ROMNEY BOOED FOR SUGGESTING HE WOULD REPEAL OBAMACARE DURING NAACP SPEECH

[kpete]

Source: Think Progress

ROMNEY BOOED FOR SUGGESTING HE WOULD REPEAL OBAMACARE DURING NAACP SPEECH | With House Republicans planning to vote on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act for the 31st time today, the party’s presidential candidate was booed loudly for suggesting he would repeal the law if elected. Speaking at the NAACP conference in Houston, Texas, Mitt Romney asserted that he would repeal “wasteful” programs that don’t promote job growth. “Including Obamacare,” Romney said, to a resounding chorus of boos from the crowd.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/07/11/514645/as-gop-plans-to-vote-on-obamacare-repeal-romney-booed-for-suggesting-he-would-do-the-same/

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[mopinko]

1. the chamber of commerce ain't gonna save you willard.

deer in the headlights.

[Turbineguy]

2. He's not really talking to the people of the NAACP

This is for teabgger and bigot consumption. Every time they boo it's a good thing for Mitt. He's probably wondering if he should say he'll bring back slavery.

[frazzled]

3. Absolutely my take: it's red meat for his own base

"Hey, look ... I'm really serious about this conservative stuff, so much so that I'm going to get these black people to boo me for sticking to my guns."

Extra brownie points with this crowd for getting black people to boo you.

[wordpix]

53. keep up The Stupid, Rmoney, & you're bound to lose

[Ishoutandscream2]

9. + 1. You nailed it.

The extreme right will like this. It's going to be a badge of honor for Mittens.

[Peregrine Took]

16. He knew that would be the reaction. n/t

[earthside]

21. He was ready for the jeers.

It was planned -- it absolutely fits right into the Rmoney campaign strategy.

He'll be a hero know to every bigot in that nation -- because he "walked into the lions den" and "told them the truth."

Rmoney's is a very cynical campaign ... and say what you want here at DU, but polls show this to be a virtually tied race in national polls; it is close even in swing states.

I still think folks here are much too sanguine about Pres. Obama's reelection chances -- I think it is the Rmoney/Rove strategy to make this all very nasty, very dirty and discourage marginal Democratic voters from even voting at all.

[wilsonbooks]

27. Not just teabaggers. Plays to the fears of Closet bigots in the undecided category.

Gives them an excuse, got to keep the uppity negrows in their place.

[LynneSin]

28. I can't believe how Romney is caving to those racist assholes

what a fucked up person he is.

[Jessy169]

31. Just a staged PR stunt

Now Romney's campaign has video footage of him smiling, looking "presidential" and shaking hands with some black folks. That's all they wanted out of this -- that, and the negative reactions from the audience -- which the rednecks and hicks are going to just love. When they are done cutting and splicing, they'll have at least a 30-second campaign ad video for "independent voter" consumption that fully demonstrates Romney's popularity with and concern for black Americans. It will be just another Big Lie from Romney of course, but what the heck, lies and more lies have brought him this far, why stop now?

[proud2BlibKansan]

38. He's also motivating the ones who are purging voters

[mike dub]

46. Rmoney can pander to the 'baggers all he wants, but...

...as more stories like this great one on DU today ( http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002930102 )
bubble to the surface, hopefully more independents (and/or voters who have family members/friends actually Helped by the ACA) will be prone to pull the lever for Obama. I'm hopin', anyway.

[joshcryer]

79. Yep. You hit it.

[PrBelvr]

4. How dumb are you???

You go to make a speech in front of the NAACP hoping to get their support and you tell them this??
It's one thing to say you have a better plan and explain it, but not to offer anything better and attack the one that the NAACP supports? What a dumb move! I hope they play this on several media fronts

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Indeed!

Welcome to DU, PrBelvr! I'm glad you found us!

[Turbineguy]

50. What she said!

Welcome!

[wordpix]

54. could not agree more - maybe he thought his good looks & R-money would get him by

[24601]

77. Hoped to get their support? I have a different take. This was a set up all around. NAACP set him

up for sound bites of the boos and Romney set them up for sound bites of Democratic playing of the race card and rudeness. So now when Obama gets boo'd anywhere, it's not racism any more but just quid pro quo.

[Brother Buzz]

5. Chamber of Commerce?

Willard, you realize everyone in that hall instinctively grabs and pats for their wallet every time they even hear "Chamber of Commence" to confirm they haven't been fleeced?

[FreeBC]

68. You know there was a survey...

And the rich conservatives that run the Chamber of Commerce overwhelmingly think you don't deserve health care.

[Ian David]

6. Right now, he's thinking, "Who let the dogs out? Woof Woof."

[SoutherDem]

7. Yes that was priceless!

That Chamber of Congress poll has been debunked many times, but once again that is a lie he just keeps on telling.

Also, either the sound recording was really bad, only 50 people are attending the NAACP this year or they were as excited as someone watching paint dry. We will find out tomorrow when Biden speaks.

