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pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 04:35 PM Jan 2012

"We’re at the horrid stage with Newt Gingrich."

George Will on This Week Today...

A new poll out from Florida shows Mitt Romney with a 15-point lead over Newt Gingrich, and on ABC’s This Week today, Jake Tapper asked how Gingrich’s Florida numbers will end up impacting the rest of the race. George Will didn’t mince words, declaring right out that Gingrich does not have time on his side, and the more time he has, the more he talks, and the more he talks, the more he makes somewhat divisive remarks.

To get his point across, Will recited a short poem depicting a little girl who exhibited the extremes of politeness and rudeness, coming across as extremely “horrid” in the case of the latter. And Will argued that “we’re at the horrid stage with Newt Gingrich.” Donna Brazile pointed to the big coalition Romney has been able to build in Florida by campaigning there for months and encouraging many people to be early voters.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/george-will-on-gingrich-time-is-not-his-friend-he-is-acting-horrid/
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"We’re at the horrid stage with Newt Gingrich." (Original Post) pokerfan Jan 2012 OP
My mom recited a poem Patrick_Bateman Jan 2012 #1
My Dad recited that poem to me!!! elleng Jan 2012 #3
That's the poem Will recited in the video pokerfan Jan 2012 #4
Except Newt was never good. n/t Raven Jan 2012 #2
 

Patrick_Bateman

(47 posts)
1. My mom recited a poem
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 04:46 PM
Jan 2012

to us kids when we were young.

There was a girl with a curl on her forehead
When she was good, she was very very good
When she was bad, she was horrid.

'cept where is the 'good' part of Newton?

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
4. That's the poem Will recited in the video
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 05:28 PM
Jan 2012

To get his point across, Will recited a short poem depicting a little girl who exhibited the extremes of politeness and rudeness, coming across as extremely “horrid” in the case of the latter.

It's Longfellow.

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