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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 02:12 AM Jan 2012

Gingrich may boycott future debates if he's not allowed to get the clap from the audience



Gingrich threatens to boycott debates without applause

By David Edwards
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/24/gingrich-threatens-to-boycott-debates-without-applause/

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Tuesday warned that he might not participate in future debates if moderators didn’t allow his fans to cheer.

NBC News had asked the audience at Monday night’s debate in Florida to hold their applause until the commercial breaks — and Gingrich was perceived to have done significantly worse than in previous debates.

“I wish in retrospect that I had protested when (NBC moderator) Brian Williams took them out of it,” Gingrich told Fox News Tuesday. “I think it’s wrong. And I think he took them out of it because the media is terrified that the audience is going to side with the candidates against the media, which is what they’ve done in every debate.”

“We’re going to serve notice on future debates. We’re just not going to allow that to happen,” he added. “That’s wrong. The media doesn’t control free speech. People ought to be allowed to applaud if they want to.”
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Gingrich may boycott future debates if he's not allowed to get the clap from the audience (Original Post) Amerigo Vespucci Jan 2012 OP
I love his pompous use of the Royal WE. It makes him seem like even more of a horse's ass than he, MADem Jan 2012 #1
He doesn't seem like more than a horse's ass than he is, The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2012 #6
Ha! Game, set, match to you! nt MADem Jan 2012 #9
People tend to root for the front-runner johnd83 Jan 2012 #2
WAAAHHH! elleng Jan 2012 #3
Yes, well, if any audience has the pox, it would be them jberryhill Jan 2012 #4
How mature and Presidential. nt gateley Jan 2012 #5
Hahahahahahahaaaaaa! silverweb Jan 2012 #7
It's like Brad and Angelina saying BlueCaliDem Jan 2012 #8
Yo, newt-wits: it isn't censorship for a private organization to tell you how to behave . . . MrModerate Jan 2012 #10
Suit yourself. N/T Lil Missy Jan 2012 #11
Please, next time Politicalboi Jan 2012 #12
Great. Maybe these endless debates will stop. JDPriestly Jan 2012 #13
Newt is 100% ego davidpdx Jan 2012 #14
He wants the audience to be free to practice their love...like W's OB-GYNs pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #15

MADem

(135,425 posts)
1. I love his pompous use of the Royal WE. It makes him seem like even more of a horse's ass than he,
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 02:13 AM
Jan 2012

in fact, is.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
6. He doesn't seem like more than a horse's ass than he is,
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 02:21 AM
Jan 2012

because his horse's-ass-ishness is infinite. He is the ultimate horse's ass.

johnd83

(593 posts)
2. People tend to root for the front-runner
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 02:15 AM
Jan 2012

If the crazy live audience cheers for Gingrich the TV audience will think he is the front-runner. If all they hear is his words they realize he is a jerk.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
8. It's like Brad and Angelina saying
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 02:25 AM
Jan 2012

if you don't stop making pictures of our children, we're not going to do any interviews anymore.

Corporate media would have a field day with Brad and Angelina.

So, why should they bow to this has-been, racist Repub who thinks the world revolves around him?

Deny him and the other Republican candidates their "debates". Let's see how that'll play in their attempt to win the WH.

If a Gingrich shouts racially charged soundbites in an empty room, does he make a sound?

 

MrModerate

(9,753 posts)
10. Yo, newt-wits: it isn't censorship for a private organization to tell you how to behave . . .
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 02:37 AM
Jan 2012

When you're enjoying their resources. This is not a free speech issue under any sane interpretation.

But then again, "sane interpretation" is not exactly Newt's long suit.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
13. Great. Maybe these endless debates will stop.
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 04:40 AM
Jan 2012

The debates get worse and worse as the Republican candidates try to our-mean each other. I cannot watch people cheer for the heartless, mindless drivel these guys are trying to sell.

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