Romney to make pitch to black voters at NAACP
Source: AP-Excite
By KASIE HUNT
HOUSTON (AP) - Mitt Romney isn't going to win the black vote. But he's making a pitch to African-Americans at the NAACP's annual meeting, giving a major speech that's also aimed at showing independent and swing voters that he's willing to reach out to diverse audiences - and demonstrating that his campaign and the Republican Party he leads are inclusive.
Romney's advisers say he plans to focus, as he usually does, on the economy. The 14.4 percent unemployment rate among blacks is much higher than the 8.2 percent national average. He's also likely to mention his plan to increase school choice - he's called education the "civil rights issue of our era."
It's a difficult sell - 95 percent of blacks backed President Barack Obama in 2008. But no matter what Romney tells the NAACP on Wednesday, Republicans and Democrats say he's making a statement just by speaking to the nation's oldest civil rights group.
"The first thing you need to do is show up, so I ultimately think he's doing the right thing," said Rep. Tim Scott, R-S.C., one of two black Republicans in Congress. "What he's saying to everyone is that he's (running to become) America's president and not just those folks he thinks he can get votes from right now. I think that's a very important statement."
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during remarks to volunteers working at the Care and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado to distribute food to those affected by the wild fire at the on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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and doesn't realize it yet. 
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lol. I can just hear him now. You know how he tries to make you think he is just like whoever he is speachifying to. He's all for black people don't cha know.
Bet he tries to terrorist fist jab someone there too.
will probably try to walk with some kind of swagger too.
I hope they give him the shit he deserves. 
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As Mitt is the Republican candidate, he may get only polite but stoney attention. Mitt may not himself be a bad guy, it's more the company he keeps.
Good luck Mitt. (not really)
