The Trash Newt Thread

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Originally Posted by LarryBible

I was never Larry Bible on here. I was LarryBible then as now. edit: They removed my profile about 10 months ago at my request. When I came back my old threads still existed under guest.

After reading this thread I was surprised to see that at least one of my threads as guest is gone. It had a sticky at the top of Diesel Discussion but is now gone.

I suppose my technical contributions were determined to be worthless, or maybe the new management took some measures regarding them. Maybe they're trying to tell me something. At any rate, I am not the one that did away with them.

Hey Larry, That was me that edited the sticky you created. I did NOT remove it, I just merged it with the Rules/information sticky your entire post is in there, and credited!
AFAIK, every thread you posted to still exists. no hard feelings I hope!

[Pooka]

Some churches have changed with the times, some have not.

Newt has charged that 'The Left' threatens 'traditional' churches like a lot of people grew up in but then gives no evidence to back it up.

But I think folks should cut Newt some slack on this comment since he has not seen the inside of a church until recently, when he decided to run for office again, so it is probably safe to say Newt has no concept of what he is blathering on about.

Scarrrrrrryyyyyyy.... The Left is Sacarrrryyyyy.............

[t walgamuth]

An example of the attitude that it matters not whether it is true or not just whether he likes the sound of it and people will want to believe it.

A concept embraced by RR.

[Botnst]

You're right, by golly!! Where have I heard that before?

Hope and change! Yes we can!

[Honus]

Originally Posted by Botnst

You're right, by golly!! Where have I heard that before?

Hope and change! Yes we can!

That's not the same at all. Those are campaign slogans, not statements about the state of traditional religion or any other issue of the day. You've made an apples-and-oranges comparison.

Newt is constantly saying things that sound smart, but often aren't. That's why he goes through such contortions to explain so many of his smug pronouncements.

For example: Newt Gingrich’s Libya Shift, Issue by Issue | TPMDC

And of course, we have what may be the most amazing attempt to justify a flip-flop ever attempted by an American politician:

“Any ad which quotes what I said on Sunday is a falsehood.”

Newt on Fox News, 5/17/11

Political Animal - Gingrich doesn’t want to be quoted

That might be his masterpiece. Not even Mitt, the Babe Ruth of flip-floppers, can really hope to match it.

I don't know how smart Newt is. He's got an active mind and he certainly knows how to accumulate money and power, but he seems like more of a showman, not a great thinker.

[Botnst]

Originally Posted by Honus

That's not the same at all.....

It's the same: Give the gullible supporters mindless platitudes and watch the shiny-eyed goofs drool at the magnificence!

[The Clk Man]

Newt has been divorced before, has there been a president that took office that has been divorced before?

[Skippy]

Besides Ronald Reagan? I'm not sure.

[Botnst]

Originally Posted by The Clk Man

Newt has been divorced before, has there been a president that took office that has been divorced before?

If Newt were any slimier he'd be named "Loogie".

[The Clk Man]

Originally Posted by Botnst

If Newt were any slimier he'd be named "Loogie".

He reminds me of a pasty faced Captain Kangaroo.

[Pooka]

Newt says child labor laws are stupid. He thinks it would be a good thing if they were done away with.

But how would this work in the 21 Century? Probably about as good as it does today in Mexico, where you will see signs in English that say, "Don't hire our children to watch your car. They belong in school."

Go, Newt! Put those poor kids in the workhouses!

Of course, there is also the Oklahoma model of education. Up until about twenty years ago it was considered wasteful here to educated boys past the 8th grade and girls past the 6th. That started to change when companies started fleeing the state since they could not find enough people here who could understand technical issues.

But who needs an education when you have Newt to lead you!

[Botnst]

I think child labor laws need some flexibility. I'd like for unions to be able to apprentice high school students who are not college-bound (for example).

[Honus]

Originally Posted by Pooka

Newt says child labor laws are stupid. He thinks it would be a good thing if they were done away with....

I'm not sure he was saying that we should get rid of child labor laws. He was saying the ones we have are stupid. They probably are. It's funny to hear Newt talk about he talks to successful people and they all started working when they were 9 years old with a paper route or something. While there is probably a lot of truth in that, I'm not sure Newt is the best one to carry the message. Working for the government and then hiring himself out for others wanting to do business with the government made Newt a rich man.

By tomorrow, Newt will have some smug response to all the liberals who overreact to his child labor law comment. Rush Limbaugh does that all the time. He will say something that seems offensive, wait for people to get outraged, and then ridicule their overreaction. It's the sort of device Newt and Rush use in lieu of actual original thought.

[Botnst]

Rush Limbaugh does that like a conductor plays an orchestra. He devises a bait scenario knowing that some hotheaded zealot will over-react. It whips up his name usage to a crescendo of outrage if he can lure the president or some other notable to use his name so that it enters the media echo chamber. Over the next 24 hrs he will use the strategic response he had devised BEFORE the imbroglio started. It amazes me that people fall for it like Charlie Brown for Lucy's football. Limbaugh laughs on his way to the bank. Every freaking time.

[t walgamuth]

I totally agree. Rush is a puke.