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phasma ex machina

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6. Some RW pundit (Coulter?) said that a Reagan [auto]biography mentioned Newt once in passing.

Reply to backwoodsbob (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 02:14 AM

Jan 2012

Not that facts will stop Newt's ego from claiming an out-sized role for itself to try to play the nostalgia vote.

Newt actually became prominent during the Clinton era not the Reagan era.

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