Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Re: Newt Gingrich: The Sultan Of Swat!

Scapegoats are needed by those who are unhappy with their own plight.
What are you so unhappy about Plainol?

On Dec 13, 4:48 pm, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Your fear of Jews and Israel is baffling.
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> I fear what? People who are begging the USA for their survival and US
> intervention?http://blog.standforisrael.org/homehttp://www.ifcj.org/site/PageNavigator/eng/USENG_homenew
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> Wanting jews who are loyal to Israel out of our government is hardly a
> display of fear. It's all about our money and the lives of our
> soldiers.
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> choose sides carefully
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> On Dec 12, 9:35 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Amazing how you read into that what you did.
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> > Your fear of Jews and Israel is baffling.
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> > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:31 AM, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com
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> > > wrote:
> > > "These people are
> > > terrorists!" he says. "They teach terrorism in their schools! It's
> > > fundamentally time for someone to have the guts to stand up and say:
> > > 'Enough lying about the Middle East!' "
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> > > it's confirmed ... under Newt the US will side with Israel and
> > > eliminate the palestinians.
> > > just great ... Americans fighting for someone other than Americans.
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> > > It will be interesting to see how the Saudi's, Iran and the other
> > > muslim nations react.
> > > The might be too afraid to do anything about it ... and then again,
> > > they might not.
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> > > On Dec 11, 8:55 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >    *The Bambino clears fences at debate!*
> > > > By: Roger Simon
> > > > December 11, 2011 12:24 AM EST
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> > > >http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=F3003EC1-3E6E-46E9-8728-5...
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> > > > The Bambino stands in the center of the stage, untouchable, uncatchable,
> > > > unbeatable. He is Newt Gingrich, and he has become the Sultan of Swat.
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> > > > It is Saturday night at yet another Republican debate and — wham! wham!
> > > > wham! — Gingrich keeps blasting them out of the park.
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> > > > Mitt Romney claims he should be president, because, unlike Newt, Romney
> > > is
> > > > not a "career politician."
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> > > > "Let's be candid," Newt replies. "The only reason you didn't become a
> > > > career politician is that you lost to Ted Kennedy in 1994."
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> > > > Wham!
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> > > > Newt, like the real Bambino, Babe Ruth, is a man of appetites. For food
> > > and
> > > > for women, to name just two.
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> > > > But when the moderators at the Yahoo/ABC debate in Des Moines ask all the
> > > > candidates whether "marital infidelity" is important as an issue, the new
> > > > Bambino does not quiver or quail. He does not flinch. He does not duck
> > > the
> > > > pitch even though he has had three wives and admits to having been an
> > > > adulterer.
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> > > > "It is a real issue," Newt says firmly. "People have to look at the
> > > person
> > > > to whom they are going to loan the presidency."
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> > > > Loan the presidency! A wonderful phrase that lingers in the mind. And now
> > > > the Bambino steps into the pitch.
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> > > > "I have said upfront, openly, I have made mistakes at times and had to go
> > > > to God for forgiving," he says.
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> > > > Whammo! It is out of here!
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> > > > It is an answer that is perfectly acceptable to almost all Christian
> > > > conservatives. Who can be against redemption? And do we not love the
> > > sinner
> > > > more than the saint because who amongst us has not sinned? (Only the
> > > media,
> > > > that is, who constantly cast the first stone.)
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> > > > In earlier debates, Newt has appeared haughty and above it all. But with
> > > > that answer he returns to earth. He has feet of clay like the rest of us
> > > > and asks the Almighty to forgive him. And so the fidelity question does
> > > not
> > > > destroy him, but makes him.
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> > > > And, make no mistake, what he is doing this Saturday night is difficult.
> > > > Mitt Romney, who had done so well at staying above the fray in previous
> > > > debates, crashes and burns in this one.
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> > > > Romney lets Rick Perry get his goat. Rick Perry, who has as much chance
> > > of
> > > > getting the Republican nomination as Luke Perry! Or Perry Como!
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> > > > When Rick Perry insists that Romney has changed his position on something
> > > > or other, Mitt angrily sticks out his hand and says, "Rick, I'll tell you
> > > > what, ten thousand bucks? $10,000 bet?"
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> > > > Way to go, Mitt. Remind America that $10,000 is chump change to you.
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> > > > And when Michele Bachmann says that Mitt and Newt are just clones, Mitt
> > > > decides to be cute. It is a mistake.
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> > > > "I know Newt Gingrich," Romney smirks. "And he is a friend of mine. But
> > > we
> > > > are not clones."
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> > > > Yes, Mitt, you are tall and handsome standing there next to Newt. We can
> > > > all see that. Newt looks like a sack of doorknobs compared to you.
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> > > > But what does that get you, Mitt? How does that make you presidential?
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> > > > Newt eyes Romney like the Bambino used to eye a high fastball. He will
> > > soon
> > > > gets his chance to whack another one.
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> > > > Gingrich, an historian, has called the Palestinians an "invented people."
> > > > Nobody asks him whether Americans "invented" themselves in 1776, however.
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> > > > Instead, Romney says that Gingrich has gone too far and that he should
> > > let
> > > > Israel negotiate for itself.
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> > > > Newt stabs the lectern with his finger as he roars back. "These people
> > > are
> > > > terrorists!" he says. "They teach terrorism in their schools! It's
> > > > fundamentally time for someone to have the guts to stand up and say:
> > > > 'Enough lying about the Middle East!' "
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> > > > The audience, as audiences do, goes wild.
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> > > > If it were four years ago, I would be writing that as soon as Newt wins
> > > an
> > > > actual caucus or primary, the Republican establishment will rise up and
> > > > stop him. But, today, there is no Republican establishment. It has been
> > > > washed away by the Tea Party.
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> > > > And the Tea Party likes a long-ball hitter.
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> > > > Saturday was Newt's night. A few more nights like this — and a few actual
> > > > victories at the polls — and it could be his nomination.
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> > > > *Roger Simon is POLITICO's chief political columnist.*
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> > > >  Saturday Night Belonged To Newt Gingrich..Reuters..jpg
> > > > 177KViewDownload
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