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Subscribe to RSSNo one can say that Newt Gingrich shies away from controversy. To the contrary, he seems to relish in it, to be emboldened by it.
He drew big applause from the South Carolina GOP crowd during his latest sparring with a moderator at last night's debate when talking about food stamps and children working as a janitors, which some have perceived as having racial overtones.
Now, he's made an ad out of it. His campaign cut down his response to 30 seconds, added music, and played up the applause.
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Keep in mind who Newt's 'base' is...
They eat that crap up and ask for seconds...
The audience applauding people in this country would go hungry without some kind of Government assistance is beyond reprehensible!
Like I said on an earlier thread, Newt is only doing what Newt does best and that is; RACE BAITING!
You aren't implying that SC Republicans are a bunch of racist morons are you?
Because that would be wrong.
Let's see - he talked about food stamps, poor people and people from every background having a job. Seems like a good idea.
Since when has 'poor' been a race?
Plus there is the small matter of the missing one million workers.
Besides nisl - everyone knows that all of the south is racist, not just SC. Georgia, Alabama, Texas....
Race, Riots (Occupy) and Religion. That's all the Democrats got. It's certainly what feeds the Libbie base. That, and blaming others.
No, they have three glorious years of Obama accomplishments.
The ads should literally just write themselves.
But hey, they are getting a heapin' dose of Capitalism and taxes. Education is a great thing.
I'm not sure one "relishes in" controversy, as much as one wallows in it. But Gingrich certainly seems to relish the attention.
everyone knows that all of the south is racist, not just SC. Georgia, Alabama, Texas....
There is a reason Lee Atwater named it, "The Southern Strategy."
I do find it a bit unusual that Newt would break it out so early, usually they wait until the summer preceding the election. But during the primary? I guess appealing to prejudice is all Newt has left.
A politician that relishes attention. Who ever imagined that day would come?
Ok I;ll play along Feisty-you say Newt is race baiting.
His point is there are more people on food stamps than ever before.
But something like 76% of those are white.
So applying you logic Newt must be baiting whites.
Huh. Of course another take is he is railing against poverty. The US has had a 'war on poverty' for 50 plus years. Trillions have gone to purportedly worthy and noble cause.
Yet the numbers continue to rise. Guess we lost that war, like the war on drugs.
But we felt so good about doing it. It's all about how we feel, not the results.
Did you enjoy The Iron Lady, Joanna? You know Streep won a Golden Globe for her performance.
What gets me is that Newt doubled down on his comments that child labor laws are wrong, insists that poor children should scrub the floors and toilets while firing the adults who might be their parents; his complete disrespect for people regardless of their status. He's no different than the rest of the GOP wannabees, they no longer have compassion, no longer respect people but relish pitting one group of people against another whether it is poor vs everyone else, union workers vs nonunions, religious vs nonreligious, etc.
Why do we read so many comments calling poor people lazy, free loaders; crowds booing Romney at the mention of his Mexican relatives, booing the word "Mexico", cheering letting an uninsured person die because they failed to have insurance, booing a gay military man serving in Iraq who asked a question? The answer is simple: it's what they hear politicians like Gingrich, Romney, Santorum and all the way back to Reagan speak. It shows total disrespect and it is contemptible.
Amy,
Hope she gets the Oscar too!
Funny thing is Jody I think it's far more compassionate to get people working.
As opposed to letting them waste away, absent any method or means to have self esteem, on welfare/food stamps.
Nothing feels better than obtaining financial Independence and success from your own hard work.
But I got it Jody - conservatives bad, liberals good. NOt like Obama's campaign is going to be about pitting people against one another. No Way.
nisl
It would be very unfair to label South Carolinians racist morons. I have met some intelligent folks from South Carolina.
Actually, what amused me was WHO gingrich directed his "righteous" wrath at - none other than whiny juan williams.
I guess he's finally found out that republicans don't want thinking blacks in their party, just good conversation points, as in "some of my best friends are..."
Hey Pig - shall we start a collection for you just in the event that Newt wins the nomination and replaces Obama in 2012... We know if that happens you are going to have a coronary... and God forbid you can't take care of your family.
Brianb-999431,
he ain't winning nothin cept the billybob popularity contest... care to offer your support??
