Newt Gingrich Calls Mitt Romney ‘Obama Lite,’ ‘Little Food Stamp,’ and ‘Rich Guy’
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LAS VEGAS – Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich took to the podium in a Las Vegas honky-tonk bar Friday to slam Mitt Romney.
Gingrich again criticized Romney for his controversial comments about poor people he made to CNN Wednesday.
“If you’re a genuine conservative, first of all, you don’t say that you don’t care about the poor,” Gingrich said. “My goal, the exact opposite of Gov. Romney, my goal is not to ignore or forget the poor. My goal is to turn the safety net into a trampoline to allow the poor to rise and be like the rest of us.”
Gingrich said Romney’s controversial comments about the poor were an “example of what we don’t want in a general election candidate.”
“So Gov. Romney [was] trying to recover from his boo-boo as the elite media did exactly what Obama will do this fall and kept replaying, ‘I don’t really care about the poor,’ which is, by the way, not a very clever thing for somebody who’s very wealthy to say,” Gingrich said.
Gingrich also took the opportunity to hit Romney on his connection with Wall Street billionaires, saying “Wall Street isn’t Main Street.”
“We did not create Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac so rich guys like Mitt Romney and Goldman Sachs could make money,” Gingrich said.
Gingrich compared Romney to President Obama several times in his speech, saying the Republican Party did not need to elect an “Obama lite.”
Gingrich also compared Romney and Obama on food stamps. Gingrich often calls Obama “the best food stamp president in history” as a part of his usual stump speech. But Friday, Gingrich added Romney into his rhetoric, calling him a “little food stamp.”
“We now know from Gov. Romney, he joins President Obama. Obama is big food stamp, he’s little food stamp – but they both think food stamps are OK,” Gingrich said. “I don’t think food stamps are a future for America. They’re a necessary bridge back to getting a job and back to being independent of the government.”
Gingrich will continue to campaign Friday night at a church service in Las Vegas.
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Probably true names but what do they call you Newt? Bat $hit Crazy or Little Hitler
Posted by: Tim C | February 3, 2012, 6:32 pm 6:32 pm
Obama Mitt and the Grinch are all Elitist and only want to make the ordinary worker a slave to their illegal unconstitutional Federal Reserve Banking cartel and their fake illegal income tax while murder the rest in their fake war on terror; all three complete idiotts!!
Posted by: Flanders | February 3, 2012, 7:50 pm 7:50 pm
Someone needs to neuter the Newt. Permanently.
Posted by: OzzieWazzie | February 3, 2012, 7:51 pm 7:51 pm
This is the same guy who said that he would stay above the fray. Yeah….right.
Posted by: Commonman | February 3, 2012, 7:51 pm 7:51 pm
I thought he was supposed to be the smart one. Sounds like ‘little man’ syndrome to me.
Posted by: CajunW | February 3, 2012, 9:02 pm 9:02 pm
After whining and whining, now Newt is desperate and looking beyond ridiculous!
Posted by: LaurenT | February 3, 2012, 9:16 pm 9:16 pm
I can’t stand either one of these bozos, but Mitt is probably singing, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” Newt, go play with your own pail and shovel in the sandbox.
Posted by: amn | February 3, 2012, 9:26 pm 9:26 pm
After months of GOP debates, this is the first time that the words “poor people” have been uttered. It surely won’t evolve into a meaningful discussion about the plight of the poor or GOP’s intention to find appropriate governmental actions against poverty. Everyone already knew that Romney and the GOP isn’t concerned about the poor. Their standard mode is to ignore poor people. Romney committed the cardinal GOP sin of actually saying so in public. Give Mitt an ‘A’ for honesty and misplaced candor. This episode should finally answer the question of why many poor people and minorities don’t embrace the GOP. The Republican leaders aren’t ‘concerned’ about them. It’s a no-brainer !
Posted by: Mikeyboy | February 4, 2012, 12:01 am 12:01 am
‘Newt is that all you got? Really? Go sit in the corner and do your multiplication tables!! Whew what else can we find to keep you busy until this is over?
Posted by: Laughing | February 4, 2012, 6:19 am 6:19 am
“We now know from Gov. Romney, he joins President Obama. Obama is big food stamp, he’s little food stamp – but they both think food stamps are OK,” Gingrich said. “I don’t think food stamps are a future for America. They’re a necessary bridge back to getting a job and back to being independent of the government.”
In other words, you think food stamps are OK, too (as a short term solution for millions of Americans.) That is exactly what you said, after slamming Obama and Romney for supporting food stamps. And you’re supposed to be the SMART guy on the Right? LOL!!!
Posted by: A Cynic | February 4, 2012, 9:27 am 9:27 am
Don’t be hard on the newt. After all name calling is all he is smart enough to say. He can’t help that he doesn’t have a snowballs chance to be nominated. He will, however, keep Mitt after Mitt is nominated from ever becoming president by running too. Don’t underestimate this guy. He is arrogant enough to run again Mitt and President Obama! Even if this scenario doesn’t happen President Obama will still win a second term given any republican nominee!
Posted by: Pete | February 4, 2012, 9:42 am 9:42 am
Pete – I agree. These guys are supposed to be the cream of the Republican crop. Sour cream is more like it….
Posted by: A Cynic | February 4, 2012, 9:54 am 9:54 am
If these republican candidates would spend as much time introducing plans or proposals that addressed our countries problems as they do calling each other and the President names they’d do much better.
The fact is they have no ideas except to continue the trickle down policies of the Bush administration.
Posted by: tmferretti | February 4, 2012, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm
Newt, you drive people nuts, you know that? First, you try to smooth talk your way into the race. Then when you start losing, you start stomping your feet like the “cry-baby” that you are. Then you make equally stupid comments like this:
“My goal is to turn the safety net into a trampoline to allow the poor to rise and be like the rest of us.”
…allow the poor to trise and be like the rest of us? Who exactly are you talking about Newt? Are you saying that you’re better than the poor? Big faux pas, Newt, BIG.
Then you said “We did not create Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac so rich guys like Mitt Romney and Goldman Sachs could make money,”
No, Newt – you created them so YOU could make money. Remember, you made 1.6 million from them…
You really tire me.
Posted by: avoidspam | February 4, 2012, 12:17 pm 12:17 pm
Mitt Romney is not concerned about the very poor. Romney the poor is not concerned about becoming President of the United States.
Romney may want to walk that comment back, because there are more poor due to the economy crisis, but being Rich Romney wouldn’t know that.
Posted by: Debt Relief | February 4, 2012, 1:39 pm 1:39 pm
I AM A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT BUT HAVE RECENTLY GIVEN THOUGHT TO VOTING FOR ROMNEY BUT AFTER THE COMMENTS HE MADE I GUESS I WILL STICK WITH THE DEMS.I CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME UNDERSTAND WHY A PRESIDENTAL CANDIDATE WOULD EVER SAY SUCH A STUPID THING.THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR LEADERSAND THEN GINGRICH SAYING THAT ROMNEY WAS A LITE OBAMA(WAS HE REFERRING TO SKIN COLOR)SEEMS THAT WAY
Posted by: GUY | February 4, 2012, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm
So, Since Gingrich called Romney Obama lite, I must assume that if (when) Romney becomes the GOP candidate, Gingrich will endorse and vote for Obama (or maybe the Green Party candidate?). Calling someone a lite version of someone else is calling them a less effective version, so it’s only logical.
Posted by: Desert Pete | February 5, 2012, 1:09 am 1:09 am