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Newt Gingrich in New Hampshire speech: I'm best debater in GOP field
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| November 21, 2011
| JONATHAN MARTIN
Posted on 11/21/2011 12:26:59 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
The only way these "joint press conferences" could be called debates is to defile the English Language. That said, Newt is the best in this area and if we have true debates, I'm sure he would be the best. But are debates the end all of everything? Some posting here seem to think so. Yes, debates are important but there's a lot more to being president than debating skills.
The late William F. Buckley could have easily made a fool of any of the Republican Candidates in a debate. He was a master at debate. However he might not have been a good president because of this.
We need to nominate the candidate with the best chance of knocking off Obama.
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:40:18 PM PST
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Newt is also the sleaziest human being in the GOP field. I don't know whom he has betrayed more: women or conservatives.
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:40:36 PM PST
by
bwc2221
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Got a good chuckle out of the subject line of an email someone sent me this morning:
Newt, “a stupid man’s idea of what a smart man is.”
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:41:25 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(Nutritionally, you are what you eat. Politically, you are what you endorse.)
To: j_k_l
Once again, Politico speaks and FR starts salivating. Their agenda is to splinter the GOP base, and it’s working. Show me one candidate without baggage, but not ONE has the baggage of Zero. Too many agendas here.
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:41:53 PM PST
by
gunner03
To: dfwgator
—...but he took his ball and went home, where he could make money.—
As far as I am concerned, that’s known as PERMANENTLY giving up any political aspirations.
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:42:23 PM PST
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Oh, so you're a ROMNEY FAN?!?
To the lions!
See my tagline, you Romney lover.
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:43:27 PM PST
by
NakedRampage
(This is a joke. I bet you're mad already though.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
How did he help Reagan?
A 1980 memo from then-freshman House member Gingrich may be the original inspiration for Ronald Reagan’s “are you better off than you were four years ago?” line from a presidential debate the same year. Some think that was a game changer. You decide.
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2011/03/reagan-and-gingrich.html
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:43:35 PM PST
by
jessduntno
("They say the world has become too complex for simple answers... they are wrong." - RR)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I like Newt and give her a lot of props for her bravery and ingenuity in surviving the aliens (with the help of Ripley of course) but puh-leeease- When Hudson said “Why don’t you put her in charge?” I’m sure he was being facetious.
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:44:11 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Nancy Pelosi - The #1 reason why we need a Constitutional amendment for Congressional drug testing.)
To: dfwgator
—...but he took his ball and went home, where he could make money.—
It’s funny, but I never thought about this until now: Can you actually imagine Newt as president? I try to picture it and he is just NOT presidential. Most of the rest are (the other three, I mean) It is somewhat embarrassing to admit that because I don’t consider that to be a reason to not support a candidate, but here I am...
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:44:30 PM PST
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: j_k_l
Newt is a DC fixture and nothing more. A product of years of honing his oratory skills, prostituting his political connections, publishing position papers, coining clever talking points, and trimming his sails to the prevailing political winds. Precisely what we don’t need at this historical juncture.
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:46:38 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Yep, and how is the narcissist we have in there now working out?
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:46:42 PM PST
by
txrangerette
("HOLD TO THE TRUTH...SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR" - Glenn Beck)
To: truthguy
What makes him good at debates is his knowledge. Any of the other candidate could debate like him if they had his knowledge and they don’t. Is knowledge now under the N/A column, now?
To: Buddygirl
"Being a master debater....."
Hmmmmm, that almost sounds X-rated.
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:46:56 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Nancy Pelosi - The #1 reason why we need a Constitutional amendment for Congressional drug testing.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:47:02 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(Newt Gingrich: The candidate for those who think we have another decade and a half to waste.)
To: truthguy
“We need to nominate the candidate with the best chance of knocking off Obama.”
That may well be Hillary...
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:48:51 PM PST
by
babygene
(Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
To: US Navy Vet
He is a Master Debater and a Cunning Linguist.
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:49:12 PM PST
by
SC DOC
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I’m all for Newt’s rise in the polls...it’s good that we can dispense of it now, the earlier the better. Newt will never be the nominee and I’d just as soon get his 15 minutes out of the way now.
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:51:37 PM PST
by
pgkdan
("Make what Americans buy, Buy what Americans make, and sell it to the world" Perry 2012)
To: truthguy
The late William F. Buckley could have easily made a fool of any of the Republican Candidates in a debate. He was a master at debate. However he might not have been a good president because of this.
Reagan cleaned Buckley's clock in the Panama Canal debate circa 1977. It helped that Reagan was right and Buckley was wrong.
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:53:37 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(May Mitt Romney be the Mo Udall of 2012.)
To: EternalVigilance
Time for the Newtbots and the Perrybots to engage in a war, the likes of which have not been seen since the Daleks and the Time Lords fought.
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posted on
11/21/2011 12:54:49 PM PST
by
parksstp
(Articulate Conservatives look for Converts. RINO's look for Democrat Heretics.)
To: truthguy
Exactly. We need an executive who will put his nose to the grindstone and follow through.
Newt LOVES ideas and flits from one to another, to another, to another.
He’ll talk us all to death.
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