Gingrich is counting on a short memory (or rewriting of history by conservatives). It never ceases to amaze how any Republican can try to leverage the suffering of Americans due to the poor economy Republicans are responsible for. The president wasn't elected until AFTER the meltdown, and has been obstructed non-stop by the GOP/TP ever since.
Yes, let's talk about "food stamps" Newt, and how YOU and your damn Party have caused the increased need for this assistance. Yes, let's talk about "paychecks" Newt and how YOU and your damn Party have done everything to destroy labor in the US, whether busting unions or abolishing the minimum wage or rewarding the very corporate greed that has exacted this price on our work force.
YES, let's talk about it Newt, you @#$%&! -- This little game will backfire like all your other crock of crap ideas.
Straight out of the mouths of liberals... The president owns it when he runs it. This was said about Bush and now liberals are denying that Obama owns anything after 3 years. It wasn't Bush that added $7 trillion to our debt. It wasn't Bush that increased unemployment to almost 10%. It wasn't Bush that called Americans lazy and was constantly throwing our country under the bus in front of other nations. It wasn't Bush that neglected to come up with a budget. It wasn't Bush that pushed for the largest social reform program in history. It wasn't Bush that bailed out GE, the parent company of several large media companies. It wasn't Bush that is responsible for the first ever downgrade of our creditworthiness.
Talk about busting up Unions... so what if unions are busted up? Do you think companies are going to run themselves? It's unions that have driven up the price of American goods to the point where they are almost impossible to buy anymore. Why do you think companies outsource? It's because unions have decimated price controls... when a union worker makes almost $40 an hour to put together a car it's not a wonder why we pay almost $30K for an American made automobile. Sure, blame it on the corporations... that's the liberal way... but totally forget that it's the unions that have driven up prices because of wanting increased wages. The story has two sides... ALWAYS!
Gingrich says in his ad that "More people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than by any president in American history."
Sorry, Newtster. That honor rightly belongs to George W. Bush, whose administration ruined the American economy. Obama is just trying to pick up the pieces.
Why won't you let him do that?
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
You really should read up on the subject of food stamps, Spanky.
How does Texas Governor Perry explain that one? He's a champion job creator, right??
The simple fact is this: most of the people on food stamps DO have jobs. Unfortunately, their jobs pay so little that they can't afford to "put food on their families" (quote attributable to George W. Bush).
Delve deeper into the issue of poverty in America, Spanky. Gingrich's simplistic message does nothing but obscure the reality of poverty. He is not looking to help the poor. He only wants to help himself.
What about you?
I bet his SuperPAC made ads, too.
...not that they coordinated it or anything.
More red meat. I love it when the GOPers try to eat each other up.
I got news for you Newt, you will NEVER be President of the United States of America. But you're fun to watch.
Newt really yanked my chain when he made the comment about It being the Presidents fault people have to supplement their income by having to get food stamps, When in fact it's the 1%'ers who are supposedly the job creators. And that would make them the ones not paying a living wage making it necessary for people to resort to having to get the food stamps in the first place.
Obama is responsible for the crappy economy and high unemployment. Your bullcrap about the 1% is leftist drivel. Are you really that dumb?
No he's got a point Bob - Pelosi and reid controlled the congress from '06 - '10. They were supposed to be the job creators, and god know they are 1%-ers.
And so is Jarrett, Axelrod, Lew, Daley. All of team Obama, including of course the Obamas.
I love it when liberals get all twisted up and can't get the story straight. Newt said "There are more people on food stamps with this administration than ever before." Did Newt blame someone? If your perception of what he said is blame, then you'd better try to understand the "why."
Holy cow, that's the whole hypocrisy of this -- WHY people need food stamps more than ever before. People need food stamps more than ever before BECAUSE of failed Republican supply side policies of deregulating Wall Street, trickle-down tax cuts for the rich -- during wartime no less -- unnecessary costly wars causing record deficits. And what do we hear from the likes of Newt and the rest of the "weak field?" More of the Race to the Bottom on Steroids and war-mongering. It's not so much the blame game, but Teapublican failure to own up to destroying this country.
You topped yourself on this one Brianb. This has to be the most (fill in the blank) thing you've posted, which only makes the case for progressives.
Why don't you change your handle to True Liberal? At least you'd present yourself honestly and without any perceived misconception.
