NAACP Reacts To Mitt Romney: ‘Patronizing,’ ‘Totally Disconnected,’ ‘A Serious Misjudgment’

[kpete]

Source: Think Progress

NAACP Reacts To Mitt Romney: ‘Patronizing,’ ‘Totally Disconnected,’ ‘A Serious Misjudgment’
By Judd Legum and Scott Keyes on Jul 11, 2012 at 1:25 pm

HOUSTON, Texas — Mitt Romney addressed the national convention of the NAACP Wednesday morning, the nation’s largest civil rights organization. He was cordially received by the audience, who greeted him with a standing ovation, but the tone changed quickly after the GOP presidential candidate began his remarks.

The crowd booed Romney when he called for the full repeal of Obamacare and audibly laughed when he suggested he would be a better president than Obama for the African-American community. Also notable was what was left unsaid. Romney failed to address voting rights, which is a major theme of this NAACP gathering.

ThinkProgress was on the scene and talked to some NAACP members after Romney’s speech to get their thoughts. James Waters said some of Romney’s comments were “patronizing,” while Joe Brown argued that Romney “made a serious misjudgment relating to the health care reform.” Allytra Perryman went even further: “I don’t think he has any way to even remotely relate to the everyday citizen, let alone African-American citizens.”

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/07/11/514799/naacp-reacts-to-mitt-romney-patronizing-totally-disconnected-a-serious-misjudgment/

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Reaction Faces From NAACP
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/reaction-faces-from-the-crowd-at-mitt-romneys-naa#HTWF2

[monmouth]

1. It seems these people "get it."...n/t

[lumpy]

2. Black people know....

n

[tularetom]

3. Exactly the outcome Romney was hoping for

He desperately needed to gain credibility with the mouth breathing tea bagger element of his party.

What better way to do it than to go to the convention of a major black organization and antagonize the audience?

[knitter4democracy]

4. Yup. He already knew he'd lost the African American vote.

He's going after the super-right-wing who'd been talking of staying home.

[gejohnston]

8. I don't give him that much credit

I think he is so far out of touch, he might have actually thought it would fly with these folks.

[Kahuna]

7. All GOP candidates do that. But It could backfire on rmoney

with moderates and indies. He just reinforced the, 'he's an out of touch, rich guy,' meme. I don't think he did himself any favors.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. You can bet FOX "News" is going to loop the crowd booing

They've been claiming "Obamacare" is white people having to take cuts in their Medicare so black people can get another freebie.

[lunatica]

20. The only people left who will vote for him are the racist teabaggers

who think he'll take care of them when they become the 1%.

[loyalkydem]

5. Of course

we get it.

[onehandle]

6. 'I have a great relationship with the blacks. I've always had a great relationship with the blacks'

Might as well have sent Trump.

[Squinch]

26. Plus he has all those "secret black supporters." Bwahahahahaha!!! His idiocy makes me giggle.

[randome]

9. Look at the expressions on those faces!

They're thinking, "That dude is the biggest dumbass on the planet!"

[ChairmanAgnostic]

10. that photo is priceless.

"are you shitting me? Wait, I know the answer to that one."

[L0oniX]

11. Maybe he couldn't see who he was talking to because of the bright lights.

That kind of "disconnected" ???

[matt819]

12. Why the standing ovation at the start?

I mean, polite is one thing, but to ovate him by standing? Huh?

[Incitatus]

14. I think there's something to crowd psychology

A handful of plants to stand and cheer and the rest will go along with it

[Incitatus]

13. Thanks, Mitt

That's worth some more donations for Obama.

[BattyDem]

15. That pic is worth a thousand words!

No caption needed!

[Lex]

16. I thought so too!

It made me literally LOL.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

18. I miss the fine American tradition

of bringing rotten eggs and tomatoes to a speech.

[FiveGoodMen]

32. There's always shoes...

[Scuba]

19. "Blacks and other commoners don't understand what is going on, don't have the education...

... don't know the impact. Just trust us rich white folks, we know best."

[TahitiNut]

24. Yup. (see below)

He deliberately insulted his audience.

[nolabear]

21. I agree with people who say Obama should try speaking to the NRA.

First, it's possible they'd be so obnoxious that it would undo any criticism anyone would have of the NAACP. But it's also possible that Obama and his staff have enough emotional intelligence to craft his remarks in a way that makes it far harder to boo, so making any heckling more obviously toward the man than the speech. Even I'm smart enough to construct a sentence ending in an invitation or an admission that the audience is a valued part of the public. Obama has done that in the past. Romney's speeches really ARE patronizing and disconnected, all of them, but the African American community just won't let him pretend otherwise.

I love those faces. As the old New Orleans saying goes, "Won't bow. Don't know how."

[AlinPA]

22. The NRA could not handle Obama giving a speech to them, no matter how well crafted. They would

boo and scream obsenities and curse him the whole time. It is unimaginable that the president of the NRA would even entertain the idea of him speaking to them. The hatred of him is too high.

[TahitiNut]

23. His message: "I'm better than Obama and you're too dumb (bad schools, y'know) to see it!"

His attitude was virtually identical to how I believe a plantation owner talked to his (former) slaves after Juneteenth. "Condescending" doesn't even begin to describe his arrogant sense of entitlement.

entitlement: one of the reasons his talk about his father is such a standard in his stump speeches is the same as that of any princeling during the age of monarchies ... he's the son of the monarch and is entitled to inherit that authority. The man reeks of one who wallows in privilege.

[Douglas Carpenter]

25. I think this was a strategic decision to get himself booed - it's red meat to the rightwing base

ultimately, he was playing the race card

[Jackpine Radical]

28. Absolutely.

He knew he wasn't gonna get any votes there, but he can play the crowd's reaction for gains in favorability ratings among the Teabaggers.

[patrice]

30. Agree.

[RC]

27. This one is a keeper -

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002931454#post12

Courtesy of DainBramaged

[patrice]

29. Who better to recognize proposals for slavery than the most exploited amongst us? nt

[Left Coast2020]

31. Well, I guess thats 2 groups vote he's lost.

Oh, wait. He hasen't spoken to the college crowd yet to say he will raise the cost of an education. It will be three groups soon.

[magical thyme]

36. more than 2 groups I think.

How's he faring with the wymmins? Is Anne Rmoney's "I love to see mothers forced to work..." and his born again anti-abortion "We own your uterus" stance helping him do better with us?

Just who has he pissed on to date?

Wymmins. check
Latinos. check
Blacks. check
small biz. check
Dad's industry. check
Animal lovers. check

[MittRommel]

33. You are missing what he is really saying

[IMG][/IMG]

[Scuba]

34. LOL Pretty good. Welcome to DU!!

[msanthrope]

35. Welcome to DU! nt