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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGingrichs position is, literally, that the rules should not apply to Trump because hes rich.
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Gingrichs position is, literally, that the rules should not apply to Trump because hes rich. (Original Post)
kpete
Dec 2016
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2naSalit
(86,608 posts)1. That malicious POS thinks rules shouldn't apply to him as well
He's all about finding exceptions to any and all rules. I give him credit for fomenting the horrid psychological malaise this nation suffers currently, since waaaay back in the early 90s. One of the original Clinton haters.
ETA: sNewty was Rupert Murdoch's RHM in Congress back then.
July
(4,750 posts)2. Now the GOP is comfortable saying it out loud.
It's money, and only money, that is sacred, despite their bleating about the Constitution and the rule of law.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)3. A pardon should be for one specific act, not an ongoing set of acts.
Otherwise, it's just blanket immunity from the law.
eShirl
(18,491 posts)4. People like Newt are why we can't have nice things.
JTFrog
(14,274 posts)5. Affluenza.
MiniMe
(21,716 posts)6. A thread winner!
Initech
(100,075 posts)7. Shove your billions up your ass, Newt!