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Gingrich Campaign Compares Va. Ballot Disqualification to Pearl Harbor

Gingrich Campaign Compares Va. Ballot Disqualification to Pearl Harbor

AP

Coming off the news that Newt Gingrich’s name will not be on the Virginia primary ballot, Gingrich’s campaign director compared the “unexpected setback” to Pearl Harbor.

“Newt and I agreed that the analogy is December 1941: We have experienced an unexpected set-back, but we will re-group and re-focus with increased determination, commitment and positive action,” Michael Krull wrote on Gingrich’s Facebook page Saturday.

The Virginia Republican Party announced Friday that the former House Speaker had failed to turn in the required 10,000 signatures to get his name on the state’s GOP presidential primary ballot. Texas Gov. Rick Perry was disqualified as well for the same reason.

“Newt and I have talked three or four times today and he stated that this is not catastrophic — we will continue to learn and grow. Remember that it was only a few months ago that pundits and the press declared us dead after the paid consultants left,” Krull said.

He said the campaign is exploring “alternate methods” to campaign in Virginia and said to “stay tuned” for details. Though Gingrich had vowed to mount a heavy write-in campaign, Virginia state code does not not allow write-in candidates in its primaries.

The Gingrich campaign had blasted Virginia’s primary process Saturday, calling it a “failed system.” Krull echoed those sentiments in his post, calling the state’s requirements “cumbersome.”

“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,” he vowed.

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman did not turn in signatures and therefore all failed to qualify. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul are the only GOP presidential candidates who will appear on the state’s ballot.

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  • endgamer
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:39pm

    Seems to me if he didn‘t get the signatures then he wasn’t really a frontrunner.. Nor was Perry or Bachmann (she had zero signatures). The only two on the ballot are Romney and Paul.. You would think by watching the news that they would all be on the ballot and the hype would follow.

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    • endgamer
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:52pm

      I stand corrected.. The rest of the field didn’t submit signatures…WOW!! I despise the Huffington Post but there’s the article:
      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/23/virginia-ballot-michele-bachmann-rick-santorum-jon-huntsman_n_1167524.html

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:18pm

      We need to Welcome the supporters of these poor souls to “The Revolution” 1st to defend against the Romney Camp and the Media, then ultimately to Defeat Our Oppressor in the White House.

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    • chips1
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:49pm

      Someone forgot to invite Virginia to the game. Now, THAT’S funny.

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    • Mr. Oshawott
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 2:35pm

      @Endgamer

      Thanks for the link. It turns out not only Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and Jon Huntsman failed to submit their signatures, THEY DIDN’T EVEN TRY. Oh, yes, it’s officially confirmed: Ron Paul and neo-conservative Mitt Romney are the only candidates left in the primary race. There’s no way the corporate media establishment can get out of this fact.

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    • WAKEUPUSA2012
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 2:41pm

      LOL @ YEP

      Yepimaslave
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 2:34pm
      I will be voting for Ron Paul in 2012. He is the only one who can beat Obama and restore America!

      Really wish you would man. But I just read a comment of yours when you said NEwt will last loger than Paul. AHAHAHAHAH yeah right dude. We are Winning. Neocons are loosing.

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    • WAKEUPUSA2012
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 3:02pm

      Your condescending attitude makes me sick.

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    • WAKEUPUSA2012
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 3:31pm

      again, your condescending attitude makes me sick.

      From everything you have ever talked about, I know you are lying. Its ok. You have your ways. But what I really hope is if Paul gets the nomination, you will support him to get Obama outta the office.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 3:41pm

      WOW! I’m really starting to see how scared Ron Paul supporters are of me to hack my membership, screen name and avatar to make a point? Makes you wonder what they can do regarding polls, donation information as an example. DO I MAKE YOU THAT SCARED GIRLS? Lmao.

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    • Mr. Oshawott
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 3:44pm

      I have to wonder what‘s with Yep’s sudden change of heart. He’s spent (or should I say wasted) quite a bit of his time bashing Ron Paul with ad-hominem attacks and character assassination. Now he‘s saying that he’s going to vote for Ron Paul. Perhaps Yep is FINALLY starting to understand that the government has no authorization to use the military as the world’s police force and that the libertarians are on the winning side of the ideological battle? Or is this all just a ruse?

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 3:54pm

      > OSH. Don’t worry. No change of heart here… just internet games by Paul supporters. I must scare the HE77 out of you guys…. it’s actually pretty funny, but sad at the same time.

      YepImaConservative  
    • Mr. Oshawott
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 4:25pm

      @Yep

      I stand corrected. You really are condescending and irritant. That said, I will give you credit for at least visiting Ron Paul’s website and studying his viewpoints.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 4:40pm

      >OSH. Like Ron Paul not calling out those who post in his name (Ron Paul Newsletters), I don’t see you calling out a fellow Ron Paul supporter for hacking my membership, posting under my screen name and using my avatar?

