2016 Postmortem

NAO

(3,425 posts) Sat Jan 21, 2012, 10:00 PM Jan 2012

The moderator who asked Gingrich about "food stamp president" secured the nomination for Gingrich

That question was the perfect segue into the resentment narrative. The contemptuous way Newt answered that question allowed him to play his "welfare queen" (Reagan) race-resentment trump card.

It's the ultimate trump card. It is the magic trick that created all those "Reagan Democrats" back in the 1980s.

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The moderator who asked Gingrich about "food stamp president" secured the nomination for Gingrich (Original Post) NAO Jan 2012 OP

Gingrich knows how to appeal to Tomay Jan 2012 #1

Gingrich represents the crowd SaintPete Jan 2012 #2

Tomay

(58 posts)

1. Gingrich knows how to appeal to

Reply to NAO (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2012, 10:07 PM

Jan 2012

the worst instincts in the Republican soul. Semi-veiled racism sells with that audience. Add the facts that he's not a Mormon and is well-known, and that makes Gingrich the man to beat, despite the bankster establishment favoring Romney. We could be looking at 1964 all over again for the Republicans.

SaintPete

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2. Gingrich represents the crowd

Reply to Tomay (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 21, 2012, 10:55 PM

Jan 2012

booing a gay veteran
booing healthcare
cheering executions

He is the darkest common denominator of the republican collective soul

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