Newt Gingrich often falls back on an old favorite during debates: blame the media and moderators for his woes or alleged political miscommunications. He accused MSNBC’s Chuck Todd last September of trying to get the candidates to fight one another, which is actually kind of the point of debates, and blasted Fox News’ Chris Wallace for playing “Mickey Mouse games” for asking about his then-crumbling campaign. Well, Gingrich got another plum opportunity to do the same at last night’s Fox News-sponsored Republican debate in South Carolina.
Juan Williams, the former NPR journalist who became a conservative all-star after NPR fired him for anti-Muslim comments, dared ask the former House Speaker about some of his recent off-color comments about race, like consistently describing President Obama as a “food stamp” president, claiming people of color lack a work ethic and suggesting that poor children should labor as janitors to make some extra pocket change. To most, including Williams, these remarks glistened and gleamed with racist subtext.
“You recently said that black Americans should demand jobs, not food stamps. You also said that poor kids lack a strong work ethic and proposed having them work as janitors in their schools,” said Williams. “Can’t you see that this is viewed, at a minimum, insulting to all Americans and particularly black Americans?
Gingrich, seeing an easy target, put on his “I’m gonna git u sucka” face and fired back, “No, I don’t see that.” The crowd went wild with approval, because they too hate the media, among other things.
The candidate then pointed out that his daughter’s first job, at the age of 13, was doing janitorial work at their local church — and she liked it! — leading into his final point on the matter. “New York City pays their janitors an absurd amount of money because of the union. You could take on a janitor and hire 37 kids to work in the school for the price of one janitor and those 30 kids would be less likely to drop out, they would actually have money in their pocket, they’d learn to show up for work…”
“They would be getting money, which is a good thing if you’re poor. Only the elites despise earning money.” Boo-yah! Gingrich not only talked down to Juan and rationalized away his own racism, he managed to drag unions and the elite into his mix. The crowd was in heaven.
Talking over the roar, Williams went on to wonder, “The suggestion you made was about a lack of work ethic…People of all races [are] asking if your comments are not intended to belittle the poor and racial minorities…” It’s here that the congregation let out a vociferous wave of boos louder and more aggressive than those lobbed even at a gay soldier. Williams powered on. “We saw some of this during your visit to a black church in South Carolina, where a woman asked you why you refer to President Obama as the ‘food stamp president.’ “It sounds as if you are seeking to belittle people.” More boos.
Gingrich didn’t miss a beat, offering a patronizing ad hominem: “First of all, Juan,” he emphasized, “the fact is that more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history. I know among the politically correct you’re not supposed to use facts that are uncomfortable.”
He went on to suggest he was right about lazy poor people by citing an area populated by lower income black people that he thinks should be turned into a highway, because they don’t care about their neighborhood anyway. “The area that ought to be I-73 was called by Barack Obama a ‘corridor of shame’ because of unemployment,” he said. “Has it improved in three years? No — they haven’t built the road, they haven’t helped the people, they haven’t done anything. I’m going to continue to help poor people learn how to get a job, learn how to get a better job, and someday learn how to own the job.”
One — and Juan — could have anticipated such an attack from Gingrich. As mentioned, he hates the media, and there was no way he would let a journalist try to, no matter how correctly, paint him as a racist. He has to overlook ongoing discrimination and glaring economic and education inequality so that he can obscure the truth: his and his peers’ policies cater to the rich, a group comprised mostly of white people.
What is upsetting — though, again, not surprising — is that unabashed venom with which the audience greeted Williams’ reasonable questions. South Carolina’s not the most progressive, racially inclusive state in the union, but to see people so raucously celebrate barely veiled discrimination still turns the stomach. What we saw last night, people, was more than just a politician attacking the media to win points and it was more than even a debate about race. Last night’s display was an example of herd mentality, pure and simple, and one that we’ll most likely see again as the 2012 election runs its course.
January 17, 2012 at 11:24 am, hmx said:
It’s south Carolina. How anyone was surprised at the audiences’ less than intelligent rhetoric and cheers for racism is beyond me.
