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NBC and Brokaw Ask Romney Campaign to Take Down Ad Featuring 1997 ‘Nightly News’ Report on Gingrich’s Ethics Committee Reprimand

NBC and Brokaw Ask Romney Campaign to Take Down Ad on Gingrich Reprimand

(AP)  NBC asked GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday to pull a campaign advertisement made up almost entirely of a 1997 “Nightly News” report on Newt Gingrich’s ethics committee reprimand.

The “History Lesson” ad started running in Florida on the weekend, when it is harder for stations to switch ad traffic even if they want to. Broadcast days before Tuesday’s primary, the ad shows former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw saying that some of Gingrich’s House colleagues had raised questions about the then-speaker’s “future effectiveness.”

Under Brokaw’s image is a line that reads – “Paid for by Romney for President, Approved by Mitt Romney.”

The footage was used without permission and the extensive use of the broadcast “inaccurately suggests that NBC News and Mr. Brokaw have consented to the use of this material and agree with the political position espoused by the videos,” NBC’s vice president of media law, David N. Sternlicht, wrote Romney’s campaign manager, Matt Rhoades.

“Aside from the obvious copyright issues, this use of the voice of Mr. Brokaw and the NBC News name exploits him and the journalistic credibility of NBC News,” the letter said. The network asked for the campaign to stop running the ad immediately and revise any other videos or commercials to remove at NBC material.

“As a news organization, NBC News objects to any use of NBC News journalists and our copyrighted material that suggests to the public that we or our journalists are taking sides with any individual or organization involved in a political campaign or dispute, and we request that your organization respect that concern,” the letter said.

Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said the campaign isn’t likely to stop running the ad.

“We just received the letter. We are reviewing it, but we believe it falls within fair use,” he said. “We didn’t take the entire broadcast; we just took the first 30 seconds.”

NBC spokeswoman Lauren Kapp said a similar request went to other campaigns that “have inappropriately” used material from “Nightly News,“ ”Meet the Press,“ ”Today” and MSNBC. Kapp said she was not aware of such uses by other campaigns.

Brokaw said in a statement released by NBC that he was “extremely uncomfortable with the extended use of my personal image in this political ad. I do not want my role as a journalist compromised for political gain by any campaign.”

Brokaw stepped down in 2004 after 21 years as anchor and managing editor of “Nightly News,” but continues to report for the network, including on the 2012 presidential campaign.

Asked about Brokaw’s concern, Fehrnstrom said only, “We respect him as a newsman who has a lot of credibility, but we believe this falls within fair use standards.”

The House ethics panel investigated Gingrich’s use of tax-exempt organizations. The case ended in January 1997 with a reprimand by the House and a $300,000 penalty against Gingrich for misleading the committee and prolonging its investigation.

Romney has sought the release of all records from the probe. The committee did make public its final report as well as exhibits – which amounted to a comprehensive account of its findings. The head of the ethics committee during the Gingrich investigation, former Republican Rep. Nancy Johnson, said the committee traditionally does not publicly release investigative documents.

The National Journal has speculated what the ad would look like without the NBC footage:

Comments (141)

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  • UBETHECHANGE
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:30pm

    Not a Romney endorsement…

    Here are a few Newt nuggets…

    In 2003, Gingrich stumped hard for President George W. Bush’s prescription drug bill, which has added about $17 trillion to Medicare’s unfunded liabilities. “Every conservative member of Congress should vote for this Medicare bill,” Newt urged.

    In his 2008 book “Real Change,” he endorsed an individual mandate for health insurance.

    Picture>> Newt with his progressive pals Obama, Sharpton, and Bloomberg talking about “Inequality in Education” http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lkk5Zs61eZM/Td2EOT_eatI/AAAAAAAAAkc/1B2wueMwYBc/s1600/al%2Bbarack.jpg

    Newt and Sharpton>>> http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2012/01/newt-gingrich-al-sharpton-thumb-400xauto-28244.jpg

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    • onetruepatriot
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:38pm

      @Ubethechange

      Not a Romney endorsement?? lmao

      I think you ARE Mitt Romney…or his mother.

