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If you watched Newton's speech, you saw a vitruoso perfomance . . . . . (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 OP
Of Asshattery? csziggy Jan 2012 #1
Yes he did, elleng Jan 2012 #2
I "watched" Newt's speech the way all Gingrich speeches should be addressed Samantha Jan 2012 #3
I made the mistake of walking into the room TexasTowelie Jan 2012 #4
He sure did and the dumb dogs ate it up. n/t Cleita Jan 2012 #5
Coward Mosaic Jan 2012 #6
I missed his speech... one_voice Jan 2012 #7
Indeed loyalsister Jan 2012 #8
Straight out of Jesse Helms playbook used by Reagan unc70 Jan 2012 #9
dog whistle number one grasswire Jan 2012 #10

elleng

(130,865 posts)
2. Yes he did,
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 10:56 PM
Jan 2012

and he laid out 4 issues, 8 pro/con, with which he intends to take on PrezO. Committee to Re-Elect has PLENTY of red meat to work on now!

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
3. I "watched" Newt's speech the way all Gingrich speeches should be addressed
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 10:56 PM
Jan 2012

I had my back turned to the screen and the mute button on.

Sam

TexasTowelie

(112,121 posts)
4. I made the mistake of walking into the room
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 11:00 PM
Jan 2012

while he was speaking. I had to change the channel because he went overboard with the BS.

unc70

(6,110 posts)
9. Straight out of Jesse Helms playbook used by Reagan
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 11:44 PM
Jan 2012

This the populist anti-elite racist attacks on welfare queen / food stamp attacks that work north and south.

Here in NC we know how to beat this stuff, but it is not easy. This type campaign carries a lot of risk to Repubs nationwide and to Dems in the South and do
E other areas.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
10. dog whistle number one
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 12:55 AM
Jan 2012

He said he will run an AMERICAN campaign -- much emphasis on the word American. Meaning Obama is not an American. He said that he would campaign on American exceptionalism, the founding fathers, the founding documents, the Constitution, the Federalist papers, yada, against Obama's Saul Olinsky/European style radicalism.

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