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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 12:32 PM Jun 2012

Romney to attend NAACP national convention in Houston

Source: Washington Post

Romney to attend NAACP national convention in Houston

News of Romney’s plans to attend the convention, which takes place July 7-12 in Houston, was first reported by April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks. Romney is scheduled to speak on July 11.

The move makes Romney the latest GOP White House hopeful to attend the annual summit. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) addressed the convention in July 2008; George W. Bush declined an invitation in 2004 but spoke at the 2006 summit.

In his 2008 speech, McCain acknowledged the policy differences between himself and President Obama and told the crowd that “it may be that many of you share his view.”

“But even allowing for disagreement, surely there’s common ground in the principle that government cannot go on forever spending recklessly and incurring debt,” McCain said.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/romney-to-attend-naacp-national-convention-in-houston/2012/06/19/gJQAd5LvnV_blog.html

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Romney to attend NAACP national convention in Houston (Original Post) kpete Jun 2012 OP
Mitt Romney: Who Let The Dogs Out Bling Bling Baby! Ian David Jun 2012 #1
he has nothing to offer them.... madrchsod Jun 2012 #6
He will probably suck up to the anti marriage equality faction marshall Jun 2012 #20
I'm sure that will go well.... The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2012 #2
I hope they laugh him off stage liberalnationalist Jun 2012 #3
They should Politicalboi Jun 2012 #4
I must not be black after all, then Jamaal510 Jun 2012 #7
Where the negro people are just the right height Botany Jun 2012 #5
I hope his handlers advise him to loosen up for the black crowd. Quantess Jun 2012 #8
Mittens: PopYoColla Jun 2012 #9
LOL!! JohnnyRingo Jun 2012 #16
Me thinks he will probably drag out Mr. 999 to "warm up the crowd"......... left on green only Jun 2012 #10
"I saw my father march with Martin Luther King" aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #11
Unless they all dress as horse handlers, will he know what to say? jtuck004 Jun 2012 #12
He can bring along George Allen to introduce him. Couple of LibDemAlways Jun 2012 #13
I bet he will start singing Who let the dogs out.smh Happydayz Jun 2012 #14
I hope he can offer African Americans some guidance while there JohnnyRingo Jun 2012 #15
Here's hoping he out-gaffes himself Lucy Goosey Jun 2012 #17
I would not be at all surprised The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2012 #18
I'll never forget that clip of him at an MLK parade... progressivebydesign Jun 2012 #19
I can see Rmoney now.... KatChatter Jun 2012 #21

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)
6. he has nothing to offer them....
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 01:13 PM
Jun 2012

he can`t offer them anything because his base would ape shit over it. poor mittens,pretty soon no one will like him but his 1% fans.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
2. I'm sure that will go well....
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 12:46 PM
Jun 2012

Anybody want to bet when the first racially-obtuse gaffe will occur, and what it will be?

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
4. They should
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 01:06 PM
Jun 2012

That would be so funny. I wonder if The Donald is going with him. Donald is friends with the blacks too ya know. Just ask Montel Williams.

Botany

(70,504 posts)
5. Where the negro people are just the right height
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 01:11 PM
Jun 2012

Good luck Mittens talk to them about doughnuts, trees, grits, and
letting the auto industry go bankrupt ...... you'll be a hit no doubt.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
8. I hope his handlers advise him to loosen up for the black crowd.
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 01:16 PM
Jun 2012

Maybe use some hip-hop slang, or do an impromptu rap.
I can't wait!

PopYoColla

(59 posts)
9. Mittens:
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 01:16 PM
Jun 2012

"hello everyone, im so glad to be here. I had some watermelon and fried chicken on tha way over here"

this should go over real well....

JohnnyRingo

(18,628 posts)
16. LOL!!
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:32 PM
Jun 2012

I know it's a joke, but the way he's been handling himself lately, that just may be possible.

Someday someone will write a book about this campaign, and how hard it was to keep the Max Headroom candidate on script.

left on green only

(1,484 posts)
10. Me thinks he will probably drag out Mr. 999 to "warm up the crowd".........
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 01:50 PM
Jun 2012

before he takes the stage to blow them all away with his aspirations - not. Funny, but I didn't see him kissing any babies this time.

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
12. Unless they all dress as horse handlers, will he know what to say?
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:05 PM
Jun 2012


I can't think of a single thing it's done that would be of interest to the NAACP except open up crappy jobs at Staples after enriching himself and his friends by plundering of other people's lives and destroying our manufacturing base with junk bonds.

Greedy, lying little bastard.

JohnnyRingo

(18,628 posts)
15. I hope he can offer African Americans some guidance while there
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:28 PM
Jun 2012

Perhaps he can offer advice to beleagured minorities on how to create tax shelters for their investments, or outline the advantages a lower capital gains tax will bring them when they reap the rewards of a strategic sell-off.

Maybe he can regale them with his intimate knowlege of the "touch-tone keypad" at the local Sheetz, and how "amazing" it is that his food is delivered without the assistance of a maitre'd or wait staff. He can speak at length about the good hard work done by the men at his wife's stable and how they'll be the millionaires of tomorrow.

There's just so much he can identify with to the NAACP I don't see what can go wrong until he says those words we all know are right on the tip of his tongue: "Some of my best friends are black".

Lucy Goosey

(2,940 posts)
17. Here's hoping he out-gaffes himself
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:42 PM
Jun 2012

Does it make me a bad person if I'm actually hoping he will make some horribly insensitive, backwards, cringe-inducing speech? It's not like it would be unprecedented for Mitt to do something like that, after all.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
18. I would not be at all surprised
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:33 PM
Jun 2012

if he said something about how much he enjoys chitlins and watermelon, then goes off into a "rap" routine for a bit, and peppers his prepared speech about tax reduction with words like "slammin'" or "wack." "I want to restore the principles that made America the powerhouse of the Earth, yo."

What has happened, I think, is that Mittens' handlers have realized that he has absolutely no idea how to communicate with people outside his little circle of filthy rich Mormons and hedge fund managers, so they've told him to pick up on some aspect of the location or culture of his audience. Like, "OK, Mitt, today you'll be speaking to a group of Nebraska farmers. Say something about corn so it looks like you're interested in what they do." But unfortunately Mitt is so tone-deaf from years of isolation in his rich-guy bubble that he is unable to comment on some unfamiliar topic, like corn, in a way that conveys the impression that he can relate to the audience or that he gives a shit about them.

When he speaks to an African-American audience he will feel the need to establish some kind of connection with them, but he doesn't know anything about AA culture other than the stereotypes he's picked up from his rich Republican friends - so whatever comes out of his mouth in his sorry attempt to "connect" is likely to be lame at best, racist at worst, and certainly cringe-inducing.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
19. I'll never forget that clip of him at an MLK parade...
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 01:11 AM
Jun 2012

the worst was walking up to a young girl and saying.. " I like your gloves, they're very pretty." The girl was like "ooookay." They were standard white gloves that every member of a drill team or beauty queen would wear. Romney looked like he was going to pass out from stress being around real people. So awkward.

Please oh please, let him go off the script and be himself... Now that they refuse to let him be around anyone unscripted or around the media anymore, we're losing the true essence of Romney. He's another George Bush without a sense of humor. They're trying to hide who he really is, and how badly he relates to average Americans. Still can't figure out why the republicans want to vote for a guy that doesn't have a job.

 

KatChatter

(194 posts)
21. I can see Rmoney now....
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 05:23 AM
Jun 2012

Thank-you NAACP for inviting me...why I love black people, in fact I love them so much I think everyone should own at least one!

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