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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 12:01 PM
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Stand-up comedy: "Gingrich is an intellectual who would most likely destroy Obama in debates..."
Let the Savaging of Newt Begin
Posted on May 12, 2011 by The Rat
WILL MAKE ATTACKS ON PALIN LOOK LIKE CHILD’S PLAY

http://constitutionclub.org/2011/05/12/let-the-savaging-of-newt-begin/



And so it begins. Now that Newt Gingrich has made it official, we’re about to see a campaign of personal destruction that will make the attacks on Sarah Palin look like child’s play. This cartoon had the caption, “Newt Gingrich is Scum.” Catch the drift?

Disclaimer: I am not condoning or excusing Newt’s past transgressions, which include extramarital affairs and the insensitivity of serving divorce papers to one of his wives while she was in the hospital. I am posing the question as to whether or not his past personal life should disqualify him as a candidate for President of the United States.

While we’ve certainly had presidents who have had extramarital affairs – including Kennedy and Clinton, who committed adultery while in office – Newt Gingrich is different: He’s Republican. He’s a threat to liberals because he stands in stark contrast to their president, who is viewed by millions of Americans as far-left, indecisive, and a man with a vision of America that is very different from theirs – and that of past presidents as well.

Gingrich is an intellectual who would most likely destroy Obama in debates: foreign policy, domestic energy policy, fiscal policy. Democrats and their sock puppets in the media don’t want their president in the ring with this guy. So as any good liberal would do, they must attack and destroy Newt – personally. (While we’ll never know – it’s safe to assume that more than a few of Gingrich’s detractors haven’t exactly lived lives of sanctity themselves.)
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 12:03 PM
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1. OMG, he's like Hillary with male parts
:scared:
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 12:06 PM
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2. The Gingrinch would get his shit pushed in.
He comes off terribly to voters, and like John Podhoretz said--he's never received more than 100K votes for anything. In his entire political career.
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wysingm Donating Member (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 04:56 PM
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28. John Podhoretz also said ...
"He'll never be president. The only positive way to frame his foolish bid is to quote the rueful lyric from "Thanks for the Memories," Bob Hope's signature song:

"You may have been a headache, but you never were a bore."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/welcome_to_the_newt_show_e0wlaLnGNaN3cyLLC8loVN
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 12:07 PM
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3. Yes, the happily married Obamas ARE terribly upsetting.
It's just the kind of stunt those damned liberals would pull.
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soupkitchen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 12:20 PM
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4. Gingrich is an intellectual in the same way William Hung is a singer
The truth is he's more bully than brain, reminds me of the type of guy who hung out with younger kids his whole life so he could be their leader.
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yellerpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 11:59 AM
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23. + 10,000!
Very funny, very on-target observation. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 12:21 PM
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5. Projection.
They just had 8 years of the stupidest US president in history. So they are thinking that Obama must be stupid too.

That would be an interesting debate.
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 12:42 PM
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6. Put newts personal life aside
and just mention all of his ethics violations where he had to resign in disgrace
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GodlessBiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 12:47 PM
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7. No one has said his scumness disqualifies him, just that it is a big factor to consider.
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lonestarlib Donating Member (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 12:51 PM
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8. Someone actually considers Newt Gingrich an intellectual?
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 12:59 PM
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9. Yeah
Newt does.
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jbnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 04:04 PM
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26. I keep hearing Gingrich is an intellectual, a policy wonk
I have never ever seen evidence of it
I wasn't really following Congress closely during his time, does anyone know if he showed more intelligence then?

But I have to admit I only see bits of what Newt says that oozes out into the media, mostly bashing Obama. The media likes to show the titillating and controversial. Maybe he talks policy all genius like the rest of the time he talks...
or not
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 01:06 PM
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10. I actually think he could do well in a debate
but that would be washed out by Gingrinch's propensity to make repeated gaffes in interviews and stump speeches.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 01:13 PM
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11. "whether or not his past personal life should disqualify him as a candidate" .. .
No, that only matters if your past personal life was as a black man who went to a church they don't approve, or who had friends that they don't approve of who also had personal transgressions in the past.

