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Why Gingrich Can't Win
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| March 13, 2011
| Steve Chapman
Posted on 03/13/2011 5:21:53 AM PDT by Kaslin
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:21:54 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
To: Kaslin
Scazafafava SP? I know I murdered it!
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:26:40 AM PDT
by
sig229
(The loonie left "FLUNKED" human nature 101)
To: Kaslin
Sometimes Steve Chapman hits it out of the park, and sometimes he swings, misses and falls over onto the catcher, bat still in hand. This is one of those times. Newt can't win, not because he's a demagogue, but because the left hates him to the core of because of 1994, and the right semi-hates him for some of the stupid stuff he's done in his private life, as well as espousing some of the more insane leftist policies re: the environment.
Bottom line: Brilliant guy, but we can't trust him.
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:27:10 AM PDT
by
Hardastarboard
(Bringing children to America without immigration documents is child abuse. Let's end it.)
To: Kaslin
Being a Demagogue doesn’t seem to have hurt Obama any.
The reason Newt can’t win is that he is a RINO.
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:28:19 AM PDT
by
NavVet
("You Lie!")
To: Kaslin
“The presidential historian Richard Norton Smith, in a telephone conversation, says demagoguery can be defined as “extremism married to flamboyance, and it helps if you have delusions of grandeur.” Those qualities, conspicuous in Gingrich, have shown up in other demagogues who aspired to the White House.”
I could agree that Pat Buchanan is a demagogue. But Newt Gingrich? I don't see the extremism. Maybe flamboyance. Delusions of grandeur?
Our current president breaks this meme entirely. He is clearly a demagogue. All three qualifiers are conspicuous in Barack Obama.
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:30:10 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: NavVet
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:32:42 AM PDT
by
AeWingnut
(Soccer: a symptom of a greater ill)
To: Hardastarboard
He sold us out and we do care about his private life.
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:34:12 AM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: Hardastarboard
Newt is the past. 2008 and Obama told us a lot, but one thing it screamed loud and clear was “no more old white guys”. (No offense intended for you old white guys out there.)
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:34:29 AM PDT
by
randita
To: Kaslin
Because he is emotionally very needy and morally very weak. He’s the candidate most likely to toss national security to the wind if a honey trap is used on him.
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:35:33 AM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: AeWingnut
Newt can ram his Climate Change money grab, and my vote.
To: Kaslin
ginrich have a better chance as a democrat than as a republican. Republicans care about moral issues
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:38:01 AM PDT
by
4rcane
To: Kaslin
The real reason that Newt will NEVER be POTUS:
Climbing in bed with the enviromental nuts to perpetuate the FRAUD of manmade global warming/climatechange/manbearpig/goreacle.
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:38:15 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists". (Die Ritter der Kokosnuss))
To: randita
Newt is the past. 2008 and Obama told us a lot, but one thing it screamed loud and clear was no more old white guys. Funny, I didn't get that message at all. The message I got was "no more RINOs."
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:39:25 AM PDT
by
Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
(When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will believe in abject nonsense.)
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:42:16 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: DCBryan1
I recall Ginrich gave a good speech about GOP strategy. One of them is not get caught standing next to a democrat and smiling
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:43:15 AM PDT
by
4rcane
To: Kaslin
Great American...lousy candidate
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:43:56 AM PDT
by
mo
("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you do not, no explanation is possible")
To: Kaslin
demagogues don't get elected president of the United States.Huh??? You think Mr. Hope and Change, stopping the rising sea levels, fundamentally transforming America, isn't a demagogue?
Newt has pluses, including his knowledge of history and public speaking abilities. He also has some negatives, including the marriages and his Pelosi photo op. Conservatives that love to listen to Newt discussing history and ways of dealing with current issues also know Newt can flip on the RINO switch at any moment.
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:45:37 AM PDT
by
spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: Kaslin
Yeah I don't care for him either. When he became speaker of the house his head got as big as Nancy Pelosi's still is and he shot his mouth off all the time saying things he shouldn't. He doesn't handle power very well at all! I've never cared for him.
We need someone steady and bold like Scott Walker though you all can't have him yet we need him here in Wisconsin!
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:46:11 AM PDT
by
ljswisc
To: Kaslin
The Nancy loving bastard will not get my vote. Let the Republicans nominate him, in the end, they will nominate either him or someone equally repugnant. Either equals four more years of obama.
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:46:52 AM PDT
by
sport
To: DCBryan1
Yeah....someone has a tag line tat says:
Gingrich would rather sit with Pelosi than stand with Palin.
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posted on
03/13/2011 5:47:16 AM PDT
by
spokeshave
(WTF....the only thing 0bambi's investments will get us is a bullet train to bankruptcy.)
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