[BillyBoy]

Bernie Sanders made almost identical comments a few months ago when he was running against Hillary and desperately trying to win over the black vote.

Newt just went full Bernie Sanders.

You should NEVER go full Bernie Sanders, Newt.

[BillyBoy]

>> Hopefully this Faux Pas will cool the Newt worship that I see on FR. I have no idea why so many people are so excited at the thought of having Newt as Trump’s VP. <<

The Newt worship seems bizarre to me as well. Notice that the oodles of Perrybots on this board virtually disappeared between his 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns. He had a ton of people touting him as a courageous conservative hero during the 2012 election, but his 2016 candidacy was met with a collective shrug.

Yet in the case of Newt, he had endless FReepers gush over him when he was winning, still gushing over him long after his campaign became a national punchline and it was clear he wouldn't be the nominee, still gushing over him during the four years between campaigns, and still gushing over him even after their hero Trump slammed Newtie for daring to disagree with him. What Newt did to inspire such fierce loyalty is beyond me. I was a Santorum supporter in 2012 but he was a last ditch choice and I certainly wouldn't want him as Trump's running mate given the way the national media ridiculed him.

[NFHale]

Wasn’t Bernie the author of that book some years back, “Black Communist Like Me?” or something... /s

Because clearly he has SUCH a grasp of what it means to be black...

What a dolt.