[Cincinatus' Wife]

1. Abraham Lincoln - U.S. President

2. Jesus Christ - life is the basis for Christianity

3. Ronald Reagan - U.S. President

4. Winston Churchill - British Prime Minister

5. Albert Einstein - physicist

6. George Washington - U.S. President, General

7. John Fitzgerald Kennedy - U.S. President

8. Thomas Jefferson - U.S. Vice President, U.S. President

9. William Shakespeare - Poet, Playwright

10. Julia Child - Television personality, journalist, chef

11. Newt Gingrich - U.S. Representative

12. John Lennon - Songwriter, Singer

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[Cincinatus' Wife]

This "Newt picks who he'd like to have dinner with" article made me think of....

"The most interesting man in the world" commericial.

"His words carry a weight that would break a less interesting man's jaw."
"He's a lover, not a fighter; but he's also a fighter, so don't get any ideas."
"He is the life of parties he has never attended."
"His beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man's entire body."
"He can speak French... in Russian."
"He once punched a magician. That's right. You heard me."
"If he were to punch you in the face, you would have to fight off the strong urge to thank him."
"If he patted you on the back, you would put it on your resume."
"He once taught a dog to bark... in Spanish."
"He bowls overhanded."
"Sharks have a week dedicated to him."
"He lives vicariously... through himself."
"He once had an awkward moment, just to see what it felt like."
"When in Rome, they do as he does."

[humblegunner]

So he would invite himself?

[tanknetter]

10. Julia Child - Television personality, journalist, chef WWII OSS Operative, China/Burma/India Theater

[Liberty Valance]

If Jim Thompson's not on the list it's not a dinner party ...
it's just a wine and cheeser.

[samtheman]

Only one politician?

[swampfox101]

Would love to see obama’s list of marxist he’d love to dine with.

[6SJ7]

Darwin would be boring at a dinner party. He’d spend the whole evening grouping items in the bread basket by size and color.

[fishtank]

Last, but not least, because we've ALWAYS been able to trust the NY Times....

I dare say that Gingrich either KNOWS or DOES NOT KNOW what Darwin taught, and what that implies. Either possibility is frightening.

[God luvs America]

me?

[Huck]

That's a fun game. My list would be different. I'd have James Madison, so I could debate him on the Constitution based on everything that's happened.

Then I'd have Cleopatra.

Then I'd have three big goons to keep my wife away. lol

kidding!

[Huck]

Actually, a dinner party is kinda lame. I'd want to hang out with one of my childhood heros, Ronnie Van Zant. But not at a damn dinner party. We'd go bass fishing.

[WalterSkinner]

..the days of having the Lord as merely a dinner guest are long gone--only someone unfamiliar with who He really is would play such an academic mindgame

Steve Allen's "Meeting of the Minds" had Darwin, but never dared go there...

[dead]

No matter who else I invited, I'd have Charles Manson there just to listen to his gibberish and watch him freak out everybody else.

"I hear you Mister Winston Churchill but you CANNOT inhabit my mind... which is circular... and your potentialisms can visit but they are not welcome to stay. No! I don't need anymore wine, Charles Darwin!! I know about the vestibules of your particular genus! My inner sanctum has eeeevolved and is safe from your penetrations of degeneration!!"

[cizinec]

All of his picks are dead. That would make for an awkward (and very quiet) dinner party. They did say living or dead, but I think I’d stick with inviting all living, as having corpses brought in would make the living guests more uncomfortable.