Y’all, Newt.
Okay, so remember when Newt Gingrich, who claimed to be able to cure all the economic woes of America, ran for president in 2012?
And he overspent his campaign account by $4.6 million? You know, because he’s a economic genius.
So then he tried to stiff the people he owed money to. Newt offered a Debt Settlement Plan (DSP) to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to put this matter behind him.
Newt’s offer was : I pay diddle squat and all the people I owe money can either (1) cry me a river, or (2) go straight to hell.
Well, I’ll be damned, the FEC said, “Nope, you dope.”
Click here to read it in a nice, big PDF. You’ll be glad you did because lookie who can cry a river now.
Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.
His name is SWINDLE!!! Total giveaway that they weren’t going to pay off the campaign debts.
1Newt’s treasurer is named Swindle? How appropriate.
2Newtie’s Treasurer is named SWINDLE???
3Wait, wait, WAIT!
Newt’s TREASURER’S name is SWINDLE?
OK, I dislike Newt as much as the next person, but if you do work for a campaign where the Treasurer is named “Swindle” without getting paid UP FRONT, I think you’re just asking for it.
Who were his campaign attorneys? Dewey, Cheatham and Howe?
4It absolutely made my morning to find out that Newtie’s treasurer was named “Swindle.” You can’t make stuff like that up…
5He has always been an ass. Always.
6So, was Swindle the guy’s name or his job description?
7@LynnN: YES!! Love the sweet taste of schadenfreude in the morning…
8His lawyers are from the firm, Dewey, Cheatham and Howe.
Hat tip to Car Talk.
9GASP!! TAYLOR O. SWINDLE, TREASURER
10You have to think that this is a total joke until you realize, no … no, it’s not!! LOL
Boy, oh, boy … Newtie knows how to pick’em!! LOL Oh, that is just priceless!! Seems like a page straight out of Trump’s playbook …
Big surprise… not! This is the man who couldn’t pass a balanced federal budget until Clinton shut down the gov and forced him to do it. This is the man with the million dollar credit line at Tiffany’s. This is the man who prosecuted BillC for his infidelity when he was having one of his own.
Not surprised at all.
11Not to worry… Trump will put on a fund raiser for him.
12And split it 60/40. Calling all Suckers.!!! step right up.
Swindle surely has a job with Trump now, right?
13Taylor O. SWINDLE? Who out there is betting that Newt made that name up himself?
14Taylor Swindle, a worthy successor to the vaunted Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.
15Ormond Otvos, your quote from Car Talk brought back so many gems to mind:
Newt’s Defense Attornies are Justin Volk V., Donnatella Di Cappas, Gil T. Azell, Bud Uronner and Xavier Breath
Accountant: Candace B. Rittenoff
The judge: Heronimus B. Blind
Loved that show. Newt, not so much
16Good ones maryelle. Car Talk is not the same since Tommy died. RIP.
17Don’t leave out the storied CPA firm Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe or the white shoe legal firm Badger, Badger, and Coerce.
18Taylor O. Swindle. Too sweet. What does the O stand for?
19Probably stands for OMG.
20Tom and Ray Magliozzi, smart and funny brothers who sometimes gave advice about cars, but mostly laughed and made their listeners laugh out loud on their PBS radio show, Car Talk.
21http://www.cartalk.com/content/staff-credits
I think the “O” in “Taylor O. Swindle” stands for Obvious.
22Typical republican.
Do as I say, not as I do.
23The original Dewey, Cheatem and Howe was a law firm in several Three Stooges episodes.
24We used to attend an auction house about 90 miles from home, and the ride back coincided with “Car Talk” which made the ride delightful enough that we would slow down a little so we could hear it all.
Mr. Swindle will most likely graduate to Trump’s team to attempt to deflect all those unpaid creditors. Of course his followers are not outraged at Trump’s cheating, they are all thinking, “Damn! why didn’t I think of that”.
25@kevin
26Sorry for the mistake. Been a while since I caught a Stooges film.