NBC's Lauer Hypes Pelosi's Non-Existent Charges Against Gingrich As 'Pretty Alarming'
Despite the fact that Nancy Pelosi has failed to produce any evidence to back up her claim that she "knows something" about Newt Gingrich that would end his candidacy, on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer still touted her unfounded remarks: "...she makes this comment saying, 'Newt Gingrich will not be president, there's something I know.' Now that in itself sounds pretty alarming."
Talking to special correspondent Tom Brokaw, Lauer suggested Pelosi must have some really damaging information that needs to be made public: "Clearly, she's hinting that she learned something that will make, will disqualify him as president. Does she have the right to back out now and back off of that?"
He noted how: "She said in an interview in December....'I know a lot about him....I served on the investigative committee that investigated him....A thousand pages of his stuff.'"
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Brokaw agreed that Pelosi should unleash the supposed bombshell: "Well, I think that she should come clean with the public. If she found out something in the course of that investigation that she's holding, and it appears for political purposes, that's outrageous. I think that the Speaker has a reason to be very unhappy about that....Speaker Gingrich."
At the same time, Brokaw did acknowledge that Pelosi may just be trying to dredge up old news about Gingrich: "If she doesn't know something, I think that she has to say, 'Look, I didn't learn anything in there that the public didn't learn. I'm just talking about what the evidence was and we think that that is enough to disqualify him for the presidency.'"
Brokaw concluded that she should just release all of the privileged knowledge she gained from the confidential congressional investigation: "But I think she has to go a lot farther than she has so far in terms of her role in that investigation, what she may have learned in those closed-door meetings and going through all of those files."
Read the complete transcript of the January 26 exchange.
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If she releases any
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 12:39pm.
If she releases any confidential information from the hearings she has broken federal law. Just like all other Commiecrats since when did the law matter to them? Like it has been said over and over again if Obama had been vetted like this and all the crap in his closet brought to light he would never have been elected.
Bobble-Headed Fools!!!
Submitted by scottyusmc on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 12:41pm.
These bobble-heads are freaking amazing! I’d be laughing at their idiocy if they weren’t destroying the country with their inept propaganda… Talk about tools of the left! A cantaloupe has more critical thinking skills than these folks!
Gingrich, an albino member of the Luo tribe, was born in Kenya.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 12:48pm.
It's gonna come out eventually.
Matt Lauper
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 12:52pm.
I remember when she had a half-head of orange hair.
I wouldn't be surprised if the actual issue weren't reversed
Submitted by bkeyser on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 12:54pm.
and Newt has the goods on Queen Nan. Twice she's run off at the mouth and twice she's backed off. She's certainly got no reason to hold back info that could further disrupt the GOP nomination process, and she's shown a penchant in the past for making brash and unfounded statements -most recently in reference to the Tea Party. She looked reflexively scared in that interview the other day, almost as though her worst nightmare would be a Newt presidency; she didn't seem like someone who had dirt on Newt, but someone who could be dramatically undermined if he was suddenly her boss.
The Executive Branch
Submitted by texasborngranny on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 3:31pm.
and the legislative branch are equal. The president is not the 'boss' of any senator or representative.
But some are more equal than others.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:11pm.
"The executive branch also needs to change. Too often, it's inefficient, outdated and remote. That's why I've asked this Congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureaucracy so that our Government is leaner, quicker, and more responsive to the needs of the American people."
-Sheikh Barack Hussein al Baloney
Jan. 24, 2012
Because sometimes establishing a dictatorshiip just can't wait.
this one
Submitted by texasborngranny on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:24am.
gives me nightmares!!!
Nancy Pelosis wealth
Submitted by LibsRevil on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 1:58am.
If Pelosi has dirt on Gingrigh, perhaps he should bring up the question as to why her familys wealth went up 60% during the recession.
"Something I know"
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 1:04pm.
The cost of Botox per cc when bought in bulk?
Imagine if . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 1:17pm.
. . . former US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman announced, "President Obama will not win re-election. There's something I know."
Then, 24 hours later, he backtracked by saying that he was referring to information that's already in the public domain.
Would the MSM be urging him to release confidential information about Obama's diplomatic relations with the Chinese?
Would they be excoriating him for suggesting that there's scandalous information about their Messiah when in actuality he was referring to Obamacare or something?
Huntsman would be hung in the media either way.
But Pelosi, who has a track record for uttering total nonsense only to retract or edit it later, is treated like a credible source, and urged to violate House rules by releasing information from an ethics investigation of 15 years ago.
Botox or Detox honey, take yer pick
Submitted by Tomorama on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 1:18pm.
I agree with Lauer, for her to make those kind of charges with NO facts presented to back them up is "pretty alarming".
What's that, he didn't mean it that way?
Would that not make him a leftist d-bag shill then?
