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alp227

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Mon Aug 27, 2012, 11:19 PM Aug 2012

Newt University debuts at the Republican National Convention

TAMPA — To his own goodbye party, the speaker wore black — with a red Republican tie.

“Thank you for being here,” he said to a quiet crowd of about 100 Monday morning in a hotel ballroom. “I’m Newt Gingrich.”

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On Monday, the former history professor began Newt U with a name-dropping talk that was 180 proof Gingrich. In a 16-minute speech, he cited Margaret Thatcher, Alexis de Tocqueville, Pope John Paul II, John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln.

Gingrich, who famously proposed a moon colony in front of a crowd in Florida, also praised the Apollo space program. He used the buildup to the moon landing as a metaphor for the capability of the American people.

full: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/newt-university-debuts-at-the-republican-national-convention/2012/08/27/850e8ebc-f070-11e1-ba17-c7bb037a1d5b_singlePage.html

We know that Gingrich wants to take over the moon...

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'We know that Gingrich wants to take over the moon... ' Angry Dragon Aug 2012 #1

Angry Dragon

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1. 'We know that Gingrich wants to take over the moon... '
Mon Aug 27, 2012, 11:26 PM
Aug 2012

All he has to do is have Rush Limpballs drop his pants, bend over, so he can kiss it

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