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

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 02:50 AM

Jun 2020

Why the very name is enough to laugh him off the stage!'

Early on, many ridiculed him. As I recall, he was a particular target of Ms magazine

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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

True! BlueMTexpat Jun 2020 #15

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

... 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