[madrchsod]

8. what an idiot

did he actually think he should say this at this convention?

[LynneSin]

29. I'm questioning why he would even speak there

What a loser

[kestrel91316]

10. He probably thinks they are booing ACA.

[awoke_in_2003]

14. They're saying "Booo-urns"...

[earthside]

22. Are you saying 'boo' or 'boo-urns'?

[Voice for Peace]

33. I read somewhere that they are already spinning it that way

ie audience was booing Obamacare. (sorry I don't have a link)

[olegramps]

11. This was nothing more than playing the race card.

He absolutely knew that he would be booed. He was casting the Blacks as supporting more handouts. Little different than Reagan's "welfare queens driving Cadillacs. He is nothing more than a dirty bastard. The stupid working class that supports the Outsourcer in Chief are digging their own graves. I won't have an ounce of sympathy when they are standing in the bread lines, but I will feel crushed to see loyal Democrats suffer because of these idiots' racial hatred that has completely vaporized their brains.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

20. I believe you are absolutely right! He knew that he would be boo'ed and that the Corporate Media

would focus only on that. It's playing the race card to upset the white middle class. There won't be any reporting on the fact that the audience was respectful and applauded in certain areas. Most of the focus will be on this one episode.

Assholes! All of them...yes, even MSNBC!!

[Scootaloo]

13. Uhm... Wow...

The more I'm seeing of this speech, the more surprised I am that he wasn't ridden out on a rail and dumped into the nearest river. This was a "torches and pitchfork" moment. On top of his "trust me, I know what's best for black families, and you don't" moment?

If he hoped to win blacks over to the GOP with this, well... Even Alan Keyes is probably going "what the fuck?" right now.

[patrice]

15. Good for the NAACP! They weren't just booing; some of them were yelling at him.

[PatSeg]

17. He looked like he wanted to cry

I can't wait to see the comparison clips between his speech and Biden's. This will be fun!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

19. Does anyone know when Biden speaks?

[PatSeg]

23. Tomorrow!

[wordpix]

18. Rmoney keeps giving these gifts b/c he's a rich asshat, completely out of touch

[mo2ivr]

65. They're all out of touch

Our credibility drops drastically when we continue to accuse Romney of being too rich and out of touch. They both are! Obama's net worth is in excess of $5mm. He still owns a 6,200 sq ft home with 6 bathrooms. Can he really relate to middle America any better than Romney?

[Paulie]

66. 40 times different is no difference?

Vulture LBO guy vs 2 lawyers, one who was a community activist?

Our President's home in Chicago is also 1/3 to 2/3 on mortgage. Mittens probably loses that much in loose change in his many couches.

I know who's out of touch and it isn't President Obama!

[Aerows]

74. Both President Obama

And the first lady did not grow up in affluence. Mitt did. Mitt also grew up with the people around him practically worshiping him because of his heritage in the Mormon church.

[goclark]

78. YES HE CAN

relate to the middle class better than Rmoney ~ you must be joking!

Who is " Our?"

"WE" know for a fact that DEMOCRATS believe our President relates a million times better than Rmoney.

"Our" must be that other Party with the Tea people in it.

[AsahinaKimi]

24. Do you think he will take the hint

That he is just not liked?

[Jamaal510]

32. He thinks he can get by with only White conservative voters.

[AsahinaKimi]

37. I smell

Landslide in November..for OBAMA.

[wordpix]

52. he's dooming his party to more white, fat conservative support as demographics of country change

good for him

[polly7]

25. Is he really that out of touch?

I'm really surprised anyone thought it was a good idea to include this.

[Beacool]

26. Well, at least he had the gumption to show up.

It's not like the vast majority of its members were planning to vote for him anyway.

[yurbud]

30. It's time to start calling him a "Mittwit"

He's not as breathtakingly stupid as Bush, but this is a political tone deafness that deserves special recognition of its own, and calling him a nit wit would be an insult to nits.

[Aerows]

35. It's absolutely stunning, isn't it?

I don't think I've ever seen a worse politician.

[yurbud]

60. He makes a nice bookend to previous dunces Quayle and Baby Bush

When Quayle said something stupid, and someone pointed it out, get the terrified deer in the headlights look.

When Bush said something stupid, he would get MAD at whoever pointed it out.

When Romney says something stupid, it doesn't even register with him.

[Aerows]

73. LMAO!

You are right. At least the other two had sense enough to KNOW when they said something stupid or made a gaffe when it was pointed out to them.

Romney just either makes up another lie (like the one that African American leaders "secretly" support him but can't say so in public) or says something further that is twice as ridiculous as the original gaffe. "I don't know what I said, but I stand by it!".

LMAO.

[TahitiNut]

34. He told them: "I'm better than Obama and you're dumb (bad schools, y'know) if you don't see."

Just review the speech and the topics he chose. Listen! THAT was exactly what he said. Remember, the GOP definition of "compromise" is DO IT MY WAY!

