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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Thursday he is willing to go before the NAACP and urge blacks to demand paychecks, not food stamps.
Newt Gingrich: 'African-American Community Should Demand Paychecks And Not Be Satisfied With Food Stamps'
Seeded on Fri Jan 6, 2012 11:32 AM EST
Article Source: The Huffington Post
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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.
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#1 - Fri Jan 6, 2012 11:33 AM ESTwhere was his vote on this filibuster by the republicans?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/us/politics/new-senate-battle-over-obamas-jobs-bill-now-piecemeal.html
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#2 - Sat Jan 7, 2012 5:53 PM ESTDon't confuse the issue with proof of Republican hypocrisy!
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