Romney's NAACP Speech...

Brilliant move. 

And the left says he's too white!

 

Why Romney’s NAACP Speech Was One of the Smartest Political Moves of Our Time

Bert Atkinson Jr. July 11, 2012 1:42 pm

Mitt Romney made a very strong move by speaking before the NAACP today, and an even stronger move by not changing or avoiding his stance to repeal ObamaCare in front of that crowd. “If our goal is jobs, we have to stop spending over a trillion dollars more than we take in every year. So to do that, I’m going to eliminate every non-essential, expensive program I can find. That includes ObamaCare,” Romney said before the crowd unleashed a cascade of boos. Making a speech to an audience consisting of one of the most well-known and established civil rights groups that shows an overwhelming amount of support for the incumbent President Obama is no easy task, but Mitt Romney was up to it and showed that he is willing to reach out to those who disagree with him. He heard boos and the crowd jeered him as he explicitly voiced his opposition to many Obama policies on energy, trade, the size of government, education, and the economy, but he didn’t budge on his stances or cater to the crowd just for the sake of political pandering (like his opponent has been known to do.)

“The president will say he will do those things, but he will not, he cannot, and his record of the last four years proves it,” Romney told the booing crowd. He added, “If you want a president who will make things better in the African American community, you are looking at him.” Why would that crowd boo him? President Obama’s policies haven’t worked for them; Romney pointed out that African American unemployment just went up from 13.6% to 14.4% last month. Whatever Obama has done for them clearly hasn’t worked. They should have been cheering. And their go-to guy, the president himself, isn’t even speaking to the NAACP to explain why their unemployment went up. Instead, Obama’s official foot-taster Joe Biden will attempt to not make a gaffe for them. Some leadership, ey? That alone should be a slap in the face to the crowd who played a gigantic part in even getting him into the Oval Office in the first place.

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But how important will this be for Romney? For the black vote, it isn’t very important; he is not likely to earn much of their support. But this speech set a precedent for Romney – he is not about to change his mind about this economy and he will not cater to those who hold different views just for the sake of getting their votes. The tenacity he showed will likely appeal to independent voters undecided about which candidate to support. Many independents want to see a leader – not a talking head. Read the rest:  http://www.ijreview.com/2012/07/10233-why-romneys-naacp-speech-was-one-of-the-smartest-political-moves-of-our-time/?utm_source=EmailElect&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=Subscriber%2313857&utm_campaign=07-11-2012%20IJ%20Review