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2016 Postmortem

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts) Fri Jan 27, 2012, 05:05 AM Jan 2012

HEY!!! Newt you should have listened to Joe Madison about the crowds in the debates

Joe Madison had a good idea the other day saying take away the Audiences and go back to the Kennedy vs. Nixon style debates.So now after saying he wanted crowds in all the rest of the debates his campaign is crying that the Romney team stacked there supporters in the hall so he could get the more applause's http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/gingrich-romney_n_1235715.html

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HEY!!! Newt you should have listened to Joe Madison about the crowds in the debates (Original Post) bigdarryl Jan 2012 OP

The majority of the news 'after the debates' regarding Newt seems to be about him bitchin' about ... Tx4obama Jan 2012 #1

Tx4obama

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1. The majority of the news 'after the debates' regarding Newt seems to be about him bitchin' about ...

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 05:23 AM

Jan 2012

the 'debate' itself: the debate questions, the moderators (see below), the 'no applause/reaction' rule (debate #18), and now the make up of the audience (debate #19).

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Here's a short list of when he's gone after the moderators:

1) Maria Bartiromo - (debate #9)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/newt-gingrichs-war-on-republican-debate-moderators/2011/11/10/gIQAiy558M_blog.html

2) Juan Willlams - (debate #16)
http://www.thegrio.com/specials/perry-on-politics/newt-gingrich-vs-juan-williams-in-gop-debate.php

3) John King - (debate #17)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/newt-gingrich-turns-wifes-interview-attack-media/story?id=15397425

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