January 17, 2012 at 12:12 pm, Mike said:
Racism? I think if you listen to what Newt was saying, there is some real substance to the issue that minorities dominate the entitlement programs put in place by the federal government. The 2011 U.S. Census Bureau shows that 38% of welfare recipients are Caucasian, while 39% are African American. When 50% of the American population is Caucasian and under 14% is African American, there is a problem. It’s a problem that needs to be reformed, and can be, by working with the NAACP and other minority groups to put in place work programs for underprivileged youths. The fact is, that more Americans HAVE in fact received more food stamps from the Obama administration more than any other administration in the history of our government. Obviously this is in direct relation to the economy, and no one, including Mr. Gingrich would dare dispute that. However, the point that Newt is trying to make, is that entitlement programs such as food stamps and welfare are not a solution to poverty. They cripple the U.S. economy, especially when we have a President who feels it’s necessary to pay for these entitlement increases by raising the revenues on the rest of the American people, in particular to American business owners who provide the jobs to the American people. There is nothing racist about delivering the truth, and providing the cold hard facts to back it up. No other candidate has been pasted by the liberal media as “racist,” for the simple fact that any of the other GOP hopeful would have sugarcoated their answer on race & welfare. Rather than condemning him, I think people should recognize that he’s a politician that isn’t changing his opinion or stance on economic issues to appease to particular people.
January 17, 2012 at 9:51 pm, GABE G. said:
59% of food stamp recipients are white. Welfare programs went up over 60% during the BUSH administration. This spawned the worst recession since the Great Depression so naturally more people would apply for food stamps. Over 30% of food stamp recipients STILL WORK but are at the poverty level. The overwhelming majority are white. Facts are facts, and Newt is playing to the worst element of our country. The major city hubs in the US where the majority of African Americans lived witnessed some of the worst damage due to factory closings and jobs moving overseas. Have you seen Detroit? Chicago? Oh, I’m sorry, blacks just don’t want to work- that mode of thinking is as fundamentally ignorant as Newt Gingrich. WHERE ARE THE JOBS TO WORK?
January 17, 2012 at 10:47 pm, Frederickosb said:
Yes we have seen Detroit and Chicago… BOTH cities are dominated by Democrat politicians. Obama is from Chicago remember? Yes, Obama inherited a bad economy, but so did Ronald Reagan. Reagan turned the economy around and was re-elected in a landslide. Obama has whined, complained, and blamed everyone else but himself and his failed policies for the mess we are in now. Obama took a bad economy and made it far, far worse. The only ones who have benefited under Obama are the unions and government workers. Everyone else is suffering more. African Americans who voted more than 10-to-1 for Obama have suffered the most under his regime. Rates of unemployment amongst inner city youth have sky rocketed. All Obama has to offer people suffering under his policies are food stamps, unemployment checks, race baiting, and class envy. His promises of hope and change were the greatest fraud perpetrated upon the American public in history!
January 18, 2012 at 6:52 pm, james said:
Actually, nearly 50% of the food stamps go to 17% of the population. Is intellectual dishonesty representative of your character?
January 17, 2012 at 9:51 pm, GABE G. said:
59% of food stamp recipients are white. Welfare programs went up over 60% during the BUSH administration. This spawned the worst recession since the Great Depression so naturally more people would apply for food stamps. Over 30% of food stamp recipients STILL WORK but are at the poverty level. The overwhelming majority are white. Facts are facts, and Newt is playing to the worst element of our country. The major city hubs in the US where the majority of African Americans lived witnessed some of the worst damage due to factory closings and jobs moving overseas. Have you seen Detroit? Chicago? Oh, I’m sorry, blacks just don’t want to work- that mode of thinking is as fundamentally ignorant as Newt Gingrich. WHERE ARE THE JOBS TO WORK?
January 17, 2012 at 10:36 pm, Frederickosb said:
Don’t confuse the poor libs with facts and reasoned debate. They all read from the same script anyway and if they take their focus off of what is on Obama’s teleprompter, they just don’t know what to think. If Newt ever has a chance to debate Obama, he will have him for lunch. The leftist media knows that and so they will make every effort to destroy Newt before that happens. Just wait and see. The long knives are just beginning to come out now. Andrew Belonsky’s article is just the tip of the ice berg for what is waiting for Newt or any other candidate that stands in the way of their precious Obamessiah.
January 18, 2012 at 12:26 am, Micia Sakowitz said:
Nope that would be idiotic bigoted conservatives who try (however poorly) to defend their bigotry and racism. Newt Gingrich was feeding his rabid right-wing dogs the red meat of racism and they simply couldn’t get enough.
January 18, 2012 at 12:28 am, Micia Sakowitz said:
Wow! Thanks for displaying how easily minfucked you conservatives are. The one thing about racists they hate being called one.
