Mitt Romney went to the NAACP and gave the same speech he gives everywhere else. He got booed. The main stream media quickly reported this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2172593/Mitt-Romney-deliberately-got-booed-NAACP-appeal-white-racists.html
The liberal left and liberal media tried to spin this as racism. That is their standard assault on Republicans. They immediately came up with a bizarre theory that Romney wanted to get booed, so that he could appeal to all those racism tea party members.
In reality, Romney did something remarkable, particularly for someone accused of flip flopping on issues. He explains his reasoning:
‘I don’t give different speeches to different audiences, alright. I gave them the same speech. When I mentioned I am going to get rid of Obamacare they weren’t happy, I didn’t get the same response.”
‘That’s OK, I want people to know what I stand for and if I don’t stand for what they want, go vote for someone else, that’s just fine.”
Romney didn’t pull the typical RINO tactic of only saying politically correct things when talking to the NAACP. Most Republicans merely talk about their committment to equal rights, while looking terrified at the thought of saying anything that could possibly be considered racist. Of course they are always slammed by the liberal media regardless of what they actually say. There is also no indication that any of these politically correct speeches had any positive impact.
Romney broke the pattern. He did not back down from his positions, he did not bother with the standard politically correct speech and he flat out challenged the NAACP. He pointed out that the minority communities have been devastated by the Obama economy. Romney challenged those in attendance to look at the results rather than the rehtoric. Then he reminded them that his father, George Romney was marching with black leaders in Detroit during a time when Democratic Senators were blocking civil rights legislation. He told them his belief in racial equality is rooted in his religious beliefs.
The NAACP understood. Romney received a standing ovation at the end of his speech.
Democrats should be very afraid of Mitt Romney. He is making the argument Republicans should have been making all along. While Democrats talk about helping the little guy, the reality is that minorities typically pay the highest price for failed Democratic policies. While Democrats try to paint Republicans as racists, the reality is that it was the Democratic Party that institutionalized racism for much of its history while it has been the Republican Party that stood up for civil rights.
Finally a Republican had the guts to look the people at the NAACP straight in the eye and challenged them to seriously consider who is their real friend. I suspect at least some of them will listen. It won’t take much. When 96% of a group are already against you, it doesn’t take all that much to improve.
By the way, Obama didn’t even bother to attend the NAACP convention, because of a scheduling conflict. Big mistake!
TDM
