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Old and In the Way

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Reply to nobodyspecial (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 11, 2011, 07:31 PM

Dec 2011

Couldn't agree more. Newt's a pompous gasbag who believes he's far more intelligent than the facts would support. He might think a Lincoln-Douglas debate will elevate his professorial persona, but I think it could just as likely expose him as the lightweight he really is.

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