Post on youtube by Iowans for Christian Leaders in Government
Newt might have a little trouble with some religious folks in Iowa.
But then, they don’t seem to be rushing to Mitt Romney either…
Newt Gingrich: “Poor kids don’t know how to work”
The ironic thing about this “poor kids don’t know how to work” thing is: when I was growing up, the only kids I knew that didn’t know how to work came from families that were “well off” and had everything handed to them.
To listen to the Newt here, you’d think – by his logic – ALL wealthy kids are hard, diligent workers.
I don’t like the idea of generalizations most of the time. The fact is a rich kid can be lazy, a poor kid can kill himself to pull himself out of poverty. And vice versa.
To say poor kids don’t know how to work because no one around them works is terribly over-simplified.
One other thing: I think kids should have the time to study in the afternoons and play and be creative. Expanding your mind with education and creativity is the key to developing not only new ideas but social and communication skills.
I don’t think putting a poor kid to work at the age of 12 mopping floors is going to inspire the kid to grow, to reach, to dream, to succeed.
Nothing wrong with working. But everything has it’s season.
Newt Gingrich: “As someone who believes strongly in family…”
From Iowans for Christian Leaders in Government.
Think Newt might have a problem here…?
Gingrich stand by anti-child labor law comments
Newt Gingrich stood by his controversial stance against certain laws governing child labor Thursday saying his previous comments were “spun out of control” by “the left.”
“Really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works,” the former House speaker told an audience at the headquarters for Nationwide Insurance.
He then seemed to imply that a young, poor individual’s only likely source of possible income would be from breaking the law.
“They have no habit of ‘I do this and you give me cash’– unless it’s illegal.”
Gingrich added that most successful businesspeople he knows started work “early” and made some kind of money when they were kids, whether it was by babysitting or mowing lawns.
Almost two weeks ago Gingrich called laws preventing child labor “truly stupid” and suggested students take the jobs of many janitors.
Strong political ad by Ron Paul against Newt Gingrich
Strongest argument against Newt I’ve seen yet.
This is a pretty good heads up as to the kinds of material out there ready to be used against Newt.
Newt Gingrich: Protesters should “get a job and take a bath”
Says the wealthy man…
Serial adulterer Newt Gingrich: “gay marriage is a temporary aberration”
“I think this [gay marriage] is a temporary aberration that will dissipate. I think that it is just fundamentally goes against everything we know.” – Newt Gingrich, three time serial adulterer
Mr. Gingrich is hardly in a position to use the words “temporary” and “marriage” in the same sentence. If anyone can understand the juxtaposition of those two words together, it would be him.
I think it’s important to note that, given Mr. Gingrich’s lack of commitment to his earlier marriages, “marriage” itself is a “temporary aberration” in his world. Give it some time. I’m certain we’ll be seeing Mrs. Gingrich #4 anytime now.
Gingrich on Tiffany’s bill: “We have a reasonably good income – we don’t do elaborate things”
From HuffingtonPost.com: Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich defended the large debt he owed to the luxury jewelry store Tiffany & Co. in 2005 and 2006, saying he can spend his money as he pleases.
“We’re private citizens,” Gingrich said in an interview with Bob Schieffer on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “I work very hard. We have a reasonably good income. I currently owe nothing except I owe one mortgage on a house that’s a rental property in Wisconsin. Everything else is totally paid for. My home is paid for, my cars are paid for, we don’t have a separate house. We don’t do elaborate things.”
Politico’s Jake Sherman reported last week that financial disclosure forms filed with the U.S. House of Representatives show that in 2005 and 2006, Gingrich carried as much as $500,000 in debt on a “revolving charge account” with the jewelry store.
“It’s a normal way of doing business,” he said in defense of what he called a “standard, low-interest account.”
“I mean, you’re running for president,” insisted Schieffer. “You’re going to be the guy in charge of the Treasury Department. It just sticks out like a sore thumb.”
Ummm… he has a “reasonably good income? He owes $500,000 on jewelry and he says he makes a REASONABLY good income? That’s about ten times what the average American makes.
While trying to cast others as “elitists” it’s kind of hard to avoid looking fairly “elite” when you spend that kind of money on “gifts” and think you have a “reasonably good” income.
Talk about out of touch.
Gingrich: “any ad which quotes what I said on Sunday is a falsehood”
Seriously… Quoting what he said is a ‘falsehood’??? Does that even make sense?
Newt Gingrich: I cheated because I love my country so much and I work so hard
Newt Gingrich, on an appearance on the Christian Broadcasting Network, defended his serial adultery – including serving divorce papers on his sick first wife so he could marry his mistress – by explaining that he did some things he may not be so proud of because he’s so doggone patriotic and hardworking.
“There’s no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate,” Gingrich told CBN’s David Brody.
This is a rather inauspicious beginning of a run for President. Before the appearance on CBN, he stumbled a bit out of the gate when an adviser leaked the plans for forming an exploratory committee. That was followed by a another adviser claiming that wasn’t true. And finally, an odd press conference that ended suddenly after one question.
I’m not sure if this is how you make a gold medal run for the highest office in the land, but it certainly gets some attention.