Never ceases..Now Newt to Blacks :"Paychecks, not foodstamps"

Bliss · Jan 6, 2012

Gingrich to black people: paychecks, not food aid

By SUZANNE GAMBOA | AP –

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 28,223 participants at a cost of $37.6 billion in 2008 to 44,712 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."
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So is this any different than Rick's message?
And what's with the "he's willing to go to the NAACP"...smh.

satyr · Jan 6, 2012

Racial invective is old hat for the Republican candidates, because they know it's what conservatives want to hear.

America will be saved once we find a way to kick these niggers off the welfare rolls.

It doesn't matter if blacks are not the majority of people collecting welfare, as long as that perception reaps political dividends.

Bliss · Jan 6, 2012

What you said ^ must be it - it's not like there was a collection of Black folk before him in NH when he spoke.
He could also be trying to steer Obama's black voters his way. He already tried to woo well-behaved illegal immigrants by offering amnesty if he becomes POTUS...(afterall, they have legal relatives who vote.)

The Dark King · Jan 6, 2012

paniro187 said: ↑

then who are the most people on welfare???
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White people by far

The Dark King · Jan 6, 2012

paniro187 said: ↑

depends on how you look at it. there are more whites on welfare because there are more white people. look at the percentages and that tells the true number.

White 38.8%
Black 37.2
Hispanic 17.8
Asian 2.8
Other 3.4

Blacks = 12.9% of the population, Whites = 77.1%.
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Why are blacks consistanly 4 to 5 times more likely to be under the poverty line. Is it because black people are 4 to 5 times more lazy or less intelligent or less motivated to look for work?

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...+24.7%+black+poverty&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

The Dark King · Jan 6, 2012

paniro187 said: ↑

fatherless homes?? hip hop culture that glorifies thuggery? not enough emphasis on traditional four year colleges? not enough emphasis on vocational training??? getting locked up??? we have a chance to make it like everyone else. i'm not saying there is no racism. but there is a shit load of self-inflicted-us-fuckin-uptitis going around. a shit load more of that than racism. i'll bet the farm on that.
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If you say so. Why is there fatherless homes? Black men are arrested and incarcerated more so than any group of men in this country. Black men are also twice as likely to be unemployed... I could list example after example but your job is to always say black people ain't shit and ain't trying so I will leave you alone and wish you peace and health brother while I go out today to buy gloves and hats for the homeless. Hope you do your part too.

The Dark King · Jan 6, 2012

paniro187 said: ↑

black men getting locked up?? whose fault is that?? it's the white peoples fault we can't keep dope out of our pockets?? it's the white peoples fault we killing one another daily?? black men unemployed?? go get a job i got one....they can too. it's not white peoples fault we don't have jobs. i guarantee as a whole if we cleaned up our act you would see a huge number of blacks back to work.
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