Gingrich to black people: paychecks, not food aid

[Jagermeister]

I almost didn't post this but it's just to CORRECT to pass up.


WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Thursday he is willing to go before the NAACP and urge blacks to demand paychecks, not food stamps.

Gingrich told a town hall meeting at a senior center in Plymouth, N.H., that if the NAACP invites him to its annual convention this year, he'd go there and talk about "why the African-American community should demand paychecks and not be satisfied with food stamps."

He also said he'd pitch a new Social Security program aimed at helping young people, particularly African-American males, who he said get the smallest return on Social Security.

Gingrich routinely lambasts President Barack Obama as the "best food stamp president in American history." He also has spoken previously about welcoming an invitation from the NAACP to speak and has been critical of GOP candidates who have not accepted such an invitation.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People had no immediate comment on Gingrich's remarks. His campaign spokesman, R.C. Hammond, said the former Georgia congressman has often said the GOP needs to be inclusive of all Americans.

"He has said since he became a presidential candidate that any Republican should always accept an invitation to speak to the NAACP on any topic," Hammond said.

Gingrich's comments follow those by rival candidate Rick Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania who said Sunday that he did not want to "make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money."

Santorum's comments were criticized by National Urban League President Marc H. Morial as pandering to racist elements within the GOP. Morial also said that 70 percent of people on food stamps are white. The Agriculture Department does not break down food stamp participation rates by race.

NAACP President Ben Jealous also criticized Santorum's remarks.

Food stamp participation and costs have risen under Obama, from 28.2 million participants at a cost of $37.6 billion in 2008 to 44.7 million participants at a cost of $75.3 billion last year, according to federal data of what is officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The increases followed the steep economic downturn that began in 2008.

Gingrich said if he has a chance to go before the NAACP, he would explain a "brand-new Social Security opportunity" for young people, "which would be particularly good for African-American males, because they are the group that gets the smallest return on Social Security."

[BITEYOASS]

You know why Newt is so bloated all of the time? Because he's full of shit! :fufu:

[jhale667]

You know why Newt is so bloated all of the time? Because he's full of shit! :fufu:


The truly idiotic thing (and Repuke dirty little secret) is that the majority of people on welfare are white... but they pander to the mouth-breathers, who gleefully eat it up...

[kwame k]

Newt is just like you Jag......ignorant of the facts and uses generalizations about minorities to make false and idiotic statements!

Guess what race has a higher percentage of people on Welfare?

Of course it's Obama's fault that he inherited the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, caused in great part by the GOP.........the welfare President, please!

I'm thankful that a totally morally bankrupt person like Newt will never be President!

I do think that people receiving benefits should have to work for those benefits and given the opportunity to help themselves out of poverty. Welfare should be a short term thing and not a way of life.

[kwame k]

The truly idiotic thing (and Repuke dirty little secret) is that the majority of people on welfare are white... but they pander to the mouth-breathers, who gleefully eat it up...

Shit.....missed your post:beers8:

[bueno bob]

LOL, doesn't matter anyway....as if Newt's going to win the nomination, let alone an actual ELECTION...Rick Santorum has a better chance of removing his last name from Google than Newt does at the White House. Or pretty much any other Republican for that matter. If this last year has proven anything it's that the GOP has completely dissolved into a clusterfuck of God praising, finger pointing and self-implosion. Jesus, freedom and job creators, blah blah blah....

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Strictly by numbers, there are more whites, but if you go by percentages, it's about even.....

[jhale667]

Shit.....missed your post:beers8:

GRATE minds... :beers8:


The real idiot of the news cycle is Froth....I mean Santorum, who just brought up the ridiculously tiresome "sex should only be for procreation" (and likely only in the missionary position since anything else scares conservatives) zealot rant, and some BS about gay marriage being "the real threat to national security", which got him booed out of an speaking engagement, I was just reading at lunch... :lol:


NONE of these f***tards have a chance against Obama.

[jhale667]

Strictly by numbers, there are more whites, but if you go by percentages, it's about even.....

But if they actually said that it wouldn't fit the agenda... gotta ratchet up the hate, it's the only shot they've got...and boy is it a longshot this time around.

[kwame k]

Strictly by numbers, there are more whites, but if you go by percentages, it's about even.....


Valid point and if you go further you could make the argument that, based on total population, blacks have a higher percentage of people collecting welfare than whites, percentage wise.

