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91. Yup. The right answer would have been to laugh it off.

Wed Dec 28, 2011, 08:34 PM

Dec 2011

Say something like it being an honor to be compared to Lucille Ball or that it sure can feel like that on the campaign trail with everything heating up and then move on like it's not worth more time.

This shows how neither is presidential material. Biden would have made a great joke out of it, Hilary would have smiled and said something gracious with a bit of zing, Obama would have laughed it off and moved on, but no, these two have to make the lame joke and the even lamer response. What idiots.

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Mitt compares Newt to Lucy in Chocolate Factory. Newt says, "Say that to my face." [View all] A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 OP

Not satire, not parody. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #1

Don't be so sure. RUMMYisFROSTED Dec 2011 #12

Well, there's parody, then there's self-parody. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #13

Which raises the question "WTF are they doing over there?" RUMMYisFROSTED Dec 2011 #14

Play nice boys... flying rabbit Dec 2011 #2

Well.... athena5000 Dec 2011 #3

Newt's got the scratch to shake Mitt's hand on a $10,000 bet gratuitous Dec 2011 #4

OMG...Newt is so full of himself... one_voice Dec 2011 #5

I'm incapable of doing paperwork, and I'll beat up anyone who doesn't like it. Vote for me. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2011 #6

"Say that to my face." murielm99 Dec 2011 #7

My god is better than your god?? comes to mind Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #8

My god, ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2011 #16

"I'll bet you 10,000 dollars!" n/t Enrique Dec 2011 #11

I'll bet you infinity! jberryhill Dec 2011 #46

Now if... Johnny Noshoes Dec 2011 #74

is newt gonna kick mitt's ass out by the bike racks after school? frylock Dec 2011 #9

No, I heard it was going to be in the park... KansDem Dec 2011 #18

I'm pretty sure the clean living, 6 foot 2 pile of Mormon muscle could beat the shit out of Newty. Bombtrack Dec 2011 #19

ugh, it would be a total Bre'r Rabbit situation MisterP Dec 2011 #20

Steel cage match!! eom Dulcinea Dec 2011 #56

pay per view????? dhill926 Dec 2011 #10

Steel cage match! [nt] Jester Messiah Dec 2011 #65

this is better, totally free for the price of monthly internet service wordpix Dec 2011 #86

newt wants a situation where his bullshit can be shoveled as truth. spanone Dec 2011 #15

And Wolf provides it. Joe Bacon Dec 2011 #59

LOL Roy Rolling Dec 2011 #67

Right on both counts! Joe Bacon Dec 2011 #100

"Any place...anywhere....anytime....." Jello Biafra Dec 2011 #17

How about the bottom of the ocean in the next ten seconds Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 #23

GOP Carnival of Presidential Hopefools Bill USA Dec 2011 #21

FAIL. Mitty the DraftDodger (R) got his analogy wrong. SpiralHawk Dec 2011 #22

Lucy & the Chocolate Factory is perfect. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #24

I agree - a perfect analogy and it also works because it is both not angry and not nasty, but it karynnj Dec 2011 #28

Lucy re-reruns treestar Dec 2011 #31

OK - I didn't realize that they were still on karynnj Dec 2011 #64

Newt taking that seriously rather than with grace and humor treestar Dec 2011 #25

Ding. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #47

Yup. The right answer would have been to laugh it off. knitter4democracy Dec 2011 #91

duel demtenjeep Dec 2011 #26

dual TheCowsCameHome Dec 2011 #36

Newt, you're not half as smart as you think you are.... Scuba Dec 2011 #27

It is a perfect analogy... Spazito Dec 2011 #29

Except for Newt the chocolates are cash from Fannie Mae. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #33

Thanks for the video...... Scottybeamer70 Dec 2011 #55

thanks, that ranks up there with the Veggie Vitamin & wine stomping episodes wordpix Dec 2011 #90

I recently spent a few hours on YouTube watching some of the episodes.... Spazito Dec 2011 #93

Newt and his debate fetish The Genealogist Dec 2011 #30

This thread needs this picture jberryhill Dec 2011 #32

Oh, god, I'd forgotten about this. n/t Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #48

