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Gingrich: Santa is who you need him to be
On tonight's show, The Final Question was initiated by Fox's Megyn Kelly who stirred up controversy by saying Santa is white and a New Mexico teacher who told a black student he couldn't be Santa because he isn't white.
We asked our guests to weigh in on the latest Santa drama and you may be surprised by how they respond.
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Posted by CNN's Christina Manduley Filed under: Budget • Cornel West • Debates • Middle Class • Newt Gingrich • Ross Douthat • Stephanie Cutter • The Final Question |
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George Bush played Santa for 8 years. Dick Cheney said deficits don't matter.
I'm from Puerto Rico. I grew up thinking Santa spoke Spanish. Turns out he speaks a lot languages.
Santa is anyone in a red suit and a beard . Today Santa can be man or women the way thing are changing ; with everything having to be politically correct .
You see someone in a Santa suit no matter the color ; you think of Santa . Ho , Ho , Ho .
Santa is Satan; it is only the Creator of the heavens and the earth that knows if you are sleep or knows when you are awake, also He is the only one that knows if you are bad or good, we need to get rid of these myths from the minds of the children so they can better deal with reality. The same with christians worshiping Jesus as G-d, these issues are designed to keep people stupid and dumb.
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The heavens supply .
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Any child that wants to portray themselves in the spirit of St. Nick, can and should. Because St. Nick is just that- a Saint and a magically wonderful spirit to embrace. If we're going to split hairs over authenticity, that's a little to absurd for me this time of year to even consider.
I like crossfire, however I am disturbed over the constant bickering that goes on, I would like to get a more human response on how humans are able to get caught up in bickering, but are totally incapable of truly respecting what their responsiibility is to the true American poor people.
DIdn't know XFire has censors....I'll try again...no matter how much propaganda libs throw on Newt, he comes out ahead of the pack, because interrupting and talking over people is not only rude, it's weak. What, no communications classes in pricey colleges?
If you'll take off your blinders, you'll see that Gingrich is a really smart man, regardless of how much fairy dust you've thrown on him. He's the only objective voice on Xfire, because the others are only too willing to talk over everyone, which is a sign of weakness, or no content.
The GOP Solution: Turn all the Old, Sick, Poor, Non-white, Non-christian, Female, and Gay people into slaves. Then whip them until they are Young, Healthy, Rich, White, Christian, Male, and Straight. Or until they are dead. Then turn them into Soylent Green to feed the military during the next "unfunded/off-the-books" war. And don't forget the GOP all time favorite..........TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH!!!!
Newt demonstrated that he does have the wisdom many people claim he does.. Santa does "look" as each of us wish him to appear. Does the color of his skin or beard matter as much as the spirit he brings to the season? Too often we cling to the traditional pictures of historical/spiritual figures then what their lives represent.
wow, who would have thought that newt would be the voice of reason in the republican party
Newt can be quite reasonable, when he is humbled. But he is the most arrogant bum when he is winning!
Several people on CNN have said that the original St. Nicholas was a Turk. This is false. At the ttim he lived (3d-4th century CE) There were no Turks in Turkey The area was called Anatolia and was part of the Byzantine Empire He was a Greek Bishop. The inhabitanjts of the area were Greeks, Jews, Thracians and some older nationalities. The Turks did not enter Turkey until the 9th and 10th Century. You could look it up in your Funk & Wagnalls..
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