January 18, 2012 at 6:45 pm, james said:
You respond to facts with personal attacks. The Black community has problems. Not the least of which is the obsession with race.
January 18, 2012 at 7:43 pm, mavigozler said:
And assuming any stipulation to blacks being obsessed with racism, presumably unjustifiably, the last therapist they would seek for that obsession would be anyone in South Carolina, especially one of its Republicans. The party in that state attracts descendants of the traitors who were the first to lead secession from the Union, with the principal goal of preserving human slavery.
The South Carolinians who still worship at the altar of Jim Crow and proudly declare themselves as Johnny and Janie Rebs have much to atone for even 150 years after their contemptible treason, treason for an ignoble goal.
While some Yankees might show continuing patience with these South Carolinians who want to raise the flag of the Confederate, my own approach would be that of Sherman. I am sure that the Carolinian bigots remember him. It’s time for humanity to make progress and evolve quickly, and to burn off the chaff so that we can bring forth the wheat.
January 19, 2012 at 11:45 pm, Zeek_Tha_Leek said:
If you’re really going to bring up the civil war then you need to realize this is 2012.. get over it. By bringing up the past you are turning a blind eye to the future. Every race has racists in it; it is the way of life. Quit bitching and focus on how America needs to get better because Newt offered ways in his arguement to help lower poverty and keep school budgets down but you are trying to focus on race.
January 20, 2012 at 2:05 am, Just Mee said:
If you are going to bring up the civil war, also remember the Democratic party supported slavery. Just another fact a lot of people don’t know or easily forget.
January 18, 2012 at 1:38 am, Alan said:
To say this on MLK Day sure makes the GOP really attractive to minorities who may determine the outcome of battleground states.
The GOP might as well hand the election to President Obama in 2012!
January 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm, Yoyowhasup03 said:
Funny how its called racism, its not, i cleaned rooms and took garbage out when i was a teenager, by the way i am white, and we were poor. Now if you all want to say that there isnt a bunch of lazy teenagers out there who are black and white than you are lying to yourselves. To think there to good to do a janitors job black or white or any minority call it racism i am a racist than i guess, stop tossing that around, i am sick to death of hearing excuses why people dont get off there butts and work for there money instead they want it the easy way, stealing, selling drugs, or whatever gets them money without much effort. Many poor kids are never taught work ethic because there parents have lived off the goverment and never see them work, mainly because the left has many believing that due to whatever reason they deserve it from this evil white mans goverment and they will get it for them if elected. Every kid needs to work and know what work is, Go Newt, i say your a American, who understands what it takes to get America back to the country that believes in hard work and being responsible for yourselves. Racism has been expanded in the dictionary again, it now reads black people who are offered a job such as a janitor by the evil white guy is racist!!
January 17, 2012 at 3:44 pm, Phlmlk said:
what u did was live and put food on the table what newt is doing is exercising his right to look stupid as he sounds
January 17, 2012 at 12:53 pm, ParkwayPines said:
Andrew,
Being a journalist used to involve two very important factors; good listening skills and integrity. Which of those two skills are in need of work?
January 17, 2012 at 1:15 pm, catey said:
“Professor” Gingrich said “I know among the politically correct you’re not supposed to use facts that are uncomfortable.” I guess that more white people are on food stamps than black people is one of those uncomfortable facts, because his holier than thouness won’t acknowledge it.
January 17, 2012 at 2:39 pm, Yoyowhasup03 said:
tell them to get off there butts and work, plenty of jobs, work two or three if you have to, but there are jobs, get one
January 17, 2012 at 2:05 pm, Bernardo said:
I think Andrew is full of it and likely unfamiliar with USA history as REPUBLICANS WERE FOR THE NEGRO’S RIGHT against the racist Democratic South that were slave owners and later the CREATORS AND MEMBER OF THE KLU KLUX KLAN. Even in the 1950s Republican President Eisenhower had to fight the Democrats to pass the New Act – after 20 years of Democrat governments with FDR and Harry Truman. Get the fact man and do your work journalist; people are not interested in personal opinions but facts. To do otherwise is just pure fascist propaganda, like Hitler, Stalin and other tyrants did.