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    • UBETHECHANGE
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:50pm

      @ONETRUEPATRIOT I am not happy with any of the choices. The Tea Party has failed and the country is going down the crapper! They are all progressives. Period. I like Ron Paul, but his foreign policy another story.

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:13pm

      BROKAW makes me UNCOMFORTABLE.
      NBC——-Nothing But Crap
      They can dish it out (as long as it supports Obummer).

      ALL this fighting about the Republican Nominee.
      If it’s a can of beans—I’m voting for them.

      OMG in 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • Anamah
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:31pm

      I really do not like this dirty way to play political ads. It seems M. Romney wants to take this race using dishonest cards.

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    • Ballot_Box_Revolution
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:16pm

      Here’s an idea!!! The only candidate that has real, true, loyal supporters that will not vote against principle no matter what is Ron Paul….my guess (by what I see around me) is that he has about 1/3 of the Republican vote. Everyone else is voting on the media fodder and just going to go with the lesser of two evils. Anyone but Obama right??

      Why not vote for the one guy who has loyal followers, because when they are that loyal and you put someone else in the spot you are going to lose a lot of votes…If Paul runs as 3rd party he WILL cut the votes, without question…..but he will also cut the democrat vote, and pull in the probably at least half of the independents…..Paul cutting the votes is not an issue for Paul supporters, we know it will cut the republican vote….but it doesn’t mean Obama will be handed back the office….So it is the Party sheep that is the problem this time….not the 3rd party (if it comes to that) supporters….

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    • neverending
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:18pm

      The prescription drug bill known as Medicare Part D is one of the biggest waste of money and the worst nightmare.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:05am

      @UBETHECHANGE You don‘t like Ron Paul’s foriegn policy? Maybe you should watch this. short video.
      Don’t worry..it’s not boring.
      http://americanvisionnews.com/1052/ron-paul-knows-nothing-about-foreign-policy-video

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:18am

      UBETHECHANGE Your old fart has zero chance
      http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/angry-white-man?id=e2f15397-a3c7-4720-ac15-4532a7da84ca
      give it up, you have backed a kook

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    • NeoFan
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:55am

      Tom Brokenjaw can go pound sand. Romney is going to show Newt what a real beating is like in Florida. Romney Rubio will beat Obama in November.

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    • joel228
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:51am

      Newt can speak against himself.
      Newt Gingrich: A Crime Against Conservatism
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyeB36ctO5I&feature=youtu.be

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    • davester
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:29am

      @georgiejo LMAO, even if it were a can of beans! You said it. Anyone would be better than the socialist pig we have now….

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    • Roaran
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 10:32am

      Republican party has nominated nothing but progressives since Reagan, we shouldn’t be surprised someone like Gingrich or Romney would get the nomination.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:42pm

      people are so blind.

      just vote how the media tells you to vote and shut up. things will change if we just keep voting the same way and doing the same thing.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:43pm

      Jesus was a “kook” and a “nut” by everyones definition today.

      Good Luck with your mortal soul, you will need it.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:48pm

      i notice that “White men can’t jump”, Racist or not Racist?

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 5:49pm

      “In 2003, Gingrich stumped hard for President George W. Bush’s prescription drug bill, which has added about $17 trillion to Medicare’s unfunded liabilities. “Every conservative member of Congress should vote for this Medicare bill,” Newt urged.”
      Just a tidbit for you – Your man voted for it!
      Voted to make Medicare part B premium subsidies an new entitlement
      http://www.redstate.com/erick/2012/01/06/what-a-big-government-conservative-looks-like/
      Oh! so you know….
      Health Care
      Voted to allow states to impose health care mandates that are stricter than proposed new Federal mandates, but not weaker.
      Voted twice for Federal mental health parity mandates in health insurance.
      Voted against a allow consumers the option to purchase a plan outside the parity mandate

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    • PresidentDowngrade
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:26pm

      George Soros has endorsed Romney. Where is Looney Glen with an article about it? Oh thats why if Romney gets inn, Becks got 4 more years of shows. To hell with America, Glen can sell books and gold.