Your diatribe is getting old true patriot... you say the same thing over and over again... do you stand in front of the mirror and repeat the words to yourself so you get it straight everytime? I get it that liberals hate any conservative idea. I also get the fact that liberals had a hand in the economic collapse. It isn't supply side that ruined the economy. It was the housing bubble that got the ball rolling... but you know this... even though you won't ever mention who was running Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... why? Because they were liberals. Buying up toxic loans was a bad idea... who was running Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while those toxic loans were being consumed?
If it was Wall Street that helped with the piss poor economic conditions, tell me why Obama has more Wall Street people in his cabinet than you can shake a stick at patriot? Do they deserve to be rewarded and regarded so highly? How many of your illustrious democrats are members of the 1%?
I'll say the same thing to you True Liberal... you topped yourself on this one... showing your true colors... completely erronious thinking if you ask me.
Well Bob I'm not as dumb as you. There's enough blame to go around but it was the tea party segment of the 1st debt ceiling debate that caused the downgrade on the country's credit rating. And it was George Walker Bush who took the Nations reserves spent that and started the downward spiral of debt by starting the Afghan and Iraq war, Which I still believe the only reason he went into Iraq was because it was a few months before election and he wanted a little insurance he would be re-elected. So to say President Obama is solely responsible for the condition of the economy is really a lot dumber than what I said.
A usual, Newt the philandering lobbyist, played with the facts. The title of food stamp president' actually belongs to Bush, since he was the one that crashed the economy and put all these people on food stamps. Newt also lies about this, since Congress is responsible for food stamps, not the executive branch. So we really have a food stamp Congress, especially since they have done everything possible to keep unemployment high to ensure that Obama is a one term president.
They lied when they were elected, saying it was about jobs. What they didn't tell voters is that the only job they were interested in was Obama's, and that they wanted to add to the unemployment list, not add jobs.
And to all you race baiters out there, I am not a liberal, and not a Democrat. I am a registered indepedant voter watching these debates in hope of finding an alternative to Obama because I am not particularly happy with his job performance. I do not like the way Obama is dividing us between the 1% and the 99%, but the debates only show that the republicans are even more divisive. With Huntsman out of the race, we can only hope for a third party candidate to find someone that is actually trying to bring the nation together instead of divide and conquer.
The hating needs to stop; the healing needs to start ... or there will be no United States. Perry got a great response for suggesting they are at war with the federal government; now candidates are advocating secession? This has got to stop, before we find ourselves in another civil war, with brother shooting at brother.
Third party candidate - Oh, sure, split the party vote. Okay, let's get Hill to run as a third party candidate!!!!
Talk Radio birthed the conservative movement, which spawned FOX NEWS, which regurgitated the snarky, Republican presidential candidate.
Who says rightwingers don't believe in evolution?
Nice work, again, Amy.
So now that you are apparently the historian of all things conservative, please tell us, just who was the 'hot' talk radio personality back in 1950?
You remember the 1950s, right Amy? You know, like 1955, when William Buckley came out with the National Review, which outlined the conservative ideas?
God bless you Amy. You really are amusing. But I have to wonder - do you ever stop to consider if what you are about to post is even remotely based upon reality?
Cause it kinda seems like you do not.
I remember watching William F. Buckley on public TV in the 70's. I'd call him a precursor to today's overbearing, quasi-intellectual pundit class. People like David Brooks. Twits.
It wasn't until Rush Limbaugh made conservatism exciting to the working class that the right wing really began to grow in influence. And from there we got FOX, and from FOX we got the snarky Republican candidate.
Not until then, eh? Gosh Amy, you might not know this but Buckley used to be on TEEVEE a long time ago.
Let me guess - you were a political science major.
But let's continue the fun - please tell us what you mean by your assertion that it was not until Rush that the right wing 'really began to grow in influence.'
For instance the old 'right wing' kinda ran you boy Carter and of course Mondale. Was that all cause of Rush? Gosh, just what wqs Rush's audience share back in '79?
And just for grins - would you say that Al Gore was at all snarky? Kerry? I'll leave it at that, as I don't want to tax you any further with more distant examples of democratic [snarky] candidates.
Yeah, just the reps. Dems have never, ever been snarky. :)
Spanky ... am I phinephancy?
Why golly I assume you are ideology. You are, are you not?
How about it ideology - do you concur with our newly minted conservative historian Amy? Did the right wing only grow in influence after Rush hit the scene?
