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What's with Newt and his constantly referring to France anyway? I'm beginning to think he's a bit of a Francophile...

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Sat Jul 28th, 2007 at 07:40:02 AM EST
Soon we will hear the truth: Newt has an ancestor called Villenouvelle la Grinche.

And, at home, he has a secret store of very stinky cheese...

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Jul 28th, 2007 at 08:59:31 AM EST
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Not really. I'd rather say he's a Sarkophile, seeing him as a George Bush who succeeded (so far and on a much smaller scale) and possibly a new de Gaulle.

As for the '08 election themes, he sure has the knack for picking a real winner: English-only government, yeah that should do it... No wonder he's been sidelined for the past ten years (How did that government shutdown and Clinton impeachment worked out for you Newt?).

To be fair, the Republican train wreck is so FUBAR that it's understandable he believes now is a good time for his second coming.

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Sat Jul 28th, 2007 at 08:59:40 AM EST
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I can certainly see why the authoritarian mindset and unitary executive theorist types would like the very powerful French presidency...

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Sat Jul 28th, 2007 at 10:13:59 AM EST
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