Mud Path (Cont’d)

In response to George Tobin’s analysis of the ethics charges against House Speaker Newt Gingrich (“Mud Path,” NR, April 3), we received a letter from Steven J. Jost, a Democratic political consultant who worked on Ben Jones’s 1994 campaign against Newt Gingrich and assisted with the ethics complaint filed by Mr. Jones. Mr. Jost’s main points follow, interspersed with Mr. Tobin’s replies (in italics).

1. Mr. Tobin implies that Dean Timothy Mescon of Kennesaw State College heard Gingrich speak in March 1993 and innocently approached the congressman afterward with the first suggestion that he teach the “Renewing American Civilization” course at the dean’s campus. This is pure baloney. According to documents from the college, Gingrich and Mescon had known each other since November 1991 and had been exchanging letters about Gingrich’s efforts to help Mescon’s consulting business get government contracts . . .

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In response to George Tobin’s analysis of the ethics charges against House Speaker Newt Gingrich (“Mud Path,” NR, April 3), we received a letter from Steven J. Jost, a Democratic political consultant who worked on Ben Jones’s 1994 campaign against Newt Gingrich and assisted with the ethics complaint filed by Mr. Jones. Mr. Jost’s main points follow, interspersed with Mr. Tobin’s replies (in italics).

1. Mr. Tobin implies that Dean Timothy Mescon of Kennesaw State College heard Gingrich speak in March 1993 and innocently approached the congressman afterward with the first suggestion that he teach the “Renewing American Civilization” course at the dean’s campus. This is pure baloney. According to documents from the college, Gingrich and Mescon had known each other since November 1991 and had been exchanging letters about Gingrich’s efforts to help Mescon’s consulting business get government contracts . . .