Quote of the Day: The Genius of Newt Gingrich

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From Joe DeSantis, one of the few Newt Gingrich advisors still working for him, on why the rest of his team quit en masse last week:

Those who left were more mechanical; they did not fit with the constant brainstorming culture within Gingrich’s inner circle 

Newt was just too smart for those dullards! That explains it.

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