      Call out your peers or remain in the camp of the dishonest.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 5:07pm

      Yep
      It woudl be my honor to say……………….Welcome “To The Revolution” I knew you would come around.
      lets hear it Ron Paul ! Ron Paul ! Ron Paul ! REVOLUTION!!!!!

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 5:28pm

      Yepima
      I do my best but I cant take the credit. It’s the Message of Freedom and the Power of Dr. Paul the man is a Beast. Now lets take this Revolution to the White House!

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 5:43pm

      > COMMON. This is what we get when you have Ron Paul supporters with some internet skills, time on their hands and dishonesty… both intellectually and otherwise.

      It’s okay, as we all know… I have a sense of humor which can’t be replicated by a Liberal or a Paul supporting quasi-little c-conservatives. So have your internet fun now girls, but it will come back to bite you in the @sses. Lol.

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    • Jacksonian2012
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 6:05pm

      Obvious he never ran anything. A professor like the president . Vote 401k candidate, Romney.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 6:46pm

      @Yepimakidder
      Real funny, here I thought you had a change of heart. I should of known you where just trying to make a fool of me. I was right to ignore you. Glad you had your fun. What’s going to be funny is that you are going to have to pick between Paul and Romney. I bet you will be a Paulist in the end. Don’t worry I will still welcome you to “The Revolution.” Now it’s back to ignoring you.
      Merry Christmas

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    • warriorspirit
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 6:51pm

      Ron Paul 2012!!!

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:06pm

      The government is NOT a business and shouldn’t be run like one.

      Romney barely won ONE election in his life — one!

      How people think Romney is the one to defeat Obama, I can’t understand.

      Romney IS Obama — heck everyone should just vote Obama in again — same difference.

      http://www.anyonebutmitt.com/

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 1:41am

      Seems to me that the word came down from the RNC that Gingrich was not to be allowed on the ticket, and that the appropriate amount of qualified signatures were to be “lost” or found not to qualify for some obscure reason.
      Gingrich is having to fight both halves of the Progressive Party (RNC and DNC).
      Congratulations GOP you’ve just made another step toward re-electing Barry Soetoro (aka Barack Obama). See you in the soup lines!

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    • NewAmericanist
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 4:50am

      Unfortunately Newts campaign did submit what they believed to be 10,000 qualified signatures over 2 months ago. It took the VA that long, and until it was “too late” to inform the campaign of some unqualified voters on the ballot.

      Fortunately our primary system is so fractured that a state like VA doesnt matter much (Bachman, Santorum, Huntsman didn’t even bother to give Virginians an effort).

      It’s a sad state for our our system when a truly unimportant, inconsequential, freekishly small segment of our population (sorry Iowans) get to hold the septer of power for a day simply by choosing earlier and earlier primary voting dates.

      The real loser in this system are the stupid Virginians who will not get millions of dollars dumped into their economy by campaigners.

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:39am

      OMG !! It’s more like 9/11 , what an idiot..

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:45am

      @endgamer. You despise the huffpo but you refer to it often.. Hmmm…

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    • OneTermPresident
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 11:03am

      @ENDGAMER… No need for the Huff and Puff piece. You just need to take a better look at the story here. It states:

      Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman did not turn in signatures and therefore all failed to qualify.

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    • rwinestock
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 4:47pm

      Wait. I’m confused. The Huff Post says he got 11,500 signatures by the deadline. Why isn’t he on the ballot?

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    • flyingeagle
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:47pm

      Well Romni and Paul seem to have no problem with basic coromm and respect for simple prosiegore. This country has made it it‘s duty to let all throughout the world just how thing’s are done and all must follow the rules.And with something this easly it’s a no brainer.And with Newt dealing wih it being his ressidence he should suffer the most but I just don‘t undestand the number’s of canndidates who also neglected to follow the rule.

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  • mrsalvage2
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:42am

    First the Iowa process and voters are defective, and now the Virginia Process and Voters a defective.

    Sounds like the Progressives need to legislate the outcome in a few states.

    I just cannot be that the People are out of touch with their chosen leaders.

    Wow…this just further indicts the Media, the Party, and the Vote.

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    • ConservativeCharlie
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:08pm

      I was thinking the exact same thing., Too bad the establishment is meddeling in this thing so much. It is not the voter that is deffective, its the candidates that they are shoving down our throats that are deffective. Gingrich can compare it to pearl harbor if he wants, but I am like the guy that compares gingrich to waterboarding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Pv1KQGNU0

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    • HippoNips
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:12pm

      Yes it is. Romney progressives are making the choice for nominee for everyone else.

      Newt can fix this…He should concentrate on other battle ground states and tell his supporters in VA and Iowa to vote for Ron Paul the nut.
      This will remove the state from Romney, starving his end total

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    • HippoNips
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:20pm

      Or maybe tell them to vote for Perry in Iowa. and Ron Paul in Va.