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:24pm

    Sick of Romney and his immature campaign.
    Newt was CLEARED of 83 out of 83 charges~! THAT’S NEWS! (not disclosing he spoke to a college class because he didn‘t know he was supposed disclose that when nobody asked him anyway doesn’t count).

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    • chips1
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:39pm

      OJ was also cleared, but that don’t mean squat.

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    • spankadonkey
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:58pm

      Agreed – The Mutt Romney campaign is Alinsky on steroids. I certainly hope voters will recognize this tactic as a typical liberal move.

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    • ambrosia
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:14pm

      NOT to be missed-
      Here‘s the audio link of Mark Levin coming to Newt’s defense
      and exposes the slimy Willard Romney & RNC,
      for their sleazebag mentality.

      Levin, as always, gift wraps the Romney & “establishment” crap,
      ties it up, in a pretty ribbon
      and leaves it, steaming, on their front steps.

      Good on ya’ Mark !

      Go get em’, Gingrich !

      http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/01/if-this-is-what-the-conservative-movement-has-become-then-count-me-out/

      America’s Best
      Gingrich/West 2012

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    • Hobbs57
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:23pm

      Yeah, your right, Newt was just plain innocent. Apparently having nothing else to do while Speaker of the House, so he just opened started a college course for people to learn the American way. IN short order, Newt was working with all kinds of different groups, non profit and otherwise, to try and “train” new recruits to start a new order. Which would be fine if it was based in the Constitution. Just because the IRS cleared the tax responsibility, this is an up front example of politicians scamming the system.In all seriousness, I have been battling with you Newt people for two days and it makes me disgusted. The only reason I feel it my duty to fight all of you is because Newt is a Progressive, this is the entire reason I got involved in politics, the same reason many people who listened to Glenn Beck ( that is actually LISTEN TO HIM ) decided to get involved in politics. Apparently, those of you who have listened to Glenn, learned all about Progressives and their history, yet still support Newt, make me seriously wonder what in the world you did this entire time you watched Glenn ? I mean did you just sit there everyday because it made you feel warm and fuzzy because he mentioned God ? I don’t know, I just want it to be over, because I tired of the haters and stone throwers. Anyways, here is very old video I doubt many saw, it is quite funny actually.So if you need a laugh = http://bcove.me/ceqpgar9 ( You have to cut and paste it in your browser, very worth it)

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    • UBETHECHANGE
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:02pm

      @HOBBS57 Well stated and true!

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    • 5asquatch
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:11pm

      @Hobbs57

      You might have more credibility if you piled on Romney like the Beckbots pile on Newt. Or do you just choose to ignore the addmited progressive Romney. When he was running for mass gov he stated that he was not a partisian politican and that his thoughts were progressive in addition to all the progressive programs he put in place there. I guess you will just continue to ignore the obvious. seems pretty clear to me

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    • onetruepatriot
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:29pm

      I trust Levin and I trust Rush. They understand the meaning of a “Reagan Conservative”.

      I no longer trust Beck. I have no idea WHAT he believes in anymore.

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    • LibertyGoddess
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:15am

      @Hobbs
      Two thumbs up.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:20am

      CHIPS1 I hope you would feel that way if it were you…… But I would bet the farm I would be hearing another story.

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    • symphonic
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:14am

      Ditto on OJ being “cleared” of charges.

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    • Hossua
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:15am

      Newt is a snake in the grass. End of story. Romney is a dirt bag. Santorum is just wrong. Ron Paul is old, but a strict constitutionalist. I know who I am voting for.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:51pm

      newt can NEVER be cleared of the immoral charge of betrayal and abandonment he enacted upon his wife(s). he betrayed the taxpayers as speaker of the house. he will betray america, it’s in his blood.

