Professor Gingrich (Former Students evaluate the college course he taught as Speaker)

National Review ^ | 12/13/2011 | Brian Bolduc

[Lazlo in PA]

He is referring to the total difference in the leftward shift that occurred in the thirty years from 1964.

I am neither arguing nor am I stupid. Having Reagan lumped into the leftward shift of the country is outrageous. There is no reason to cite this line of Newts as some sort of pure wisdom. It is flawed.

[Poser]

1965-1994

I believe he may have been referring to deficit spending.

[jessduntno]

“I am neither arguing nor am I stupid.”

A. Yes, you are.
B. Yes, you are.

There was an undeniable OVERALL leftward shift in America in that time period. The fact that he did not say “with the exception of...” means nothing.

With the exception of the dimwits in the audience, they understood there was no slight to Mr Reagan intended.

You sir, are the dimmest bulb I have ever run across on this board.

[jessduntno]

“I believe he may have been referring to deficit spending.”

Might that have had something to do with the growing of the government, the “Great Society” the “if it feels good do it” generation and the change in our collective attitudes away from smaller, conservative, saving-conscious America?

[Lazlo in PA]

You sir, are the dimmest bulb I have ever run across on this board.

You have some hostility issues. If I am dim for wondering why the man who said the era of Reagan is over also intentionally omitted him in his college discourse, so be it.

[jessduntno]

“You have some hostility issues. If I am dim for wondering why the man who said the era of Reagan is over also intentionally omitted him in his college discourse, so be it.”

Yes, I know. I get that a lot. It does not make you less dim, however. And for what it’s worth...your asinine attempt to take a cheap shot at Newt may indicate you share my affliction.

[Lazlo in PA]

Where is the cheap shot? As far as I am concerned, Reagan was the gold standard for my brand of politics. To infer, or in Newts case, state in plain English that the idea of Reaganism is over, isn’t a “cheap shot” on him, it is something he believed. I do not nor will I ever subscribe to this concept.

[jessduntno]

“To infer, or in Newts case, state in plain English that the idea of Reaganism is over...”

Not in this piece, not in my post or not (until your ulterior motive just surfaced) on this thread, you moron. Shoo....go back to wherever you trolls collect.

[Lazlo in PA]

Bleh.

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

A lesson in basic English punctuation:

Lesson One- The Ellipsis

An ellipsis is a form of punctuation, represented by three evenly-spaced dots or periods, that signifies some portion of a quote or statement has been intentionally left out for brevity. For example:

But “from 1965 to 1994 . . . America went off on the wrong track.”

In the preceding quote, material (in this case, of unknown content) has been left out of the quote in order to summarize its overall meaning. Such material could be ancillary, or it could clarify or limit the extend of the general statement. Without the original quote, however, we don't know what has been left out.

Occasionally, some individuals might argue about what qualifying information may or may not be represented in the original quote. With only the concatenated quote to work from, however, we have no way of knowing what information was or was not included to limit this statement. Hence, the aforementioned individuals may be exposed as "Morons" (see Lesson Sixty-Seven: Brute Stupidity and its Various Forms)...

[GreenLanternCorps]

“Come to think of it... Has any former student ever evaluated the course Obama taught when he was a lecturer at the University of Chicago”

It actually doesn't surprise me at all...