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Eid Ma Clack Shaw

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8. I remember the last Republican to run against a (personally) popular Democrat and...

Reply to backwoodsbob (Original post)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 02:35 AM

Jan 2012

try to lay claim to the past as the best way to unlock the future.

Gingrich's heyday is as far away as Dole's was in '96, and he's far, far less popular a person. He's not a blast, but a wet fart from the past.

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remember one thing about Newt [View all] backwoodsbob Jan 2012 OP

The fiery trash Newt talks can be intoxicating to some Gman Jan 2012 #1

no doubt backwoodsbob Jan 2012 #2

Nostalgia's pathetic. America's predicament calls for a JFK, not a Reagan. phasma ex machina Jan 2012 #3

I agree backwoodsbob Jan 2012 #4

Some RW pundit (Coulter?) said that a Reagan [auto]biography mentioned Newt once in passing. phasma ex machina Jan 2012 #6

he's not just a narcissist -- he's a megalomaniac grasswire Jan 2012 #5

Newt isn't a player, he just talks a lot... oh08dem Jan 2012 #7

I remember the last Republican to run against a (personally) popular Democrat and... Eid Ma Clack Shaw Jan 2012 #8