Or do you ideology think Al Gore was at times a tad snarky?
Wow spanky, aren't you the big grownup intellectual. You know big words and have heard of famous people and everything.
Now when you get out of your short pants, come play with the big boys sometime, and get slapped own, HARD.
Perhaps you can start the slappin' now, eh ryoush?
You think Amy nailed it - did the right wing only ascend to power after Rush hit the scene?
Is it possible that Amy just might be a little lacking in historical perspective?
Come on now ryoush, commence the slapping. Dazzle me.
I am Spartacus!
NO! I am Spartacus! No, wait, I forgot, I am Marilyn Monroe. Need a Mr. Coffee?
Ideology,
I bet you look hot in a toga!!! :)
phancy - that depends on ideology's gender.
only in an orange one :)
Ideology,
I hope it is a very SHORT orange ones. (I would like to see how cute your knees are!) :)
"phancy - that depends on ideology's gender."
... lifting my toga to see ... OMG!
I am now laughing so hard I can barely see the keyboard!!!! (So, what did you find under there? Can I peek, too?)
Phine ... I am envied by every woman I know ... My alabaster legs are hairless.
ideology - now that was funny! You get the comic award of the day! LOL!!!
Ideology,
Need to get those alabaster legs down here for a little fun in the sun!!!!!
(Under the toga, I will never be the same again. LOL)
I'm still chuckling over that one.... Considering that phancy isn't sure if she's Spartacus or Marilyn Monroe... and then someone else claims Spartacus... kinda sorta makes one raise an eyebrow... LOL
BB
I am really Marilyn Monroe (plastic surgery has preserved me). Since I like you, would you like a Mr. Coffee? (Joe left a warehouse full when he died)
The Misfits ... and then she died and so did Clark Gable.
Actually we didn't really die. I am Marilyn, you can be Clark. We are definitely misfits!
It wasn't Clark that played Spartacus... it was Kirk Douglas....
Marylin was always brilliant, much to Jacky's dismay when she sang Happy Birthday Mr. President.
BrianB ... The Misfits was the last film in which Monroe and Gable acted ... I am starting to like you however.
Happy (breathless) Birthday, to (breath) you..................
phancy you crack me up! Where's that white dress blowing in the updraft? My favorite MM move was "Some Like it Hot." Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon were the quintessential drag queens.
BB
That, too is one of my favorites. Also, loved her in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (Lauren Bacall was great in that, too)
You mean Betty Joan Persky? She had the most beautiful lips. Of course her eyes weren't bad either. I have a semi-crush on Kate Blanchett these days. I think she's simply beautiful. In her role as Galadriel in the Lord of the Rings is where she caught my eye... but then that's the dirty old man coming out in me... LOL... she's practically young enough to be my daughter...
BB,
Don't tell, but I still think George Clooney is hot - and age approriate. If I look younger, probably, hmmm, I will have to think about that.
@ all of the above, reading your post and seeing you all enjoying yourselves is really good to see here on these boards...I like this
It is indeed crazy for Newt Gingrich to label Barack Obama the “food stamp president,” just as it is crazy to pin job losses stemming from the Bush/Republican recession on Obama’s record, as Mitt Romney consistently does — which is a lie. This is another dog whistle moment for Newt, a classic purveyor of racial politics and the politics of personal demonization. Newt’s own record and his own personal history are so toxic that he can;t possible run on that, so he smears others and lies about the facts. http://www.sunstateactivist.org
hey mattpfl,
I think you have it wrong.
You mentioned Newt smearing and lying........but I think that's what YOU are doing. You are saying Newt is "a classic purveyor of racial politics". Think again.
Newt is working with Al Sharpton ( speaking of race baiters ) to overhaul education in the poorest neighborhoods for the poorest children.
Very good Leona! Great point! We need to shut down these race baiters and expose them for who they are...
When it comes to moxy, Speaker Gingrich certainly has it. And to perfectly honest, if I was in the GOP base, I would want my turn to vote for a candidate and not have the matter settled after 3 states.
What is unfortunate is that all of the Republican candidates seem to be seriously out of touch with Human and social reality. The ONLY reason that some individuals are able to do so very, very well in today's world is because of the society in which they live. Of course the most successful of us must pay more. We can be content with the knowledge that we have done well and won one of life's major struggles, either through luck in the family area, good luck in the gene department or perhaps a bit of both. We can take our share but must realize that a lot of what we won must go back in the game. We must pay enough to maintain the current society (or perhaps even improve it). It would certainly be the best approach to offer up this money before they come and demand it. And they will.