On the other hand, the journalist Juan got busted because he is an idiot and posed a double edge questions. The fact is that the unpopular Democrat President LBJ, after the assassination of JFK and you connect the dots, declared war to poverty in America to gain popularity, but using tax payer money CONFISCATED FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS. Today, according to Harvard professor, the USA Government has spent $15 TRILLIONS fighting poverty and statically they the economic indicators are worse than 50 years ago.
Linking the two above paragraphs, you get the real picture of the leftist, marxist, socialist, social democrats, laborites et al: SLAVERY HAVE MANY FORMS and include serfdom in the middle ages, forced labor in concentration camps, FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS, nanny estates and many others. They all have one single denominator: CONTROL THE MASSES BY KEEPING THEM POOR, IGNORANT, BUT ABOVE ALL F I N A N C I A L L Y D E P E N D E N T. This is the complete opposite to the USA Founding Fathers that created the LAND OF THE FREE MAN and not the land of food stamp and peonage.
January 17, 2012 at 3:48 pm, Phlmlk said:
Repubs were never for anyone but themselves they only vo ted to get in the white house other wise read the book Slavery by another name and u will see that the Afrikan was returned to slavery from 1870 to 1941..Both carpet baggers and scalawags are criminals they both enslaved raped murdered and discrim against those they feel are less than they..Euros still today have the attitude of white supremacy YET thier women want my men? and vice versa?
January 17, 2012 at 2:37 pm, Yoyowhasup03 said:
Funny how its called racism, its not, i cleaned rooms and took garbage out when i was a teenager, by the way i am white, and we were poor. Now if you all want to say that there isnt a bunch of lazy teenagers out there who are black and white than you are lying to yourselves. To think there to good to do a janitors job black or white or any minority call it racism i am a racist than i guess, stop tossing that around, i am sick to death of hearing excuses why people dont get off there butts and work for there money instead they want it the easy way, stealing, selling drugs, or whatever gets them money without much effort. Many poor kids are never taught work ethic because there parents have lived off the goverment and never see them work, mainly because the left has many believing that due to whatever reason they deserve it from this evil white mans goverment and they will get it for them if elected. Every kid needs to work and know what work is, Go Newt, i say your a American, who understands what it takes to get America back to the country that believes in hard work and being responsible for yourselves. Racism has been expanded in the dictionary again, it now reads black people who are offered a job such as a janitor by the evil white guy is racist!!
January 17, 2012 at 2:40 pm, Yoyowhasup03 said:
Funny how its called racism, its not, i cleaned rooms and took garbage out when i was a teenager, by the way i am white, and we were poor. Now if you all want to say that there isnt a bunch of lazy teenagers out there who are black and white than you are lying to yourselves. To think there to good to do a janitors job black or white or any minority call it racism i am a racist than i guess, stop tossing that around, i am sick to death of hearing excuses why people dont get off there butts and work for there money instead they want it the easy way, stealing, selling drugs, or whatever gets them money without much effort. Many poor kids are never taught work ethic because there parents have lived off the goverment and never see them work, mainly because the left has many believing that due to whatever reason they deserve it from this evil white mans goverment and they will get it for them if elected. Every kid needs to work and know what work is, Go Newt, i say your a American, who understands what it takes to get America back to the country that believes in hard work and being responsible for yourselves. Racism has been expanded in the dictionary again, it now reads black people who are offered a job such as a janitor by the evil white guy is racist!!
January 17, 2012 at 3:43 pm, Phlmlk said:
Newt looks more polished less rumpled and better looking than at his earlier attempts he is exstatic to have like minded southern racist applaud him even though he knows he has no chance..The only thing missing is the sheet lmao
January 17, 2012 at 6:41 pm, Kevontrae said:
There republicans there all so stupid. I wasn’t surprised when the audience cheered and clapped for such racism.
January 17, 2012 at 7:32 pm, PKW said:
The author of the article references the “herd mentality”, as he called it, on display in South Carolina. The inference was that Southerners are stupid and incapable of independent thought.
In my opinion, the most signifi, cant example of “herd mentality” was the 2008 election, which I presume the author was a participant in.
January 20, 2012 at 9:27 pm, Cworld646 said:
I have never wanted to visit the south and after hearing the racist audience, I very much hope that they are not typical South Carolinans. If they are, they have shamed America.
January 17, 2012 at 7:33 pm, Walkers said:
The author of the article references the “herd mentality”, as he called it, on display in South Carolina. The inference was that Southerners are stupid and incapable of independent thought.