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:32pm

      Santorum, Bachmann, Perry, Huntsman and Newt (the smartest man in the room) all knew what the had to do the get on the ballot in VA. They failed because of lack of people who were willingly sign for them. They only needed 10,000 out of over 8 million people who live in VA. Look at the history of who has not been able to do this, its far and few between. The media can build all of these Candidates up but this is what matters in the end, its the People, not the media telling you who the front runner is. Paul and Romney are the only ones standing now.

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    • singleparent
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:35pm

      Voters arent picking no one the media is……. i have not seen one townhall debate…as for newt who cares him and mitt are socialists..Obama will be elected again the 3rd party run will make sure of it… they know Obama will get re elected if they run so that means they are working with him.. voteing is not going to change the course of this country… we will have to take it back by force or its gone forever…….

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:28pm

      singleparent
      How did the Media keep these 5 off of the Virginia ballot? I think it was the people of Virginia lack of support for any of these Candidates that kept them off the ballot. None of the 5 have the ground support needed to win the election. The race now is between Paul and Romney.
      “Come Join the Revolution”

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:52pm

      I like Newt, but Pearl Harbor ? Really, a little extreme, may Grenada or Panama, but Pearl Harbor ?

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    • mrsalvage2
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 2:48pm

      The Media says the voters are defective.

      Gingrich says the Process is defective, because it is not getting the desired result that the Progressives need of a party which will play victim in the Consensus Hagelian Dialectic Legislative Process.

      So we must suspend or ignore the elections.

      Signed, NC Gov. Bev Perdue (D) and
      IA Gov. Branstad (R)

      Hm.

      I still think the People of Iowa do not merely want Freedom and Liberty anymore, but now DESPERATELY need it.
      Does anyone

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 2:57pm

      gingrage showing is true colors, time to WAKE UP. i don’t think SC will be blinded

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 3:43pm

      WOW! I’m really starting to see how scared Ron Paul supporters are of me to hack my membership, screen name and avatar to make a point? Makes you wonder what they can do regarding polls, donation information as an example. DO I MAKE YOU THAT SCARED GIRLS? Lmao

      YepImaConservative  
    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 6:10pm

      Iowa still hasn’t spoken. If Santorum places 3rd, for example, then it will be game on — with a genuine conservative in the race.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:07pm

      Chuck Stein
      I’m sorry, but Santorum, Bachmann, Huntsman, Perry, and Newt are all but done. Not getting enough support for getting on the VA ballot (which is 10% of super Tuesday), having little to no organization and people on the ground . And to top it off, almost all of them are Broke, Santorum is actually spending his own money now. If you look at the crowds these 5 are talking in front of its in the handfuls. They are stuck with stopping in restaurants and cafes to make it look like they are surrounded by supporters. He and the others will have to take a strong 2nd to even thing about staying in the game. Its Between Paul and Romney now.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:09pm

      Oh Gingrich isn’t done — the the total manipulator and deal-maker. VA is his home state. Gingrich has connections and they are going to try to CHANGE THE LAW so Gingrich appears on the ballot!

      How dirty is that? If they change the election law, it should NOT be for this election, but for the NEXT election. I’ll be curious to see how this goes down. Dirty politics at it’s finest!

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    • NewAmericanist
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 4:59am

      Voters are not defective. The process is simply out of date. Why not have one primary voting day? This idea that the whole country holds its breath to see what Iowans think before we cast a vote is quite antiquated and promotes “jump on the bandwagon” thinking.

      In ‘08 Huckabee had zero chance of the nations GOP nominating him, but since he won Iowa, the band wagon carried him for months taking away more likely nominees support and resources.

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  • RodT82721
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:32am

    It is so disheartening to see how the nation of sheep can be herded along without so much as a peep out of them. Shifting allegiance from candidate to candidate as the media puts out their unfounded accusations and half truths. (Throw their bombs)
    I wonder how many notice that regardless of the candidate, once the candidate moves up above the media’s favorite, the long knifes come out and the crusade to destroy starts. Not a single vote cast so far, yet the media have tanked 4 or 5 candidates and working on Newt now. Reelecting our messiah should be a shoe in for them.

    A voter that wants a better government only has to look to the history of each candidate, not what they promise to do, if elected. Especially if comparing Barry to any Republican. Barry has no known history, it’s all locked up and hidden from view. His last 3 years in office leads one to understand why he wants to hide his history. I would think that the Obama, dog and pony show, would have put an end to ‘promise voting’. But maybe not!

    Only one candidate running has actually defeated the left and then balanced the budget. It wasn’t Mitt the ex-gov of the most liberal state in the union.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:32pm

      Arodt82721
      “Only one candidate running has actually defeated the left and then balanced the budget. It wasn’t Mitt the ex-gov of the most liberal state in the union.”

      Mitt ran as a Liberal and Governed as one too. So how do you say he defeated what his was or is? or maybe your saying he beat himself?

