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RandySF Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:09 PM
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Newt: Campaigns Like Mine Are But Once A Century
Touring Waterloo, Iowa today, Newt Gingrich attributed part of the media frenzy surrounding his "challenging week" to his campaign's historic nature.

"It's going to take a while for the news media to realize that you're covering something that happens once or twice in a century, a genuine grass-roots campaign of very big ideas," Gingrich said, according to the Associated Press. "I expect it to take a while for it to sink in."

At the heart of reporters' difficulty wrapping their head around his candidacy, Gingrich said, was the threat he represents to the old system of canned talking points and establishment thinking.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/newt-campaigns-like-mine-are-but-once-a-century.php?ref=fpa
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:10 PM
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1. Nice to see his head is as big as his actual head.
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:11 PM
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2. lol at the last line
Reporters did discover one aspect of Gingrich's campaign today that's likely a first: his cell phone, which went off at a rally, uses ABBA's "Dancing Queen" as its ringtone.
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lbrtbell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:17 PM
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7. Good taste in music, bad taste in everything else
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. :rofl:
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 08:12 PM
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23. Rachel has been playing it
:rofl:
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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:12 PM
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3. Once a century is about all one can stand................eom.
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:18 PM
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10. But the joke lasts forever
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:13 PM
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4. He says it like it's a good thing.
Lots of things happen only a couple of times in a century. Swine flu. 9.0 earthquakes. Killer heat waves.

Here's the deal, Newt. It's already sunk in and we don't want to go there. :puke:
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:14 PM
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5. Never before, and never again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylcDVDFj8Vg
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Phentex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:20 PM
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12. No! NO! ...
Don't bring my lovable Piggy into this!

:cry:
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:15 PM
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6. Well, I for one agree with him
It's likely to be relegated to the, "Kids never try this at home or anywhere else" bin of history where it belongs. No one is going to be stupid enough to try it again.

Ah, strike that. Republicans will definitely be stupid enough to try it again.
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:18 PM
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8. Yep, because only about once a century does someone FAIL so completely
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iwishiwas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:18 PM
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9. He sure is full of self-importance shi***
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:18 PM
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11. He Don't Half Think Highly Of Hisself, Do He, Sir....
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michaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:21 PM
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13. This jerk is really delusional! n/t
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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:25 PM
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14. Haha. He fucking created "canned talking points"
Used to mail them out to Republicans when he was Senate Majority Leader. Along with his NLP-ized list of words to use and words to avoid.

Mr. Creepy.
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:26 PM
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15. Glad to be getting it out of the way early, then
Oh wait, "once or twice in a century", huh. Leave yourself some wiggle room, Newt - looks like you need it.
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Paladin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:28 PM
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16. Thanks, Newt. Keep Up The Good Work....... (n/t)
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:32 PM
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17. Is this part of another reality show? n/t
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:40 PM
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18. ......Yes, Thankfullly
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:47 PM
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19. Newt's Contract on America: This time, it's personal.
:nuke:
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:50 PM
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20. Hey newtie ........... Thanks for the great laugh
It sounds like newt is getting patriotic again ......... women beware newt might be looking for wife number 4 .........
he gets all horny when patriotism gets in his blood and his little brain takes over
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Change Happens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 08:06 PM
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21. Of course, not often dumb fat asses MORONS run for office
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 08:12 PM
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22. The former Speaker of the House and author of a Republican propaganda manual is running a
"grassroots" campaign. Right.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 08:46 PM
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24. only once a century can someone fuck it up this badly
trying to think who else may have done so badly in the last century?
My mind goes to Dick Nixon's second run.
While not as much of a joke as the Newt, Nixon did end up losing his job for cheating when he really, really had no reason to.
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