Was Mitt Romney Hoping to Be Booed During His NAACP Speech?

by Chris D Posted 2012/07/12 19:00:00

Related Topics: NAACP, Mitt Romney, 2012 Election, Obamacare, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Media, Video, Voters, Romney, Mitt, Boos

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No one likes to get booed, but some pundits are out in force saying that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney went for the boos at a recent NAACP event on purpose. I mean seriously, what did Romney expect? If you tell The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that the white guy is better for black people and that Obamacare sucks, you've got to be expecting some boos, right?

CSMONITOR.COM reports:
Mitt Romney expected and, his critics say, even wanted to be booed at the NAACP convention, as a signal to voters that he's willing to face an audience not likely to agree with him – and not pander.

romney expected critics booed naacp convention signal voters audience pander

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Justin.Long 2012/07/13 05:39:07

No way!

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I would think that mlk idea of judging a man on his character and not skin color would matter to the NAACP
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Tuna to lee 2012/07/14 20:57:48

You are where you are in life because of YOUR decisions; a black family lives in the White House; there are no more excuses. Society has paid out of the ying yang to somehow right the ship that was slavery; how much more can we give to those who won't help themselves? My ancestors were slaves; it was the custom back then, I don't feel slighted. Just like going out and killing what you eat tonight, it was the custom; get over it. There are too many VERY successful black Americans; you are the exception, grow up.

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lee to Tuna 2012/07/14 21:07:15

who are these ppl who won't help themselves, in your mind?

the NAACP?

or just blacks in general?

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Tuna to lee 2012/07/14 21:18:05

I told you; I see everyday blacks, whites, hispanics, europeans, creole, african people everyday living and working in harmony; why don't you take a trip to S. Fla. and see it in action; it may change your outlook on life. As far as the NAACP that Kwame whatever his name is, took the NAACP to the far left marxist extreme. MLK would NOT approve.

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Tuna to lee 2012/07/14 11:33:21

If you must BLAME someone, blame the communist democrats for destroying the nuclear black family; replacing a Mom and a Dad with a baby mamma and a baby daddy; giving those poor little teenage girls an abortion any time they wanted one so that the males were not a part of the family. The drop-out rate over 50%; why haven't the communist democrats provided education blacks wanted? Because they have communists inside the party; marxists,helter skelter, divide and conquer;that's why.

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Lee to Tuna 2012/07/15 18:38:48

Obama took a chance, and made the call.

And that bastard Osama hit the wall.

You Goofy Right Wingers are a gas.

And We the People gonna Kick your A$$

He got Osama.

Vote Obama.

BTW

. . . Saint Mitt Ain't Sh*t

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Tuna to Lee 2012/07/15 18:44:29

Obama won with 21% of all ELIGIBLE voters; you the people are only 16%; UBL was dead in 2007 when Benazir Bhutto was gunned down telling the world BECAUSE somebody wants that war to continue.

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Lee to Tuna 2012/07/15 16:17:06

Get off your Mamma.

Vote Obama.

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Tuna to Lee 2012/07/15 16:30:26

He's done enough damage; I am far worse off now than when he took office. By this time, 31/2 years, Reagan had turned it completely around WITHOUT whining about Carter. Obama doesn't know how; he's a community organizer.

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Lee to Tuna 2012/07/15 18:47:53 (edited)

Reagan didn't do sh*t.

The plummeting price of world oil is what brought back the economy. World oil plummeted to a small fraction of the price it had been under the Carter administration, no thanks to Reagan.

Cheap energy stimulates the economy like nothing else, and back then overall energy prices were much more closely tied to the price of world oil then now.

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Lee to Tuna 2012/07/14 22:21:51

You sound like the racist tuna.

That's pretty apparent.

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Tuna 2012/07/13 18:11:04

No way!

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Obama dissed the marxist, extortionist NAACP; sent the Vice Dumb Ass instead. For the very FIRST time Romney showed me some fortitude facing that hostile crowd.

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Digman14 2012/07/13 18:06:34

No way!

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I give huge credit to Mitt Romney. At least he was willing to show up.

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Tuna to Digman14 2012/07/13 18:12:21

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ditto

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skip 2012/07/13 17:59:17

I believe it.

mitt is a fake and a felon go gop

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Tuna to skip 2012/07/13 18:13:12 (edited)

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Is that you Rachel? more progressive lies huh? Didn't they give him a standing O at the end.