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  • mrsalvage2
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:26am

    With Santorum, Perry, Bachmann, Huntsman completely marginalized by themselves, everyone was supposed to be watching Gingrich and ORomney for 2nd and 3rd.

    With the Gringrich off the VA Ballot, that means that if Gingrich wins Iowa it does not count.

    Now the media can only watch ORomney, that is who they wanted anyway.

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  • Countrygirl1362
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:26am

    Time for Gingrich to man up and take responsibilty for his own actions or in this case inaction in getting what was required by law to be on the ballot. He has no one to blame but himself and his campaign people. He is starting to sound more and more like Obama in blaming everyone and everything, but himself. Pittiful, just pittiful.

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    • Mr. Oshawott
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:43pm

      @CountryGirl1362

      Amen to that. I mean, really, how hard is it for any candidate to garner 10,000 signatures totaling 400 from each district of Virginia? Newt‘s really sending himself deeper into the abyss using Virginia’s fair election system as a scapegoat for his self-induced failure.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 5:42pm

      Looks like no one ever told Gingrich the meaning of the word “FAILED.”

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    • Simonne
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:41pm

      Newt is getting pathetic & for Ron Paul supporters, I will never vote for this guy. He is a nut & now we know he is a bigot.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:15pm

      Well, this pretty well known black dude doesn’t think Ron Paul is a biggot.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=OGhv3paNz6U

      …and of ALL GOP candidate, Ron Paul polls highest with non-whites!
      http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/cnn-poll-ron-paul-most-popular-republican-amongst-non-whites/question-2356857/

      So much for the left’s racist smear. To hear the left tell it, all Republicans are racist and gay-haters.
      Heck, even the Tea Party is racist? Go away with your race card. It’s worn thin.

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 1:49am

      Interesting conclave here….fanatical libertarians and progressives….thank you for giving Barry his re-election…fools.

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:07am

      @Countrygirl1362.. No one can sound like obama …pppfftt !!

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:10am

      @Vechorik.. Thanks for the link showing the NAACP supports Ron Paul.. Just another of many reasons not to vote for this softie..

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:16am

      Give me a break. Even the Tea Party is painted as racist.

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  • lel2007
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:25am

    failed to turn in the required 10,000 signatures – so their names are not on the primary ballot. Did this come as a big surprise to those failing to turn-in required signature? There’s no story here.

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:08pm

      The story should be: Race is down to 2, Paul and Romney

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    • Jamesjim
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:13pm

      Before you speak, you should find out what it is you are talking about!

      Newt turned in over 11,000 signatures, Virginia CHOSE to disqualify over a thousand,

      Newt didn’t fail…..you and Virginia did.

      I hate stupid!

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:40pm

      Jamesjim
      They needed 10,000 signatures total 400 from each district, That doesn’t mean 11,485 total with 584 in one district and 274 in the next.

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    • Simonne
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:43pm

      If you disqualify, you disqualify. I know anytime there is a petition going around, there’s always signatures who are disqualified so what is new? That’s life, get over it.

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    • UrsaMajor
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 2:20pm

      And if Paul wins, say “goodbye” to Israel as a nation. He will sit on his hands like Chamberlain and let Iran finish what Germany started in 1933.

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  • recoveringneocon
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:25am

    Newt fails to get on the Ballot in VA, then keeps complaining that the system is not fair and decides to have a write in campaign in a state that doesn’t permit one? He is not just bringing more attention to his failed organization but that of Bachmann’s, Santorum’s, Perry’s and Huntsman’s. He is taking them all down at one time. Newt is his own worse enemy and Ron Paul’s best friend.

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  • CatB
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:23am

    I would not go that far .. or even close … however when 5 out of 7 candidates are not of the ballot .. what does that say about VA’s process? Think of all the advertising dollars that the state is going to lose.

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:28am

      or think of all the residents that won’t have to listen to adds about people they don’t want to hear from.

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    • Veritas Libertas
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:47am

      It pretty much says the process has not been at question until it doesn’t magically overlook incompetence on the part of multiple campaigns. This hasn’t been a systemic problem in the past. Either that or the RNC can‘t cope with the reality that they don’t control the agenda of their party’s frontrunner and are effecting control where they can; discrediting their own party primaries.

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:06pm

      The only one complaining about this his incompetence is “The Smartest Man in The Room” Newt. The rest of the 5 wish he would shut his mouth before everyone finds out how incompetent they are. There is really only 2 left standing now Paul and Romney.

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:31pm

      It’s only one state .. that doesn‘t mean that someone else still can’t come out on top .. remember who won Iowa the last primary .. Huckabee … who won Iowa?

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:32pm

      Oops should be who won … VA.? last time.

