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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Newt Gingrich: Obama Is 'Food Stamp President'
2011-12-07
The new front-runner, now leading Mitt Romney in a new nationwide Gallup poll, acted the part by largely ignoring his Republican opponents and going after President Obama.

In comparing himself with Obama, he said, "We are going to have the candidate of food stamps, the finest food stamp president in the American history in Barack Obama and we are going to have a candidate of paychecks."
Ouch. One thing I like about Newt, he knows how to slap an opponent with his own record in a nice little memorable sound bite.
Posted by:DarthVader

#7  Has there ever been a time when unemployment suddenly dropped due to a sudden surge in available jobs?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-12-07 23:15  

#6  Has there ever been a time when unemployment suddenly dropped due to a sudden surge in available jobs?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-12-07 23:15  

#5  Anguper Hupomosing9418, in general you are right but I think this time it might be different because the causes of the job loss are different this go around. A number of companies could hire but aren't because of taxes and regulations. A president who slashed a number of regulations, fixed up the corporate taxes a bit to promote hiring, freed up offshore drilling and pushed for that pipeline could create some serious change relatively quickly.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2011-12-07 21:20  

#4  Allan West Secretary of Defense
Posted by: bman   2011-12-07 20:41  

#3   Newt also said he'll appoint Darth Bolton as his Secretary of State. That alone gets him another look in my book.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2011-12-07 17:10  

#2  Big problem with promising paychecks: it takes years of economic improvement before employment improves especially from such low levels as currently exist. Two years after taking office, the incumbent is regularly criticized for lack of improvement in this, and his party tends to lose in the mid-term elections.
I expect this to happen again in 2014, no matter who wins in 2012. Of course the unemployed who voted for Zero in 2008 will still be mostly unemployed in 2012, that has probably made no impression on THEM.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-12-07 15:57  

#1  The Romney for President people have a web site: Donate $18 to send Obama on a permanent vacation.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-12-07 15:54  

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