It is time America for another exciting episode of "Darth Rove!" AKA. Karl Rove. The GOP/RNC "Master Of Madness and Misinformation." Last time we saw our puggy little GOP member, Tea Begger member, and KKK member he was very upset with "Little Ricky Santorum." Today though. "Darth Rove" is very happy with the performance of his best friend "Nutty Newt" in last nights GOP "Clown Show" in South Carolina.
"THE MEETING OF THE CLOWNS"
Scene One opens with "Darth Rove" reading his notes from the South Carolina GOP Debate. Suddenly, "Nutty Newt" enters "Darth Rove's" Chamber.
"Hello Karl! It is so good to see you again!" Exclaimed Newt. Walking with a skip in his step towards Rove's "Political Pit" of fire.
"Darth Rove" jumps out of his throne and announces with great glee. "Get over here Newt!" It is so good to see you again, and I miss all of your intellectual work you did at Fox News."
"Why thank you Karl! That is very kind of you to say, and I love to poltically fight! Proudly bragged a evilly smiling Newt.
Rove's bloodly red eyes glared at Newt saying. "I love how you keep calling Obama the Food Stamp President. It is even better that you are not for Child Labor Laws." Rove is laughing and shaking his cane in the air.
"That is correct Karl. I pride myself on being an historian." Newt replies with a great smile.
Scene One ends with Rove shaking his cane in the air and enjoying the conversation with Newt.
Scene Two opens with the laughing "Darth Rove" throwing balls of fire across his chamber.
"Newt! I put up all of my Confederate Flags, and I giving you the Royal White Robe! Proudly throwing the robe at Newt.
"Wow! I am so honored to be finally earning my own White Robe!" Exclaimed Newt. Putting on the robe with great pride, and joy.
"I am so glad you like it so much Newt! Now go out there with pride and defeat the Romulian!" Ordered Rove. Pointing his cane of fire at his chamber door.
Scene Two ends with Newt giving "Darth Rove" a big thumbs up. Newt skips out of "Darth Rove's Chamber, and up the long stair case to the "Nazis New Network Newroom."AKA. Fox News. Everyone in the Fox Newsroom starts clapping as Newt heads back out on his campaign trail.
THE END!
Great skit. Keep up the good work.
What is so scary is how deranged these two men are and that they actually hsve
people careless enough to support them.
progressive,
I swear there's help out there , if you want it, for that illness you're dealing with.
LOL
Leona, sweetheart!
You would be well served to follow your own advice!
I see the night shift has given you back your keyboard as a reward for eating your applesauce! ☺
Enjoy it while you can...
Freedom of expression is a wonderful benefit of living in America. Progressive=forward completely expressed what was on his/her mind. I applaud that completely... Now I'm going to express what's on my mind... only to make it fair:
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Now I feel much better!
Don't take it personally Leona.... Feisty has a thing for women.
Newt is a professional politician, he instigated the weasel mentality in Washington, and he is master of the snarky one-liner. All this goes well with his base. It doesn't however play well in the general. This is why the Republicans are falling in line with Romney. All this is for naught. The platform they put forth doesn't have a chance in H_ll to succeed. The blinders are off. The people see the reality of the Republicans and their corporate welfare and they do not like it.
Five Ways Conservatives Will Have to Sell Their Souls if Romney Wins
John Hawkins
If you were trying to come up with the most atrocious candidate imaginable to go toe-to-toe with Barack Obama in 2012, you couldn't do much better than Mitt Romney. He was an unpopular moderate governor who lost 2 out of the 3 major elections he's run in and whose signature issue Romneycare is an enormous failure. Moreover, he's so uninspiring that he makes Bob Dole look like Ronald Reagan and that's before you consider his incessant flip-flopping that makes it impossible to really know where he stands on any issue
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2012/01/17/five_ways_conservatives_will_have_to_sell_their_souls_if_romney_wins/page/full/
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Newton still has a shot, as there is a sea of discontent from his right. He may not win SC, but he will be the last man standing between Mitt and Rep. Paul. If Newton can raise enough money to stay in the race, he and Paul can potentially win enough delegates between them to deny Mitt the 1144 delegates he needs prior to the convention...and that might be the best thing for the Republican party....
