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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Sun May 12, 2013, 01:31 AM May 2013

Newt Gingrich Confused About Technology (LOL)





Will somebody please help out Newt Gingrich? He can't seem to figure out what to call the newfangled device that most of us refer to as "an iPhone," so he took to YouTube to try and get some answers.

"We're really puzzled," he says in the video posted on Friday. "We've spent weeks trying to figure out what to call this."

Weeks.

-snip-

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/11/newt-gingrich-phone_n_3260853.html



p.s. There are some pretty funny comments over on YouTube regarding the video.

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Newt Gingrich Confused About Technology (LOL) (Original Post) Tx4obama May 2013 OP
Why does he have a book entitled "Human Smegma" on the shelf? jberryhill May 2013 #1
it's his autobiography n/t Enrique May 2013 #8
It's a baby name book unapatriciated May 2013 #15
the big thinker that he is hibbing May 2013 #2
Cultivating the youth voters..... DeSwiss May 2013 #3
I like this youtube comment: trusty elf May 2013 #4
I love your photoshops. pacalo May 2013 #6
How sweet, thank you! trusty elf May 2013 #7
newt in shining armor trusty elf May 2013 #10
"As seen on tv"... pacalo May 2013 #27
Well, since I'm part of the "older generation," I can say this. JDPriestly May 2013 #5
It seems like he's trying to get old people interested in internet networking. Voice for Peace May 2013 #22
i wonder how Newt is making money off of this Enrique May 2013 #9
And he's the smart one. baldguy May 2013 #11
Geez, Newt, if you can't accept "smartphone" or "minitablet"... JHB May 2013 #12
He's looking for a new name to sell the concept, so the generation of his followers Voice for Peace May 2013 #23
I actually agree with the Ogre zebonaut May 2013 #13
I'm with you here Plucketeer May 2013 #25
Is this real? Iy can't be. pangaia May 2013 #14
Oh hell; greiner3 May 2013 #16
Hey Newt you might want to look @ a 1967 NBC TV show Botany May 2013 #17
Can you imagine the monotony of taking a course from this guy? Buzz Clik May 2013 #18
My dad was friends with a professor from West Georgia Colleger and Newt was not liked ....... Botany May 2013 #20
Auto-Mo-bill? Crow73 May 2013 #19
Newt should have been in the movie "Iron Sky" rdharma May 2013 #21
At last! Andy Rooney's replacement! radiclib May 2013 #24
But I thought John McCain already had that position! rdharma May 2013 #26
How about an app that does a Universal Instant Gun Sale Background check? zebonaut May 2013 #28
It's a "communicator"! Ask Spock... Sancho May 2013 #29
Call it a Tricorder... AsahinaKimi May 2013 #30
Chris Hayes talked about this on his show tonight - LOL :) Tx4obama May 2013 #31

hibbing

(10,098 posts)
2. the big thinker that he is
Sun May 12, 2013, 02:01 AM
May 2013

Hey,
I'm surprised he didn't mention all the social networking available on it for him to find a mistress and his next wife.

Peace

trusty elf

(7,394 posts)
4. I like this youtube comment:
Sun May 12, 2013, 02:50 AM
May 2013

"I believe the term "smartphone" came into use about the time you were fucking that woman other then the one you were fucking while married to the woman you divorced on the hospital bed. So instead of looking for words, why don't you look for some goddamn MORALS?"

[IMG][/IMG]

pacalo

(24,721 posts)
27. "As seen on tv"...
Sun May 12, 2013, 04:56 PM
May 2013


I love humor, & I'm learning on my own how to do the basics. I appreciate the work that goes into these; your work is magnificent, trusty.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
5. Well, since I'm part of the "older generation," I can say this.
Sun May 12, 2013, 03:50 AM
May 2013

I would call this video "A member of the older generation is seeking to understand what the younger generation understood long ago." It would be cute if Gingrich weren't so self-important.

What in the world makes Gingrich think that what he calls "it" will matter to anyone?

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
22. It seems like he's trying to get old people interested in internet networking.
Sun May 12, 2013, 01:20 PM
May 2013

I don't think it will work. Newfangled devices, hand held,
when you can't see or hear all that well, aren't so exciting
as he wants to make us think.

Causes more stress. Not helpful for health.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
9. i wonder how Newt is making money off of this
Sun May 12, 2013, 05:22 AM
May 2013

maybe when people write in their answers to him ("call it a smartphone&quot he sells their contact information to identity thieves.

JHB

(37,160 posts)
12. Geez, Newt, if you can't accept "smartphone" or "minitablet"...
Sun May 12, 2013, 10:41 AM
May 2013

...just go all "Star Trek" and call it a PADD.


"PADD" is an acronym for Personal Access Display Device, a hand-held computer interface,
 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
23. He's looking for a new name to sell the concept, so the generation of his followers
Sun May 12, 2013, 01:21 PM
May 2013

will have something internetty to call their own.

 

zebonaut

(3,688 posts)
13. I actually agree with the Ogre
Sun May 12, 2013, 10:50 AM
May 2013

Call it whatever you want; but it IS a handheld computer; its very very powerful and it will change everything. It's already brought down Romney.

It will hopefully keep Republicans the hell out of high office.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
25. I'm with you here
Sun May 12, 2013, 03:04 PM
May 2013

And maybe it's because I AM of Newt's generation. Of course, I have no problem calling these devices I-phones or Smart Phones. What I'm wondering is WHEN are we gonna get real-time inquires from our reps in DC (via these devices) as to how we'd like them to vote on given issues. The potential to do this is HERE and NOW. It's not being mentioned because "our" reps actually take their orders from the folks of K street. God forbid they ever ask their constituents for guidance!

Botany

(70,508 posts)
17. Hey Newt you might want to look @ a 1967 NBC TV show
Sun May 12, 2013, 11:43 AM
May 2013


*************

BTW they already have a name for the i-phone they call it an i-phone

Botany

(70,508 posts)
20. My dad was friends with a professor from West Georgia Colleger and Newt was not liked .......
Sun May 12, 2013, 11:53 AM
May 2013

.... the history deptartment dumped him off on the geography deptartment
and as soon as the college could they fired his ass.

 

rdharma

(6,057 posts)
26. But I thought John McCain already had that position!
Sun May 12, 2013, 03:13 PM
May 2013

Oh well....... there's still kids to chase off his lawn.

 

zebonaut

(3,688 posts)
28. How about an app that does a Universal Instant Gun Sale Background check?
Sun May 12, 2013, 05:08 PM
May 2013

These 'newfangled" devices can solve a lot of problems; an invention by a left wing LSD doped up Hippie and friends

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