Newt: This Election Is ‘Paychecks vs. Food Stamps'

[bobbyw24]

May 15 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich rejected a suggestion that race played a role in his characterization of President Barack Obama during a May 13 speech as “the most successful food-stamp president in American history.”

“That’s bizarre, this kind of automatic reference to racism,” Gingrich said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” today. “The president of the United States has to be held accountable. And what I said is factually true.”

The number of Americans receiving food stamps rose to a record 44.199 million in February, up from 44.188 million in the previous month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said this month. Gingrich’s comment about Obama being a “food-stamp president” came during a speech to the Georgia Republican Party’s convention in Macon, Georgia.

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/NewtGingrich-2012PresidentialElection/2011/05/15/id/396406

[t0rnado]

To call Gingrich's comments 'racist' is to admit that most blacks are on food-stamps. If you can't feed yourself without the assistance of the government, you're either a vegetable or a parasite.

[dcross9999]

You can't go after food stamps or welfare without the race card coming out. It's a shame, but it's how it goes

[bobbyw24]

You can't go after food stamps or welfare without the race card coming out. It's a shame, but it's how it goes

But the majority of people on food stamps are white

[dcross9999]

But the majority of people on food stamps are white

A lower percentage of whites are on food stamps. I guess they are acknowledging the stereotype.