Newt Gingrich’s NAACP, Food Stamp Remarks Stir Controversy

Gingrich …………………offered the solution that some ……….school janitors …………..should be fired…………. and ………children …….should work part time …………within their school for money and to develop “pride in their community.”
A true visionary leader on the concourse of democracy “The Pride of the Janitor” I took another mans job so that i can have “Pride” in my community? What next? Caged Grandma` fighting Newt?
THIS COUNTRY IS FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS ! THERE IS NO FORM OF GODLY LEADERSHIP TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE. This man dumps and fires hard working American school janitors across the nation like it were a wife? Newts solution,…………..if you don`t understand it…………get rid of it.

There no truth in that statement. Other than the fact that this is an inflammatory comment. He is trying to make all black people look lazy. Typical Racist move and tactic’s. There are many many more whites on Government Food Stamps than blacks.

The nerve of him to try to imply that all black people in general are lazy. Plus why is he focusing on blacks when millions more whites are on government aid and food stamps. This 1960 Jim Crow crap has got to stop. Its not helping the economy or is it helping to remove the racism that exist in our society.

“Gingrich’s NAACP comments were an effort to reach out to the African American community.” If his desire is to reach the AA community then why doesn’t he give these type of speeches in Harlem, Compton or Detroit? His remarks are music to the ears of a group of conservative -anglo americans who just feed off of this type of blatantly racist mind set. I don’t believe he’s going to win over any AA voters but maybe some of those on the fence regarding black vs white.

What Newt meant is “I’m too ignorant to realize most of the welfare and food stamp recipients are Caucasion like me!” Instead, he tries to make that a problem of the Black community alone. He needs to to talk to the NAACP, but about issue unique to the African-American community. Anybody wanting percentages can do their own research. Clearly, you have a computer. Yes, if you look within each race, the percentages of African-Americans getting food stamps is higher because this race is a minority and makes up a smaller percentage of the nation’s population. Duh? Once again, if you look at FOOD STAMPS alone, Whites make up the greatest percentage of its recipients. Politicians need to sit down and figure this one out if they can. How do we educate the poor and create jobs, so public assistance will not be necessart??? This is a national issue- not an issue for the NAACP. Race never should have been mentioned nor the NAACP. Newt is showing his age by attempting to perpetuate this stereotype.

One of the most insulting and blatant example of “white American attitude: The problem with blacks is” and proceed to speak from there. It is absolutely appalling that someone running for the presidency doesn’t know that most African Americans would prefer to work like everyone else, and bring home the bacon, and not depend on welfare for a living. In fact the percentage of blacks who make a living off the system is relatively small compared to the rest of the population, but that minuscule percent is what bigots like Gingrich believe is the mindset of all African Americans which means they are blind to the many millions of us who go to work, take care of our families and responsibilities, or are out of work due to the economy and not our own design. He is blind to the many poor parents who encourage their children to stay in school and get an education, share the same moral standards of most other Americans. Gingrich and his elk cannot see where we share a lot of the same values and expectations because they do not see us as people, but as “black people” and since in their minds race defines us, then they know everything they need to know about us. It makes you wonder that if we were to say to him and his kind, “Based on your attitudes and what comes out of your mouths, how would you feel if we treated you not as people, but as “white people” would they understand, or are they too dense to get the meaning behind the question. For the vast majority of Caucasian non blacks who believe they know blacks based on not what is actually true, but what they believe to be truth try and hear this. Most blacks whether from millionaires to the minimum wage worker scrubbing toilets for a living believe in working for what you get, are not trying to milk or play the system, have pride in themselves, do not live in dirty homes, Cherish God and family, want our children to do as well as if not better than what we have done in life, believe in this country and are patriotic. We know what you are ignorant about and that is when those high brow studies are done which say “blacks” are more likely to do “this” they are flawed because they do not take into account level of education, economic status, and host of other demographic factors that are applied to whites, but not to us. In other words the majority of criminal behavior is not done by “all ” blacks but by a small percentage per population, that comes from the lower end of the economic strata, and even within the group of the working poor, the criminal element does not constitute the behavior of all the people of that level. We know these facts, why don’t you?

