Romney Gets Booed At NAACP, Continues To Pressure Health Care Issue
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Romney at an Arizona rally. (Wikimedia Commons)
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was booed during a speech at the NAACP Wednesday when he promised to repeal health care reform put in place by President Obama, according to MSNBC.
MSNBC said: "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, and I'm going to work to reform and save -- " Romney said, being interrupted by boos.
Romney otherwise encountered polite applause in his speech, which hit on themes of jobs and the economy -- mainstays of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's overall stump speech -- as well as education reform.
Here's video of Romney getting booed.
Romney joked about facing a hard sell in terms of taking African-American voters away from President Obama's campaign.
According to USA Today, Obama won 96% of the black vote in the 2008 election.
The Obama campaign released a long memo detailing with Romney would be a bad candidate for African-American voters, saying that the Republican candidate "opposes efforts to create jobs for African Americans," and citing Romney's policy on tax cuts for the wealthy.
Romney promised the NAACP that he would return to speak there if he were elected President in November, while Obama will not be attending the conference this year.
Romney invoked the memory of his late father, the former governor of Michigan, who clashed with his party over civil rights issues.
USA Today said: George Romney declined to back Barry Goldwater as the GOP presidential nominee in 1964 because of concerns that the Arizonan was vying for the votes of white segregationists in the South. In the run-up to his own 1968 presidential bid, the elder Romney toured urban areas decimated by race riots in Detroit and other cities.
Vice President Joe Biden will speak to the NAACP Thursday.
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Romney is a rich pariah who simply can’t identify with ANY average American through his fog of lies and network of havened money. He’ll only continue to get booed out of the room by every group of minority and middle class voters he comes across. His religion and wealth is highly elitist and everyone in this country has had it with his kind. We’re telling Mitt he can’t buy this election! Read about the role of his money and his Magic Mormon Underwear are playing in the polls at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/05/mitt-romneys-magic-mormon-und...
It would be nice if journalists could ask, every time that "Repeal and Replace" is uttered by any of the nihilists across the aisle, "Replace with what?" And when the Gov fails to answer the question, and he will, follow it up with a series of questions: How do you propose to insure millions of young 20-somethings who currently are covered by their parents coverage? Why and how, will you replace and repeal the coverage for people with pre-existing conditions?
Maybe with this crowd he should of saved the Obamacare nonsense by using the name of the legislation..
Maybe just maybe, he should of has a better stump speech than 'I will repeal Obamacare and replace it with 'something'.
Houston, we have real communication problem here.. the Governor isn't THAT out of touch is he?