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:43pm

      Its only 1 state for the time being. But is 10% of delegates for super Tuesday.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:56pm

      Iowa will once again be considered a non-factor as it’s not a good indicator of which way the race will go. If Paul wins Iowa it will put a hurt on Gingrich and will be considered a victory for Romney in the long run… especially if Romney takes New Hampshire. Ron Paul will be pummeled by both right AND left if he wins Iowa and will start to wither on the vine then die. Newt will be around longer than Paul in my estimation.

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:38pm

      @CatB

      3 didn‘t even try to get on the ballot because they knew they didn’t have the support or funds to do so. No conspiracy, they didn’t even try. 

      Newt and Perry didn‘t get the signatures needed because they don’t have the support in Virginia. Why change the rules because they can’t get the support? 

      There is no conspiracy…This has happened before and will happen again in future elections. If a candidate cannot obtain 10k supporters there is no need to place them on the ballot. All candidates knew about the rules. 

      Newt using Pearl Harbor as an analogy is despicable. We lost American soldiers in Pearl Harbor and Newt should not be using them as an analogy for politics. It’s shameful and a disgrace. 

      Only crybabies cry about not meeting up to the rules. This is the same as saying we should give them all trophies for trying and we shouldn’t keep score…

      No conspiracy CatB, just truth that Perry and Newt campaigns aren’t doing well at all….

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 3:57pm

      Ohhhh I see. I’m really starting to see how scared Ron Paul supporters are of me to hack my membership, screen name and avatar to make a point? Makes you wonder what they can do regarding polls, donation information as an example. DO I MAKE YOU THAT SCARED GIRLS? Lmao

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 3:58pm

      Hmmmm. I’m really starting to see how scared Ron Paul supporters are of me to hack my membership, screen name and avatar to make a point? Makes you wonder what they can do regarding polls, donation information as an example. DO I MAKE YOU THAT SCARED GIRLS? Lmao

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 4:01pm

      Funny, or maybe not. I’m really starting to see how scared Ron Paul supporters are of me to hack my membership, screen name and avatar to make a point? Makes you wonder what they can do regarding polls, donation information as an example. DO I MAKE YOU THAT SCARED GIRLS? Lmao

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  • YepImaConservative
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:13am

    “Newt and I agreed that the analogy is December 1941: We have experienced an unexpected set-back.”

    Yeah, poor choice in comparison, but who said campaign directors and managers were always smart in their wisdom regarding the spoken or written word. Just ask Ron Paul about Lew Rockwell and his musings back in the day…. hmmm?

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    • Veritas Libertas
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:34am

      Yep, thanks for bringing up Lew Rockwell. You had mentioned him before so I researched him. He leads the von Mises Institute in Auburn, AL which isn’t too far away, and I’m considering taking a few classes.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:37am

      > VERITAS. Dig a leeetle deeeper there my friend. Not that it will matter to a Paul supporter, lol.

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    • Veritas Libertas
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:58am

      In complete seriousness, the Austrian economic school proved itself over the Keynesian line of thought with each bursting economic bubble. Scary times are already here, and I won’t try to change your mind, but I truly believe our national economic and political course corrections are tied together. We’re broke and living on credit cards, and the cards read “Made In China” on the back.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:15pm

      > VERITAS. Get your head out of your freedom economics 101 book via Murray Rothbard (front for extremist anti-war zeolotry) and deal with the issue of Lew Rockwell (Ron Paul’s former campaign manager, and bestest racist and anti-semetic bud aside from Rothbard). If you’re going to take classes at The Von Mises Inst., you need to do your homework and see where your true intellectual curiosities take you…

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    • Veritas Libertas
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:27pm

      Go eat some ham, man! It’s Christmas! Good talking to you.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:39pm

      >VERITAS. Gonna’ eat some “shrimp” too, and will be thinking of Ron Paul’s “pork” while I do it, lol.

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:46pm

      Commonsense tell us to ignore Yepimatroll

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:59pm

      @ recoveringneocon
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:46pm

      Commonsense tell us to ignore Yepimatroll
      ———————————————————————————–
      Come on man, yepi isn’t a troll, he’s a commie lover.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:05pm

      You are right to ignore me RECOVERING… as your attention to me will once again lead to your embarrassment. Lol. Face it RECOVERING… YOU REALLY are starved for my attention though… aren’t you?

      Well, I’m NOT giving in no matter how much you BEG! Lmao!

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:08pm

      > REMF (10TH). That is all, lol.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:45pm

      Yes, It is the time to ignore all trolls and the name calling. Its between Paul and Romney now. Just Look at the Crowds the Dr. is attracting everywhere he goes. Standing room only and from all ages now. The rest of the Pack cant get more few to show up, so they are going to restaurants and cafes, so it looks like they have supporters. The time is Now. We need to Welcome all to “The Revolution”

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:56pm

      LMAO at COMMON. I can picture you now… both fingers in your ears, repeating over and over again…

      Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na…. CAN’T HEAR YOU!

      Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na… CAN’T HEAR YOU!

      In this case it’s… CAN’T SEE YOU, CAN’T SEE YOU, CAN’T SEE YOU !!!! Ha!

