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Gingrinch compares Virginia ballot fiasco to Pearl Harbor

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Really, Newt?

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich stepped into controversy Christmas weekend as he compared his exclusion from the Virginia primary ballot to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.“Newt and I agreed that the analogy is December 1941: We have experienced an unexpected setback, but we will re-group and re-focus with increased determination, commitment and positive action,” Campaign Director Michael Krull wrote on Gingrich’s official Facebook page on Saturday.

Offering what appeared to be an FDR-inspired rallying cry, Krull continued: “Throughout the next months there will be ups and downs; there will be successes and failures; there will be easy victories and difficult days -- but in the end, we will stand victorious.”

The attack on Pearl Harbor, which killed more than 2,300 Americans and led to the United States entry into World War II, may not be very analogous to some.

For one, Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack. Gingrich has known for months about the Dec. 22 deadline to file. Secondly, Pearl Harbor was extremely deadly while failing to qualify in Virginia doesn’t quite carry the same consequence.
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Read more: Gingrich Compares Virginia Ballot Fiasco to Pearl Harbor - Fox News

Folks have been saying for a while it was only a matter of time before Newt said something stupid and put his foot in his mouth. Well, looks like they were right. :roll:
 
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Gingrich is forever cursed with having to prove he is the smartest boy in class... even if it means getting his nose in manure to prove which animal produced it.
 
You know what...I have no problem with this. The way in which he compared it was perfectly reasonable.
 
Objective Voice said:
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Really, Newt?



Read more: Gingrich Compares Virginia Ballot Fiasco to Pearl Harbor - Fox News

Folks have been saying for a while it was only a matter of time before Newt said something stupid and put his foot in his mouth. Well, looks like they were right. :roll:
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Very over the top, but he often says stupid things. This is an arrogant fellow who thinks he doesn't have to follow the rules, probably never bothered to read them.

Read what Karl Rove said about his campaign in the article:

"This is a problem if you're the frontrunner and you can't organize your campaign so that you can meet these filing deadlines. It's elemental, it's the fundamental thing you do."
 
Redress said:
You know what...I have no problem with this. The way in which he compared it was perfectly reasonable.
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I suppose when viewing the aftermath of Pearl Harbor and how the U.S. were able to quickly rebound from the attack one can see the analogy. But really, Newt? Really?

I think most people would agree that using Pearl Harbor to describe one's efforts to renew and/or refocus their political campaign is rather over the top even for Newt! :shock:
 
Good grief what a horrible thing to say.
 
Objective Voice said:
I suppose when viewing the aftermath of Pearl Harbor and how the U.S. were able to quickly rebound from the attack one can see the analogy. But really, Newt? Really?

I think most people would agree that using Pearl Harbor to describe one's efforts to renew and/or refocus their political campaign is rather over the top even for Newt! :shock:
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Whether it was the most sensitive thing to say or not, I dunno but I don't see any problem with it from that aspect. I think on the list of outrageous things Newt has said, this is so far down the list as to just not matter. I will save my outrage for something actually outrageous.
 
Just be glad you're not married to him!
 
Objective Voice said:
I suppose when viewing the aftermath of Pearl Harbor and how the U.S. were able to quickly rebound from the attack one can see the analogy. But really, Newt? Really?

I think most people would agree that using Pearl Harbor to describe one's efforts to renew and/or refocus their political campaign is rather over the top even for Newt! :shock:
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Probably, to Gingrich, his personal struggles are that epic.
 
Redress said:
Whether it was the most sensitive thing to say or not, I dunno but I don't see any problem with it from that aspect. I think on the list of outrageous things Newt has said, this is so far down the list as to just not matter. I will save my outrage for something actually outrageous.
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Not outraged, just...surprised he'd go to such lengths to use American's perserverance in the aftermath of such such a tragic event to efforts to regroup after his campaign made such a "self-imposed" blunder. Of course, there are some who believe Pearl Harbor was itself a "self-imposed" tragedy. Thus, from that perspective I suppose there is a certain righteous comparison...

