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Do You Think Booing Is Appropriate at a Political Event?

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Mitt Romney recently got booed at an NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) event when he told the audience that he would be the better president for African Americans. Do you think booing is appropriate at a political event?

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  • Dan ☮ R P ☮ 2012 ☮ 2012/07/11 21:30:42 (edited)
    Yes
    Dan ☮ R P ☮ 2012 ☮
    +18
    If clapping and cheering is, then Booing is as well. This is America. Its free speech, and the first Amendment is there to protect all speech, popular and unpopular.

    We've been conditioned to be far too "polite" these days, when we should be speaking our minds.

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  • oros Mopeder 2012/07/12 10:56:10
    oros
    Chicken entrails and a sows ear to speak his bull into.
  • SamE 2012/07/12 00:52:31
    Yes
    SamE
    +1
    I remember my grandmother chastise me for making a negative comment about President Ronald Regan but things have changed since my grandmother's time. The candidates, political parties and the media do not respect each other, you can not expect the populace to respect them. Boo away it's a free country thank God.
  • Reggie☮ 2012/07/12 00:51:28
    Yes
    Reggie☮
    +2
    It has happened to both candidates.
  • Shadow_Wolf 2012/07/12 00:46:05
  • mblack 2012/07/12 00:45:48 (edited)
    Yes
    mblack
    +1
    If you're allowed to applaud and cheer emphatically you should be to boo emphatically.

    Remember, these people work for us, collectively we pay their salaries and gracious pensions. Look at it as a public interview, not everyone can voice their dislikes while he is speaking so you let the speaker know you don't agree then you move on.
  • SOUL4REAL 2012/07/12 00:44:35
  • ☆Hitler was a community org... 2012/07/12 00:43:32
    Yes
    ☆Hitler was a community organiz☆
    +3
    and if you have the NAACP booing you...you must be doing something right
  • warkitten ☆Hitler... 2012/07/20 19:40:00
    warkitten
    Bingo
  • cnsharp 2012/07/12 00:43:23
    No
    cnsharp
    I don't care how you may feel about the person but if you have a problem with what they are saying here's an idea......walk away.
  • mblack cnsharp 2012/07/12 00:51:51
    mblack
    +1
    Remember, these people [politicians] work for us, collectively we pay their salaries and gracious pensions. Look at it as a public interview, not everyone can voice their dislikes while he is speaking so you let the speaker know you don't agree then you move on. Romney in this case was making several points, you would have missed his other points to hear his full explanation.
  • cnsharp mblack 2012/07/12 00:55:57
    cnsharp
    You voice your opinion about him by telling your friends and coworkers and explaining to other people why you are against what he is saying. If you just boo at him it makes you just seem rude and nobody is going to want to listen to your reasoning.
  • Cookielane 2012/07/12 00:41:37
    Yes
    Cookielane
    +1
    If you can't applaud, what else is there? I don't abide heckling and profanity, but, what did he expect to hear from a bunch of black people who he is telling that they can forget about healthcare for everyone? A standing ovation?? the man is totally clueless about real people!
  • joe mauro 2012/07/12 00:39:12
    Yes
    joe mauro
    and should be encouraged politicans have destroyed us as a people
  • Philo-Yep, I Reckon So 2012/07/12 00:37:16
    Yes
    Philo-Yep, I Reckon So
    +1
    Both current candidates have been booed at speeches/rallies. Big deal.
  • CG 2012/07/12 00:31:35
    Yes
    CG
    +2
    "You walk into the NAACP and talk about repealing the signature program of President Obama - 7 million African Americans would be covered under the Affordable Care Act than before the Act... Clearly, Mitt Romney has no real plan for the African-American community and quite frankly, I haven't really heard any plan for America"
  • mal 2012/07/12 00:20:46
    No
    mal
    First of all obama is not black.6.25% infact. arab and caucasian split after that. Do your homework people,stop dreaming. Voting on the basis of color shows ignorance.Vote for freedom and liberty and don't be fooled by this liar.
  • Shadow_... mal 2012/07/12 00:56:10
  • mal Shadow_... 2012/07/12 01:30:44
    mal
    have a nice day.
  • Shadow_... mal 2012/07/12 03:03:06
    Shadow_Wolf
    Exactly no comment everytime.
  • Inquisi... Shadow_... 2012/07/12 05:25:18
    Inquisitve Kat
    +1
    Although I agree with the idea of what you're saying, can you really blame him for not responding? You were kind of aggressive.
  • Shadow_... Inquisi... 2012/07/12 21:06:07
    Shadow_Wolf
    +1
    I handle all situations that piss with some degree of agression, but I'm usually just naturally agressive. You're right though I was.
  • Inquisi... Shadow_... 2012/07/12 21:15:26
    Inquisitve Kat
    I guess we all are at times. :-)

    I recently got into a nasty verbal back-and-forth here and I'm kind of embarrassed by how low I was sinking.
  • Inquisi... mal 2012/07/12 05:24:18
    Inquisitve Kat
    ..."Voting on the basis of color shows ignorance."