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 3:56pm

      I’m really starting to see how scared Ron Paul supporters are of me to hack my membership, screen name and avatar to make a point? Makes you wonder what they can do regarding polls, donation information as an example. DO I MAKE YOU THAT SCARED GIRLS? Lmao

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    • Constitution Hour
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:01am

      So you claim to be a conservative. What does that word mean exactly? Conservative? There is more than one meaning so I must ask which one you apply to yourself. I am a Ron Paul supporter and I am not afraid of you or any other . People like you use labels to lump people into one stereo type class or another. So tell us all, enlighten us, to your supreme wisdom in all things political and just under our supreme law. I look forwqard to your enlightened response.

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  • The10thAmendment
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:10am

    Hey Gingrich, move to Russia where you political platform is better suited. Or maybe even Red China. You’re a communist, get lost and shut your frigging mouth.

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:25am

      Oh yea .. they only have one candidate on the ballot .. or that is how the vote ‘goes” .. that is much better than wanting people to be able to vote for all the candidates. No not a Newt fan or going to vote for him in the primary but I don’t see what you are saying.

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:41am

      CatB
      What are you saying. The People of VA have decided that Bachmann, Santorum, Perry, Huntsman and Newt don’t have enough support to be on the ballot. For Pete’s sake they only had to get 10,000 signatures. These 5 Candidates are all but done. That’s why we have these Primaries, to weed out the weak. VA has not changed any rules here.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:59am

      What I am saying is that the Laws regulating the voting practices in Virginia are not something any politician or their campaign don’t know about. Especially not a politician who has been an establishment politician for his entire adult life.

      He’s now attacking the very process that has been established by law because like Obama, he feels that because his name is so and so he should therefore not have to abide by the very legal process. He’s doing exactly what every Dictator does, go above the law and want it changed to suit his megalomania.

      Gingrich is on record as wanting more and broader regulatory control at the Federal level. Gingrich is a HUGE proponent of the police state actions of the Patriot Act, something NO liberty desiring people should ever tolerate. That very act is the advancement authority for the Hitler brownshirts known as the TSA. Gingrich has said that it should maybe be privatized. Um, so what. It is still entirely regulated, directed, and mandated by the ILLEGAL usurping of civil liberties by the Federal Government.

      At every step Gingrich preaches totalitarianism. He’s not different than Obama, he wants to be Caesar, and he always has. Those fake contracts with America that he peddles is nothing more than a wolf in sheeps clothing. Herd the masses to his will, rather than him being directed by the people.

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  • Veritas Libertas
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:10am

    Did Speaker Gingrich just turn this into a book tour? Sounds like promotional material for Days Of Infamy (2008) and Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th (2007). Don’t go away mad…

    Merry Christmas
    2012: It’s Paul or nothing!

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:57am

      Its always been a book tour for most of these candidates. They all have written books and are having the Campaign paying for the tour. Only problem is they spent all the money on the tour and cant even get 10,000 signatures for the ballot in VA.

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    • William Hemenway
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:04pm

      Ron Paul is and always will be a racist and a bigot and all that are supporting him are too. The man spreads hate. Merry Christ’s Mass and peace be with you all

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    • Veritas Libertas
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:20pm

      Yeah William, guess that’s why the President of the Austin, TX NAACP has spoken in favor of Rep. Paul. Didn’t Speaker Gingrich accuse all Paul supporters of being drug users? Maybe he should have mandatory urine screenings of his supporters judging from you, William.

      Merry Christmas… Wait ’til the tree dries out and then you can smoke it, William.

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    • bhohater
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:53pm

      If my only choices are are a wing-nut and a Bush clone I prefer nothing.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:23pm

      Veritas Libertas
      Newts book tour
      http://live.drjays.com/index.php/2011/12/23/newt-gingrich-drops-in-polls-keeps-signing-books-as-ron-paul-gains/

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:09am

    Im not a big Paul supporter, but keep your eye on him, even my Democrat friends like him, its kinda strange, that Libertarians and Liberals are finding common ground in this candidate……And its also strange that I have Democrat friends ; )) Merry Christmas to all !!!!

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:29am

      Democrats and the Ron Paul Revolution have a lot in common. Just ask the fervent Paul supporters who actually went and pulled the lever for Obama in 2008. Thousands of ‘em. Ron Paul‘s current crop of nattering nabobs will say that those weren’t really fervent Paul supporters though… just posers for Paul. Read carefully Ron Paul supporter talking points and descriptions used when stating their case on various topics. Sounds very much like the Dem party when you scratch the surface of Conservative hype that they like to hide behind… hoping you’ll ignore all the rest.

