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2016 Postmortem

Jennicut

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14. He is a petulant little baby.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2012, 04:08 PM

Jan 2012

Don't forget how he acted with Clinton during the govt. shutdown fiasco of the 90's. He was extremely whiny. There is a difference between tough and just crying to anyone that will listen. He was a baby after Romney beat him in Iowa too. It is how Newt works.

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Newt just said, on CNN, people like him because they want a 'forcefull' leader. That's it. He is [View all] applegrove Jan 2012 OP

Heck no, he is a ticking time bomb. Even reasonable republicans realize that. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #1

"Reasonable Republicans"? They've been marginalized JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2012 #17

I can't disagree with that point. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #18

Even when he was huge, I never thought of the StayPuff marshmallow man as being strong csziggy Jan 2012 #2

heil. Muskypundit Jan 2012 #3

I think he's right, if you take "forceful" to mean "angry." enough Jan 2012 #4

You are right. The gop base is filled with people tricked into feeling fear and anger all the time. applegrove Jan 2012 #7

He would make a better dictator than Romney. Just sayin. nm rhett o rick Jan 2012 #5

And then we can expect that when he gets pissed, Ilsa Jan 2012 #6

insulting to the people treestar Jan 2012 #8

He means verbally abusive graywarrior Jan 2012 #9

I think that's true. If the right wingers really mucifer Jan 2012 #10

like forcing children DesertFlower Jan 2012 #11

"forceful" = "narcissistic" alittlelark Jan 2012 #12

Exactly! applegrove Jan 2012 #13

He is a petulant little baby. Jennicut Jan 2012 #14

He's a fucking Loon. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #15

"Strongman" Renew Deal Jan 2012 #16