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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSo, Newt Gingrich knows the T-Rex was not a scavenger because
the T-Rex ate a living lawyer in movie "Jurassic Park."
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/12/global-warming-gingrich-cites-expertise-dinosaurs
Antonin Scalia has justified torture because of Jack Bauer on the TV show "24"
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2007/06/scalia-and-torture/227548/
What other Hollywood myths can Republicans use to justify their policies?
Prostitution is a great business for women because of Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman"?
Nuking a country is okay because Luke Skywalker blew up the Death Star?
What else?
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So, Newt Gingrich knows the T-Rex was not a scavenger because (Original Post)
NewJeffCT
Jan 2012
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rocktivity
(44,577 posts)1. I believe Ronald Reagan told a story which turned out to be movie plot. n/t
rocktivity
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)3. Hell, how about the "Evil Empire" line?
Gee. I WONDER where he got THAT name from.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)5. Didn't he once claim to have some sort of fighter-pilot experience...
but was actually thinking about a movie he was in?
sarge43
(28,945 posts)7. Didn't hear that, but he did say he was with the troops when they liberated concentration camps. n/
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)2. Herman Cain was inspired by Pokemon . . . nt
Bucky
(54,084 posts)4. Bush opposed stem cell research because of "Twins"
Probably "The 6th Day" as well, but it wasn't as memorable.
sarge43
(28,945 posts)6. Gone With the Wind. Slavery is fine because it opens with the field hands singing.
They had to be happy, right?