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Old 07-12-2012, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Boreas View Post
I know many of my comrades in the party will disagree but I don't think Romney was dissing the NAACP. I do think he played them though. Getting booed by the NAACP is simply red meat to the racist elements in the Republican base.

Going on Fox and saying that he got the reaction he expected is both revealing and stupid. It revealed him for the cynical race-baiter that he is. It's stupid because he could have driven the point home with his base by saying that the reaction came as a surprise. He could have said that his message and his goals are good for the poor and disadvantaged and was shocked to learn that his audience couldn't grasp that.

John
Right on target, John! I can hear it being muttered in trailer park living rooms across American; "See, all them Obama luvin' _______ want is a handout."

Dave
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