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Newt Gingrich to Debate John Kerry on Climate Change
FOX news online ^ | April 05, 2007

Posted on 04/06/2007 2:56:13 PM PDT by Kimmers

WASHINGTON — Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich will face off next week with Sen. John Kerry in a debate over climate change.

The debate is scheduled for Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

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TOPICS: Announcements; Extended News; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: again; debate; enviroment; gingrich; hanoijohnny; ichabodcrane; joncary; kerry; lurch; newt
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To: duckln
Better to wait and see don't you think?

Are you kidding? 1994 til today is a plenty good sample to find out what Newt's all about....doncha think? Or don't you?

41 posted on 04/07/2007 10:36:28 AM PDT by Huck (Soylent Green is People.)
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To: Bonaparte

It would be funny if the moderator began the debate with “What makes either of you think you’re qualified to debate this topic?”


42 posted on 04/07/2007 11:36:40 AM PDT by streetpreacher (What if you're wrong?)
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To: CottShop

you are probably right but as GW is just PC and socialist/ globalist politics it could at least be fun to watch Newt destroy Kerry with common sense! We dont need a science expert as this garbage is not science! And the dummies who have never even listened to Newt because of the MSM bias may have a thought or two penetrate!


43 posted on 04/07/2007 11:42:04 AM PDT by righteousindignation
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To: righteousindignation
you are probably right but as GW is just PC and socialist/ globalist politics it could at least be fun to watch You and I both know GW is complete garbage, but the seriousness lies in the fact that those who ALSO know it is complete garbage, but won't ever admit it will be the ones in charge of charging us all for our 'sins' of 'contributing to our own demise' (despite the FACT that our contribution is a scientifically verifiable measeley amount of .028%) and I think for Newt to give any more time to GW nuts like Kerry only furthers the ignorance of 'man made GW' being touted as 'science'. Those hwo know it to be complete garbage and who want ot fight against it have already lost hte battle because there is simply too much money to be made off of peddling the global warming doom and gloom scenario, and too much money to be had from extortion from the masses. This is the most vile scam ever to hit this planet- and the bullying scammers have succeeded in silencing the facts and intimidating the right- we can't recover from this and every effort to do so only further makes the extortionists dig in their heels and get agressive with their comunistic methods of bilking the puiblic.
44 posted on 04/07/2007 12:38:03 PM PDT by CottShop
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To: CottShop

Hope the situation is not as gloomy as you seem to feel! I believe that there is still a chance for common sense to prevail at least in the USA over this transparent power and money grab!!


45 posted on 04/07/2007 12:56:58 PM PDT by righteousindignation
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To: Kimmers
Ya but,

What are they going to do when the subject of Cow Flatulence comes up as a major cause of Global Warming?


46 posted on 04/07/2007 1:02:31 PM PDT by taildragger
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To: righteousindignation

I’d like to think that- but we’re already seeing states introducing mandatory fines and regulations to ‘attone ofr our sins’- Cali has a measure on the board trying to punish 6 car manufacturers in a lawsuit for ‘contributing to global warming’ and other states are levying fines already for compnaies’ carbon impacts’ on the environment. the UK has stated charging extra for peopel from other countries who fly there because of the increased carbon output hte planes produce getting htem there. As you can see- the potential for money grabbing is huge huge huge- and the dems are pushing like mad trying to get a piece of the pie already. It will only get worse and more viscious as their little cash cow is called into question with actual scientific facts that dispute our contributions to GW


47 posted on 04/07/2007 1:14:59 PM PDT by CottShop
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To: TN4Liberty

Yes, I think you are right, he was a history major, but I heard Newt on the radio say he used to teach earth science, implying he was well armed for debate with Carry — that all I know.


48 posted on 04/07/2007 1:30:44 PM PDT by Tarpon
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To: Huck
Newt will buy into whatever seems best for Newt.