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  • Cosmos102
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:22pm

    http://visiontoamerica.org/7649/romney-on-health-care-mandate-its-not-worth-getting-angry-about/

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  • LIBS-ARE-DINGLEHEADS
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:18pm

    nBSbc is a crap news organization, and has been since Huntley & Brinkley. From then on, each anchor was progressively liberal, Chancellor to Broke-jaw to LyinBrian Crooked Mouth Williams. From Andrea Twitchell, Mike Taieeeeeeeeeeebee, Dav-douche Gregorgee and many…many others, it is not surprise that they want ONLY Obama featured, as they know the Kenyian is in for one tough fight. Ethics? Non-partisanship? What’s that to them? Nothing.

    I have monitored and made myself watch the Evening….“News” with LyinBrian now for over a month. Besides the torture of enduring 22 minutes (chocked full of drug ads, that have more side effects than a funny colored pill found at a Pink Floyd reunion), the subtlety and near perfection of this ……“networks” slant to the left is quite……..“good”. To the uneducated/unknowing/throne-licking Obamaviks, this…..“news” is uncanny at tilting the …..“stories” so that the GOP comes off as evil, and the Democruds come off as…..“good”. Waxing eloquent as to past Demos lives is a nBSbc tradition now, and one can count on at least one……..“story” per week is a fawning, slobbering, wet-your-pants ode to all things good about past Demo pols ……”deeds.

    Pure, fresh, unadulterated horse dung – served up Nightly! P.U.!!!!

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    • JayCee
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:43pm

      If it had been a pro Obama ad NBC and Brokaw would be on board.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:23am

      Romney could get more mileage out of the ad by putting a discalimer like: “NBC and Mr. Brokaw Do Not Want This Shown” at the bottom of the screen. That way, they can get some of the votes that Newt has gotten for “taking on” and “talking tough” to debate moderators (members of the media).

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 5:59pm

      Glenn Beck: It’s not just Obama…Mitt Romney’s a socialist too!
      http://www.dailykos.com/tv/w/002651/
      BUT, I guess the we know who the “chosen one” is now…
      Beck: “It‘s Mitt Romney’s turn”
      http://gop12.thehill.com/2010/01/beck-its-mitt-romneys-turn.html

      After all, Beck is a prophet right??? With Malice toward none riiiight Glenn????

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  • discus02
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:07pm

    If Romney gets the nomination get ready for four more years of Obama. Romney couldn’t beat McCain
    that says it all!

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    • Cosmos102
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:21pm

      Romney won’t repeal Obamacare. He may get rid of parts of it, but it won’t be entirely repealed. This concerns me a great deal. This is why I will not vote for Mitt Romney!

      http://visiontoamerica.org/7649/romney-on-health-care-mandate-its-not-worth-getting-angry-about/

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:29pm

      No…The Democratic base of young people have been taken over by Ron Paul. If the republicans are really nice, they will go where he goes and they will hand Romney the election. That is if the brokered convention does not end up as Ron Paul being the nominee…

      People need to understand we will probably have a brokered convention, 90% of the people do not know this. Newt and Santorum CANNOT get the nomination because they are not on ehough State ballots to get enough delegates to win the nomination…They are in as to get a brokered convention in the end and hoping to secure the nomination on the secon ballot after the delegates are released.

      Of course most people think that Newt and Santorum can still get there. they are in lala land with thier thinking. Only Romney and Paul still have an outside chance to oick up enough delegates. Paul is actually leaving a winner take all state (Florida) to go pick up delegates in Maine… He is working in the Caucus States. he will have a lot of dedecated delegates at the Convention…

      Need to wake up and smell the coffee..

      Gasp you Paul haters! hahaha

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    • George_Bailey
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:41pm

      If that’s your reason for not voting for Romney then you will have to stay home come election day because none of the candidates have the power to repeal Obamacare, and will never get the votes to do so either. Once a big government policy is put in place it stays, see the Federal Reserve as just one example of many.

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    • spankadonkey
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:06pm

      BADDOG – You are always bragging about your $10k. So try this. I’ll give you four to one odds and you wager that $10k that FRAUD Paul gets the nomination. Bet you won’t put that money where your mouth is.

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    • wbalzley
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:57am

      McCain was the GOP “chosen one” last time around…he failed…because Romney played ball and bowed out gracefully, giving his support to McCain, now it is HIS turn at bat…

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    • Richard Johnson
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:01am

      He couldn‘t beat McCain because the RHINO’s were in still in charge. Good Grief, when will you Republicans learn something new.

