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Young Newt vs. Dwight Schrute: Do you see the resemblance?

A high school photo of the GOP candidate looks an awful lot like a favorite movie character

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Image: Newt Gingrich as a professor at West Georgia College in Carrollton, GA in 1976; Rainn Wilson portraying Dwight Schrute on NBC's 'The Office'
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On left, Newt Gingrich as a professor at West Georgia College in Carrollton, Ga., in 1976; on right, Rainn Wilson portraying Dwight Schrute on NBC’s “The Office.”
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updated 1/19/2012 4:23:28 PM ET 2012-01-19T21:23:28

Yesterday we asked you whether you saw the resemblance between a high school photo of GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum and the character McLovin from "Superbad." Nearly 3,000 of you responded, and a convincing 83.8 percent of you answered “Yes!”.

So today we have another one for you: a 1976 photo of another GOP hopeful, Newt Gingrich, as a professor at West Georgia College in Carrollton, Ga. versus a handsome shot of Dwight Schrute, the character portrayed by actor Rainn Wilson on the NBC sitcom “The Office.”

Do you see the resemblance? Vote!

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