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Caliman73

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9. Conflict equals clicks and airtime for advertisers.

Reply to ProudLib72 (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 25, 2018, 03:00 PM

Oct 2018

You are completely right. He was one of the worst speakers of the House and even his own party saw it at the end, but he brings controversy and here we all are talking about it. It brings eyes, ears, and clicks to the media so they put it out there.

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Our first political terrorist in the modern era speaks.... [View all] pbmus Oct 2018 OP

Says the worse piece of shit to ever foul the halls of congress. spanone Oct 2018 #1

Meh winetourdriver01 Oct 2018 #2

You've got to be kidding me C_U_L8R Oct 2018 #3

There is something terribly wrong with Gingrich ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #4

He's one..... MyOwnPeace Oct 2018 #8

Conflict equals clicks and airtime for advertisers. Caliman73 Oct 2018 #9

No, it wasn't the nation that sent him packing... JHB Oct 2018 #11

The ethics violation started the ball rolling ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #12

Yes, I do recall, and it was his fellow Republicans who coined the phrase... JHB Oct 2018 #14

Alright. We will just agree on the fact that no one should ever give him a platform ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #15

If the situation were reversed, the right would be going off. n/t BadMachines Oct 2018 #5

Blaming the victim is what they do best. Solly Mack Oct 2018 #6

This might come across as uncivil JustAnotherGen Oct 2018 #7

Calling them "the enemy of normal Americans" counts as hostile, Newtykins JHB Oct 2018 #10

Conservatives brought pushback upon themselves because of their hateful policies eleny Oct 2018 #13

Oh go eat a steaming bag of rancid dog shit, Newt. Initech Oct 2018 #16