Gingrich Obama Food Stamp President Smear

Newt Gingrich called Obama "Most Effective Food Stamp President In History". Ben Mankiewicz and Jayar Jackson set the record straight on The Young Turks.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/05/gingrich_obama_most_effecti...

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rep-allen-west-defends-newt-gingrich-against-race-...

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/01/22/exp-sotu-gingrich-pt2-1-...

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[seattle8686]

gingrich is a racist...why is there a debate...i thought everyone knew that? Even the racists

[Cietru]

I like ben.Takes a bit long to get to the point but more informative and less biased

[1kenkeith]

@liberalsuck931 Bravo 931. Are you the only sane person here?

[liberalsuck931]

You moron liberals who are arguing about Obama being the food stamp president, it is true. More people in America today are on food stamps because of Obama. Obama, like many other democrats and libtards, think it is the government's job to take care of you from cradle to grave. Dumocrats don't encourage anyone to get a job because apparantly the government wil provide for you. I will gladly let you know that I have a job, I go to school, I am a conservative, and I will not vote for Obama!!

[210daved1]

From 2001 to 2009, Bush's policies, including two wars, higher Pentagon spending in addition to those wars, tax cuts, higher discretionary spending and the prescription drug program contributed $5.1 trillion to the nation's debt. From 2009 to 2017 (using projections for 2011-2017), Obama's policies have added or will add $983 billion. Not even in the same ballpark. Klein:

[romanmir01]

@morganbath Very easy. Fascism is government corruption involving government colluding with largest businesses, so any corporate bailouts, wars aimed at giving the corporations money and having nothing to do with the actual security of US.

Communism is government corruption involving government colluding with so called 'labour movement' and all this pro-socialist nonsense, like progressive taxes, SS, Medicare, minimum wage laws, pro-union government laws, business regulations, etc.

[morganbath]

@romanmir01 Exactly how do you mix both fascism and communism at the same time? From an economics perspective they seem pretty much mutually exclusive. Or are you saying the republicans are promoting fascism and the democrats communism? Is that what you mean by mix? To be honest I think both sides promote fascism and neither seems particularly communist. Republicans are more fascist but really we are talking just shades of the same color with the odd notable exception.

[shittyfagg]

So, basically, Newt Gingrich is trying to make Obama look like a man who hates the little guy.

God, I can't help myself, but what a hypocrite piece of elephant shit Gingrich is. Pretending you're there for the little guy when you yourself are a millionaire and show no signs of actually caring for those who don't make alot of money. No tax reforms, cut social security, Obama's medical plan is a load of bollocks, etcetera etcetera.

Newt, please, fuck off. Take your money but just fuck off.

[AbonZel3]

The way I understand this, they split Newt's statement in two: there are more people on food stamps today than before, and Obama is at fault. Since the first is true, but not the second, it's half true.

[AbonZel3]

I have issues with PolitiFact's meter, including this, and their consistency, but in general I've found the articles to be accurate.