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:53pm

    Ironic that NBC and brokaw would be concerned about their “journalistic credibilty”…it’s almost as funny as romney calling himself a conservative.

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    • drattastic
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:10pm

      See how smug Brokaw looks , sickening leftwing hack. As far as ethic violations by Newt, I didn’t hear what the “violations” were supposed to be ,seems to me the establishment RINO lapdogs didn’t want someone upsetting the status quo. Well the easily manipulated and ignorant will fall for anything so hello to the Republican nominee Romney.

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  • JustMel71
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:49pm

    Comcast owns NBC who has done nothing but praise Obama’s presidency. So yeah, I can see why Brokaw doesn’t want to be affiliated with the Republican party.

    By the way, haven’t stories that were once on the side of 4 headline slides show up on the front page? I’m just wondering because the “Just How Rich Is Mitt Romney…” story didn’t make it on the front page. You have to go to ‘The Stories’ and find the title there. Seems like it was buried quite quickly. Dunno… whatever..

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    • JustMel71
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:01pm

      lol. Now that I mentioned the “how rich is Romney” story, you then turn around and place it on the front page and make me look like the donkey for asking about it. Kudos. Gotta luv those gotcha moments. =)

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  • orthodoxc
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:44pm

    romney is nothing more than a stinking damnocrat in Republican clothing. his and obama’s campaign tactics and legislative agendas mirror each other

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    • onetruepatriot
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:33pm

      So true, and there’s no better proof than the fact that the biggest RINO of all time…John McCain, supports him.

      Now, we all know how much Glenn Beck hates John McCain. How does he reconcile THAT fact, because I sure as h*ll can’t.

      Romney=McCain=Obama

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:13pm

      Speaking of RINOS…..Let’s take a look at Romney Backers
      George H. W. Bush
      Tom Ridge
      Chris Christie
      Kelly Ayotte
      Nikki Haley
      Tim Pawlenty
      Haley Barbour
      Jon Huntsman
      Mark Kirk
      John McCain
      Tom Coburn
      Joe Scarborough
      Susan Molinari
      Ann Coulter
      Charles Krauthammer
      Bill Kristol
      David Brooks
      Peggy Noonan
      George Will
      Peter King
      Brit Hume
      Jonah Goldberg
      Roy Blunt
      Scott Brown
      Orrin Hatch
      Lisa Murkowski
      Rob Portman
      John Thune
      Bob McDonnell
      Dan Quayle
      Bob Dole
      Norm Coleman
      John Danforth
      Elizabeth Dole
      Judd Gregg
      John Sununu
      Gordon Smith
      Jim Talent
      David Frum
      John Sununu Jr
      Dennis Hastert
      Rick Lazio
      James Baker
      Robert Bork
      John Bolton

      Well, you vote for the same ole crap, you get the same ole crap and you will deserve it!
      http://billmoyers.com/episode/crony-capitalism/
      Let’s see, who fits this description??? Why are both establishments so against Gingrich?
      Compare contibutions once you watch this, you will see who is the same ole crap!
      http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/contrib.php?id=N00000286

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  • MeteoricLimbo
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:39pm

    How many charges stuck? One.

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:35pm

    Of course if it were One-bama running the ad NBC would be purring like kittens.

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  • hauschild
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:20pm

    One need only ask themselves who was ultimately responsible for being reprimanded, to determine whether or not reminding people of this fact is acceptable.

    If you don’t wanna play with the big dogs, stay on the porch.

    I hate guys that whine when they caught doing something illegal or unethical.

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:28pm

      This is a way to get the ad out to the public, and not have to pay for air time. Drudge and the Blaze headline it, perfect for their anti-Newt propaganda.

