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In response to "i'm sure if Michelle Obama carried that much Tiffany's debt, Fox News would let it totally slide -- nm" by lord tubbington

And they'd be just as wrong as you're being right now and you'd call them out for being ridiculous. -- nm

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) May 17 '11, 12:45

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Does Newt have 500k in dept to Tiffany's or a 500k line of credit? - musubi May 17, 12:46 11
- the story said this: - b. May 17, 12:49 8
  - So basically he's bought some *highly* pricey jewelry, and is slowly paying it off? - musubi May 17, 12:53 6
    - Pretty much. And we have no clue what kind of interest he gets on that, it could be nothing. -- nm - Ender May 17, 12:54 3
      - Oh, i am sure it zero percent. In fact, he is probably getting cash back on it. Tiffany's does not want to make money, or anything. -- nm - Spawn May 17, 12:56 2
        
        I get 0% interest if I spend more than $150 at Best Buy, you don't think Tiffany's wants to keep people buying quarter million dollar jewelry happy? -- nm - Ender May 17, 13:01
        
        per their own credit card info page, they sometimes have "no interest" items. we have no idea if they were involved one way or the other. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 17, 13:01
    - 5 years old. -- nm - Spawn May 17, 12:54
    - back in 2005. It's more a poke at him having debt when he is so anti-deficit -- nm - decline May 17, 12:54
  - And this was all back in 2006. -- nm - Ender May 17, 12:52
- *reads. rereads* -- nm - Spawn May 17, 12:47
- err, debt, that is. (nm) - musubi May 17, 12:46
politico (no liberal rag) broke the story, not me. -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 12:46 16
- And you brought it here as if it's an indictment against Newt's stance on the deficit... -- nm - Stephen May 17, 12:47 15
  - I don't see the story as newsworthy at all. I do maintain that Newt Gingrich is a dirtbag but not for this. -- nm - David May 17, 12:54 5
    - this is what gets me, in this case and so many others - for both dems and reps. when you have someone with such a variety of pickings from which to - b. May 17, 12:56 2
      - because its a long time to the primaries with a lot of news space to fill -- nm - crash davis May 17, 12:57 1
        
        It's like reverse-astroturfing. Astroturding. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 13:00
    - Yeah, i'm no fan of his either. - Stephen May 17, 12:56
    - agreed :) -- nm - decline May 17, 12:55
  - rightly so. - Mel Profit May 17, 12:51 2
    - He's spending his own money, to buy jewelry, and is paying it off over time! Oh noes! The horror! - Stephen May 17, 12:58
    - that equating makes no sense to me. spending your own money vs. spending that of citizens isn't the same. and, again, we have no details re: how - b. May 17, 12:54
  - that's how the story is playing in the media at large, yes -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 12:50 2
    - And that's how you're arguing it as well. - Stephen May 17, 12:52 1
      - it's more of a venal than cardinal sin in my universe of Newt's transgressions - lord tubbington May 17, 12:55
  - "If he can't control his finances at home, how can he control it for an entire nation!!1" ... it doesn't translate, does it? :) - Beryllium May 17, 12:49 2
    - I actually believe that to a point. that is, while they are different areas, I still feel better/more confident in someone who has personal - b. May 17, 12:52 1
      - But what's often missed in frenzies like this is that this might well be based on solid reasoning -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) May 17, 12:54

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