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My Man Newt [Maureen Dowd]
NYT ^ | 11/29/11 | Maureen Dowd

Posted on 11/30/2011 7:33:04 PM PST by BunnySlippers

In many ways, Newt is the perfect man.

He knows how to buy good jewelry. He puts his wife ahead of his campaign. He’s so in touch with his feelings that he would rather close the entire federal government than keep his emotions bottled up. He’s confident enough to include a steamy sex scene in a novel. He understands that Paul Revere was warning about the British.

Mitt Romney is a phony with gobs of hair gel. Newt Gingrich is a phony with gobs of historical grandiosity.

The 68-year-old has compared himself to Charles de Gaulle. He has noted nonchalantly: “People like me are what stand between us and Auschwitz.” As speaker, he liked to tell reporters he was a World Historical Transformational Figure.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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Did we miss the latest Mo Dowd piece?
1 posted on 11/30/2011 7:33:06 PM PST by BunnySlippers
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To: BunnySlippers

If she doesnt like him thats a good thing


2 posted on 11/30/2011 7:34:49 PM PST by italianquaker ( Mr Obama inherited an AAA rating and made it AA, thnx Resident Zero)
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To: italianquaker

I totally dislike him. Will not vote for Newt.


3 posted on 11/30/2011 7:36:09 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: BunnySlippers

Can’t be trusted .


4 posted on 11/30/2011 7:37:47 PM PST by sushiman
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To: BunnySlippers

He puts his wife ahead of his campaign

Who is Mo talking about

Newt puts his sexual gratification ahead of all and there are two murdered marriages to attest to that


5 posted on 11/30/2011 7:38:21 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: BunnySlippers

6 posted on 11/30/2011 7:38:57 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: sushiman

Used to infuriate me when he “crossed the aisle”. A sucker for global warming!!!


7 posted on 11/30/2011 7:38:57 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: BunnySlippers

As the Brits would say, PISS OFF NEWT!


8 posted on 11/30/2011 7:41:47 PM PST by outhousepatrol
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To: eyedigress

Thank you! I was about to complain.


9 posted on 11/30/2011 7:44:16 PM PST by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: yldstrk

Do you know for a fact that his cheating broke up his first marriage?


10 posted on 11/30/2011 7:46:01 PM PST by Hildy ("When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - SocratesH)
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To: Hildy

Supposedly...........


11 posted on 11/30/2011 7:47:47 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: BunnySlippers

I vote for Catherine


12 posted on 11/30/2011 7:49:23 PM PST by NonValueAdded (At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
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To: outhousepatrol

I am a computer tard but I just saw Newt on Hannitty and am too illiterate to post alink, but I am tired of this perpetuation of the “ wife in the hospital with cancer” The woman is still alive and she filed for divorce.
I dislike Newt because of his arrogance, but please have a rational, truthful reason!


13 posted on 11/30/2011 7:50:20 PM PST by acapesket
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To: eyedigress

not big enough .....I cant tell what is going on in that photo


14 posted on 11/30/2011 7:52:44 PM PST by woofie (It takes three villages and a forest of woodland creatures to raise a child in Obamaville)
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To: italianquaker

Nice test: If Dowd hates Gingrich so much, then he must be the best candidate.

Think about it. Dowd is the essence of everything we abhor.

Here she compares the Tea Party to demon possessed ax murderers akin to Hitler and body snatching space aliens. What a dear she is.

“Just as horror films moved from niche to mainstream in the late-’70s, with successes like “Halloween” and “Alien,” the Tea Party moved from niche to mainstream.” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/opinion/washington-chain-saw-massacre.html?_r=1


15 posted on 11/30/2011 7:53:49 PM PST by garjog
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To: garjog

My idea of a horror film would be being married to Maureen Dowd.


16 posted on 11/30/2011 7:57:40 PM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: BunnySlippers

I can only hope that the Newt bashers on Free Republic took their time to watch Gingrich being interviewed this evening on Hannity. At least before they make such ridiculous statements. I can tell you this, for the first time in three years, I felt a glimmer of hope and was inspired, actually had chills hearing what his immediate plans will be within hours of an inauguration. I felt like maybe American actually had a future again. Maybe, before being critical replay the interview, go to Fox News/Hannity.


17 posted on 11/30/2011 7:59:14 PM PST by Toespi
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To: dynachrome; BunnySlippers

No problem. The only pics on FR today have been Cain, Obama, or Newt. It was good-timing for a MODO thread to balance that out.


18 posted on 11/30/2011 7:59:33 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: woofie

It’s classified and she swore me to secrecy.


19 posted on 11/30/2011 8:01:28 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: Toespi

Please recall what happened in 1995. Newt and Company had a good run for a year and got much of their program passed. Then he lost interest in governing and let Clinton take the initiative away from him. Newt is great at running his mouth; not so great in following through.


20 posted on 11/30/2011 8:03:31 PM PST by LiveFree99
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