number ONE CHAMP on “gaming the system”, and HE wrote the “rules” that made all the criminality “legal”!! Doesn’t anyone remember the “Contract ON America”??? Yes, BOTH sides have gamed that system, but we really DO need to consider who wrote the rules while in the majority as “speaker”. Anything less is stupidity.END QUOTE FROM A POSTER IDIOT.)-1.ONE member of congress cannot “write congress’ rules”…it takes a majority.2."the 1994 “contract FOR America” was a political campaign agenda…..and the winning GOP House members tried to do all 10 promises, the legal constitutional way!3.Newt, as a private citizen, with a business selling advice and counseling, DID NOT GAME THE SYSTEM. His firm did work for fees, hired by APPOINTED executives of Freddy Mac.4.the members of congress who use “inside info” to obtain certain stocks/properties sure to increase in value due to congressional actions, are the guilty ones who “Game the System”…..there is no evidence Newt ever did that.5.Congressmen have exempted themselves from laws sincde since the beginning….long before Newt ever was elected the first time…..they also protect themselves from accountability by not allowing lawsuits for damages done by their laws/projects/programs.
(dtroutma said, 1 day agoNewt is simply THE number ONE CHAMP on “gaming the system”, and HE wrote the “rules” that made all the criminality “legal”!! Doesn’t anyone remember the “Contract ON America”??? Yes, BOTH sides have gamed that system, but we really DO need to consider who wrote the rules while in the majority as “speaker”. Anything less is stupidity.END QUOTE FROM A POSTER IDIOT.)-1.ONE member of congress cannot “write congress’ rules”…it takes a majority.2."the 1994 “contract FOR America” was a political campaign agenda…..and the winning GOP House members tried to do all 10 promises, the legal constitutional way!3.Newt, as a private citizen, with a business selling advice and counseling, DID NOT GAME THE SYSTEM. His firm did work for fees, hired by APPOINTED executives of Freddy Mac.4.the members of congress who use “inside info” to obtain certain stocks/properties sure to increase in value due to congressional actions, are the guilty ones who “Game the System”…..there is no evidence Newt ever did that.5.Congressmen have exempted themselves from laws sincde since the beginning….long before Newt ever was elected the first time…..they also protect themselves from accountability by not allowing lawsuits for damages done by their laws/projects/programs.