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Mary O'Shegetz's avatar

"They want President Trump dead. They want to lock him up in jail for the rest of his life, so that he dies in jail, and they want to take away his Secret Service protection so that he is murdered somewhere in jail, possibly.”

I have never wished that, precisely, but reading TFG's obituary will probably give me some pleasure.

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Henrik's avatar

Is the Secret Service really any protection for President* Trump? After all it would be perfectly legal for President Biden to order them to kill him.

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

As I am sure some other moderately educated person has already mentioned, "On the Waterfront" was directed by Elia Kazan, not Stanley Kubrik.

Maybe he was thinking "Paths of Glory"?

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Mary O'Shegetz's avatar

In the sense that Newt believes he also coulda' been a contenda' it's like On the Waterfront, but I see no other similarities.

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StlSaxist's avatar

Donald Trump = 1960's civil rights marcher. Right.

The astounding leaps of twisted logic are mind-blowing. These alleged minds continue to amaze me.

But then Trump and Gingrich are two turds in the same punchbowl.

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Heller22's avatar

A wise man once said: "Newt Gingrich isn't as smart as he thinks he is, but that's OK, because no one is as smart as Newt Gingrich thinks he is."

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

Also, and my favorite characterization of the "man": "Newt Gingrich is a stupid person's idea of an intellectual."

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Heller22's avatar

Brilliant.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

It really sounds like Marjorie Taylor Greene is making a case for prison reform to reduce or eliminate the possibility of a convicted felon being murdered in prison.

She should get on that, being a congresscritter and all.

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Mark Linimon's avatar

And here I had assumed that I could never have a lower opinion of Newt.

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Mary O'Shegetz's avatar

There is no bottom. It's Newts all the way down.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

How interesting. This didn't move my meter in any direction.

Classic Newt, using some event from American history and doing what he always does, play a stupid person's idea of an historian.

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Politiquacks's avatar

Not that any of these nincompoops would ever talk to a real journalist, but if they did, first question should be, why is it a problem that a democratic appointed judge sit over a Trump trial, but it's totally fine that that the unqualified twit HE APPOINTED in Florida presides over his trial.

And then when they bloviate, end the interview.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Evan. I cannot say what I want to see happen to Newt without getting banhammered.

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Carl Martin's avatar

“On the Waterfront” was directed by Elia Kazan, dumbass!

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Ho͛gͦͥeͬ͒yeGr̰̻̜e̬̞̠x͔'s avatar

Like that famous Kubrick film, “Hush Money Hookers 4.”

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Caepan's avatar

That fucking asshole Newt:

𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵, 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘒𝘶𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬'𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮.

Maybe Newt is thinking [sic] of the Kubrick film 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, starring Sterling Haden (who, like Kazan, betrayed his old friends to HUAC just to save his own ass). He plays a guy who comes up with the perfect crime, until one little thing happens and it all goes to shit. You know, like trying to "fix" a presidential election someone lost by over 7 million votes?

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Mary O'Shegetz's avatar

Or A Cockblocked Orange

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Shallow state's avatar

I think it's more like Kubrick's film "Full Mental Ketchup" amirite?

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

He's thinking of "2001: A Space Idiocy".

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Shallow state's avatar

Do I have to say it? Hog libelz.

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DemoCat's avatar

“I mean the whole thing frankly resembles On the Waterfront, Stanley Kubrick's brilliant film.” I think he means A Clockwork Orange.

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Biff52 Lost Canadian's avatar

Maybe they could prop tfg's eyes open!

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Won't stop the farting.

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Biff52 Lost Canadian's avatar

My gut tells me he's sharting.

Happens to lots of older men.

Perfectly natural.

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DemoCat's avatar

Awww. Newt is deeply worried about fellow sleepy-fart man who is facing consequences for ignoring all the rules that Newt believes only apply to non-old, white, sleepy-farty guys. Someone give Newt a fluffy pillow to hug. Where’s Mike Lindell?

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