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Gingrich speaks at state fundraiser in Linthicum

Published 06/07/09

Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich did his best Friday night to rally the troops with an illustration that he said he saw as a parallel to the situation faced by Maryland Republicans.

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He spoke of his first unsuccessful run for a congressional seat in Georgia's 6th District in 1974. The state had been bad for Republicans for decades, and 1974 was particularly harsh due to Watergate. But Gingrich managed to garner 48 percent of the vote against incumbent Jack Flynt that year.

"I said at the beginning of that campaign, 'I will concede my opponent his immediate family,' " Gingrich said. "I...

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oh, how the might have fallen !!! This group of powerless men are lucky to have each other to share stories of their struggles and listen to each other tell stories of a bygone generation when a simple catch phrase could rule the country.

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