January 7, 2012
New Hampshire Republican Debate: Ron Paul Spars With Newt Gingrich Over Military Record
During the New Hampshire Republican debate it is brought up that Ron Paul called Gingrich a "chicken hawk". Newt Gingrich first words are "Dr.Paul makes a lot of comments, it's apart of his style." This says to me that Gingrich believes that Ron Paul has a lot of remarks to make, which mostly are exaggerated or completely made up. Gingrich then goes through his military record, starting from when he was a young boy. His father served 27 years which forced him to constantly move around the world. Since 1979 Newt has spent 32 years working with the army. This opens up a side story about veterans and how Newt will re-open a hospital in New Hampshire so a veteran would not have to travel all the way to Boston and mentions some other benefits. Ron Paul's response is that he is trying to stop wars but at least he went when he was called up. It seems as if he does not really respect those who were deferred. Gingrich's retort is that he did not ask for a deferment and that he was married with a child at the time. Ron Paul catches the last remark with saying that he went to war, married with two kids. Paul is trying to make the audience perceive Gingrich as a person who will not be there when needed (like how he did not go to war) and in times of need he will back out.
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