In my opinion, the most significant example of “herd mentality” was the 2008 election, which I presume the author was a participant in.
January 17, 2012 at 7:39 pm, Anonymous said:
The author of the article references the “herd mentality”, as he called it, on display in South Carolina. The inference was that Southerners are stupid and incapable of independent thought.
In my opinion, the most significant example of “herd mentality” was the 2008 election, which I presume the author was a participant in.
January 17, 2012 at 9:54 pm, GABE G. said:
“The inference was that Southerners are stupid and incapable of independent thought.’
That’s the most intelligent thing you’ve said on here.
January 18, 2012 at 6:46 am, Anonymous said:
how is it that someone can categorize an entire region of inhabitants as stupid, simply because of the location of their birth, and do so without recourse, yet if someone else comments on a painful, but unpopular, truth involving a minority class it is suddenly a “racist” commentary? I suggest you reflect upon the irony of your ignorance.
January 17, 2012 at 7:39 pm, Anonymous said:
The author of the article references the “herd mentality”, as he called it, on display in South Carolina. The inference was that Southerners are stupid and incapable of independent thought.
In my opinion, the most significant example of “herd mentality” was the 2008 election, which I presume the author was a participant in.
January 17, 2012 at 8:25 pm, roflmfao said:
The race card is Soooooo old. Listen to the message. Then realize why libtards fail.
January 17, 2012 at 8:25 pm, roflmfao said:
The race card is Soooooo old. Listen to the message. Then realize why libtards fail.
January 17, 2012 at 10:27 pm, Frederickosb said:
This article shows either what an idiot Andrew Belonsky is or how deliberately biased and ready he is to smear any candidate who does not share his leftist agenda. His comments are so far off from what Newt said that he can not be taken seriously either way. Since I doubt Andrew is an idiot, then I can only conclude that he is preaching to the choir of Obama supporters who will use race baiting, class envy, and anti-Christian sentiments to keep Obama’s troops on board. Shame on you, Andrew! Your tactics are so transparent as not to fool anyone. Your socialist pals will whine, and snort and hoorah your comments, but anyone with any sense at all will see though you like glass.
January 17, 2012 at 10:31 pm, Nonya said:
If you would just stop and step outside the little “black” box you and your uninformed followers live in, you will see the only people keeping “racism” alive and well are blacks like Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, Juan Williams and people like you. How about actually “listening” to Newt’s answers…how can you call anything that he says is racist? That’s insane…please wake up people!
January 18, 2012 at 1:06 am, SouthernGirl2 said:
Who dropped you on your head?
January 18, 2012 at 12:24 am, Micia Sakowitz said:
Not shocked at all. South Carolina is the most racist and ignorant state in the country. The median educational level is right at kindergarten.
January 20, 2012 at 2:12 am, allen gibson said:
Im from Myrtle beach and i hate Newt…………….WE ALL LIKE RON PAUL!!!!!!!EXCEPT FOR THE 6 HICKS THAT SHOWED UP AND CHEERED FOR NEWTS IGNORANT B.S.
January 18, 2012 at 1:47 am, Darrel Collins said:
Everybody says there is this RACE problem. Everybody says this RACE problem will be solved when the third world pours into EVERY white country and ONLY into white countries.
The Netherlands and Belgium are just as crowded as Japan or Taiwan, but nobody says Japan or Taiwan will solve this RACE problem by bringing in millions of third worlders and quote assimilating unquote with them.
Everybody says the final solution to this RACE problem is for EVERY white country and ONLY white countries to “assimilate,” i.e., intermarry, with all those non-whites.
What if I said there was this RACE problem and this RACE problem would be solved only if hundreds of millions of non-blacks were brought into EVERY black country and ONLY into black countries?
How long would it take anyone to realize I’m not talking about a RACE problem. I am talking about the final solution to the BLACK problem?
And how long would it take any sane black man to notice this and what kind of psycho black man wouldn’t object to this?
But if I tell that obvious truth about the ongoing program of genocide against my race, the white race, Liberals and respectable conservatives agree that I am a naziwhowantstokillsixmillionjews.
They say they are anti-racist. What they are is anti-white.
Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white.
January 18, 2012 at 2:41 am, Truth said:
LIAR! YOU LIE! He was cheered for being against racism not for it.