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:33pm

      Professor Gingrich’s Ethics
      The facts that Romney omits in his 1990s history lesson.
      Even casual readers will learn a lot about Mr. Gingrich’s political method, but what they won’t find is evidence of impropriety because the accusations were a partisan vendetta. Democrats saw Mr. Gingrich’s low approval ratings and wanted to force the GOP to make an embarrassing floor defense. The pettifogging was also meant to counterbalance the Clinton White House’s own ethical woes.
      On the merits, the claim was that Mr. Gingrich diverted funds from a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization for political activity. The Progress and Freedom Foundation sponsored his seminar “Renewing American Civilization,” and Democrats charged its real purpose was advancing Professor Gingrich’s career.
      In 1997, the speaker basically copped a plea and accepted the House rebuke to avoid further political damage. Yet a formal IRS investigation in 1999 exonerated Mr. Gingrich and found that the course was intended to educate students about American government and society.
      …Mr. Gingrich’s House tenure—his achievements and also his failings—deserves scrutiny, not least for what that period reveals about how he might govern as a potential President. But the bogus ethics charge had nothing to do with clean government, and GOP primary voters shouldn’t believe it when Mr. Romney hauls it up.
      http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204661604577185030808355916.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_Above

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  • WTP
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:19pm

    Great ad……

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  • Rowgue
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:18pm

    Newscasts are not protected by copyright, because you’re supposed to be reporting news, not “creating” intellectual property.

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  • SilentReader
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:18pm

    Great add. NBC.Caught in the act of reporting the truth. What a surprise! And now they want this ad pulled. Lol.

    Truth is not something that NBC engages in, but when the do tell it they don’t want it to be exposed. Well, thanks for bringing this ad to our attention, NBC. Not very bright of you, now, is it?

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    • momprayn
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:35pm

      LOL – that’s about what I thought. Don’t want to give the impression that he as a journalist is connected with any presenting biased reports?? LOL again. This just makes people think about how ridiculous that is in that they have been exposed for their obvious Dem bias and their job is trying to promote/protect the Dems agendas.

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  • qzak491
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:17pm

    Newsmax.com

    Breaking from Newsmax.com

    Romney Backed by Goldman Sachs, Bailout Banks

    The top donor to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, investment banking and securities firm Goldman Sachs, received over $10 billion in emergency lending and bailouts from the Federal Reserve after the 2008 financial meltdown, according to public sources and published reports.

    Goldman backed Obama for election in 2008, and the firm, like many Wall Street institutions, is now backing Mitt Romney for president.

    Romney has long had a close relationship with Goldman Sachs. In 1999 Romney purchased initial IPO shares in Goldman that netted him $1.1 million in profits when he sold them in 2010.

    And The New York Times recently reported that “many of the assets in Romney’s blind trust” are managed by Goldman.

    Today, Goldman is Romney’s largest donor.

    And nine of Romney’s top 20 campaign contributors are big Wall Street Banks like Goldman. But Goldman leads all Romney contributors, having donated $367,200 to his campaign, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

    Six of those nine top contributors received over $161 billion in taxpayer bailouts, reports ProPublica, the independent, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative organization.

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    • Cosmos102
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:15pm

      Romney has been caught lying quite a bit during his campaign. One of his campaign advisers even said in an interview, that there is no way they are going to repeal Obamacare. They’ll replace some of it, but leave the rest intact. Mr Romney should not be trusted if Obamacare is your main concern. He has never apologized for Romneycare. He defends it. Ask yourselves why…

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    • MacPharlan
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:27am

      @Coss,

      Where has Romney flat out lied? I see several areas where Newt has (ABC Story about putting up witnesses outside his daughters, Giving Divorce Depositions), I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt on many other things he says that he conveniently leaves out things or stretches the truth to mean what he wants it to. But just because a Romney aid says something does not mean Romney will be doing it.

      You also have folks supporting Romney that would turn on him in a heartbeat if he was not going to get rid of it. Pam Bondi, Attorney Gen in FL is one of the many suing the Feds over Obamacare. She has already said she will be one of the key folks in his admin to get rid of this.

      So get real folks, you are so hung up on what folks ‘tell’ you about Romney that you refuse to really look at the guy. He has been painted for over 4 years as a flip flopper with no convictions, folks tell you something long enough you start to believe it, but look at his record, not at 10 second sound bites, he has no more of those than any other candidate.

