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friendly_iconoclast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 02:37 PM
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John Lithgow gives Newt Gingrich's press release a dramatic reading
 
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I laughed myself sick watching this. Lithgow really pegged Gingrichs mannerisms!
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 02:39 PM
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1. beautiful!!
I've missed Lithgow.
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 02:52 PM
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2. There is a large distinction between the left and the right.
The right tries to take down the left with smears and lies and distortions.

The left exposes the right with their own words, and with humor.

Thanks Jon, Stephen, Seth and all the others who are weeding the dolts out of the wacko right-wing field. Maybe to nothing?



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spooked911 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 02:55 PM
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3. this was absolutely hilarious and beautifully done
Edited on Fri May-20-11 02:55 PM by spooked911
I can only dream that Newt gets the nomination
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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 03:04 PM
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4. Pulled off spectacularly by two brilliant men.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:48 PM
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30. What day did this air on the Colbert Report?
I was going back the last few episodes and couldn't find it, I was laughing my ass off at the whole thing.
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guruoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 03:05 PM
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5. "But out of the billowing dust and smoke walked....
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yellerpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 03:07 PM
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6. Lithgow rules!
Very funny. :kick: & Rec.
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MNBrewer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 03:14 PM
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7. WHoever wrote that press release
could have a career in the romance novel business. Talk about a bodice ripper!!!
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 03:32 PM
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8. I'll bet dollar for donuts (mmmm ... donuts) that he got a standing O ...
and rightfully so!
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kayakjohnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 03:40 PM
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9. Hahahahahaha!!!!! And then there is this..................
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 04:40 PM
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13. +1
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PSzymeczek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 01:32 AM
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20. +10 n/t
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ooglymoogly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 03:47 PM
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10. Tooooo delicious. ROFL funny
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sulphurdunn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 04:38 PM
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11. Newt takes hubris
to a whole new level for an old fat man.
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dddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 04:39 PM
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12. Certainly, i'm no critic, but if I had anything to say about it,
Mr. Lithgow would have just earned another Emmy nomination for keeping a straight face during that performance.
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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 04:51 PM
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14. I smell another Emmy!
Hy-larious.
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 05:04 PM
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15. "Where are we going!?"
(Anyone else detect a bit of Lord John Whorfin in there?)
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 07:18 PM
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16. Our whole family was laughing at this
My wife wants me to send her a link at her work address....
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deminks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 07:55 PM
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17. I have not laughed out loud like that in a very very long time.
Thank you, Mr. Lithgow.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 07:55 PM
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18. HUGE K & R !!!
:rofl:

:bounce:

:kick:
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 11:14 PM
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19. I laughed so hard I almost piddled my pants
Great job Lithgow!
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Joe Bacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 08:16 AM
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21. The only thing missing...
What would have made it even funnier is if a dozen Victoria Secret models were there blowing a Kazoo version of God Bless America as he recited that release...
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Honeycombe8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 09:51 AM
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22. Priceless! Stupendous! Electric! Awe-inspiring! USA....USA....USA!!!! nt
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 10:09 AM
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23. One of the best ever! K&R!
Right up there with Tina Fey's best Sarah skits, Alec Baldwin's Schwettyballs, or Darrell Hammond's Connery on "Jeopardy."

THIS is a classic.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 11:07 AM
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24. One of the funniest performances ever!
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Keith Bee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 11:25 AM
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25. HA! That's great!
K&R!
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 12:32 PM
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26. My S.O. was watching/listening to this, with the neatest grin on his face,
and said I MUST see it!
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comtec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 12:55 PM
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27. Of course, newt will see that and think the audience was reacting to the words
not the amazing performance Mr Lithgow gave.
that self-fellating, conceited, sack of pure bullshit, will think they're cheering him, not laughing at the idiocy that he is.

but that's the right for you
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 02:52 PM
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28. The Newtcase is a legend in his owned mind.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 07:42 PM
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29. That was serious win, John Lithgow rules.
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