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tfsoccer

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Sun Dec 11, 2011, 08:23 PM Dec 2011

Quiz Time-Who is the Yin and who is the Yang!

Last edited Sun Dec 11, 2011, 10:58 PM - Edit history (3)

Quiz time! (Picking from one of today's editorials in the Washington Post)
Questions:
1. Who's this about? (the Yang)
2. Who wrote this? (the Yin)
(answers below)

"One: He’s changed his mind. True. He changed his mind, thus becoming more conservative.
Two: He’s too perfect. Three: You can’t drink beer with him. Whatever.

(This person's) record of leadership is demonstrably erratic. He is, in the words of former senator Jim Talent, who served with (this person) from 1993 to 1999, “unreliable.” Another insider speaking to me privately was blunter: “He’s unstable, and everybody knows it, but no one wants to say it. Yes, he’s a genius and is respected for his many great ideas. But he’s Icarus. He flies too close to the sun.”

●Ethics violations when, just before he was sworn in as speaker of the House, (This person) tried to cash in with a book contract. While campaigning even now, he’s lining his pockets with book sales, profits that supporters may mistakenly believe are going toward the campaign.
●Throwing Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) under the bus by calling Ryan’s Medicare reform plan “right-wing social engineering,” though (This person's) later recanted and said he would implement the plan as an option while keeping the current system in place.
●Accepting $1.6 million in consulting fees from Freddie Mac to help persuade conservatives not to dismantle the mortgage company, even as he called people who supported Freddie criminals.

Answers:
1. Newt Gingrich-F...., F...., and Full of it.
2. Kathleen Parker--Funny, Fetching, Fantastic to read
'Hope you enjoyed and will enjoy many more of this excellent Washington Post columnist, Kathleen Parker--The GOP’s Death Wish
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gops-death-wish/2011/12/09/gIQALe5CjO_story.html

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Quiz Time-Who is the Yin and who is the Yang! (Original Post) tfsoccer Dec 2011 OP
Please read the Statement of Purpose for this forum ... slipslidingaway Dec 2011 #1
Link to this column, thanks to a kind DUer ... slipslidingaway Dec 2011 #2

slipslidingaway

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Sun Dec 11, 2011, 08:47 PM
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slipslidingaway

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2. Link to this column, thanks to a kind DUer ...
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 09:46 PM
Dec 2011

The GOP’s death wish
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gops-death-wish/2011/12/09/gIQALe5CjO_story.html


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