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:24pm

      Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a Romney supporter, let the cat out of the bag last night. The Florida Republican told Greta Van Susteren that Mitt wants Romneycare in every state.
      She also said she would be on Romney’s Health Care Advisory Team “when he’s president”.
      http://youtu.be/SF2YB4pGrjk

      When did Romney flat out lie?
      When he said he had no control of the “Bllind Trust”
      http://youtu.be/IkikKelEuQM

      When he said that he never voted for a Democrat when there was a Republican running?
      However, he has said that he voted for Senator Paul Tsongas, a Mass Democrat, when he ran in 1992 for the presidential nomination against Bill Clinton, among others.
      That was the same day, and the same year, that President George H.W. Bush and Pat Buchanan were on the Republican ballot.
      Those are 2 right off!

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  • UBETHECHANGE
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:16pm

    Glenn Beck: It’s not just Obama…Mitt Romney’s a socialist too! Apr 6, 2010

    “I have enormous personal ambition. I want to shift the entire planet. And I’m doing it. I am now a famous person. I represent real power.”
    ~Newt Gingrich

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    • UBETHECHANGE
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:29pm

      By the way I am not endorsing Newt, I am showing he has a God complex like Soros.

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    • onetruepatriot
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:36pm

      Glenn Beck has become a joke, an embarrassment to the conservative movemment. I’m ashamed that I ever trusted and supported this man.

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    • Ballot_Box_Revolution
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:38pm

      What is it that you are actually ashamed of? And because he has a different opinion than you (and me also) that is cause for distrust? How do you trust anyone under these rules?

      I can’t stand the fact that he has something against Ron Paul….makes me very angry and i quit listening to him when he says the things he says…I know what it’s like to have passion about this. This is a VERY important election and we are all fired up…I think it’s good actually….Me being a Paul supporter I have a strong passion and want to tear down everything about everyone else because i believe so strongly that that is the only way to save this country…..Glenn is doing the same…I have heard him say bad things about everyone….some more than others….but to say he is a lier because he has passion, and you should lose trust….thats a bit much

      trust does not mean you have to agree 100% with someone….trust is you believe that person is doing what he thinks is right and being honest in his beliefs…. I don’t believe he is a secret romney supporter but i think he believes that romney is the lesser of the evils….i disagree….

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    • Hossua
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:25am

      Ballotbox, Glenn beck has lied multiple times. Perhaps we can let him have the politicians excuse and say that he “misspoke”.

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:38pm

      I don’t expect Glenn to agree 100% with me, what is the fun in that? However, what I would expect is for him to FAIR in the exposure and that has not been the case.
      Most of us can see what’s going on. Drudge and Beck haven’t just declared war against Newt, they are trying to unleash nuclear salvos every morning and every afternoon against Newt. And of course we all know one of Coulter’s best buds is Drudge and now apparently Glenn, who has for over a month gone off the deep in regarding Newt. I had to turn him off and stop listening. They’ve lost it. What does this say about the Romney candidacy that it can only be advanced in this way? Do these attacks against Gingrich, these smears, in any way obscure the fact that Obamacare WAS based on Romneycare, that chief advisers to Romneycare COOPERATED with the obama team to construct obamacare?
      If Romney gets the nomination, it won’t just be him that prevails, it will be the very same people that have led this country into such straits, such a crisis. The very same people that have wrought economic havoc upon scores of millions 0f people. Can you can point me to a story on the Blaze that is NEGATIVE toward Romney at all? I am not sure if it is because Bain Capital owns Clear Channel or what, but it has been so transparent,

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:44pm

      I don’t expect Glenn to agree 100% with me, what is the fun in that? However, what I would expect is for him to FAIR in the exposure and that has not been the case.
      Most of us can see what’s going on. Drudge and Beck haven’t just declared war against Newt, they are trying to unleash nuclear salvos every morning and every afternoon against Newt. And of course we all know one of Coulter’s best buds is Drudge and now apparently Glenn, who has for over a month gone off the deep in regarding Newt. I had to turn him off and stop listening. They’ve lost it. What does this say about the Romney candidacy that it can only be advanced in this way? Do these attacks against Gingrich, these smears, in any way obscure the fact that Obamacare WAS based on Romneycare, that chief advisers to Romneycare COOPERATED with the obama team to construct obamacare?
      If Romney gets the nomination, it won’t just be him that prevails, it will be the very same people that have led this country into such straits, such a crisis. The very same people that have wrought economic havoc upon scores of millions of people. Can you can point me to a story on the Blaze that is NEGATIVE toward Romney at all? I am not sure if it is because Bain Capital owns Clear Channel or what, but it has been so transparent.

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  • JustPeachy
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:13pm

    LOL!!!!

    I agree this likely comes under “fair use.” Thirty seconds?!? They’re actually worried about 30 seconds?!? And – let me get this straight – they’re actually worried that people will believe the LEFT is endorsing ANYONE on the “perceived right?!?”

    LOL!!!!!

    So, the LameStream Media doesn’t LIKE it when tables are turned. . when perhaps things they say are clipped and taken out of context. . . when it might make it look as if they are saying something they never intended to say. Do we have that right? Do we have that straight???

    ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I’m not “for” either Romney OR Gingrich, but in this case, I’ll root for Romney! Just because it bugs the LSM and gives them a small taste (a SMALL one) of what they “do unto others” all year long!!!

    LOL!!!!

    Let’s write the headline: “NBC and BROKAW ENDORSE ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT!”

    LOL!!!!! Love it! I think it’s rather catchy, myself. . .! LOL

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    • american1st
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:21pm

      if they don’t like their reporting being referenced by politicians, maybe they could quit reporting on all political news…

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  • MrMagoo
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:12pm

    Brokaw/NBC can want in one hand and **** in the other.

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:12pm

    And I wonder how nbc & brokaw will behave during the election?

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  • UBETHECHANGE
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:08pm

    Chaffetz/West 2012!

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  • disenlightened
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:04pm

    Ouch, that hurts. Take that and debate it.

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    • taxed
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:08pm

      I am still trying to figure out why Romney is running as a Republican. Why doesn’t he just embrace his liberalism and just try to run on it?

      http://conservativepoliticalforum.com/index.php?board=1.0

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:56pm

      yeah… what is going to be the difference between Obama and Romney at their debate?
      nothing.

      If you are a Romney supporter, you might as well just love our current president and stay the cource and hope things change by doing the same thing over and over…

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  • jblaze
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:59pm

    Excellent Ad.

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  • cwrink
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:59pm

    Mr. Romney, a man of good moral character and family values.. Oh yeah?

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  • kaygee
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:57pm

    Anyway, if Newt is nominee Borkaw will run ad for Obama….

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  • onetruepatriot
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:52pm

    I despise this RINO so much that I honestly don’t know if I can vote for him. What a pos.

    Maybe Ron Paul or Trump should run third party. Give the GOP establishment a taste of their own medicine.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:09pm

      Dude, embrace the Mitt. I know you can do it.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:23pm

      Why Trump or Paul when there is already a superior libertarian – Gary Johnson.

      Newt is a dirt bag, but he’s got a quality you want in a leader – the ability to tell people to get bent. On the other hand, Romney is as clean as a whistle, but he’s got absolutely no stones. He is going to be one helluvan appeaser as POTUS.

      Decent RINO with no self discipline, or full-fledged RINO with not stones. We’re toast.

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    • FranciscoDAnconia
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:41pm

      How is he a RHINO? Candidates are allowed to change their mind on issues. Have you never changed your mind on any issues? Are you that enlightened? There are flaws with every candidate.

      Santorum- Big government spender. Wants to save every village in Africa. He is also against “right to work.”

      Newt- Where do I even begin? For one. He did support Romneys health care plan in Massachusetts along with conservatives favorite organization The Heritage Foundation. Do I even need to start talking about his big government spending? (colony on the moon??WTF) Do you want me to get started on immigration?

      I am tired for people looking for Jesus Christ in each candidate. Its not going to happen people.

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