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Topic: Gingrich to black people: paychecks, not food stamps.

combat_mage_sc Title: Hi. My name is Combat and i'm an alcoholic. Posts: 41,508 Registered: Jul 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 40,845 User ID: 266,617	Subject: Gingrich to black people: paychecks, not food stamps.
	WASHINGTON (AP) â€” Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Thursday he is willing to go before the NAACP and urge blacks to demand paychecks, not food stamps. Gingrich told a town hall meeting at a senior center in Plymouth, N.H., that if the NAACP invites him to its annual convention this year, he'd go there and talk about "why the African-American community should demand paychecks and not be satisfied with food stamps." He also said he'd pitch a new Social Security program aimed at helping young people, particularly African-American males, who he said get the smallest return on Social Security. Gingrich routinely lambasts President Barack Obama as the "best food stamp president in American history." He also has spoken previously about welcoming an invitation from the NAACP to speak and has been critical of GOP candidates who have not accepted such an invitation. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People had no immediate comment on Gingrich's remarks. His campaign spokesman, R.C. Hammond, said the former Georgia congressman has often said the GOP needs to be inclusive of all Americans. "He has said since he became a presidential candidate that any Republican should always accept an invitation to speak to the NAACP on any topic," Hammond said. Gingrich's comments follow those by rival candidate Rick Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania who said Sunday that he did not want to "make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money." Santorum's comments were criticized by National Urban League President Marc H. Morial as pandering to racist elements within the GOP. Morial also said that 70 percent of people on food stamps are white. The Agriculture Department does not break down food stamp participation rates by race. NAACP President Ben Jealous also criticized Santorum's remarks. Food stamp participation and costs have risen under Obama, from 28.2 million participants at a cost of $37.6 billion in 2008 to 44.7 million participants at a cost of $75.3 billion last year, according to federal data of what is officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The increases followed the steep economic downturn that began in 2008. Gingrich said if he has a chance to go before the NAACP, he would explain a "brand-new Social Security opportunity" for young people, "which would be particularly good for African-American males, because they are the group that gets the smallest return on Social Security." http://news.yahoo.com/gingrich-black-people-paychecks-not-food-aid-234405279.html -----signature----- .................._@@@__ ......_____//____?___\________ - ---o--------BEER-POLICE----@) -----`--(@)======+====(@)--
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Mangler_SC Title: Bellybutton Lint Collector Posts: 62,003 Registered: Dec 2, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 61,052 User ID: 863,702	Subject: Gingrich to black people: paychecks, not food stamps.
	I see. -----signature----- . Mangler had an accident on the way home from the liquor store. He was run off the road and crashed into a woman's clinic. It was one giant Pabst smear. -Bou_Te . Soylent CLiKK -- It's PEEEEEOPLEEE
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Reapist Title: Official ACF HIOFI Poster Posts: 74,991 Registered: Dec 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 74,235 User ID: 559,475	Subject: Gingrich to black people: paychecks, not food stamps.
	Now Combat can't decide whether to vote for Newt or Santorum. -----signature----- pkhere: Jebus sometimes you make my arse tired. Referring to illegal aliens as 'immigrants' is the same as referring to shoplifters as 'shoppers' - Dorvinion I'd feel bad for Satriani but he got himself into it. - allmightybob_MLF
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Casuist Posts: 3,306 Registered: Dec 2, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 3,235 User ID: 863,739	Subject: Gingrich to black people: paychecks, not food stamps.
	Reapist posted: Now Combat can't decide whether to vote for Newt or Santorum. Combat is allowed to vote? -----signature----- Just like the ski lodge with young women looking for husbands and husbands looking for young girls, the situation is not as symmetric as it first appears.
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combat_mage_sc Title: Hi. My name is Combat and i'm an alcoholic. Posts: 41,508 Registered: Jul 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 40,845 User ID: 266,617	Subject: Gingrich to black people: paychecks, not food stamps.
	I'll take Santorum over Newt. -----signature----- .................._@@@__ ......_____//____?___\________ - ---o--------BEER-POLICE----@) -----`--(@)======+====(@)--
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-Abysmal- Posts: 21,891 Registered: Dec 20, '00 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 21,218 User ID: 59,638	Subject: Gingrich to black people: paychecks, not food stamps.
	Reapist posted: Now Combat can't decide whether to vote for Newt or Santorum. why? from the article Newt wants to help black people... Santorum get's the vote! -----signature----- Now i LIVESTRONG GO PATRIOTS Yankees SUCK! I wish AC looked better, I miss it I love you forever Jamie
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