January 18, 2012 at 8:54 am, A Tea Party Patriot said:
I wished the audience hadn’t booed Williams. It’s inconsiderate and shows a lack of respect. That’s a tactic normally reserved for liberals. (When you can’t win an argument, shout them down.) Newt should have discouraged such action. But other than that—NEWT FOR PRESIDENT!
January 18, 2012 at 5:59 pm, hht said:
Let’s face it. The glue that binds the southern Republicans together is their latent fear and hatred of blacks. The audience exposed that base quality of their character by their spontaneous response to the line of questioning by Juan Williams.
January 18, 2012 at 7:56 pm, mavigozler said:
I believe there is an assertion elsewhere (by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews) that the way in which Gingrich paused on using Juan Williams’ name (“…Juan..”) in forming his reply to Williams’ question showed characteristics of the sneering, belittling style of speaking of the white Jim Crow southern bigot. The effect is that instead of the long-pause “Juan,” it was the long pause “…Boy!…” People will have to judge for themselves as to what Gingrich was intending. It should be noted that Gingrich is the only real deep south Dixie on the stage among Yankees and two Texans. He’d be more likely to know the code words that appeal to the white bigot in Dixie, and to use them more successfully than any of the other candidates. (And it’s certainly not beyond a political whore like Gingrich to resort to their use.)
January 18, 2012 at 8:28 pm, OB2012 said:
GOP may have a better chance in 2016
January 18, 2012 at 10:57 pm, Mel said:
Wow, how you people turn this one into racism is….artful. Juan was race baiting. Newt didn’t bite…unless you’re artsy.
January 19, 2012 at 11:28 pm, Georgey said:
Newt went hard on that!!!!
January 20, 2012 at 12:29 am, Sally Morem said:
The liberals’ characterization of Newt as a racist reminds me of similar sloppy thought directed at Mark Twain by the PC crowd because they thought he used the n word in Huckleberry Finn to display his racism, but actually used it to fight racism.
Newt wants everyone to excel, including black youngsters, which is why he argued as he did.
January 21, 2012 at 9:10 am, Bob said:
The sad fact is that the author of this article is incredibly racist himself, yet he projects it onto a candidate who is trying to help everyone. Call it sick, sad, ignorant, whatever. I’ve not heard of this writer before, but now I’ll remember the name and associate it with bias “reporting” from now on.
He also thinks that it is advantageous to insult an entire state to get his headline published. Incredibly stupid as well as biased. He might as well have started out with, “Don’t vote for Newt — I can’t stand him.” Still, personal preferences are no excuse for poor journalism.
January 21, 2012 at 9:10 am, Bob said:
The sad fact is that the author of this article is incredibly racist himself, yet he projects it onto a candidate who is trying to help everyone. Call it sick, sad, ignorant, whatever. I’ve not heard of this writer before, but now I’ll remember the name and associate it with bias “reporting” from now on.
He also thinks that it is advantageous to insult an entire state to get his headline published. Incredibly stupid as well as biased. He might as well have started out with, “Don’t vote for Newt — I can’t stand him.” Still, personal preferences are no excuse for poor journalism.
January 22, 2012 at 12:49 am, Juan Carlos P said:
Another racist sociopath!
January 25, 2012 at 8:47 am, Logic said:
Im actually a democrat. But honestly, I cannot see in any way how this would be considered racism… Get a grip people, not agreeing with this man’s views gives you no right to label him a racist.
January 25, 2012 at 7:08 pm, SouthernGirl2 said:
Remove the log from your eye and adjust your mind. That should help!
January 25, 2012 at 7:14 pm, SouthernGirl2 said:
NEWT Gingrich | America’s 21st Century “Simon Legree”
http://tiny.cc/urdp7
3 ChicsPolitico is gonna take this fat lard a** down. We’re going to EXPOSE this low down, GRIFTING, loud-mouth, philandering, fake intellectual bully.
