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Onlooker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 09:31 AM
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Gingrich says 2012 election biggest since 1860
Edited on Sun May-15-11 10:31 AM by Onlooker
In other words, Hey Georgia, let's not have a repeat of the 1860 election. Remember what a disaster that was, electing a radical left-wing guy like Abe Lincoln?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/05/14/ap/politics/main20062994.shtml>Gingrich says 2012 election biggest since 1860 - CBS News

(AP) MACON, Ga. (AP) — Republican Newt Gingrich told a Georgia audience on Friday evening that the 2012 presidential election is the most consequential since the 1860 race that elected Abraham Lincoln to the White House and was soon followed by the Civil War.

Addressing the Georgia Republican Party's convention, Gingrich said the nation is at a crossroads and that the re-election of Democratic President Barack Obama would lead to four more years of "radical left-wing values" that would drive the nation to ruin.
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DCBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 09:36 AM
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1.  "radical left-wing values" .. huh??
and yet we have those on the left saying he is the reincarnation of GWB. Both comments are idiotic.. imo.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 09:54 AM
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6. I'm willing to settle for even slightly left wing values once in a great while lol nt
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Frustratedlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 09:38 AM
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2. Only because he thinks he's in it.
Newt needs to go on a diet...for his weight and his bloated ego.

Obama needs to "roast" Newt like he did Trump.
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 09:39 AM
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3. Newt: let's re-fight the Civil War
we can win this time!

As you point out, he was speaking in Georgia.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 09:41 AM
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4. Could that be taken as a racist remark?
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Mrs. Overall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 09:45 AM
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5. I wondered the same thing--he was speaking in Georgia and of all things to invoke--
why the beginning of the Civil War?

He's setting the tone for his candidacy.
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 10:20 AM
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10. I know Georgia and I know Newt...
Fuck yes. That was intended to be taken as a racially-charged remark by those who listen for such things. Another blaring dog whistle from the bottom-feeding sleazeball Newt.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 09:58 AM
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7. Does he want to be President
of a country in a civil war?
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blue neen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 10:15 AM
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8. Well, Gingrich certainly is as racist as many politicians were in 1860.
Edited on Sun May-15-11 10:15 AM by blue neen
His next speech is in St. Louis where he will be discussing the many benefits of the Missouri Compromise.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 10:16 AM
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9. Thats because he's running
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 10:29 AM
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11. Seems like every election cycle, the upcoming election is proclaimed to be "the most important".
http://www.theamericanscholar.org/the-most-important-election/

McCain said something similar in 2008.
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 11:07 AM
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12. Yes, I read about this here yesterday morning:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1100626
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 11:36 AM
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13. newt needs to be relegated to inconsequential status
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Dawson Leery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 12:09 PM
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14. So Georgia's own Newt Gingrich wants a pro-plantation (i.e the modern corporation)
candidate in in the Presidency. I see.
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Keith Bee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 12:15 PM
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15. What Newt doesn't realize is.....
...he's James Buchanan
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