Frickin' hypocrites.
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 01:28 PM
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12. Newt is no scholar. He talks about Nazis a lot. That's it.
He *is* a pink-faced jowly racist turd, however.
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Thumper79 Donating Member (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 05:18 PM
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29. Gee, someone else who took the words right out of my mouth..
Such an appropriate description. :pals: :woohoo:
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ensemble Donating Member (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 02:12 PM
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13. as soon as....
he and his supporters start referring to Obama as "far left" I know I'm listening to people in fantasy land.
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guruoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 03:10 PM
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14. The Gingrich playbook: 'Language: A Key Mechanism of Control' (1996)
Edited on Sat May-14-11 03:13 PM by guruoo


Language: A Key Mechanism of Control

Newt Gingrich's 1996 GOPAC memo

As you know, one of the key points in the GOPAC tapes is that "language matters." In the video "We are a Majority," Language is listed as a key mechanism of control used by a majority party, along with Agenda, Rules, Attitude and Learning. As the tapes have been used in training sessions across the country and mailed to candidates we have heard a plaintive plea: "I wish I could speak like Newt."


Available here, in it's entirety: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4443.htm


And more on Gingrich propaganda techniques can be found here:

http://www.propagandacritic.com/articles/examples.newt.html

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A Simple Game Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 07:40 PM
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16. He does sound good and acts like he knows what he is
talking about, unless you actually pay attention to the words. They don't usually make a lot of sense.
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joentokyo Donating Member (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 12:49 AM
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18. Yes, indeed! You are correct. I wonder why people assume his is intelligent because they cannot
Edited on Sun May-15-11 12:51 AM by joentokyo
understand what he says. I listened to some of his lectures when he taught at Kennesaw State University. They were complete nonsense. Just a lot of complex terms strung together with no coherence.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 10:16 AM
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22. He plays himself on TV, like Colbert.
Jack Benny, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, (who in one of his movies saved the Earth from alien invaders) Jerry Seinfeld, and George Burns, all portrayed themselves as living a fictional life, and people buy it.

For Newt, it's The Newt Show: Newt Know Best (starring Newt) where he plays a biblical super hero, who fights against anti-Americans, so the rich and the poor, the sick and the healthy can have liberty! God, a cast member, smiles on Newt.

--imm
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badgerpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 06:05 PM
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15. Somebody who shut down the entire government machine...
...because he got his panties in a wad is NOT presidential material IMHO.

This job requires that one use critical thinking skills...not the ego, not the 'passion' :eyes::rofl:
and realize that "All About ME" and what's beneficial for the country as a whole are rarely even related, let alone the same thing.


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VPStoltz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 11:17 PM
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17. If he's such an intellectual, why...
has he changed his mind back and forth on every issue from global warming to medical insurance reform?
The mind of a true intellectual does not fluctuate with the political wind.
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BlueMTexpat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 04:06 AM
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19.  Gingrich "an intellectual who would most likely destroy
Obama in debates?"

In what parallel universe?

:rofl:
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 08:10 AM
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20. He is different because repugs run on a family values platform
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 08:15 AM
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21. whether or not his past personal life should disqualify him as a candidate for President...
Like Reverend Wright and Bill Ayers
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 02:21 PM
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24. GOP INTELLECTUAL: 1) Not a lazy trust fund baby or Sarah Palin
2) someone who may have actually read a book instead of read about it on a 3x5 card their aide handed them before they expected a reporter to ask them which books they've read.

3) someone who doesn't just follow the orders their rich masters give them but actually understands them.
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singingbiscuit Donating Member (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 02:36 PM
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25. How about the fact that he's an habitual liar?
Edited on Sun May-15-11 02:36 PM by singingbiscuit
Newt Gingrich’s Pinocchio-laden debut

By Glenn Kessler

in today's Washington Post
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AmericaIsGreat Donating Member (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 04:13 PM
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27. People who say Gingrich is an intellectual
are irrelevant.
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ann1e Donating Member (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 06:27 PM
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30. Gingrich-Obama debate would be...
...the best thing on television!
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 11:54 PM
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31. Gingrich could not win a debate with himself.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:21 AM
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32. How about Newt and Sarah? He can run and quit, then she can quit
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