May 02, 2012 at 8:37 pm, Denise Washington said:
This Fat ass cross burning sheet wearing red neck bastard ,he's a idiot whites are poor & broke & recieve more assistance than blacks! #racistprick
May 16, 2012 at 8:34 pm, Brandon Schroeder said:
Why was it racists? I lived in a suburb in Orange County CA, I wasn't poor. Yet I chose to work at my school as a custodians assistant. I'd rather do that then work at a crap fast food job. I made two dollars more than my friends as well. I completely understand what he was saying. It has NOTHING to do with race. People are getting tired of everything being taken as racists. Blacks whites or whoever, should not feel they are above that work. It's above fast food, and the pay reflects that. It's also not even dirty work, and it taught me good work ethic, just like Newt said. I was also mowing lawns and washing cars every summer in the neighborhood with my friend starting at 11 years old. I am 33 now, so this was in the 1990's, not the 1950's. My friend and I were the only ones doing it. So white kids are guilty of being lazy now as well. The new generations starting from the late 60's are less and less self reliant, and it's a shame. As far as who gets more welfare. There is a higher percentage of white people in this country. So there may be more white people on welfare. However it's actually done by ratio within race. So you would have to look at whether there is a higher percentage of black people on welfare, then working, does that make sense? For instance, within white Americans, the percentage of white people on welfare to those that are working is rather small. Of course if you have more people, you will have a majority of everything, so of course collectively there will be more white broke, more whites on welfare, more everything etc.. that's just simple mathematics. The idea is to get black Americans work to welfare ratio, higher. It wasn't a racist comment at all. Your comments sound rather offensive though. Btw, I dislike Newt as much as you do, but for other reasons. I'm not standing up for HIM, just what he said. I'm just a fair minded person, and I remember this comment he made hit close to home, as I did that work at that age. No one should be above the work some of our grandfathers did, that's just ridiculous. What is worse is that you are insulted by it. That shows many in your community feel they are above that kind of work, does it not? So, who isn't above being a janitor? Latinos? I am just curious if someone can explain why that was so insulting? What he meant by the "demand jobs not welfare" is just like what the 99% were talking about. The 99% all have college degrees and no jobs… I didn't see many from your community out there supporting that movement, it was a shame. I work with gang youth in L.A. and felt your community wants many of the same things the 99% wants. Bill Cosby has spoken about all this before as well, and even he got attacked by the black community. You need to stop being so sensitive to constructive criticism, and stop thinking ever critique is racist. If you want racism to die, let it die naturally. You cannot FORCE people to like other people, just a heads up. All you can do is teach tolerance and educate. I say black Americans because studies have shown Black Africans who immigrate here do very well, and have a much lower percentage on welfare then black Americans. I think it's just animosity that your community needs to try and deal with. Btw the way, I'm Jewish, so I know what I am talking about. You have to let it go, or it will continue to consume your community in a negative way.
June 30, 2012 at 2:43 pm, Jillane Kent said:
It is inherently racist to say that his fellow man desires the rewards of work rather than the economic plight that predicates food stamp qualification? Really? @Denise-Show me your evidence of Klan affiliation or one could rightfully presume you're engaging in the logical fallacy of ad hominim attacks. Statistically, you are incorrect, but I assume a reasoned debate that is based upon fact would not interest you.
June 30, 2012 at 2:51 pm, Patrick's Rants said:
I have always found it quite mystifying that if you say "Mainly minorities are on Public Assistance" that is a racist statement,yet if you say "We need to reform and lessen Public Assistance" you are a racist because :mainly minorities are on Public Assistance?
June 30, 2012 at 8:27 pm, Eric Wondoloski said:
Of course he's not racist. The left, particularly minorities, just don't want anyone speaking the truth. Remember how attacked Bill Cosby for the same?
June 30, 2012 at 10:14 pm, Patrick's Rants said:
Eric,we need look no further than the comment below ours from the obviously open minded and very knowledgeable Denise Washington (quote)This Fat ass cross burning sheet wearing red neck bastard ,he's a idiot whites are poor & broke & recieve more assistance than blacks! #racistprick (end quote)
My first thought is "Nice,very eloquently and tastefully written" (rolls my eyes) and my 2nd thought is Dear Denise,it is impossible for Newt to be a member of the KKK as you suggest for he is a Republican and basically all of the KKK members were Democrats! Whoops,I apologize for tossing an actual fact at you,Denise
June 30, 2012 at 10:24 pm, Eric Wondoloski said:
Well Denise is an idiot. That's obvious. But more then that, Denise is a bigot.She's just projecting her hatred of whites, that's all. What else is new in the black community? Maybe instead Denise should consider the entire generation of blacks that have been aborted by Planned Parenthood and who supports that organization. Newt is a racist but Democratic support of black genocide isn't. A I said idiot.
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July 03, 2012 at 9:30 pm, Derek Smith said:
Yeah, all of the KKK members WERE Democrats, but they switched after the Civil Rights Act. They're Republicans now.