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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 08:39 PM
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Wonder how they will spin Newt's lack of military
experience? I mean, compared to him, GWB was a 4-star general.
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 09:10 PM
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1. Doesn't matter silly, he is a Republican n/t
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 09:11 PM
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2. I keep forgetting that rule
what a dumbass I am
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 09:33 PM
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3. I heard he was a Brigadier General
In the 101st Chairborne Division.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 09:37 PM
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4. He has co-written novels with a military theme.
That counts, right? Right?

B-)
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Proud Liberal Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 08:18 PM
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16. Those "Operation Chickenhawk" stories were so funny
Wait a min.......those were Al Franken's stories (featuring Gingrich) :rofl:
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GoCubsGo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 09:15 PM
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18. Those were hysterical!
Especially the spoofs on his asinine comments about women in combat.
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-11 11:37 PM
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5. He has never been in the military or held statewide office
Has there ever been a President without one of these?
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former9thward Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 02:19 PM
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13. Herbert Hoover.
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 02:24 PM
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15. ouch. Enough Said
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DRoseDARs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 12:03 AM
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6. It takes brass balls to cheat on your sick wife, then cheat on your mistress when she gets sick.
Soldiers have brass balls (if you'll pardon the gender non-neutral expression) so that gives him the same thing as military experience, right? :shrug:
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 12:56 AM
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7. He was too patriotic to sign up
He needed to stay alive so he could run for office and work really really hard to the point of cheating on his cancer stricken wife while leading the charge to Impeach a president for cheating on his wife. But then he found Jesus and was saved. True success story of a great American patriot.

It's all about priorities. Being a patriotic douchebag was his top priority. What's not to love?
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Avant Guardian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 02:33 PM
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27. He couldn't serve because it would have negatively affected his marriage
:rofl:
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Citizen Worker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 02:10 AM
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8. Like Cheney Newt had "other priorities."
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griloco Donating Member (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 05:19 AM
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9. Typical liberal left wing drivel
Everybody knows he was in the first wave on Normandy Beach, was wounded
five times when he singlehandedly drove the Nazis off Hill 881, and then
beat the Commie Chinese at Inchon. There were massive records of this,
including the picture of the Bible he carried in his breast pocket next to his heart that
stopped the bullet when Newt jumped in front of Reagan to save his life.
The records were stored at MGM studios in Georgia but were lost in the
fire when Sherman burned Atlanta.

Don't you leberals ever study history?
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 07:42 AM
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10. Heh. Color me schooled.
I would have been happy if he went to three meetings of the Montana Coast Guard Auxiliary, but now knowing this, I think he may have my vote!
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 07:47 AM
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11. I don't think it will matter, but other things will
He'll end up with foot in mouth sooner or later. Remember he had to resign in shame in the 90s. And no one cares about him or knows him. He isn't leading anything or anyone. At least not directly.

And he never makes sense when he speaks. He has his own version of word salad.

Really. No one gives a shit about him and he'll never fire anyone up about anything.
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hayu_lol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 10:30 AM
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12. We can probably figure on marriage #4 when Neuters gets around...
all those sweet young things acting as interns for his campaign.
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davidpdx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 09:37 PM
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19. Well said
Especially the part about him putting his foot in his mouth. I think it is only a matter of time.
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former9thward Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 02:23 PM
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14. The last successful candidate with any significant military experience was Bush I
And then he got beat for reelection by someone with no experience. So it really doesn't mean anything anymore.
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era veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 09:40 PM
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22. Bush went AWOL out of the Guard
Not exactly Caesar, LOL
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Ter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 09:52 PM
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23. And don't forget, after beating Bush I, he beat an even bigger combat hero
Bob Dole, hey say what you want about him, but he was out there right on the front lines.
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DCBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 08:50 PM
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17. at least he's not a commie pinko muslim loving America hating fascist liberal..
and the simple minded conservative Republican voters concur.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 03:44 PM
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20. I think Cheney shows it does not matter.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 09:24 PM
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21. It was obviously his patriotic fervor that was to blame as he knew he would be a lousy soldier.
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 07:25 AM
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24. He loved his country too much to risk throwing away his life before he could become a DC politician.
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southernyankeebelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 09:25 AM
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25. I know, I know he is going to say his daddy was a lifer. Or his step-daddy. You
know how these republicans love to live threw their parents.
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blue neen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 10:19 AM
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26. Rumor has it that Gingrich was one of the special ops who went after Bin Laden.
Unfortunately, he found the porn stash, and they had to leave him behind.
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