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philo · 2016-12-08T14:55:22+00:00

Though I've been keeping my political remarks to a minimum ...here is the exact quote from Gingrich. He made this yesterday on the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor: "75 years ago the Japanese displayed professional brilliance and technological power launching surprises from Hawaii to the Philippines." One would think the day would have been a good one to praise America but instead he chose to praise the enemy. As a veteran who has come from a family of veterans I am beyond sickened at such a traitorous and disgusting remark. The above quote was a "stand alone" quote and was not been taken out of context. Had the statement been part of of a broader analysis it might have been a different issue but it's false no matter how one looks at it. The US military knew Japan was going to attack, it was generally thought that it would be more likely to occur in the Philippines. As to the "brilliance" most of the US fleet was out to sea and from a purely tactical move on the part of Japan, probably could not have been a worse day. It's going to be very difficult for Trump's team to sink below this level, but Trump is pretty smart and I'm sure things will get even worse. Perhaps Gingrich can praise the "911" attackers next.

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philo 9 years ago

Tweets indeed are like farts and the one's I've seen from Trump and Gingrich enforce that belief.

That said...If one has an attention span long enough to think coherently, a lot could be said in those brief 140 characters>

Too bad the public figures are just as thoughtlessly impulsive as I am on Usenet.

Now going back to Newt.

Though I did not like the statement he made on Dec 7, I do not absolutely hate the guy either.

Today I saw on the news that Trump, while president is supposedly going to continue some TV show he has. (Tossed my TV out 25 years ago so have no clue what kind of bullshit goes on there)

Newt made a statement saying he thought it "weird" that Trump would do such a thing. So doggone it. I have to say I thought exactly the same thing.

I'll be very happy if Gingrich actually shows some guts. I usually like surprises.

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philo 9 years ago

If you followed my posts you will see that I quoted all three in correct order. Yes, I mis-spoke but the bottom line is I had a problem with the wording in the single tweet I quoted.

If I wrote an entire book and in one line I called someone an asshole, they would not have to quote the entire book to tell me what they had a problem with.

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