    Exactly... which is why Romney was booed. It was preposterous for him to presume the African American community was looking for a president to represent them, just because of their colour.
  • scbluesman13 2012/07/12 00:11:59
    Yes
    scbluesman13
    +4
    It's absolutely appropriate. If a candidate says something contemptible or bad, he needs to hear from his audience how that idea is being received. It doesn't mean that the audience thinks the speaker is a bad person, it just means that the audience doesn't like what they're hearing. It's called 2-way communication.
  • Cain 2012/07/12 00:11:57
    Yes
    Cain
    I do, but in this case it showed very poor taste. Imagine the Outcry if Obama were Booed while speaking to the Tea Party, but of course as we all know & are expected to tolerate there is a Double Standard that we must abide by...
  • belle 2012/07/12 00:11:38
    No
    belle
    +2
    no, because if it had been Obama the people would have been chewed out by him.
  • lisa belle 2012/07/12 09:52:07
    lisa
    +2
    exactly and probably tackled by the secret service no doubt and labled racist!
  • belle lisa 2012/07/12 20:37:18
    belle
    sure enough
  • Tarheel 2012/07/12 00:10:34
    No
    Tarheel
    +3
    No I don't think it is appropriate, but politicians should probably watch how they phrase things.
  • realist 2012/07/12 00:08:24
    No
    realist
    +2
    I honestly think its one of the hardest jobs in the world; and we as a society should make the job as appealing to candidates as possible.

    We sit back, boo at them, make mockeries of them, and then wonder why most of the potential candidates are complete morons...its pretty obvious to me.

    We should let our votes do the talking, and the rest of the time just listen to what they say. Be respectfully quiet if we don't like what we are hearing, and walk out if it is too much for us to bare.

    Its not a sport.
  • betz 2012/07/12 00:05:32
    No
    betz
    +1
    Booing is NEVER acceptable at any event. That is one thing I will not tolerate.
  • dave b 2012/07/12 00:04:30
    Yes
    dave b
    Its ok if the LibDems do it.
  • Constitution Believer 2012/07/11 23:59:54
    Yes
    Constitution Believer
    In Romney's case at this NAACP meeting that is like attending a pit bull fight and you are the ref.
    I am willing to bet that place would have been packed to the hilt and beyond had Obozo been there.
    Sorry, I support Romney 100% but this one............................. hate to say this but ROMNEY IS REALLY GETTING DESPERATE.....he should have left well enough alone.
  • mobilsq 2012/07/11 23:59:14
    Yes
    mobilsq
    +2
    If you suck you suck too bad. Maybe he shouldn't make asinine statement like that.
  • Joe Shwingding BN-ZERO 2012/07/11 23:57:10
    Yes
    Joe Shwingding BN-ZERO
    +3
    say the wrong thing .. get booed.
    Apparently Mitt is finding out people just aint buying his line.
  • Brian 2012/07/11 23:53:04
    Yes
    Brian
    If it is at an Obama event, yes, it will be the most intelligent thing said, and the most honest !
  • Christ0212 2012/07/11 23:49:22
    No
    Christ0212
    +1
    What can you do?
  • Kat 2012/07/11 23:48:05
    No
    Kat
    +1
    No, it's rude. They wouldn't like it if it happened to Obama.
  • Wulfdane 2012/07/11 23:46:38 (edited)
    Yes
    Wulfdane
    +4
    Most reasonable people knew he would get booed, but he went anyway. I can respect that. The NAACP is racist organization made up of poverty pimps.


    Unlike Liberals who avoid going into the lion's den and stick to crowds who drink the same Kool Aid. Cowards.
  • Joe Shw... Wulfdane 2012/07/12 00:03:14
    Joe Shwingding BN-ZERO
    you mean like this guy facing his detractors

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