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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Newt Gingrich: Sandy Hook Shooting Tied To Godless Society [View all]JHB
(37,158 posts)34. I protest your use of the word "now". "Making shit up" is the basis of Newt's entire career.
He won election after election in his suburban Atlanta district by bravely protecting them from the Peoples' Republic of Escape From New York. He routinely blurts out anything to attack an opponent or to cattle-prod an audience in a direction he wants it to go. He does it reflexively. His own allies coined the phrase "Tell Newt to shut up."
I'm quite serious about what I said in #28 below:
Excepting liquids and semi-liquids, nothing that comes out of his mouth can be taken at face value
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Lanza destroyed his computer drives but made sure to leave his video games behind for all to see
ck4829
Dec 2012
#1
So... Gingrich wants a theocracy like Iran. Typical Republican. Reagan gave them missles now
Lint Head
Dec 2012
#2
Atheists, Agnostics and supporters of Seperation of Church & State need to be ready...
WestCoastLib
Dec 2012
#3
Often the violence is with the Religious right. Throughout history for eons these nuts have
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#29
I wonder what Newt makes of the fact that Lanza attended St.Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tanuki
Dec 2012
#5
I protest your use of the word "now". "Making shit up" is the basis of Newt's entire career.
JHB
Dec 2012
#34
These idiots would rather blame lack of God in schools and society then discuss mental illness
Jennicut
Dec 2012
#17
And this guy really thought he could be OUR leader. Wouldn't you love to hear him say that
Filibuster Harry
Dec 2012
#19
Maybe it is just me but I thought Jesus died for our sins. All of our sins. I thought
applegrove
Dec 2012
#21
"When you have an anti-religious, secular bureaucracy and secular judiciary..."
yellowcanine
Dec 2012
#24
Newt Gingrich is such a fool, just about everything he says is totally F'ed up IMO. n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#26