The thing that I take offense with is they are making it sound like it's only a black problem when in reality it's not just a black issue.

[Jagermeister]

You guys crack me up.

[kwame k]

GRATE minds... :beers8:


The real idiot of the news cycle is Froth....I mean Santorum, who just brought up the ridiculously tiresome "sex should only be for procreation" (and likely only in the missionary position since anything else scares conservatives) zealot rant, and some BS about gay marriage being "the real threat to national security", which got him booed out of an speaking engagement, I was just reading at lunch... :lol:


NONE of these f***tards have a chance against Obama.

It almost seems like the GOP has to have a "Crazy Off" to see who can grab the bigger headline!

The GOP is lost and doesn't represent the majority of what the American people want or believe.

All the pandering to one sect of their party only alienates the rest of their party and the majority of the, on the fence, voters.

Which is a good thing because not one of the GOP candidates are worthy of The White House........contrary to what the idiots here think, I'd love a viable alternative to Obama but haven't even seen one person who comes close to that.

[kwame k]

You guys crack me up.

I know.....using facts and logic always puts a smile on my face!

You should try it sometime;)

[Jagermeister]

I'll dig into the numbers on Monday. I'm done for the week. And I am the only republican here. I'm not an idiot though. Although I prefer that to dinosaur.:mad:

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I don't blame Gingrich for the careful choice of words....

After all, the majority of those whites on welfare will vote Republican until their cows come home....

[kwame k]

I'll dig into the numbers on Monday. I'm done for the week. And I am the only republican here. I'm not an idiot though. Although I prefer that to dinosaur.:mad:

Then why post the race baiting articles?

[kwame k]

I don't blame Gingrich for the careful choice of words....

After all, the majority of those whites on welfare will vote Republican until their cows come home....

True and it's part of the total problem with the welfare system.......generation after generation of families know no other way of life. The system is broken and reform is needed......just like everything else in Washington.

[jhale667]

Then why post the race baiting articles?

Because obviously he likes having his ass handed to him in debates...which is why he shows up for a gunfight with a knife EVERY F***ING TIME... :lmao:

[hambon4lif]

IAnd I am the only republican here. I'm not an idiot though. Although I prefer that to dinosaur.:mad:Buck up, hayseed!
You really should look on the bright side. If Jay didn't call you a 'dinosaur', there's a damn good chance that you wouldn't be able to fucking spell it.

Education.....it just never ends.

[hambon4lif]

Because obviously he likes having his ass handed to him in debates...which is why he shows up for a gunfight with a knife EVERY F***ING TIME... :lmao:Though half the time, it feels more like we're all bringing a rocket launcher to a pencil-fight.

[kwame k]

Buck up, hayseed!
You really should look on the bright side. If Jay didn't call you a 'dinosaur', there's a damn good chance that you wouldn't be able to fucking spell it.

Education.....it just never ends.

:lmao: Too easy sometimes, isn't it;)

[hambon4lif]

:lmao: Too easy sometimes, isn't it;)Fish in a barrel. Sometimes the jokes just seem to write themselves, or they start threads like this one.

[Guitar Shark]

Buck up, hayseed!
You really should look on the bright side. If Jay didn't call you a 'dinosaur', there's a damn good chance that you wouldn't be able to fucking spell it.


Man, a lot of people have come and gone from this site over the years, but I have to think that you have been the best at consistently coming up with the most hilarious and most brutal one-liners.

You may not always agree with him politically, but you have to respect hambon's mastery of the slam!

[Nitro Express]

Most the black people I know are rich. Then you turn on the television and see Oprah worth $2billion and a bunch of other rich black people. This whole white vs black shit is getting so old. If you want to better yourself guess what, it's amazing what some hard work, goal setting, and some luck can do for you. Only people with small minds and no motivation stay on the food stamp and government assistance. The bottom line is what do you want to be and what do you want to do with your life?

[kwame k]

............. what do you want to do with your life?

I Wanna Rock;)

[fifth element]

GRATE minds... :beers8:


The real idiot of the news cycle is Froth....I mean Santorum, who just brought up the ridiculously tiresome "sex should only be for procreation" .

there are actually people out there that still BELIEVE that fucked up nonsense??????

