Romney Says He Knew He'd Be Booed at NAACP

[kpete]

Source: ABC

Mitt Romney said after being booed at the NAACP today that he "expected" the strong objection in response to his pledge to repeal President Obama's health care law.

The black audience members rained boos on Romney three times during his speech -- first when he said he'd repeal the health law, once when he said Obama's record proves he hasn't done enough on the economy and other matters, and once when he told them that he would be a president who makes the lives of African-Americans better.

In a friendly-territory interview on Fox Business Network, Romney told the Republican-fond host Neil Cavuto, "I think we expected that, of course."

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/romney-says-he-expected-to-be-booed-at-naacp/story?id=16753886

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"staged" you betcha...

[progressivebydesign]

1. He's hilarious.

Like PeeWee says.. "I meant to do that..."

[JBoy]

11. LOL. That's exactly what came to mind for me.

[drm604]

15. That's perfect!

[awoke_in_2003]

40. I know that that was a very stupid movie...

and every time i see it on I can't move away from it

[xchrom]

2. we? who's this 'we' he speaks of? nt

[2pooped2pop]

5. and does this we

think we expected it? They don't know if they expected it or not?

[Thor_MN]

22. He keeps a 3 inch troll doll with pink hair in his pocket

He sometimes forgets that it is not real...

[progressivebydesign]

31. this is the "mouse" he keeps in his pocket...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Willard_1971.jpg

[freshwest]

34. Oooh! How appropriate!

[progressivebydesign]

35. haha.. thanks for posting the actual graphic.

I think it shall become a meme.

[GopperStopper2680]

3. How Brazen!

Romney knew that he would be poorly received and he still went for it anyway. That's just about the boldest thing you could imagine-telling bald faced lies to the people who know he knows he's lying to. He'll stoop to any low.

[333maxwell]

4. That's one way to spin..

What I hear him saying is, in hindsight, it probably wasn't a good idea to go in so politically tone deaf, and start up with the Tea Party 'Obamacare' nonsense".

[aikoaiko]

6. Wow, could he have been so tactical as to go to NAACP, get booed

and motivate the racist voting block within the Republican party? Red meat binge.

There are a lot of far, far right racist conservatives who are disenchanted with Mittens as a moderate.

[Brewinblue]

8. the racist voting block within the Republican party?

Wouldn't that be the entire Republican party.

[Zoeisright]

27. Yes it would.

And welcome to DU!

[Major Nikon]

30. You don't have to be a racist to be a Republican

...but it's a good start.

[enough]

14. That's exactly why he did it. Those clips of him getting booed by black people

are red meat for the base.

[liberal N proud]

7. Bullshit

This is just the bully brushing off the punch from those he would abuse.

[L0oniX]

9. LMAO ...yea ok whatever pffft

[DesertRat]

10. Maybe he should have broke into "Who let the dogs out"

Dumbass!

[nolabear]

19. "I speak jive."

[Beartracks]

38. Wow, I could almost believe he was from the 'hood!

Yeah, okay:

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[Wellstone ruled]

12. Looks like a Mormon Scout Troop!!

[Kingofalldems]

13. Of course it was calculated----Rovian.

[Grassy Knoll]

16. How silly, 16 seconds of staring off into.....

empty space was "Expected" , good boy rMoney, run to fox news
to put a widdle band-aid on your huge naacp problem.

[progressivebydesign]

32. Yah, what was up with that WEIRD smile!???

At first, he smiles and was about to be like "I know, right?" then he realizes that they are not clapping or whooping, but BOOing! Then he looks totally lost. Look at his face at first, he was totally thinking that he hit a home run with them.

Is he truly as stupid as he looks? I'd never heard him speak before, and he reminded me so much of Bush Lite.

[FiveGoodMen]

17. For once I think he's telling the truth

As others have pointed out, he got on the news with the red meat that his base wants to hear and he even earned bonus points (with them) for pissing off some of the people his base really hate.