Nah...LOL
 
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Really, Newt?



Read more: Gingrich Compares Virginia Ballot Fiasco to Pearl Harbor - Fox News

Folks have been saying for a while it was only a matter of time before Newt said something stupid and put his foot in his mouth. Well, looks like they were right. :roll:
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Newt is an idiot. He lives in Virginia and cant even garner enough support here to get him on the ballot.

Bad when a "top tier" candidate cant even garner enough support or enough campaign competence to get on the ballot.
 
Objective Voice said:
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Really, Newt?



Read more: Gingrich Compares Virginia Ballot Fiasco to Pearl Harbor - Fox News

Folks have been saying for a while it was only a matter of time before Newt said something stupid and put his foot in his mouth. Well, looks like they were right. :roll:
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Is this all you got? :rofl

"Pearl Harbor", is an age synomym for a sneak attack, which is exactly what happened to him in Virginia.

Ya'll really getting deseperate, if you think this is a big deal.
 
hazlnut said:
When he filed for divorce from his first wife and told her when she was in the hospital, that was like Hiroshima.
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It would have been, except for the fact that they had already talked about getting divorced before she went into the hospital.

Gotta give you credit, though, you only told half of the lie and not the whole thing.
 
apdst said:
Is this all you got? :rofl

"Pearl Harbor", is an age synomym for a sneak attack, which is exactly what happened to him in Virginia.

Ya'll really getting deseperate, if you think this is a big deal.
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Explain how this was a sneak attack?
Was not the deadline date known to all candidates?

The real reason that he didn't meet the deadline is poor work ethics.

It is always somebody else's fault. Society is the blame for his shortcomings. The society he grew up in protected him from ever having a real physical job or even marching with a M-16. So now at the age of 68 years old to develop a work ethic is just not fair. He has suffered as much as the survivors of Auschwitz or the Bataan Death March.
 
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apdst said:
Is this all you got? :rofl

"Pearl Harbor", is an age synomym for a sneak attack, which is exactly what happened to him in Virginia.

Ya'll really getting deseperate, if you think this is a big deal.
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First off, I never claimed his comment was a "big deal," just a rather odd, over the top analogy to make.

Second, how does his campaign failing to meet a filing deadline equate to a sneak attack? Would you agree or disagree that it is his campaign's responsibility to know what the filing deadline is, as well as the ballot criteria, in the state of Virginia for the state's presidential primary? How is his screw-up someone else's fault?

You're reaching just as much as he is.
 
Redress said:
You know what...I have no problem with this. The way in which he compared it was perfectly reasonable.
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Well, actually, Newt should have compared his being denied in Virginia to 911. Pearl Harbor is so in the past. Another difference between the intel that led us to war against Japan and the intel that led us to war in Iraq is that Japan DID attack us. Iraq didn't attack the WTC. So, using false intel after 911 instead of Pearl Harbor would make Newt's comparing a sneak attack on America and his being denied in Virginia more accurate too. :mrgreen:
 
hazlnut said:
When he filed for divorce from his first wife and told her when she was in the hospital, that was like Hiroshima.
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Unfortunately thats an untrue story, confirmed by his family (daughters). He may have been cheating on her then, but he didnt notify her of the divorce while she was in the hospital.
 
apdst said:
Is this all you got? :rofl

"Pearl Harbor", is an age synomym for a sneak attack, which is exactly what happened to him in Virginia.

Ya'll really getting deseperate, if you think this is a big deal.
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A sneak attack? Really?

Virginia didnt change their deadline to screw him and the others. Virginia didnt change the number of signatures required to get on the ballot to screw him and the others.

He and the others screwed themselves by not following the rules.

Now it is down to Paul and Romney in VA.
 
Imnukingfutz said:
Unfortunately thats an untrue story, confirmed by his family (daughters). He may have been cheating on her then, but he didnt notify her of the divorce while she was in the hospital.
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True. She already knew her husband was a cheating weasel and going to leave her before she went into the hospital.
 
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