I also find it alarming that Pelosi actually believes . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 1:26pm.
. . . Should the Democrats regain control of the House, they would restore her as Speaker. She certainly wouldn't get a single GOP vote, and there are enough Dems burned by supporting her Obamcare and stimulus bills that I don't think it's even remotely possible.
Not to mention that she and her husband are in the Top 1% and managed to increase their net worth by some 60% during the recession.
She lives in a political fantasy land.
Yes, it IS alarming!
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 1:51pm.
Yes, it IS alarming. Nancy just committed racketeering! She threatened someone with the release of "damaging information" if that person continues running for office. Since she obtained this "damaging" information while serving in public office, that's a RICO violation! She just committed a felony! Why isn't the DoJ investigating this?
Nancy, get this through that thick skull: you can't go around telling people that someone "won't be elected" because you "know something" based upon the privileged information you received while serving in public office. That's an implied threat! That's a RICO violation! The House should impeach you for that! And they would, if there was any shred of integrity left in the House.
By the way it's not just politicians who are blatantly ignoring the law, it's the "journalists" as well.
"If she found out something in the course of that investigation that she's holding, and it appears for political purposes, that's outrageous."
It's not only "outrageous," it ILLEGAL!
"I think she should come clean with the public."
Are you actually inciting Nancy to release privileged information in violation of law? That's called "criminal solicitation," which is also a felony!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Even before this there were
Submitted by ant on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 1:56pm.
Even before this there were many, many reasons Nancy should be in prison or hanging from the end of a noose. Funny how she can hold onto this 'information' but 2,000 page federal mandates must be shoved down our throats as soon as possible. Perhaps she should tell us now, so we 'can find out what's in it'.
People like Pelosi should count their blessings that I don't hold public office. I would be their worst nightmare.
People like Pelosi...
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 2:25pm.
People like Pelosi are living proof of the dangers of injecting botulism toxin less than 3 millimeters away from your frontal lobes.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Why does......
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:13pm.
Why does the word "blackmail" come to mind?
⇒ Isn't that racist?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 5:20pm.
Sorry, maybe I need my codespeak detector recalibrated. It went off like a siren.
Had the same thought: Pelosi's engaging in blackmail.
Submitted by Mike Bratton on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 9:14pm.
Her behavior is much more appropriate for "Dynasty" or "Falcon Crest" than for the House of...
Well, maybe she fits in after all.
Nevertheless, each time she's said she knows "something" about Gingrich that would prevent him from ever becoming President, she's committing a crime. Of course, under the Obama dictatorship, she gets not only a pass, but the fawning media attention as well.
--Mike
Criminal Solicitation?
Submitted by QMCS on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 7:57pm.
I thought thats what you get charged with for propositioning a hooker?
Those damn vice cops misled me.
They sure did!
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 2:16pm.
"Those damn vice cops misled me."
They sure did, as that particular charge is usually called "criminal sexual solicitation." Not that I know anything about that, mind you.
"Criminal solicitation" is when you solicit others to perform any type of crime. Whether that crime is sexual in nature or not is immaterial.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Criminal solicitation
Submitted by ant on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 3:06pm.
Is that like when a Speaker bribes a Senator named Landrieu to vote for an un-Constitutional federal mandate or when a credit card company offers a Speaker 50,000 shares of IPO stock in exchange for shelving a Bill?
evidence
Submitted by ladeflippinda on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 1:58pm.
It's not the evidence that matters, but the sincerity and severity of the accusations.
By the way...
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 2:08pm.
By the way, I know why Nancy made that original statement, and why she "back tracked." That statement was meant as a test as to determine how receptive America would be to the illegal release of privileged information for political reasons. What do they call it? Testing the waters? Raising a test balloon? (It's sad that it happens so often that we not only have one term for it, we have several!)
The DNC was, undoubtedly, ready to release that information if Americans, in general, wouldn't have been, shall we say, opposed to the idea. They were hoping that the general population would "demand" such a release, and the DNC would have been more than happy to do so, regardless of the legality of such a release. "The people have a right to know," right?
As America is clearly appalled at such an idea, she suddenly claims that it's all "public information."
Opps, the poly didn't work! Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Good Lord.
Submitted by johnsonl on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 2:15pm.
A liberal lies and the MSM swears to it.
Do they understand that liberalism is a failed doctorine?
Matt and Nancy and Tom
Submitted by mmilesll on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 3:24pm.
Reminds me of the Three Stooges-no offense to the Three Stooges.
I Almost Threw Up in My Mouth When
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 4:05pm.
I saw the videotape of this hideous, mascara-painted clown.
How can you look at her and not think that she needs a straight-jacket and a vial of Thorazine?
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
Me thinks that
Submitted by nolefan2 on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:58pm.
Nancy better not let her mouth write a check that her rear end can't cash. She needs to put up or shut up.