[Hardrock69]

Buck up, hayseed!
You really should look on the bright side. If Jay didn't call you a 'dinosaur', there's a damn good chance that you wouldn't be able to fucking spell it.

Education.....it just never ends.

:lmao:

LAFF MY FUCKING ASS OFF!!!!

:lol:

[kwame k]

there are actually people out there that still BELIEVE that fucked up nonsense??????

Sadly, there are:(

[Jagermeister]

Here are the numbers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/us/29foodstamps.html?pagewanted=2




Now nearly 12 percent of Americans receive aid — 28 percent of blacks, 15 percent of Latinos and 8 percent of whites. Benefits average about $130 a month for each person in the household, but vary with shelter and child care costs.


Across the 10 core counties of the Mississippi Delta, 45 percent of black residents receive aid. In a city as big as St. Louis, the share is 60 percent.


A recent study by Mark R. Rank, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, startled some policy makers in finding that half of Americans receive food stamps, at least briefly, by the time they turn 20. Among black children, the figure was 90 percent.


So far, few elected officials have objected to the program’s growth. Almost 90 percent of beneficiaries nationwide live below the poverty line (about $22,000 a year for a family of four). But a minor tempest hit Ohio’s Warren County after a woman drove to the food stamp office in a Mercedes-Benz and word spread that she owned a $300,000 home loan-free. Since Ohio ignores the value of houses and cars, she qualified.

“I’m a hard-core conservative Republican guy — I found that appalling,” said Dave Young, a member of the county board of commissioners, which briefly threatened to withdraw from the federal program.

“As soon as people figure out they can vote representatives in to give them benefits, that’s the end of democracy,” Mr. Young said. “More and more people will be taking, and fewer will be producing.”

[Nitro Express]

I Wanna Rock;)

You have your priorities straight.

[LoungeMachine]

Jag can't comprehend that there is a difference between the words ARE and OF.....

:gulp:

[kwame k]

Jag can't comprehend that there is a difference between the words ARE and OF.....

:gulp:


One's a pronoun, right;)

[Jagermeister]

Jag can't comprehend that there is a difference between the words ARE and OF.....

:gulp:

Great argument Lounge.

I'm not going to parse this but get down to about page 8 and read for yourself. It's an unfortunate fact that more black people are in poverty than white or even Hispanic.

So why is what Newt said so bad?

http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-239.pdf

[LoungeMachine]

28 percent OF blacks....

8 percent OF whites.....

IT'S THE TOP QUOTE IN YOUR POST YOU IGNORANT, RACIST DOUCHE NOZZLE.

:gulp:

[Jagermeister]

28 percent OF blacks....

8 percent OF whites.....

IT'S THE TOP QUOTE IN YOUR POST YOU IGNORANT, RACIST DOUCHE NOZZLE.

:gulp:

Um. I quoted that from a news story for which the link is provided. Not sure why you are having such trouble with it. Unless it's the fact that you can't deal with the facts.

I understood exactly what you meant.

[LoungeMachine]

There are 223 Million "whites" in this country according to the 2010 US Census

There are 42 million "blacks"

28% of the black population would be 12 million
8% of the white population would be 18 million

Hence more WHITES than BLACKS receive aid....

:gulp:

Idiot.

[Jagermeister]

There are 223 Million "whites" in this country according to the 2010 US Census

There are 42 million "blacks"

28% of the black population would be 12 million
8% of the white population would be 18 million

Hence more WHITES than BLACKS receive aid....

:gulp:

Idiot.

Would you agree that is a disproportionate number of black to whites based on population? I know that's a big word so I'll give you some time to google it.

I would point out who the idiot is here but you are doing a fine job on your own. Please continue.

Penis Head.

[LoungeMachine]

:clap:

Great retort, shortbus.

[kwame k]

Would you agree that is a disproportionate number of black to whites based on population? I know that's a big word so I'll give you some time to google it.

I would point out who the idiot is here but you are doing a fine job on your own. Please continue.

Penis Head.

Geez, Jag.....

I already mentioned that!

The fact remains that Newt tried to make this a black only argument.....when in fact more white people are on welfare, period.

You bought into it and posted it......because it agreed with your racist beliefs........even though it's an outright fucking lie.

If we looked at the white people on welfare we could make the argument that inbreed, racist, uneducated fucks are the higher percentage of whites collecting welfare......you know, your kinda people;)