Hardball

[lsewpershad]

Discussing welfare....Why when ever they discuss welfare they do not emphasize that the majority of people on welfare are white.

[Raven]

1. My thought exactly. But I have a very depressing

explanation...even the likes of Chris Matthews want to keep this controversy going...the minute you point out the racial makeup of the welfare population, the whole thing will go away and he and all the talking heads will have to find some other red meat issue to blather about.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. For a so-called "historian", Newt has conviently forgotten history

in denying that Reagan's welfare queen wasn't a racist slogan. He should look up Linda Taylor, an African American woman from the south side of Chicago, where Reagan said the welfare queen came from who was the model for Reagan's racist depiction.

[DearAbby]

3. Because those who need government programs

are loosers, and they should be demonized for being selfish. While Romney claims 13.9% tax rate is still too high to pay. Why is what the GOP are proposing isn't selfish, but the poor voting for their best interest is?