So had I. That photo is creepy on so many levels. n/t VWolf Dec 2011 #61

True. Republicans do not photograph well treestar Dec 2011 #71

Someone smarter than me VWolf Dec 2011 #62

"Newt? ... oh Newt!!!!" stlsaxman Dec 2011 #69

lol treestar Dec 2011 #72

That's actually pretty amusing. tammywammy Dec 2011 #34

Did you know Newt was a historian? TheCowsCameHome Dec 2011 #35

Re: Did you know Newt was a historian pauljulian Dec 2011 #76

Maybe they can WRESTLE in chocolate. Warren DeMontague Dec 2011 #37

THUNDERDOME!! Motown_Johnny Dec 2011 #38

Link please? LiberalAndProud Dec 2011 #39

Straight from CNN's Wolf Blitzer interview with Newt this afternoon. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #40

Wolf was a little bit "kissy-ass" with Newt... NightTemplar Dec 2011 #41

Newt IS history. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #42

Agreed. he doesn't stand a chance. nt NightTemplar Dec 2011 #43

lol, he paid $300K for a "lawyer to draft a letter that was technically wrong"? wordpix Dec 2011 #84

Maybe he hired John Yoo. (n/t) thesquanderer Dec 2011 #89

The whole country is laughing at you Newt. Shut up already. yellowcanine Dec 2011 #44

Or... A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #45

Exactly, let him go nuts. AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #50

funny line, "ratchet up the crazy" lol wordpix Dec 2011 #83

no, keep on talking about Romney's "phony superPAC"---would love to hear more about it wordpix Dec 2011 #88

This just gets better and better. AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #49

Nice dick waving MilesColtrane Dec 2011 #51

Sophomoric behavior fortyfeetunder Dec 2011 #52

I bet somebody's photoshopping Newt into the original Lucy conveyor belt scene A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #53

10,000 quatloos on the amphibian! JHB Dec 2011 #54

Wait... is that Michelle Bachmann on the right? AlbertCat Dec 2011 #73

Naw, it's Newt's campaign staffer... JHB Dec 2011 #77

Hahahahaha!!!!! Luuuucccyyyy!!!!! Waa-aaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!! Major Hogwash Dec 2011 #57

Newt vs. Mitt ejbr Dec 2011 #58

The Blitzer pangaia Dec 2011 #60

"say that to my face?" From NEWT Gingrich? DWilliamsamh Dec 2011 #63

Imagine if he'd said, "I'm comin' for ya, brother!" Kennah Dec 2011 #99

Hey Newt... Roy Rolling Dec 2011 #66

Um, weren't they supposed to meet in the Trump debate/debacle? Myrina Dec 2011 #68

I get a totally different visual. felix_numinous Dec 2011 #70

I love that Dave Vitter I think I shit my drawers again look on the Nutzi! Hubert Flottz Dec 2011 #75

Santorum just passed Gingrich in Iowa. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #78

Are they counting the dead baby in Ricky's pocket? Hubert Flottz Dec 2011 #79

There's only one solution: One-on-one, gladiatorial nuclear combat. DirkGently Dec 2011 #80

BAG OF GAS VS. EMPTY SUIT! A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #81

I'm offering up an alternative: Naked greco-roman wrestling on a trampoline, in Jell-O Kennah Dec 2011 #96

Sorry, forgot to say chocolate Jell-O Kennah Dec 2011 #97

I think Newt's "oopsie" is more like Lucille Ball trying to get into Rickie's band wordpix Dec 2011 #82

Because by then he'll have thought of a comeback? Orsino Dec 2011 #85

Obama is "the best food stamp president in US history"? Terrible that we're feeding the poor when wordpix Dec 2011 #87

OM NOM NOM NOM Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 #92

Damn, that was a quality burn by Mitt. JBoy Dec 2011 #94

I have to say; that photo on the front page is hysterical. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #95

Er...huh? A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #101

the photo that was on the front page of DU lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #103

Does No Moderator mean No Blitz? Kennah Dec 2011 #98

So Newt visits an actual chocolate factory to show he can A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #102