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January 23, 2012

Romney's Freddie Attack Stuns Gingrich into Silence

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ROMNEY:  We didn't do any work with the government.  I didn't have an office on K Street.  I wasn't a lobbyist.  I didn't -- had never worked -- I've never worked in Washington.  You were working...
 
GINGRICH:  So -- so...
 
ROMNEY:  We have congressmen who also say that you came and lobbied them in favor... GINGRICH:  I didn't lobby them.ROMNEY:  You have congressmen who say... 
 
(CROSSTALK)
 
ROMNEY:  ... that you came and lobbied them with regards to Medicare Part D, at the same time...
 
GINGRICH:  Now, wait.  Whoa, whoa.
 
ROMNEY:  ... your center was taking in contributions...
 
GINGRICH:  You just jumped a long way over here, friend.
 
ROMNEY:  Well, another -- another area of influence-peddling.
 
GINGRICH:  No, not -- now, let me be very clear, because I understand your technique, which you used on McCain, you used on Huckabee, you've used consistently, OK?  It's unfortunate, and it's not going to work very well, because the American people see through it.
 
I have always publicly favored a stronger Medicare program.  I wrote a book in 2002 called "Saving Lives and Saving Money."  I publicly favored Medicare Part D for a practical reason, and that reason is simple.  The U.S. government was not prepared to give people anything -- insulin, for example -- but they would pay for kidney dialysis.  They weren't prepared to give people Lipitor, but they'd pay for open-heart surgery.  That is a terrible way to run Medicare.
 
I am proud of the fact -- and I'll say this in Florida -- I'm proud of the fact that I publicly, openly advocated Medicare Part D. It has saved lives.  It's run on a free enterprise model.  It also included health savings accounts and it include Medicare alternatives, which gave people choices.
 
And I did it publicly, and it is not correct, Mitt -- I'm just saying this flatly, because you've been walking around this state saying things that are untrue -- it is not correct to describe public citizenship, having public advocacy as lobbying.  Every citizen has the right to do that.
 
ROMNEY:  They sure do.
 
GINGRICH:  And what I did on behalf of Medicare...
 
ROMNEY:  They sure do.
 
GINGRICH:  ... I did out in the open, publicly, and that is my right as a citizen.

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