I am 74 years old and remember how things were in the past. Newt is a throwback to the past. I hope we ( the UNITED STATES) are looking forward instead of back. We need someone that will pull us together instead of apart. The issue of food stamps is not just for blacks, but for all americans needing help.. I would ask him why we spend more money on ways to kill people than on ways to keep people alive.

More whites receive public assistance than blacks. This is a fact. So, what advice does he have for them regarding the food stamps, etc. that they receive from the government?

Food stamps are not exclusive to Blacks. They don’t even make up the majority of those who receive government assistance, contrary to popular belief. This message should be for all Americans who are in need of jobs, and not handouts.

Mr. Gingrich
I am an African – American retired military , retired school teacher, and I have worked as a dishwasher, supply clerk, mail clerk and a few other jobs here and there. (total 45 years of federal service.) Never been unemployed in my life. Sure there are some people out there that are not so fortunate as I am and they are not all African American. The financial crisis was not created by president Obama ((or did you not know this) it started as soon as you left Washington) and it threw everyone out of work, not just the African Americans. Are you also of the belief that the rest of the unemployed are refusing to take their food stamps and other assistance. I am glad that your feelings and beliefs are surfacing now, which leads me to believe that Washington is not the right place for you. I even think that your career shows a few years of unemployment since the speaker of the house stint a few years back.

It is really ironic all the controversy that this topic has generated. Whites in America have determined what freedoms blacks would have since their (blacks) existence in America. They have determined when blacks would be slaves, when they would be free, when they could learn to read, what their names would be, what price they would fetch on the auction block, when and if their families remained together, when they could vote, where they could eat and sleep when traveling, when they would work for free, and when they would be paid a wage, when they could marry, where they could live, when they could marry out of their race, what restrooms and water fountains they could use, when they could get housing loans, when they could get business loans, if black soldiers could use their G.I. benefits to purchase homes, when they should be considered full humans, what schools they could attend, what books they could use, when they were GIVEN civil rights, when they would be given food stamps and welfare, and when they should stop being given food stamps.

To my knowledge, whites in America have never been subjected to these artificial restraints. They have used all of the benefits and rights given to them by LAW to advance and prosper. There should be fewer poor whites than any other race in America.

So when Cosby, Barkley, Newt and all the other conservative or liberal pundits decry the condition of blacks when compared to that of whites, use more intelligence in reaching your conclusions. For those blacks who are ashamed to see other blacks in projects, not wanting to do anything for themselves (so you think), you could visit poor white areas to make you feel better, or you could consider the real circumstances. The people who say they don’t want to be considered a hyphenated American, to the applause of many, remember it is someone else who determined it is TIME for you to be considered a full American.

Some will say that I’m just another whining black who is used to being taken care of by the government. I assure you that I am not. Blacks have fought for what they have. What I am is a person who refuses to forget everything that history has taught us about race in America as it relates to parity with whites just because someone else decides it is TIME to do so. I agree that we all need continue to move forward as Americans, but remember what TIME has taught us.

It stirs controversy with the democrats who don’t like the truth.

Not saying whether Gingrich was wrong or right, but it is obvious most of you don’t understand statistics. 15% of America’s 310 mil are on food stamps. Saying whites need hand-outs more, because there are more of them on it, is disingenious, and in fact, wrong. Whites are 64% of the population, but only 35% of those 15% on food stamps; Blacks are 13% of the population, with 22% on food stamps. Statistics are spun by either side to show what they want to. For the dems, they grab 10 people on food stamps and say hey: 3 to 4 of them are white, while only 2 to 3 are black, so obviously whites need it more (of course this statistic/method goes bye-bye when talking about affirmative action). For repubs, they grab 10 white people, and say 1 out of ten are on stamps, and then grab 10 black people and find its 3 out of ten. Or to put it simply, whites outnumber blacks 5:1, but only use welfare 2:1 over them.

