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Obvious that the mosque should be built some place else. >> reporter: amongst republicans, another gingrich, former house speaker, and sarah palin, former alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee, now a contributor to this thet work, were the first national figures to speak out against the siting of the mosque, they helped elevate this from a zoning issue to a national political controversy, appearing "on the record" with greta van u.s. turn, palin said she was appalled by the comments...

>> last question, mike. is there anything else you would like to say to mr. gingrich or the other republicans who say that the unemployed stay that way for the benefits, that theyre spoiled or lazy and should take those lower-paying jobs and get off the public dime? >> keith, i think its no surprise to us that, as it has been for quite some time, that our politicians are going to use that word, are not in touch with the american people. especially the middle class or the lower class people, beca...

>> keith, its really hard for someone like mr. gingrich to understand the fact that when you have a mortgage, off family to support, you have car payments, insurance, everything else that when youre going out and looking for a job, you know, and obviously, it was a job, different jobs that i was looking at that were going to play probably half of what im used to making. that was the situation. when theyre offering me these jobs, theyre saying, this is going to be a situation where were going to ...

Be $275, $265 or something like that. with aç mortgage and everythin else, yes, i was drawing unemployment of $450 a week which i actually paid into since i was a young man, you know, probably at least 35 years. and i felt like that, well, its unemployment insurance, its not welfare, mr. gingrich has spoken about. and i felt like, well, until such time as i can actually get a gainful job thats going to help me keep my house, keep my family fed, not necessarily anything other -- expensive, othe...

Himself, dave looks strange in that picture. tweeted today, retweeted to me by lady kayaker. stop issuing building permits for mosques? instead, stop issuing marriage permits for gingrich. he issued the equivalent of a fatwa, doubled down telling every single mosque is a potential terror training center or recruitment center for jihad, which i guess is true in the same sense that catholic churches in upstate new york were potential terror training centers for timothy mcveigh. its both nuts. lets...

Republicans have targeted one individual american whos struggling to make ends meet and held him up as part of the problem. former house speaker newt gingrich writing yesterday, quote, the extension of unemployment benefits has given people a perverse incentive to stay on unemployment rather than accept a job. he continued, "the wall street journal" quotes an engineer who admits he turned down more than a dozen offers because the salary would have been less than he made on welfare. this story en...

Where i did have a better offer, of course, i took it. you know, something i knew that would work for me. >> sarah, let me ask you something, can you weigh in on how you reacted when we brought mr. gingrichs remarks to your attention today? >> i was appalled, frankly, that he would even consider welfare being a part of unemployment insurance. i saw my husband beat the streets of robison county, a very poor county, to try to find work, to save our home. its been a really bad couple of years. >> w...

But you know, its just unreal. thats all you can do, is try to do the best you can. and when i found a situation where i did have a better offer, of course, i took it. you know, something i knew that would work for me. >> sarah, let me ask you something, can you weigh in on how you reacted when we brought mr. gingrichs remarks to your attention today? >> i was appalled, frankly, that he would even consider welfare being a part of unemployment insurance. i saw my husband beat the streets of robis...

>> keith, its really hard for someone like mr. gingrich to understand the fact that when you have a mortgage, you have a family to support, you have car payments, insurance, everything else, that when youre going out and looking for a job, you know, and obviously it was a job, different jobs that i was looking at that were going to pay probably half of what im used to making. so that was the situation. i mean, when theyre offering me these jobs, theyre saying, this is going to be a situation whe...

The actual people, im afraid. and thats nothing new. i think its always been that way since i was a young child. i wish it was different, but its not. so. >> mike and sarah hatchell. i think well take the common sense wisdom of mike the mechanic over joe the plumber any day. we thank you for your time and for your willingness to come forward, and obviously our best wishes to you and the family. thank you much. >> thank you, keith. >> thank you, keith, very much. thank you for having us on. >> ou...