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Old and In the Way

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6. I'd pay money to the moderator who'd ask him that question.

Reply to blm (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 20, 2012, 02:29 PM

Jan 2012

"newt, please explain why you thought it necessary to spend $50MM+ of taxpayer money to investigate and impeach President Clinton for having consensual sex, while you were cheating on your wife at the same time? How big a hypocrite are you?" Love to see Newt doing contortions as he tries to worm himself out of that question. Oh well, maybe that will be served up in the GE.

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Now that Newt has bullied the debate moderators, are they all afraid of questioning him about the [View all] mfcorey1 Jan 2012 OP

Without the crowd, his "outrage" wouldn't have worked. JBoy Jan 2012 #1

nailed it mfcorey1 Jan 2012 #2

hopefully with a camera running, and a certified, third-party lie detector attached zbdent Jan 2012 #5

Mixed mittaphor. RUMMYisFROSTED Jan 2012 #12

Gingrich uses typical distraction tactics ProfessionalLeftist Jan 2012 #3

The moderators need to start the question by using Newt's own quotes from when he attacked Clinton's blm Jan 2012 #4

I'd pay money to the moderator who'd ask him that question. Old and In the Way Jan 2012 #6

Let's draft Geraldo to moderate it!!!!! HockeyMom Jan 2012 #9

So, in a debate questioning infidelity is 'inappropriate' but congress can focus on it for 11 months blm Jan 2012 #14

That would be a GREAT question nobodyspecial Jan 2012 #16

#ImpeachNewtforsex Old and In the Way Jan 2012 #18

Won't work. nobodyspecial Jan 2012 #19

Or the things he said two minutes ago. RUMMYisFROSTED Jan 2012 #13

I think Newt borrowed a play from Poppy. LiberalAndProud Jan 2012 #7

Exactly edhopper Jan 2012 #15

if john king had any balls or intellect he wouldn't have stood there like a dork spanone Jan 2012 #8

Exactly, I wanted him to launch right into how Newt judged Clinton treestar Jan 2012 #10

i think it was intentional. he knew that gingrich would go ballistic, yet said nothing. spanone Jan 2012 #11

Newt is a flip-flopper on adultery, family values, and character ... just keep repeating that. JoePhilly Jan 2012 #17

Newt believes on one thing, and one thing only: Newt. Atman Jan 2012 #20