The fucktard is PROUD he got away with it!

[maryellen99]

40. I predict that during one of the speeches at the RNC in August

The N-bomb is going to be dropped.

[TahitiNut]

69. I wouldn't be surprised.

Some of those fucktards think the "N" in NAACP actually stands for the 'n-word' (which soils my brain to even think).

[yurbud]

75. probably in the chickenshit way Santorum did it

[proud2BlibKansan]

36. Idiot

LOL

[lsewpershad]

39. Indeed

What did the ass hat expect...

[proud2BlibKansan]

56. Just heard Michael Eric Dyson on Ed's radio show

He said this was really a smart move on Romney's part because it shows his base that he is willing to talk to African Americans. And when that 'racism' label is throw out in the future, they can say 'Well, he DID talk to the NAACP!'

[loyalkydem]

41. I expect

all of the racists to start jumping on this.

[otohara]

42. His Creepy Shit Eating Grin

sends chills down my spine. Who smiles, when they're getting booed?

[SoFlaJet]

43. It was like that scene from Animal House

when they brought their dates into a black bar to watch Otis Day and the Knights "Do you mind if we dance wit cho dates?"

[JDPriestly]

44. Why did the NAACP allow a Republican to speak to them?

Have they forgotten about the "Southern Strategy"?

[onenote]

47. Because the NAACP is a non-partisan group

Of course a lot of repubs argue that it's not. Changing the longstanding policy of inviting candidates from both parties to address the group would be a spiffy way of validating the repubs argument.

[Iliyah]

45. The GOP Party just called

people who support ACA "freeloaders", soooooooooooo, Black folks. . . .

Then, you have Uncle Toms calling NAACP a HATE GROUP.....

Sooooooooo, anyone who does not believe in them, the GOP, are devils!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[obamanut2012]

48. What Black people are calling the NAACP a "hate group"?

[perdita9]

49. Translating Romney: I'm going to take away your chance at getting health insurance

They keep saying Romney is a smart man, but I don't see any signs of intelligence in this dude.

[Iggy]

51. So Much for the GOP "Big Tent"

what a load from Rmoney.

totally insulting of the audience he was speaking to.

I hope the dumbass does this during the debate with Obama... he'll get BOOED off the stage

[HIlton Brackett]

55. Mitt manages to admit his own incompetence while patronizing others.

quote from Romney at NAACP

"I believe that if you understood who I truly am in my heart,
and if it were possible to fully communicate what I believe is in the real,
enduring best interest of African American families,
you would vote for me for president."

He probably thinks he has put out the Welcome sign in front of the "Romney Plantation".

He trying to make up for the conflicts with the NAACP as Governor.

Nice try dumb ass.

[Arugula Latte]

62. Welcome to DU, HIlton!

[pampango]

57. British take on Mitt being booed - from the BBC - Romney jeered over healthcare in NAACP speech

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been booed in a speech to a US civil rights group.

He was jeered as he vowed to "kill" the Obama healthcare overhaul, and when he said he would be a better president for African Americans.

"I will kill every expensive and unnecessary programme I can find, and that includes Obamacare," Mr Romney told the annual convention in Houston, Texas, pausing with a smile as he waited for the catcalls to fade.

But jeers resumed as Mr Romney said: "If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him. You take a look."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18801596

There is a video report at the link.

[lumpy]

58. Damn ! I loved that.

n

[proud2BlibKansan]

59. And he's smiling?!

"I made the black people boo me!"

A true sign of honor among racists.

[progressivebydesign]

61. OMg.. that is priceless... And the dolt actually cites the "US Chamber?"

they have been in the bag for the republicans forever, and seem to do nothing but pour billions into their coffers.

The look on his face.. omg... smiling peeing his pants.. reminds me SO much of Bush to hear him speak. He is SO out of his league, how di that guy ever win a Governorship???

[demwing]

63. Why is this weirdo smiling?

He memorized the speech, knew the crowd wasn't friendly, and should have known the moment would be difficult.

Don't you think he should have a better mask ready for that moment?

Grim, but sympathetic?

Resolute, but fatherly?

Falsely shocked that they would disagree?

Any of those faces would be more appropriate, but the weird little smile on Romney's mug reminds me of a kid pulling the wings off of a butterfly, unsure of why he can't stop, or why he's got that tingle in his leg.

[Jamaal510]

64. He's hoping to attract hard-core conservatives

through getting booed at an NAACP convention. Conservatives hate the NAACP.

[demwing]

67. I'm sure you're right, but if Romney doesn't have that vote locked yet

he's fucked. No other way to say it...

I think Maddow is right. I think there's going to be a challenge at the GOP convention from RoPaul's crew. I think Paul may be aiming for the VP slot.

[MissMillie]

71. "I'm SHOCKED!! SHOCKED I say to discover....."

gambling in this establishment.... yadda yadda.......

[thelordofhell]

76. Where's "The Sandman" when you need him