The truth hurts doesn’t it.

“Blacks make up roughly 13% of the population while whites are around 80%. Yet, they still nearly split the percentage of each race that’s receiving welfare. Which means that blacks represent a hugely disproportionate segment of welfare recipients.”

“Newt is right on with this. It’s just an inconvenient truth that most don’t dare touch. It stems from the repetitiveness of generation after generation seeing welfare as acceptable. This is why you have 4 generations of family living in the same project.”

FACT: The US population which amounts to 299,398,484, of this number 66.40% are white, 14.80% Hispanic, 12.60% are black and only 4.40% are Asians. Therefore whites are the majority and only a few Asians are in the US.

Poverty:

From the 2006 report 12.70% of the US population in 2006 was poor, for the 12.70%, 59% were white, 21% Hispanic, and 16% black and only 4% were Asians, the following chart summarizes the findings from the 2006 report regarding the US population.

You and Newt are dead wrong and pandering to racist anger with red meat for the bigots angry about their lot after being duped by the Bush Administration. White’s comprise over 55% of the total amount in food stamps. To defer to statistics when the bottom line is that whites usurp the main volume of the dole is disingenuous. Perhaps Newt should counsel his base about welfare reform.

The percentage of the money spend is most pertinent here. In addition, to have Newt tell the story… it is as if no white person has ever needed welfare. That’s the main objection from non-whites. It’s a false-faced reporter who is using anger and division to sell his vote.

In reality, Bush is the food stamp president with 4.7 million recipients versus 4.2 million with President Obama. In fact, under Obama, food stamp usage is decreasing and employment is increasing on a monthly basis.

The fact of the matter is white’s use more welfare than any race in the country. Furthermore, the poorest counties in the country are patently located in republican (red) states. This whole notion of fiscal conservatism from a non-conservative named Newt Gingrich is ridiculous. I petition any so-called true republican to prove me wrong.

Newt’s politics are more representative of his past grievance than conservatism. Newt supported an individual insurance mandate. He supported cap and trade. He called his party leader Paul Ryan a right wing radical social engineer. Gingrich in his last speech after being fined $300K in ethics violations went to the floor and sided with the Clinton Administration on taxes and spending.

He called his constituency Jihadists and the party of republican perfectionists. Newt first lied about President Obama being a Kenyan Colonialist, now he’s charging that our President is a Saul Alynsky radical. Saul Alynsky was died before President Obama became a teenager.

Newt is consistently lying to the public just like he lied to his previous two wives and the former Congress. Newt is just taking the opportunity to take advantage of the division of race in this country to write a strategic nomination check that he can’t cash.

Republicans are not enthused with his rhetoric. They don’t know when his voice will come to bite them in their azz. Now he’s regaled as a prophet by polarizing the country over food stamps? Newt wins in SC but loses the rest of the country. How key is that understanding of Newt’s popularity. Make no mistake… Newt just caused the African American population to vote this November in record numbers.

Finally, Newt is not a republican and he’s certainly not a Christian. He’s playing both sides of the fence to get power. On one side he’s a consultant to Freddie/Fannie Mae and yet he’s not responsible for their failure to the public? He received 1.6 million as a historian and not a lobbyist and you believe that tripe?

In addition, he has no budgetary experience except that which belongs to the Clinton Administration. Prosperity came to America long after Gingrich was gone… but he tells everyone he “balanced” the budget into surplus.

Make no mistake. Regardless of which group receives welfare and the percentages that be… welfare is not even close to the reason this country has a deficit problem. Republicans are so desperate to come back and finish the destruction of the country; they neglect to fully realize that Newt not so long ago… was their enemy.

Newt lost his credibility as a husband three times and speaker of the house and now in 2012; he’s won it back over foodstamps lies in SC? Surely you jest.