2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumGo for it teabaggers. A "food stamp president" comment is what folks call a tell.
Racist, extremely classist and just plainly out of the realm of what should be a national political discussion.
Newt can whine about a media question, yet he should be held to account for this type of comment. In a discussion about national politics and our election. Duh.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,355 posts)Like with "Obamacare", it shows that he cares about helping people less fortunate. I'd be proud to say that I care about what happens to other people and want to make sure that they get the help they need and the Republicans don't- unless you're part of the 1%. Plus, as soon as he embraces it, it loses its potency as an attack line by Gingrich (or anybody else).
Imagine a debate between Obama and Gingrich:
Gingrich: "You're a food stamp President!"
Obama: "Yeah, so?"
Gringrich:
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(106,886 posts)Denninmi
(6,581 posts)Because Bush completely trashed the economy during his term.
How is this Obama's fault in any way?