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The Magistrate

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1. That Is Reasonably True, Ma'am

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 02:03 AM

Jun 2020

He put out a sort of 'candidates guide' of inflammatory language for Republicans to use against Democrats. It paid off big in 1994, and its basic outlines are still followed. Much of what he suggested was already visible in Republican campaigning, but he systematized it and recruited to it. The present 'heighten the contradictions' strategy of the Republicans pretty well began with him.

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Where did I read all the repug b.s. began with Gingrich? [View all] elleng Jun 2020 OP

That Is Reasonably True, Ma'am The Magistrate Jun 2020 #1

Absolutely this! BlueMTexpat Jun 2020 #11

That "complicit" "M$M" didn't just happen -- deregulation, tax cuts and consolidation were plans. Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2020 #13

True! BlueMTexpat Jun 2020 #15

I have always found him particularly loathsome. trusty elf Jun 2020 #2

Before he was v well known nationally, someone wrote 'can you imagine a politician named Newtie? bobbieinok Jun 2020 #7

... trusty elf Jun 2020 #3

Read my lips... trusty elf Jun 2020 #4

Bob Dole was pretty loathsome too. (eom) StevieM Jun 2020 #5

He showed that Congress KT2000 Jun 2020 #6

Contract With (On) America no_hypocrisy Jun 2020 #8

Al Franken: betsuni Jun 2020 #9

DeLay True Blue American Jun 2020 #20

He took the Morton Downey/Rush Limbaugh playbook to congress Awsi Dooger Jun 2020 #10

Gingrich merged science with Orwell Cicada Jun 2020 #12

Gingrich fed the hate but the erosion of the Republican Party True Blue American Jun 2020 #14

Agreed Sherman A1 Jun 2020 #17

It did, but was not so obvious. True Blue American Jun 2020 #18

I'd put the modern start at the '52 Republican Convention JHB Jun 2020 #23

All of the above. He also was the first to have a PAC. ms liberty Jun 2020 #16

His wife, the former Intern is now Ambassador True Blue American Jun 2020 #19

Where did you read it? Likely a lot of places, including here JHB Jun 2020 #21

Don't leave out the nonstop lying... JHB Jun 2020 #22

It actually started in the late 1980s Norbert Jun 2020 #24