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2016 Postmortem

Douglas Carpenter

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4. Listening to his ‘victory speech” is very scary because he can be very convincing to a lot of people

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 11:25 AM

Jan 2012

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like any demagogue who speaks with the absolutist moral certainty or a true believer. Though Paul Krugman is certainly right that Newt Gingrich “is what a stupid person thinks a smart person sounds like” and as crazy and ignorant as Gingrich's speeches are – he would certainly not be the first self-serving and self-deluded demagogue to bamboozle a nation.

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Newt Gingrich Targets ‘Elite Media’ (Again) In SC Victory Speech [View all] Tx4obama Jan 2012 OP

Maybe we should compile a LIST Tx4obama Jan 2012 #1

Of course he does quaker bill Jan 2012 #2

He's Going WIth What He Knows Works... KharmaTrain Jan 2012 #3

Listening to his ‘victory speech” is very scary because he can be very convincing to a lot of people Douglas Carpenter Jan 2012 #4