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    • Veritas Libertas
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:12pm

      No question. Most are civil libertarians and free market conservatives economically. Some may have vote for Obama in 2008, but I think most didn’t vote at all because it was Obama v McCain (lesser of two evils scenario). So why so much active support now? We knew 2008 would be more of the same, but the acceleration of the progressive agenda under President Obama has been outrageous. In short, there is more disillusion over Obama on the left, and a refusal to remain apathetic from the right.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:30pm

      > VERITAS. Ron Paul will not be the Republican nominee for President, so the out-come will remain the same in regards to Paul supporters, apathy and write-in as in 2008.. a vote for Obama plain and simple. Again, not to mention the Paul supporters who will ACTUALLY vote for Obama. Then there is Gary Johnson also who will take a very small portion of the vote.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 3:59pm

      Cute! I’m really starting to see how scared Ron Paul supporters are of me to hack my membership, screen name and avatar to make a point? Makes you wonder what they can do regarding polls, donation information as an example. DO I MAKE YOU THAT SCARED GIRLS? Lmao

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 4:03pm

      Yowza! I’m really starting to see how scared Ron Paul supporters are of me to hack my membership, screen name and avatar to make a point? Makes you wonder what they can do regarding polls, donation information as an example. DO I MAKE YOU THAT SCARED GIRLS? Lmao

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  • g00gle-expert
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:08am

    A wolf in sheep’s clothing.. Be careful what you ask for America, you just might get it.

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  • TOMMYSURIA
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:05am

    http://www.webofdebt.com/
    Glass Steagall vs. Obama: the Choice is Yours HR 1489
    NO FED, NO PAIN
    The current weight of trillions of dollars in gambling debts, foisted on the U.S. taxpayers in the 2008-2011bailout of Wall St. and the City of London, is currently obliterating and destroying the economy of the United States and its people. We must change course immediately.
    The first step is to reinstate Glass-Steagall. Without a return to the original Franklin Roosevelt ( AT LEAST THE POOR BASTARD TRY) Glass- Steagall standard, there is no possibility of the continued existence of the United States, as economist Lyndon LaRouche has insisted. Only the re-imposition of the FDR Glass-Steagall principle will separate commercial from speculative banking, thus freeing the nation from obligations to Wall St. and the City of London, and re-establishing a credit system for rebuilding the nation.
    H.R. 1489, the Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2011, is now before the House of Representatives, which aims “to … revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so-called ‘Glass-Steagall Act.’”
    We, the undersigned, therefore demand that Congress immediately act to pass H.R. 1489, and identical
    legislation in the Senate, as the indispensable first measure to save the nation.

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  • TOMMYSURIA
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:04am

    ONE INSANE PRESIDENT IS ENOUGH.
    http://www.webofdebt.com/
    Glass Steagall vs. Obama: the Choice is Yours HR 1489
    NO FED, NO PAIN
    The current weight of trillions of dollars in gambling debts, foisted on the U.S. taxpayers in the 2008-2011bailout of Wall St. and the City of London, is currently obliterating and destroying the economy of the United States and its people. We must change course immediately.
    The first step is to reinstate Glass-Steagall. Without a return to the original Franklin Roosevelt ( AT LEAST THE POOR BASTARD TRY) Glass- Steagall standard, there is no possibility of the continued existence of the United States, as economist Lyndon LaRouche has insisted. Only the re-imposition of the FDR Glass-Steagall principle will separate commercial from speculative banking, thus freeing the nation from obligations to Wall St. and the City of London, and re-establishing a credit system for rebuilding the nation.
    H.R. 1489, the Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2011, is now before the House of Representatives, which aims “to … revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so-called ‘Glass-Steagall Act.’”
    We, the undersigned, therefore demand that Congress immediately act to pass H.R. 1489, and identical
    legislation in the Senate, as the indispensable first measure to save the nation.

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:03am

    Mr. Gingrich . You are the most vibrant speaker I have ever heard – and that sir is not a blandishment . If you don’t become President, it will amaze me.

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    • searching for the Truth
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:07am

      I have hardly ever met a man that doesn’t have faults in the past – so don’t let any discourage you. But, remember you love the Lord , He will always love you.

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    • searching for the Truth
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:10am

      Forgive me Lord. There is One more that is Better!!!

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    • Ballot_Box_Revolution
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:13am

      Seriously?? It will amaze you?? Look around yourself in the real world (away from the media) I don’t see the man having that much support in the world of reality. I know of a couple people on the Newt wagon, but even they don’t think he has a chance.

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    • Mr. Oshawott
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:39pm

      @Searching for the Truth

      I really hate to spoil your moment, but Newt has very little chance, if any, of become President due to being barred from the Virginia ballot, along with Rick Perry, thanks to his failure to come up with enough signatures to reach it.
      I did notice that the article mentioned that in addition to Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and Jon Huntsman are barred from the Virginia ballot. I wonder if that’s really true?

