Would You Trust Newt Gingrich With Your Children?

GOP presidential candidate and disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich made it clear last week that he felt child labor laws -- meant to stop children from being exploited -- were, in his words, "truly stupid."

Tonight he repeated his belief that children living in poverty as young as 9 should be forced into becoming school janitors -- to teach them responsibility.

"Really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and nobody around them who works," Gingrich said today according to The LA Times. He ought to try telling that to the children of the families at the Goose Hollow Family Shelter and other shelters across the nation that house families who are homeless and include working adults.

Learning responsibility from Newt Gingrich, who committed several ethics violations while in office, is a paradox. But this is what is passing for "serious debate" in the GOP's nomination contest.

Gingrich has long supported economic policies that have increased poverty -- with children being the hardest hit.

Kids living in poverty need strong schools, strong families and strong communities that will help lift them up and give them every advantage to succeed.

What kids don't need is a president who doesn't understand the issues, and lacks both the personal responsibility and integrity to govern.

Jesus said: "Let the little children come to me..." Gingrich seems to respond by saying: "And give them a mop to clean up after my mess."

Comments

[wrabbitt]

10:08 PM on 12/07/2011

She is armed and a pretty good shot,

[Mount Brimstone]

02:47 PM on 12/07/2011

[continued from last post] It would possibly be a program that would encourage others to work and grow up to be contributors that break away from being overly dependant upon government hando outs. Now, I do not know how young is too young, but in these times, at least give those families with willing children a chance to make their situation a little better.

When I see my child at times, I'll freely admit that I think about what kind of future we're handing down to the children of our nation. And to be honest, seeing what the current administration is doing to our culture, our values, and especially our economy... As to the President of the United States, I would be far more willing to take a chance trusting Gingrich with my children and their future than the current President and his cabinet for another four years. So would I trust Newt Gingrich with my children? Yes I would.

[JDuck]

12:34 PM on 12/07/2011

I wouldnt even trust him with my house plants....

[AntithiChrist]

12:30 PM on 12/07/2011

No. Wait just a moment.

Still no.

[Joseph Schmoe]

08:59 AM on 12/07/2011

I would not trust Newt with my children, or anything else.
Likewise any self-proclaimed Christian.

[catsanon]

06:50 AM on 12/07/2011

"Would You Trust Newt Gingrich _______________? "

I can't think of a single way to complete that sentence and be able to honestly answer "yes"............

[ZenGardner]

07:30 AM on 12/07/2011

"... to screw up the country if elected."

[catsanon]

08:26 AM on 12/07/2011

YES! Thank you!!!!

[Dragontech]

05:00 PM on 12/07/2011

BINGO!!

[lauraj400]

08:18 PM on 12/06/2011

in japan and Korea students clean the classroom as part of their class.it cotunts as part of their grade.

[megwright]

09:39 PM on 12/06/2011

Not a problem if all children do it as part of their responsibilities. American children, too, are taught to clean up their classrooms, especially after messy activities. All pitch in and all are expected to do their part.

But that's vastly different from singling out poor children.

And even more different still than claiming that no one in poor neighborhoods works. Some of those people work two or three jobs and seldom are able to spend time with their kids.

[sherathan]

10:24 PM on 12/06/2011

True. All the children do it. It is not restricted to "poor" children only.

[AntithiChrist]

08:00 PM on 12/06/2011

Well he is catholic these days, so, well, let me think on that one.

[Radar335]

06:31 PM on 12/06/2011

The answer is NO!

[whirlpool]

06:18 PM on 12/06/2011

I wouldn't trust this degenerate with raking leaves in the yard.

[signgrrl]

10:34 AM on 12/07/2011

hmmm, him and a rake and a plastic leaf bag . . . . . .nope, not that either.

[Stillarose]

05:22 PM on 12/06/2011

Newt Gingrich would be the absolute worst candidate the GOP could have win the nomination. He is corrupt both personally and morally and has more flip flops than any of the GOP candidates. If this is the GOP's (via Fox News) idea of a "true conservative" then they have some big credibility problems with me. They say there is no perfect candidate but this is simply their talking point to have us overlook some very serious flaws where Newt is concerned. In the genreal election I will vote for whoever the GOP candidate is unless it is Newt. I simply will not have my vote count towards anyone who has an integrity and moral problem. Who cares if you are intelligent if you are at the same time a corrupt person. That makes you doubly more dangerous. There was a reason Newt left the House Leadership in disgrace. There is reason to have serious doubt with his answers regarding his role as "historian" where Freddie Mac is concerned. There is reason to have concern in the manner with which he got rid of former wives and married three times. Do we want to have such a person as our president? If you are a Republican please vote for anybody in the GOP but Newt.

[Hailey Erikson]

07:23 PM on 12/06/2011

Newt Gingrich being the nominee would ensure four more years of Obama. America will not elect a man who cheated on his wife
while she was battling cancer.

[AntithiChrist]

01:14 AM on 12/07/2011

Is there a GOP candidate that wouldn't ensure 4 more years?

[megwright]

09:41 PM on 12/06/2011

If Republicans wanted a real candidate and not someone deeply flawed as all of the other candidates are, they'd vote for Jon Huntsman. It's telling that all the flawed candidates have each had their time in the sun, but the one good, solid, intelligent, thoughtful and experienced candidate can't get out of the low single digits.

[ZenGardner]

07:34 AM on 12/07/2011

Ah, but he's Mormon. And to the Teavangelicals, that's slightly worse than Catholic..