2012 - o'masterdebater afraid of Newt's challenge: 7 three hour debates

"..unlike the president, I've studied 'American History.'", Newt Gingrich.
Epic Debates Challenge:  7 three hour debates in the Lincoln-Douglas tradition

Speaker Newt Gingrich throws down the debate gauntlet to the President.

video source: http://youtu.be/q7c-E_t0BAE

Uploaded by aimaccuracy on Dec 8, 2011 from the Republican Jewish Coalition Convention, 7Dec11

Tags: Newt Gingrich, debate, debates, President Obama, Lincoln-Douglas

     Quote from 8Dec11 article by Dr. Tim Stanley, U.K.: "Best of all was his ribbing of Barack Obama as an intellectual lightweight ("I'm a student of history.  Unlike the President, I've studied American history.")  "Newt repeated his offer to hold several [seven] three hour debates with Obama.  ("And I will let him use a teleprompter.")  If the President doesn't accede, Gingrich threatens to spend the fall campaign stalking him across the country, giving instant rebuttals to his scripted speeches: "Wherever the President goes, I will show up four hours later."  It's classic Gingrich: blunt, clever, grand, Cavalier."

     Quotes from 21Dec11 article by Eric Golub, Washington Times:  "He has proposed seven debates with President Obama.  Each one would be three hours long with a timekeeper and no moderator.  Mr. Gingrich made once concession to give Mr. Obama a fair chance. "He can use a teleprompter.  If you had to defend Obamacare, wouldn't you want to use a teleprompter?" [..] Speaker Gingrich kept hammering.  "Unlike the president, I've studied American history."  [..] If Barack Obama tried to run and hide, Mr. Gingrich would use the White House as his scheduler.   Anywhere President Obama goes, Mr. Gingrich promised to be there four hours later.  (also see: The Lincoln-Douglas debates)

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