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Do Americans Take Politics Too Seriously?
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New York Magazine’s Frank Rich on the continued battle ahead of the 2012 presidential election.
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- Date Mar 22, 2012
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New York Magazine’s Frank Rich on the continued battle ahead of the 2012 presidential election.
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Front drip -- formerly the New York Times performance Roche.
Good morning thank you should -- that -- fox welcome I'm sorry your lazy bums who does so -- but -- teach -- In this bills and I know -- Different watermelon acting you know I'm fine about -- -- to adapt easily melt some new too little.
Little envelope.
Who's going to die by the GO.
So that's all right you don't know what territory well I don't you.
-- I appreciate that this really good to talk trapped -- laughing about your -- Your praise of jail.
The food's not bad you can read it never occurred to be but I think your reports.
Particularly you can read -- about part of it -- could you do have a lot of peace corps.
-- -- -- -- There's my dream journal to -- -- -- -- Gingrich allies say.
-- or another chance.
So -- Entegris I don't know.
Well I'll tell you neither you nor I would ever be out of material.
Plus -- could continue six months after election no matter what it.
-- -- -- -- a lot of material now with.
Although it does annoy me.
I mean understand.
All of Romney has some dumb -- right but it but.
How how widely misquoted that's just that's actually sketched.
Lined up but I mean don't say had a -- a lot of misquoted run.
Yeah I guess so and the problem is that this is yes and it is misquoted.
It just lady and two.
The caricature that he's trying to fight but there's been a lot of folks like justices.
Also -- -- You know calling -- Robert De Niro for a completely innocuous.
Remark about you know -- are -- ready for a eighties at a white first another white First -- would obviously meant as a joke and in getting all up in arms just you know -- sort of silly thing after another I think.
Bill morrow some ought to reduce the -- newspaper this morning.
Which are -- -- or leave me out of our main.
I've been friends front and center was achieved hazardous -- -- mirrors haven't heard and usage right.
But I mean initially being relevant and why yeah I'll stop apologize -- -- and high grade and up first all the doesn't Merrill jobless funny.
It away it was partly because.
-- -- -- -- -- not known for being funny really and and you know in this and you know and you know that Gingrich -- his heart of hearts.
If you're not a stupid man you know that he knows that it's a joke -- was meant to be funny and maybe even he got its but and -- would like to posture.
But look it's been an incredible campaign season -- if and characters of you know I still miss mr.
999 myself.
-- Can't have everything I wish -- lingered longer wrist area of things like a century ago now.
But -- particular repulsive sugar.
Yeah convenient as were some god.
Fourteen years what -- -- Forget about his views forget about whatever you think -- was politics he -- so.
Fool himself.
It's just unbelievable the ego he's the world's greatest story in the world's greatest politician.
Knows better than anyone -- his own party.
And there's a complete hypocrite it's the perfect package.
And soul -- is probably gonna -- the nomination.
-- I don't see.
How he couldn't and and actually there's a really -- a very.
Good column.
By John part horrid and today's New York Post.
About how Santorum and Gingrich.
Are really just trying to be spoilers there is no way either of them can win.
So all they're doing is running on animosity.
Towards Romney and -- Republicans.
Or does does this make Romney look bad and -- -- treasury would he could be.
Fighting Obama and so this is sort of a big game Republican party's gonna have to resolve I guess.
Hardly very Kirsten under the one implements its.
Doors and Christians are little ones are blog or.
Are angry bitter vial.
People like -- -- or Gingrich.
Oh by the way it's not -- -- -- or Gingrich don't have some some some views that are perfectly.
It's -- bullish just think first -- of such.
Repulsive vial -- it is well.
It's it's true and also getting -- of -- people hold himself up -- political moral and spiritual paragon.
Isn't -- I mean you know it's it's just -- And then also -- That he does -- so seriously is no sense of humor about himself for anybody to -- about Robert De -- he just doesn't.
He's not -- on his own -- sometimes -- -- the if he didn't.
A bid in on the joke about -- -- is now you know awkward he is -- dealing with.
Voters in regular people Gingrich and things he's sad -- we think he thinks it's -- Pope I guess.
And arguably to -- -- your chest but or maybe you don't terrible I'm gonna vote for Ron and altered -- rubio it's going to be area.
It's gonna -- close election if that happens -- in fact.
It may be sold over personal -- rubio in the train and Martin case I've heard a word about him I'm I'm just curious but.
I think that I don't know rubio look will help a lot in Florida one assumes I'm not sure really helps -- Hispanics and that's the point nationally because he's Cuban and most Hispanics that that.
-- gonna need are are not.
But.
Yeah its can could be of.
Very well attempted -- seven -- it so it can expect a Clinton's -- I was hoping for Ron Paul to be on the ballot but I guess that's not gonna happen.
A channel like -- I was flattered until nearly a martian for long time with them.
I don't know -- -- -- -- I don't drivel like.
-- -- -- -- If you go sort of your if you make a good point where the old one of those sitcom My Favorite Martian Ray -- it -- dislike him.
So -- -- just shrug your new Yorker.
And probably -- Soros foreshadow our chart.
So this sort of -- so football but of course -- C both saying is.
Pretty funny I -- hearing.
Warner wolf expect it -- he explained to me better than I could understand from the papers -- my -- knowledge.
These pictures in this morning's papers of every you know jets fan adopting the -- -- -- -- Madison Square Garden wherever they're doing it is it is.
Funny and just -- -- -- served them brothel.
-- -- -- -- Actually acted earlier met fan but I doubt solved it subtle very it'll redemption song live -- us talk a great what -- you take -- -- you -- -- -- group churn out Smart -- surging to.