Sell our souls?
Nope - a very simple choice between Mitt and Obama.
Both multi millionaires, both hard core flip floppers. Obama has had his shot. Made various promises that did not pan out, so time to go. 70% plus say we are on the wrong path, so time for a new captain.
You buy a car that is a lemon, when it comes time to get a new one you gonna get the exact same car? Go to the same dealer, and same manufactuer?
Nope.
Very easy decision actually, but thanks for being concerned.
Pundits, be it political or sports - deep soul searching articles that most could care two craps about. But its their jobs to sex up everything, or else we might not pay them any mind.
You buy a car that is a lemon, when it comes time to get a new one you gonna get the exact same car? Go to the same dealer, and same manufactuer?
That dog won't hunt...
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Spanky
We did with that LEMON we had in 2004, because the opposition ran a WEAK candidate...
Right Track wrong track almost identical to 2004, so what's your point, AGAIN? (We did this one last week, should I post the link to RCP AGAIN?) It didn't stop W from beating a Flip-Flopping, French speaking, wooden, Ponderous, inauthentic, multimillionaire, who the opposition skewered by turning what he (and the Democrats) thought was his BIGGEST ASSET into his BIGGEST LIABILITY...sound FAMILIAR?
There is an ARMY of conservative pundits and THINKERS who are CERTAIN that Mitt is to Obama, what Kerry was to "W". How'd that turn out again?
So, who is Phine? REALLY? You claim to know, so what gives?
It is difficult, but not impossible, to make progress passing jobs legislation with a Republican majority in the House and Republican filibusters in the Senate. Sen. McConnell wants the president to fail and Speaker Boehner before Obama's first meeting with House Republicans instructing them to oppose everything the president proposed. This has been the least productive Congress in modern history. The Presidents jobs bills have not even been debated and voted on in committee.
That is why Romney and others feel free to lie that the President has not produced a jobs plan, after a manner of speaking - nuanced deception. None have reached the floor. To them, this is the Republican States of America, not the United States of America. In the past century, political parties went out of control in Russia, Italy, and Germany. It is good that we have an unadulterated Constitution so far.
I'd like to have a lemon pleazzzz.
Pundits are neat, but the point of your post danger, was conservatives selling their souls. O' the horror.
But I do enjoy how you capitalized the word thinkers. That must mean they are special.
Plus as bad as Bush was, this here is a whole lot worse. OR to put it another way Bush in '04 was light years ahead of Obama now.
Gosh, it kinda makes me all nostalgic for '04, what with just 5% unemployment, and I don't know, what, like $5 trillion in debt?
But seriously are you really saying Obama isn't a grade A flip-flopper?
As for our gal phinep - I answered you on the last thread.
But perhaps you can tell me - what is it to you who I [and others] think another anonymous poster is?
Hey, c'mon. I 'fessed to being Marilyn Monroe. What more do you want? A Mr. Coffee? Besides, not to worry Spanky, I asked Tyler if he would look into the matter for ya. Make you feel better?
Oh, isn't there something in law about false accusations? Your the lawyer, tell me.
Not my deal, and as you will note, I have note made an issue of of it.
But let me get this straight- you want to know if calling an anonymous poster out for using a 'false' identity is a crime?
Are you saying your name isn't really phinephancy-4252115?
Get out!
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2009/feb/wk2/art02.htm
Unemployment in January 2009 was 7.6 percent...want to try again?(W was still living off Bill's FUMES in 2004, and the BRILLIANCE of reducing the tax rate and creating a DEFICIT was just beginning to cripple the economy)
Whether or not Obama is worse than "W" is an OPINION, nothing more, and when you have to LIE to make your point Spanky, it's less...
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You didn't answer, you WAFFLED haha...Wasn't me, I never said anything...Okay Spanky, if that's all you got...
You are entitled to your opinion, but why do you have to fudge the facts to justify it?
If you have to LIE to make your point, you got no point to make.
But, my dear, you have all the answers. You were the one who stated that I posted under more than one name (although why I would want to do that I have no earthly idea, one name is enough to handle)
But, since you did call me out for posting under more than one name, I would call that a false accusation. Wouldn't you?
If you want some free advice, I would suggest that before you go making accusations in the future, you have all your facts and solid proof before announcing it to the world.
