On last night's edition of "Politics Nation with Al Sharpton", Al and his guest (radio host Joe Madison) debunked the lie started by Newt Gingrich that "more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history".
As you can see from the clip below, Sharpton announced that he's willing to meet with Gingrich to challenge him over Gingrich's food stamp lie. It remains to be seen if Newt will accept.
FactCheck.org article about Newt's food stamp claim
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For a "Historian" he sure isn't very knowledgable about recent history! I keep hearing the The Newt is the smartest man in the GOP...yeah, that is about right.
He's not the best person to confront Newt. All Gingrich has to do is mention the deplorable Tawana Brawley hoax, which Sharpton willingly participated in, and Sharpton will shut up and/or run.
Fighting semantics with semantics; there's nothing quite like political banter.
Not that I think Sharpton is the picture of honest American dialogue mind you, but if Newt were full of any more hot air, he'd float away.
He stood opposed to Reagan for years and now wants to lie about being close with him for conservative votes. He snuggles up to progressive policy, right or left, all depending on which side he's catering to. Then suddenly he's against "social engineering" when trying to reach out to conservatives.
If Newt were any faker, he'd be in Madame Tussauds.
Gingrich is unfortunately going to challenge Romney heavily down the stretch, all because Newt plays to middle America's sensibilities and their feelings that mainstream media is corrupted and unfair to them. So they view the guy as a warrior.
Newt's the political equivalent of a telephone tough guy.
It's proven he's not ethical. He strays far from the sanctified life he pretends to lead. He is essentially a progressive liberal in conservative clothing.
He's all for big government and big spending and changing America from the top down, via the federal government's say so.
If Newt didn't have to pretend to be something he's not in order to seek power and money, he and Sharpton would probably make really good friends. Honestly.
Just to get back on topic for only a moment, I'm not really sure how valid the Rev. Al's statistics are. When he says that Bush's new food stamp population was a half a million more than Obama's, is he comparing Bush's 8 years in office to the only 3 years that Obama has had?.....Damn, I hate the idea of being wing-man to Newt.
The only thing Al Sharpton understands is that he's Black and that he's has found a way to make a living off suckering in White Liberals. The only thing that he's interested in is race baiting and making money off of it, not much else.
@No-LibertyLady
Don't let the inconvenient truth get in the way of your narrative of lies. I am not a big fan of Rev Al but when you said scumbag I thought you were referring to that hypocritical wife abandoning Newt. Yeah...that's the ticket.
Good blog, I will def link ya & for more lies from folks allergic to the truth check out this story http://harveysglobalpolitics.blogspot.com/2012/01/tea-party-in-tennessee-slavery-did-not.html
@yes way Jose: My great minds do think a like. I was just thinking the same about Rush/Glen Beck and the Fox crew. The only difference is that the only thing they know is they are white and have found a way of sucking of clueless right wing nuts (pun intending lol) to make a living.
read this study on how the average Fox news watcher is less informed than people that watch no news.
http://harveysglobalpolitics.blogspot.com/2012/01/fox-banned-in-canada-it-is-illegal-to.html
Liberty Lady: When I saw the name "Liberty Lady", I expected to see a comment devoid of any intelligence. You didn't disappoint me.
Mary: Did you see the quote from Joe Scarborough about Newt that I have below my blog header?
Anon: If Newt brings up the Tawana Brawley incident, that would be a dodge to avoid the issue at hand. I also doubt the Rev. Al would either shut up or run.
Josh: It was downright stupid for Newt to claim he sided with Reagan back in the day. Considering the fact that Newt isn't a political rookie, he should have known the negative comments he made about Reagan would come to light.
As for Newt being a progressive liberal in conservative clothing, we'll predictably have to agree to disagree on that one.
Curious: I too was wondering if Al was comparing Bush's 8 years in office to Obama's 3. The FactCheck.org article that I linked to (which is where Al got his numbers) points out that the number now on food stamps is historically high. If Newt had stuck to the facts, he would have been OK. However, the writer states that Gingrich went too far when he claimed Obama has put more on food stamps than other presidents.
No Way Jose: Your comments are a classic case of shooting the messenger instead of addressing the topic at hand.
Healthy Souls: Thanks for stopping by and hitting "Liberty Lady" and "No Way Jose" with some cold, hard facts. I'll be interested to see if either one of them will come back with a rebuttal.
If I were an American I would vote for Barack Obama, no doubt. I had been having this theory that it was the American foreign policy that was so messed up and it was the reason why America is so hated throughout the world and Barack Obama honestly supported my idea of how a great president should be. Barack Obama courageously pointed his finger at American foreign policy of making terrible blowbacks in foreign nations. Ron Paul said that America should listen to the people who attacked America and the reason why they did it. Barack Obama suggested that the only reason why America was attacked was because America had been messing around in Muslim countries. Where they have no business.A vote for ANY republican is a vote for racism.
Yours truly,
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
"Mr. President": Thank you for weighing in on this discussion.
@ Curious
Yeah, they're comparing all 8 years of Bush to 3 of Obama. By percentage, far more people are on food stamps under Obama.
Whose fault that is is another debate. But Al's using semantics to fight a criticism that in itself can be construed as a semantic argument.
And as much as I dislike Newt, he's not lying about what he's saying there, and the title about downing the "food stamp lie" is odd considering that one would have to "lie" to paint it as a lie. But I digress.
@ Malcolm
That's my bad for leaving it in that context. I should have separated out what I was trying to say.
Newt's for big government having more say over the nation. That's a well known tenant of progressive liberalism. So strip away Newt's pretend conservatism, I believe he is really just a progressive looking to capitalize on America's dissatisfaction.
Josh: In regards to the food stamp debate, I'm going to stick with the research provided by FactCheck.org.
As for your big government comments, I appreciate your clarification. However, I'm still not buying it. Being "big government" doesn't necessarily make a politician a progressive.
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