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Mitt Romney borrows Tom Brokaw Broadcast about Gingrich Ethics Violations
In new 30-second Florida TV spot, Boston uses NBC Nightly News footage from January 1997 to detail Gingrich's ethics violations.
NBC’S TOM BROKAW: “Good evening. Newt Gingrich, who came to power, after all, preaching a higher standard in American politics, a man who brought down another Speaker on ethics accusations, tonight he has on his own record the judgment of his peers, Democrat and Republican alike. By an overwhelming vote, they found him guilty of ethics violations; they charged him a very large financial penalty, and they raised – several of them – raised serious questions about his future effectiveness.”
the ad plays here:
http://thepage.time.com/2012/01/28/mitt-borrows-brokaw-to-hit-newt/?xid=thepage_newsletter
