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Gingrich on Trump: 'Nobody should kid themselves' anymore
The Washington Examiner ^ | 2/20/16 | Al Weaver

Posted on 02/21/2016 5:39:02 AM PST by Lakeshark

Newt Gingrich has a message for the GOP in Washington: Start taking Donald Trump seriously.

Appearing on Fox News after Trump's Saturday win in South Carolina, the former speaker of the House argued that nobody in the Washington Republican political class should kid themselves about Trump's chances any longer.

It is a huge night for Donald Trump and nobody should kid themselves. Here's a guy who seven months ago for the first time entered electoral politics, has learned at an extraordinary rate, Gingrich said, pointing to his second-place finish in Iowa and victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina.

By any reasonable standard, this is a decisive victory

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 3wives; 4bankruptcies; billionairesrule; bloomberg2; failedceo; newt; richgreatwhitehope; sc2016; trump; trump5point0
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To: native texan

Never forget that Gingrich learned politics at the knee of One Worlder Kissinger.


21 posted on 02/21/2016 6:02:12 AM PST by ryderann
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To: Lakeshark

Trump/Gingrich 2016 - Make America Great Again x2


22 posted on 02/21/2016 6:02:54 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: Lakeshark

All anyone has to do is listen to each of the top 3 speak. Cruz and Rubio sound like smooth, phony politicians/lawyers. It’s your b.s., as usual. Then listen to Trump. He speaks like a normal person. You don’t feel you’re being lectured to.


23 posted on 02/21/2016 6:03:32 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: ryderann

BS. Gingrich is without question the most intelligent conservative politician in existence today.


24 posted on 02/21/2016 6:05:41 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: Lakeshark

Newt on Hannity had the perfect quote to instruct the GOPe and Conservative elite - “It’s not up to Trump to understand them, it’s up to them to understand Trump”.


25 posted on 02/21/2016 6:07:58 AM PST by major-pelham
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To: TTFlyer

That’s right. Newt was at the helm the last time Republicans actually did something besides bitch about things.


26 posted on 02/21/2016 6:08:40 AM PST by jimbo807
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To: jimbo807

Absolutely.


27 posted on 02/21/2016 6:11:52 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: mrsmel

He exudes personal strength at a time when people are sick and tired of the weakness, equivocation, duplicity, and ineptitude in Washington. Trump has adroitly tapped into that deep vein of anger and people’s thirst for someone who is un-PC, unafraid, and going against the grain.

There is plenty of gas in his tank to go the distance.


28 posted on 02/21/2016 6:15:30 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I hope and pray he’s not a New World Order subscriber. It’s kind of difficult for me to see how a mega-businessman can avoid it, since everything’s global now. But I suppose it’s possible, barely.


29 posted on 02/21/2016 6:16:40 AM PST by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Baldwin77

BECK FARTING FOR CRUZ!


30 posted on 02/21/2016 6:17:06 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: mrsmel

Yes and he WON.Regardless of the Lies and BS all around him from other party hacks and their super Pak’s he fought back.


31 posted on 02/21/2016 6:17:26 AM PST by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: jimbo807

Newt is good at getting to the salient point of things.


32 posted on 02/21/2016 6:17:33 AM PST by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: ryderann

Ugh!! I forgot.


33 posted on 02/21/2016 6:17:33 AM PST by native texan (Texans should be independent thinkers)
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To: jimbo807

Newt was at the helm the last time Republicans actually did something besides bitch about things.

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It will take the political equivalent of a General Patton to turn the GOP around into a responsive and productive party. Trump may just be that person but its going to be a tough hill to climb, even for him.


34 posted on 02/21/2016 6:19:01 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Lakeshark

Gingrich stating the obvious as if he has singularly discovered some awesome truth.

Earth to Newt: many of us knew this back in June, when Trump announced.


35 posted on 02/21/2016 6:20:22 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: taildragger

Newt, love him or dislike him, he is often prescient with this observations, much like Pat Buchanan is.


Actually, Pat was WAY ahead of Newt on this. In fact, Pat has been vindicated on a lot of his long-held opinions lately.


36 posted on 02/21/2016 6:21:29 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: Bailee

Trump/Newt


I vote no on that one.

I was a strong Newt supporter in 2012, and watched in horror as Newt folded like a cheap suit in the run-up to the Florida primary.

And this year, Newt is late coming around to the reality of Trump.

Newt is not as smart as some of us liked to believe.


37 posted on 02/21/2016 6:23:17 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: Baldwin77

I like the sound of that. I would hope Trump would at least be consulting with the likes of him.


38 posted on 02/21/2016 6:25:03 AM PST by SueRae (It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
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To: Lakeshark

I guess this means it’s time for Trump to start taking himself seriously.


39 posted on 02/21/2016 6:28:34 AM PST by Romulus
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To: Don Corleone
How in hell do you all think he was able to become a billionaire, by magic?

He *stole* it from all those poor oppressed short, left-handed lesbian Eskimos of color with sinus conditions.

Because White Privilege. And Patriarchy.

....the preceding has been a join announcement from the DNC, the Feel the Bern Campaign, and the Clinton Global Initiative & Massage Parlour.
And the RNC, because they're the only party that sabotages their own front-runner.

40 posted on 02/21/2016 6:33:14 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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