But, hey, whatever floats your boat. You have only embarrassed yourself in the eyes of others. (Except maybe nojo)
Heck if I know, this here is an anonymous board.
Not my accusation, but rather on made by someone else.
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And sadly phinep - you appeal has waned now that the identity issue has been solved.
#12.10 - Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:59 PM EST
That's YOUR post buddy, are you no longer standing by you own words?
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Gee Spanky, that isn't what you said yesterday, was it? You were full of knowledge yesterday, so certain that the
"identity issue has been solved" What did that mean, Spanky? Sounds like you were both the accuser and that you KNEW something, didn't you? Now it's an "anonymous board" and accusations were from "someone else"...
Care to regain some semblance of your credibility and own up to your own words, or are you gonna weasel word it up, feign innocence or high-tail it for the woods? lol
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#2.3 - Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:27 PM EST
I have come to the conclusion it is IMPOSSIBLE to embarass the nut job from NJ!
No one else in First Read history has been discredited as many times as she has...
Yet, she keeps coming back for another smack down!
Although come to think of it - Spanky is a close second!
Could Spanky and nojo be some how connected? Nah, but an interesting thought. I rarely see them on the same thread at the same time though......................
It's so interesting that Liberals try to silence people by name calling. Liberals think that if they attempt to repeatedly demean people, they will just go away.
I have a news flash for all you liberal name callers.............you are doing exactly what a bunch of ignorant Fascists would do.
Why is that Liberals only like "free speech" when it's one of their own speaking?
Oh no I've embarrassed myself. How terrible.
And that's what I said danger - I have figured out the identity issue. And yet it is you who continue to raise the issue. And of course it is an anonymous board, but again someone posting under the identifier 'dangerfield' likely knows that.
SO to recap danger - I have formed conclusions about phinep's 'identity.' I have not backed off, and in fact really don't care. Funny thing is - it sure looks like you care. Now why is that danger?
Oh, and danger - 7.6% unemployment - holy hell Obama would give his left nut for that number.
Puhleeze Henny Penny!
Enough of YOUR bull@!$%# - you come here daily flinging out your FACIST,SOCIALIST & COMMUNIST accusations when in REALITY you have NO clue what the hell the definitions mean...
I have met turnips who are more intelligent than you sweetheart!
I have news for you honey - you are nothing but a parrot for News for Dumb Fuxs and not very effective one at it at that!
However, do stick around - we ALL need a good laugh at YOUR expense & what a true hypocrite looks like! ;o)))
Here again Leona... Feisty has this thing for women... some sort of fascination... I'd be careful around her... I've heard tales of lice too.
So says the King of CRABS!
That's OK Feisty... we know you have your obsessions... I don't blame you for having a thing for women... heck, I have a thing for women too. Maybe not the same way as you... but then again...
Permission to treat the witness as hostile, evasive and dissembling? GRANTED!...(Thanks!)
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Way to cop out again Spanky, but that's okay, I understand, there have been times in my life when I wrote a check with my mouth that I couldn't cash with my...happens to the best of us...
You CREATED this topic with your insinuation and now now you run away from it and try to pin the tail on ME for putting your feet to the fire? That's a hoot! I'm just asking you to tell what you claim to have learned, right? Shouldn't be a big deal, I mean you KNOW it.
You made a claim, I said "stand and deliver" and you weasel and waffle. It is what it is and no amount of deflection or snark can change the fact that you accused someone of using more than ONE identity here (that is the issue, right Spanky?) and when I called you out about WHICH other screen name YOU had UNCOVERED that outed PHINEPHANCY as being someone else (this isn't about revealing a person's identity, but that they are posting under more than ONE name, right Spanky?) You cut and run...
So cowboy up buddy! Which OTHER screen name does she use? Reveal it or admit that it was just more empty bluster on your part. I promise to stop as soon as you do. I also promise to dog you until you do...;-)
Why is it that conservatives use food stamp as a wedge issue eventhough 75% of partakers are white folks?
Reagan started it with his fake Welfare Queen comments; those who think Reagan is a hero, well, think again. Reagan was Newt Gingrich with an actor's gift of fooling the audience.
Gingrich is appealing to the white trash voters. He is unappealing to decent people for that very reason. Next time he goes to confession, I hope the priest punches him out for God.
