# Can Gingrich Be Serious?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 20, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-gingrich-be-serious/610085 "2012-01-20T01:59:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-gingrich-be-serious/610085/140 "2012-01-21T03:55:03Z")

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> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#):
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> Ah, I see.
> 
> You thought you were being clever.
> 
> Next time I’d recommend reading all the posts in a conversation before engaging in nitpicking.
> 
> You’ll notice in post 84, the first relevant one in the discussion I said:

[del]And you prolly thought you _weren’t_ being sexist.[/del]

There’s a word for what you now say you meant: spouses.

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