Hey Nick, hope you don’t mind, but for the record, I’ll re-post what I said to you yesterday:
Just consider the incredible agility of the Gingrich mind. The MSM tried to sucker him- by asking “were you Swift boated?”. They assumed a yes- and thus, Newt would have wittingly/unwittingly affirmed the criticism of the Veterans.
But instead; snap, instantaneously, Newt draws the distinction and turns it on the media - “no, I was Romney boated.”
The Newt distinction - “swift boating” is legitimately telling the truth, whereas “Romney-boating” is a smear campaign.
Newt is simply brilliant on his feet— no one else comes close. .
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But instead; snap, instantaneously, Newt draws the distinction and turns it on the media - “no, I was Romney boated.”The Newt distinction - “swift boating” is legitimately telling the truth, whereas “Romney-boating” is a smear campaign.Newt is simply brilliant on his feet— no one else comes close.
If your interpretation is correct, O’Neill should not have taken offense at all, and comes across as taking an unnecessary shot at Gingrich.