"....some have perceived as having racial overtones"
"Some"= attack dog progressives, who find racial overtones in everything a Republican might say. Everything. Partisan bullcrap.
Liberal talking points: MSNBC's bread and butter.
The NY Times uses that "some believe" attack line quite a bit, also...
Domenico, keep up the biased liberal reporting, you may have a talk show on MSNBC in no time!
Obviously you didn't watch the debate or are attempting cover up. The audience turned into an unruly mob and tried to drown out the question being asked, because the reporter was African American. Gingrich couldn't help himself from addressing the reporter with dripping condescension. That was desperately wrong and the audience ate it up. It didn't matter that the reporter was conservative, serious, non-accusatory, and concerned. It only mattered that he wasn't white.
Juan Williams is conservative? That would come as a surprise to Mr Williams. And the crowd did not drown out the question. They applauded Gingrich's answer. The applause came well after the question.
Like you don't use partisan Bullcrap mr Bob numbers!!! Just look at your avatar!!!
Nobody but Obama!
You gotta ♥ it!
Either absolutely sly, or totally clueless.
Atta girl Feisty.
Anyway Newt is trying to win the Presidency so if this is going to work for him let him go ahead and fire off all the stuff he wants. In the end he'll have to stand on his words and debate them.
Yes, he will, Jeffrey. Would be quite interesting to see Gingrich tell President Obama to his face that he's the food stamp president but even more interesting would be the giant smack down President Obama would deal Newt; Newt wouldn't know what hit him. Now that would be worth seeing. Even if Gingrich won the nomination, he's too much of a coward to say anything like that to President Obama's face.
If Republicans talk about solutions that work for all Americans of any ethnicity and background, they are accused of ignoring minorities. Rev Jess Jackson says this a lot, along with his race panderer pal Rev Al Sharpton.
Discuss the problems and issues of the minority community, they say.
So Newt makes the valid point that the crappy economy has hurt minorities worse; and more minorities as a percentage are on food stamps and need jobs, and offers solutions.
He is then accused of racism for mentioning facts. That the minority community suffers worse under Obama failures; Obama policies cause unemployment and limit opportunities for advancement and self reliance.
Yet motormouth Debbie Wasserman Schultz can get right into race politics, claiming the Democratic Party is the "natural home" for minorities.
"natural" ? Do minorities have no brains..are their intellects based on their skin color, Debbie?
Wasserman Schultz says minorities feel "comfortable" because the Democratic Party stands up for "the issues that matter to those communities and Republicans shun them."
Pander much, Debbie ? Divisive much? Yet not a peep from MSNBC...
Great post Bob,
Blabber mouth Debbie Wasserman BULL Schultz has managed the difficult task of insulting people on BOTH sides of the aisle.
LOL
Oh MY - look at you Loony Leona & your name calling... LMFAO!
Please have one of your family members talk to your doctors about adjusting your medication...
Cause what ever you are on, clearly is NOT working!
We know feisty wants it to work... since she has this thing.... what's it called? That's right.. it's an obsession. Be nice feisty... this is a family board..
The thing that has changed since I was a kid is the crowd roared at the black reporter instead of lynching him on national television. The question should have been asked by someone else. It was all the audience could do to tolerate the reporter's presence, it seemed. I believe he is with Fox News. Even that didn't help.
Newt has managed to " insult " all the "White" journalists too. LOL
Newt had his barbs directed at George Stephanopolous .
We don't hear anything about Newt being a "racist" when he says similar things to the other commentators.
I wonder why?
release your ethics records newt....are you afraid???
I cant wait until they show the polling after the vote in south carolina.....anyone that comes out saying they voted for newt is not a real "christian"....guaranteed!!!!
so abortions are just ok for the hos of the republicans....but not their wives??
Mine favorite is Bus Stop
Actions of another desperate man. Whatever it takes to get you through the night...or the South Carolina Republican Primary. Worry about what you said and who you insulted down the road. If you don't win, it won't matter. If you do win, count on them forgetting.
Worked for GW.
It is so moving that less than 2% of truly poor voters would vote for him. He is such a fat bag of gas.
Newt is one of the many problems of the GOP, in his hands they have the confederate vote.... and nothing else.
What's so controversial about saying poor people should have the opportunity to "...get a job... get a better job and...someday to own the job"? Is it controversial because if more people become successful, they won't be wards of the state and not vote Democrat anymore?