[progressivebydesign]

36. I'm not sure about that... he really did look completely confused.

I'm pretty good at reading micro expressions, and immediately when they starting booing, he at first seemed to think that they might have clapped or were hooting at what he said, because he had a micro moment when he started to smile and agree with what they were doing.. like "I know, RIGHT?" then he realizes that it was booing. He stops smiling, pulls back.. and stands there.. then smiles again a weird awkward smile, then you can see he starts thinking of a response.

If he had known this was coming, his response would have actually been useful.. not "you know I read a survey from US Chamber of Commerce," which intelligent people know has been in bed with Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers all this time.

No, I really don't think that he expected that.

[groundloop]

18. Did anybody else notice ABC calling out Faux news?

In a friendly-territory interview on Fox Business Network, Romney told the Republican-fond host Neil Cavuto......

I think it's about time more media outlets started calling out Faux news on their political affiliation.

[Vincardog]

20. Right Mittens now go get BOOed at KKK rally to show how MODERATE you are,

If this race was going to be decided on who can generate the most NEGATIVES MITT WINNS!!!

[onenote]

21. It was expected because he wanted it to happen. Compare McCain 4 years ago

He went to the NAACP convention, said some unexpectedly gracious things about Obama and then talked about issues that he felt connected with his audience. He received applause on several occasions and was never booed to my knowledge. He acknowledged that he probably wouldn't get the support of most of those in the audience but he didn't talk down to them or treat them as a prop either.

[polichick]

23. He was hoping he'd be booed - showed his right-wing supporters...

...that he's one of them.

[progressivebydesign]

37. I don't really think it was that. That's how they're trying to spin it though...

.. I truly think that he went, hoping to get some votes. Remember, his campaign appears to be one of the most badly run, tone-deaf, affairs I've seen in decades.

[notadmblnd]

24. So he is admitting that his handlers planned it?

[davsand]

25. Well, you know, "those people" are not like him. None of us are really.

He KNEW going in that he was not gonna ring true with his audience? Really? Why do you think that might be? Are you planning to go to a meeting of the Latino community and work to offend them too, Mitt? You KNOW you are gonna be derided there too?

Arrogant racist fuckwad.


Laura

[Zoeisright]

26. Of course he wouldn't LEARN from that, would he?

Willard is incapable of learning, let alone growth. Asshole.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

28. Oh, sure,....that's why he had that "deer in the headlights" look.

[tanyev]

29. Which would explain why he bussed in a couple hundred friendlies.

http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/07/romney_allegedly_bussed_in_200_supporters_to_naacp_to_cheer_for_him.html


The people you heard cheering for Mitt Romney at the NAACP meeting Wednesday were not all NAACP members, according to several sources who say Romney bussed in an estimated 200 supporters to the gathering. CNN analyst Roland Martin who was present at the NAACP gathering tweeted he saw an estimated 200 people get off Romney busses including Fla. Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll.

[maddezmom]

33. well seems to me his script writer made sure of it

he's an asshole and liar.

[Canuckistanian]

39. It proves to his RW followers that he's BRAVE to go into the lion's den

And speak truth to the powerful, powerful black people who run everything.

[grantcart]

41. A crass attempt to get bigots more focused on race than religion.

[goclark]

42. Another crass attempt to keep the focus off of

of those Off Shore Accounts mentioned in Vanity Fair !
that article is a mind blower.

[6000eliot]

43. So, he went there to provoke the people deliberately?

What an asshole!

[truthisfreedom]

44. "I think we expected that, of course." It doesn't take a psychoanalyst to understand what the rmoney

campaign is trying to do.

They want every one of their voters to believe that they're 1%-ers. Whether they are or not.

The truth is, those boos were very polite. VERY polite. His people were hoping for an outright riot. But instead, he demonstrated how civil the "blacks" really are, when you lie to them with a bald face.

[lunatica]

45. Yeah, sure Romney

whatever