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Derbyhat 2012/07/13 17:51:44

No way!

Just another Pelosi poison. That's all she knows how to do, just like Obamacare.

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Apache 2012/07/13 17:39:39

No way!

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He was just being honest. Something Obama can't fathom.

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Live Fr... to Apache 2012/07/13 18:22:00

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Romney is an opportunist and if you think he's going to back the repeal of the health care law in its entirety I have a bridge to sell you.

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elijahin24 2012/07/13 17:29:50

I believe it.

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He's playing classic southern-strategy politics. Of course he wanted to be booed. If not, he wouldn't have gone in the first place, because he knew damn good and well that he'd be booed.

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Tuna to elijahin24 2012/07/13 18:14:18

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He got ALOT of applause the MSM didn't tell you.

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elijahin24 to Tuna 2012/07/13 18:16:11

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From the people he brought with him.

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Tuna to elijahin24 2012/07/13 18:23:46

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Oooooooooops on the rave; I saw black preachers praising Romney afterwards; they were mad at O for dissing them.

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elijahin24 to Tuna 2012/07/13 18:25:12

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Well, I hope they didn't miss the Campagin bus that took them home.

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Tuna to elijahin24 2012/07/13 18:53:06

Bus? did the NAACP bus in people? Romney had only his staff with him.

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elijahin24 to Tuna 2012/07/13 18:56:56

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You should watch a channel other than Fox News.

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Tuna to elijahin24 2012/07/13 18:59:01 (edited)

It was on Morning Joe. MSNBC at 6:00 AM; yes there are two 6:00 o'clocks

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elijahin24 to Tuna 2012/07/13 19:02:02

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Not really sure why you had to point out that there were two 6:00's. But ok.
A few of the people who cheered for Mittens, were interviewed after the show (Yeah, I'm calling it what it is) and said that his campaign had offered to bus them in for the speech.

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Tuna to elijahin24 2012/07/13 19:09:43

Give me a link for that; what show, what time?I will look it up because I think you are lying.

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elijahin24 to Tuna 2012/07/13 20:02:47

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com...

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Tuna to elijahin24 2012/07/13 22:22:52

The Huff n post is "in the tank; they are part of the Stalinist press. They have been caught in soooooooo many lies and distortions.

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elijahin24 to Tuna 2012/07/14 01:16:09

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Ok, well, then you need to make sure you don't cite Fox News either.

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Tuna to elijahin24 2012/07/13 22:25:51

You know what's missing in the USA? common sense. Mitt Romney gets invited to speak before the racist group NAACP; I am sure it was not opened to the public, especially Romney pulling up in a Greyhound full of white folks. That's not how you accept an invitation to speak before a group like that.

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elijahin24 to Tuna 2012/07/14 01:19:03

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If you're arguing that Mitt Romney lacks common sense, you're preaching to the choir. That said; "common sense" is a total misnomer. It's not nearly as common as the name suggests.

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wpsark_BN_0 2012/07/13 17:27:12

No way!

who knows but, it would be awesome if there was a presidential candidate who spoke their political intentions honestly, no matter who he was speaking to and would speak to us all as Americans and not "groups" or "parties"....

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bob 2012/07/13 17:17:24

I believe it.

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Romney played to his base not the NAACP. His tactic was to win the vote of the whites who fear the Balcks. So far Romney has angered the Women, Hispanic and people of color voters Let see how far that goes.

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Live Fr... to bob 2012/07/13 17:38:41

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It could have been as simple as not understanding that repealing the health care law is seen as not in the best interests of the African-American community by the NAACP whom they represent.

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Marek to Live Fr... 2012/07/15 16:42:48

If he did this expecting to be booed then it was a smart move to do it early on so the media hype will get over it by the time of election. Nobody will be able to seriously claim that he is afraid of the racists in NAACP.

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Live Fr... to Marek 2012/07/15 17:03:50

Booing what he had to say about health care doesn't make them racist though. As far as I know, they clapped and gave a standing ovation. In the grand scheme of things this doesn't matter, anymore than it would if Obama was booed at an NRA gathering.

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Marek to Live Fr... 2012/07/16 05:22:29

So anyone calling obama a commie gasbag is not racist either. After all they criticize him for his politics and not the skin.

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Live Fr... to Marek 2012/07/16 05:25:06

Nasty, always nasty you Christian Conservatives. When will you ever learn? Be nice and respectful others.

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