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:41pm

      Newt has one thing going for him ,,,,, he isn’t Kook Paul and his internet spamming Pauly-Wogs

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    • bhohater
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:37pm

      Gingrich has a genius IQ and can talk faster than ordinary people can think, which sometimes gets him in trouble. In spite of all his negatives, don‘t forget that he has a conservative voting record in the high 90’s. I’ll take that over a wing-nut like Paul and a Bush clone like Romney.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:33pm

      This Newt? The one that can’t support the Constitution?
      2012 Presidential Candidates – Gun Owners Of America
      http://www.gunowners.org
      Ron Paul A+
      Rick Perry A
      Michelle Bachmann A
      Rick Santorum B-
      Newt Gingrich C
      Mitt Romney D-

      The Newt that wants amnesty for illegal aliens?

      If you like Newt, then you like the Tofflers. Do you even know who they are?
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=moFsABsJNL4#t=23s

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:02am

    ha ha hahah ha ha h ha ha ha ha ha ha…Couldn’t happen to a Better Progressive.

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  • dioheerai
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:02am

    Good riddance to bad rubbish (progressives)

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  • dissentnow
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:58am

    Pearl Harbor was an “unexpected set-back”?

    Nice one, Newt

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  • justangry
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:57am

    Want some cheese with that wine, Newt?

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  • jespasinthru
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:55am

    I’ll bet the Virginia voters are going to stay home in droves for this election. If those two losers are the only choices, then what’s the point? Why bother?

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    • Ballot_Box_Revolution
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:06am

      what happened to the anybody but Obama line the Republicans use when they try to steer people away from voting for 3rd party….lol

      Not saying i agree with that philosophy, but just goes to show you the right is just as hypocritical as the left, and the stay home rhetoric is now in effect.

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:54am

    Pearl Harbor? Really? Give me a break.

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  • Tagudinian
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:53am

    Mitt Romney and Ron Paul will be the only two primary candidates on the ballot? Virginians, what say you? And you call this a primary election?

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    • SamJohnson
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:06pm

      His inability to get on the ballot raises the fundamental question about whether or not Newt is qualified to be President.

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:22pm

      SamJohnson
      I think you forgot a few others (Santorum, Bachmann, Perry, and Huntsman) that did not get the big 10,000 sigs out of some 8,096,604 people that live there.

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    • LibertyGirl USA
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 5:00pm

      I say that it sucks! I live in Virginia and am loath to vote for Romney or Paul. It isn’t difficult to get the requirements met when you have been running for President for several cycles and have the GOP Establishment behind you. They needed to get 400 signatures in every district – even uber liberal Northern Virginia. Do you have any idea how hard it is to get someone in Northern Virginia to sign anything to do with a Republican, let alone the more conservative ones? The process in Virginia assures that moderate Republicans will do well in the state. The rule prohibiting write-ins should be changed.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:40pm

      LibertyGirl USA
      Your telling me that it’s VA fault that Bachmann, Santorum, Huntsman, Perry and (the smartest man in the room) Newt didn’t spend enough time and effort in that state to get on the ballot? Lets not blame these 5 for having no organization or people on the ground in Va. Don’t tell us that 10,000 signatures with 400 in every district out of a state with over 8 million people in it is that hard. Paul who is suppose to be unelectable did it and Liberal Mitt did it too even in the south of the state. Look back in history and see who else didn’t make the cut, that should tell you something. If it were not for the media making these candidates into something they are not, these people would have been out along time ago. 4 of the 5 are as broke as a church mouse, because nobody is making donations, because nobody likes them enough to send them their money or do the work to get them on the ballot.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:46pm

      On top of it, “The smartest man in the Room” Newt Lives in VA

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  • The Bove
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:53am

    Good. We don’t want Progressives in Conservative clothes in VA anyway. No Thanks Mr. MCCain.. oops I mean Gingrich. Same thing.

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    • bhohater
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:13am

      Bet the wing-nut and Bush clone are singing “Joy to the world” with greater enthusiasm than ever.

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  • IndyfromCa
    Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:47am

    Newt, bye.

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    • Tagudinian
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:55am

      Shortsightedness must run deep in your family. What do you mean bye Newt? You are talking about a man who rose up from the ashes of the June exodus of his paid election campaign consultants. Don’t be so quick to dismiss the former Speaker.

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    • Ballot_Box_Revolution
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:20am

      Tag,

      Even I had some (little, but some) hope in Newt when he was at the bottom of the polls. I liked his debate style and thought he is not that bad. Once he took the lead he became a different person all together, and that shows his true colors. he got arrogant all of a sudden. He is not real, he is just a politician.

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    • Veritas Libertas
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:22am

      Shortsightedness, appropriate word for the situation Speaker Gingrich finds himself in. Funny that Virginia borders D.C. and his true base of support, yet there is a failure on the part of his campaign administrators to make sure he’s certified for a primary. You should have volunteered, Tag.

      Merry Christmas

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:16pm

      Tagudinian
      Newt is no different then the rest of the Candidates the media took to the top of the polls. They build him up to be “the smartest man is the room” and it turns he could not even get 10,000 sigs for the VA ballot.

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