Unfortunately, I agree.  I say 'unfortunately' because although I have tremendous respect for Newt's intellect and some of the things that he's done, he also has done and said some things that just make me want to walk away from him.  As an example, a few years ago he came to Washington State, where I live, and spoke at a Republican event.  Of course I had to go and see him, and he was going along fine, speaking about the current themes of the day when, in order to make a point about Social Security he asked what appeared to be a random child in the audience to come up onto the stage.  He asks the kid how old he is and then uses that kid and his age as a prop for his speech about Social Security and how little the kid will have when he grows up.  The way it was done was, to my eyes, terribly phony in that it was taking a subject pertaining to facts, numbers and economics and turning it into an emotional one, just as the Dems do with any of their "for the children' speeches.  The kid was just standing there up on the stage with Newt occasionally gesturing at him, and it all looked so wrong.  The episode suggested to me that although he has a brilliant mind, he is also an opportunistic person and will reach for low-class emotionalism and sensatiionalism when the mood strikes him, if he thinks that it will help to make an impression.

49 posted on 04/07/2007 2:20:44 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Duke Nukum
 
I predict that Kerry will win the debate when he accuses Newt of being a Global Warmingphobe(TM) and Newt caves in a massive attack of Political Correctness(R).

If you want to end any debate just put the word “phobe” at the end.

Agreed.....the statement utilizing the term will be run as an endless soundbite by Kerry's adoring media fans and will be used to frame Kerry as the 'winner', regardless of his inability to put forth a coherent argument.

50 posted on 04/07/2007 2:30:01 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
Rechts!

When will we see debating weathermen on the evening news.
51 posted on 04/07/2007 2:34:31 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
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To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
 
Why are two non-experts debating a highly complex scientific subject?

I mean, why don’t they debate the complexities of the logistics of sending a man to Mars. I suppose they know about the same amount about that subject too.

The Dems have turned it into an emotional, religious issue and so to them and to the media, science is nearly irrelevant in the discussion.

Because Kerry and Newt are both opportunists in this context, they are exploiting the political nature of the matter.

Neither Kerry, algore or any of the other Dem politicians who are pushing Global Warming will publicly debate a dissenter from the scientific community, and so the whole matter is reduced to this sort of idiotic political theater.

52 posted on 04/07/2007 2:37:55 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Ieatfrijoles
I too think this will turn out to be a mutual JO session for a couple o’ beltway gadflys

And ultimately it will benefit the Dems because the media will portray Newt as "mean" and "uncaring" once again, and so because this Global Warming stuff is all an emotional and religious issue it will end up with more sheeple voters on the Dem side.

53 posted on 04/07/2007 2:41:18 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: California Patriot
Newt will mop the floor with this pompous fool.

He could. Whether he will or not is up for grabs. Newt has a pathological need to be liked, so he may well succumb to an early piece of kerry flattery like Jack Kemp did in his pathetic debate with Algore in 96. The result will be a daft concession on some critical argument that by the end of the debate will have vitiated his position.

54 posted on 04/07/2007 2:43:32 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Kimmers

Climate change is a scientific issue not a political one... (Repeat three times a day, as needed)


55 posted on 04/07/2007 2:46:04 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: streetpreacher

I know what you mean, but I’m uncertain who would “moderate” his image? The media? Fat chance!

Best to just wipe the floor with Jean Francois and give conservatives more reason to overlook his baggage.

I’m not a tremendous Newt fan, but I heard him on Hugh Hewitt recently and the guy is very, very smart!


57 posted on 04/07/2007 2:51:40 PM PDT by incredulous joe ("Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. ")
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To: Kimmers

If LongJohn incurs a wound during the debate, will he put in for another Purple Cross?


58 posted on 04/07/2007 2:52:19 PM PDT by toddlintown (Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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To: toddlintown

I wonder which facts skerry will make up this time?


59 posted on 04/07/2007 2:53:29 PM PDT by oldenuff2no
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To: taildragger

Wrong end...


60 posted on 04/07/2007 2:55:01 PM PDT by Wolverine (A Concerned Citizen)
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