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July 11, 2012

Mitt Romney to NAACP: Obama made it worse for you 'in almost every way'

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Mitt Romney delivered an aggressive speech to a somewhat hostile audience today before the NAACP and made the case for his candidacy to the tune of a few rounds of 'boos' mixed with a bit more rounds of mild applause.

From The Hill:

[...] He acknowledged the historic nature of Obama's 2008 campaign, in which he became the country's first black president, but also made the case for his own candidacy.

"I can't promise that I will agree on every issue, but I do promise that your hospitality to me today will be returned," Romney said, earning applause and a swell of organ music. He also promised that he would say "yes" if invited back to speak at the convention next year as president, likely a dig at Obama, who is not scheduled to speak to the conference this year.

Romney earned mild applause during his speech but spoke to a seemingly skeptical crowd. He earned the loudest response -- widespread "boos" -- when he referred to his pledge to repeal "Obamacare," the president's healthcare reform legislation. But Romney, who paused to let the crowd respond, deviated from his prepared remarks to double-down on his pledge.

"I say again, if our priority is jobs, and that's my priority, that's something I'd change," Romney said, referring to a study indicating that the healthcare law makes employers less likely to hire. (More)

I actually listened to some of his speech and came away believing he did a pretty good job at making his case before what is most certainly a racist crowd that showed in 2008 that it has a distinct racist bias for blacks and Democrats at the voting booth by giving Barack Obama 96% of their vote (46% of whites ignored race and party and voted for Obama). The fact that blacks are, for the most part, racist and/or solidly Democrat in their political views is further substantiated by the fact that, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday, Barack Obama currently leads Romney 92 percent to 2 among black voters.

Nonetheless, Romney deserves much credit for unflinchingly doing such a good job of making his case before such a hostile crowd ... and getting a well-deserved standing ovation at the end of his speech.

Here's a few video excerpts from his speech:

The transcript of Romney's speech before the NAACP today is here.