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montanto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-07-11 10:39 AM
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15. true: he's mostly sound and fury, signifying nothing.
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  -I personally believe President Obama has the ability to eviscerate MasterDebater Newt in a debate. Amerigo Vespucci  Dec-07-11 09:44 AM   #0 
  - Someobody, maybe it was Paul Krugman, said Gingrich is  The Velveteen Ocelot   Dec-07-11 09:49 AM   #1 
  - true: he's mostly sound and fury, signifying nothing.  montanto   Dec-07-11 10:39 AM   #15 
  - kind of like Burt Reynolds looked like a genius compared to the hillbillies in Deliverance  yurbud   Dec-07-11 11:47 AM   #21 
  - The media is trying to convince us to put Newt on the same level as Obama....  Avalux   Dec-07-11 09:54 AM   #2 
  - Go back to 1980. Jimmy Carter was supposed to have easily taken Reagan in debates.  no_hypocrisy   Dec-07-11 09:55 AM   #3 
  - Expect Newt to be what he is...  SkyDaddy7   Dec-07-11 10:04 AM   #5 
  - Yep, that's what I'm saying...  Amerigo Vespucci   Dec-07-11 10:11 AM   #6 
  - I admire Jimmy Carter greatly. But he isn't the debater that President Obama is.  phleshdef   Dec-07-11 10:20 AM   #9 
  - A few problems with that. 1)It is not 1980 2)Obama is not Carter 3) Newt is not Reagan  yellowcanine   Dec-07-11 10:25 AM   #10 
  - Excellent summary! n/t  Proud Liberal Dem   Dec-08-11 10:36 AM   #41 
  - I don't think Carter was supposed to easily take Reagan  WI_DEM   Dec-07-11 10:36 AM   #14 
  - I don't think Newt is capable of doing the "aw, shucks" routine.  The Velveteen Ocelot   Dec-07-11 10:50 AM   #17 
  - Newt like Reagan?  BlueMTexpat   Dec-07-11 11:35 AM   #20 
  - but Reagan was a former movie star and he came across as a nice guy.  CTyankee   Dec-07-11 03:30 PM   #26 
  - Newtie will be destroyed based on his flip flops alone!!  Liberal_Stalwart71   Dec-07-11 10:02 AM   #4 
  - I don't think Obama would even have  EC   Dec-07-11 10:17 AM   #7 
  - We've seen Obama debate the entire Republican caucus by himself.  phleshdef   Dec-07-11 10:19 AM   #8 
  - +1  JoePhilly   Dec-07-11 12:28 PM   #24 
  - Yep. That healthcare bill meeting was a thing of beauty.  GoCubsGo   Dec-07-11 08:54 PM   #35 
  - Another +1  tallahasseedem   Dec-08-11 09:59 AM   #39 
  - Don't forget his awesome performance at that House Republican conference  Proud Liberal Dem   Dec-08-11 10:38 AM   #42 
  - c'mon is Newt really a master debater?  WI_DEM   Dec-07-11 10:30 AM   #11 
  - nope...a master baiter....the dude works on a fishing party boat  opihimoimoi   Dec-07-11 10:32 AM   #12 
  - He lost pretty badly debating Kerry on climate change  karynnj   Dec-08-11 10:49 AM   #43 
  - There will be a clear choice - a poor tempered, not fit to lead  livetohike   Dec-07-11 10:36 AM   #13 
  - every time I see "I personally believe"  Enrique   Dec-07-11 10:43 AM   #16 
  - So I make you think of Miss Teen USA?  Amerigo Vespucci   Dec-07-11 11:03 AM   #18 
  - It doesn't matter who wins or loses the actual debate  thelordofhell   Dec-07-11 11:23 AM   #19 
  - yep.  barbtries   Dec-07-11 08:26 PM   #33 
  - Obama would only have a problem if he refused to debunk the GOP's pet lies  yurbud   Dec-07-11 11:50 AM   #22 
  - I've reached the point where  emilyg   Dec-07-11 12:01 PM   #23 
  - I think you could abbreviate "MasterDebator"  intaglio   Dec-07-11 12:40 PM   #25 
  - Obama would only have to do one thing to beat Newt in a debate.  A Simple Game   Dec-07-11 05:00 PM   #27 
  - I'm less confident of that. And quite certain Gingrich would beat him in the general anyway.  BlueIris   Dec-07-11 05:06 PM   #28 
  - Newt isn't a master debater, he only looks like one standing next to Cain and Romney n/t  Azathoth   Dec-07-11 07:18 PM   #29 
  - He held back on Hillary...  butterfly77   Dec-07-11 07:36 PM   #30 
  - I think that many still don't know him  MadMaddie   Dec-07-11 07:59 PM   #31 
     - Exactly..  butterfly77   Dec-08-11 07:46 AM   #36 
  - it's looking like  barbtries   Dec-07-11 08:21 PM   #32 
  - I think the GOP has pushed him forward  Hutzpa   Dec-07-11 08:34 PM   #34 
  - BRING IT ON!  Cigar11   Dec-08-11 07:49 AM   #37 
  - Don't overestimate the electorate.  immoderate   Dec-08-11 09:25 AM   #38 
  - in the normal universe yes. but with a generation raised on Fox News  Douglas Carpenter   Dec-08-11 10:18 AM   #40 
 

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