Liberal “media hub” The Message has released a satirical “behind the scenes” video in advance of Mitt Romney’s speech to the NAACP on Wednesday.
Mitt Romney makes Wonder Bread look like pumpernickel http://t.co/wfPPDDnF #Politics #GOP
— Chuck Livid (@chucklivid) July 10, 2012
It’s certainly not the first time people have claimed Romney has a problem with black audiences. Race-baiters pounced almost immediately when the speech was announced last month. But as The Message’s video revives the attacks, people are asking not what the message is, but who.
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The producers of the video include former Media Matters for America president Eric Burns, former New York Times writer Andrew Zipern and Cliff Chenfeld of Razor & Tie Entertainment. In short, a group of white progressives has decided to call out not only the “extreme whiteness” of Romney but also prejudge the NAACP’s reception.
White progs dividing ppl by race! ShockedRT @DLoesch: White liberals tell black Americans who they can and can't like: http://t.co/Nt8jxgo0
— Joe (@JoeC1776) July 10, 2012
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If you're black, white or any shade in between & think Mitt #Romney is too white to speak at the #NAACP, #YouMightBeARacist… #tcot #p2
— Ammosexual Deetz (@tahDeetz) July 10, 2012
Ok, reverse this..What if a group called Obama "too Black" for white people to like….? Who is the real racist… http://t.co/9S7VpapJ
— GrrrGraphics Cartoons (@GrrrGraphics) July 10, 2012
Romney 'Too White' to Talk to Blacks says leftist group http://t.co/Tidpyijs
…What if he gets a quick tan? Could he go then? #justasking— BLACK CONSERVATIVE (@blackrepublican) July 10, 2012
This is rank racism. Liberal group calls Romney too white for blacks to like | http://t.co/8Z8L74A7: http://t.co/VoWbXHH3
— Nick Rizzuto (@Nick_Rizzuto) July 10, 2012
Of course the video wouldn’t be complete without a dig at Romney’s religion, so the fictitious advisor tells him to “go on out there and get all Mormon, Martin Luther King on them.”
Count us among the not amused.
MMfA "white entitlement" at work: this is who you can and can't like, black America! http://t.co/15lxXBIJ
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) July 10, 2012
$20 says that if this video were at all funny– had even 1 laugh– it'd sail past the media just fine. http://t.co/XOlhkBoL
— Alan Pyke (@PykeA) July 10, 2012
Whole lotta race baiting going on today : Liberal group calls Romney too white for blacks to like http://t.co/BwVEi9Dl
— Karen Townsend (@penguinponders) July 10, 2012
Update: some helpful conservatives on Twitter have offered to stand in for The Message’s straw man, offering their take on #ThingsRomneyShouldSaytotheNAACP.
#ThingsRomneyShouldSayToTheNAACP Economic prosperity is channeled through the avenue of entrepreneurial investment, not entitlements
— Demetrius Minor (@dminor85) July 11, 2012
#ThingsRomneySHOULDSaytotheNAACP: "I believe you are all competent enough to obtain a form of identification."
— ☤ Doc ☤ (@Doc_68W_) July 11, 2012
#ThingsRomneyShouldSaytotheNAACP For generations, Democrats have told you that you cannot succeed without gov. help. Do you believe this?
— Jimi (@RUExperienced_J) July 11, 2012
#ThingsRomneyShouldSaytotheNAACP
The unemployment rate for African Americans is over 14%, truly unacceptable. We can do way better!
— ❌Jane Austen (@janie_austin) July 11, 2012
#ThingsRomneyShouldSayToTheNAACP – are you, your family, your friends and neighbors better off now than you were 4 years ago?
— ✭ The Fabulous Tee ✭ (@TeeDee1) July 11, 2012
Hello. When Obama took office black unemployment was 12.6%. Now it's 14.4%. I ask for your vote. Thank you #ThingsRomneyShouldSaytotheNAACP
— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) July 11, 2012
The first black congressman was a Republican; the first black senator was a Republican. #ThingsRomneyShouldSaytotheNAACP
— Jason Mattera (@JasonMattera) July 11, 2012
13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments, the anti-KKK Acts of the 1800s, & Reconstruction happened bc of Republicans #ThingsRomneyShouldSayToTheNAACP
— Jason Mattera (@JasonMattera) July 11, 2012
The Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964? All passed because of Republicans. #ThingsRomneyShouldSayToTheNAACP
— Jason Mattera (@JasonMattera) July 11, 2012
Remember when Republicans made former Klansmen Robert Byrd a leader in their party? Yeah. Me neither. #ThingsRomneyShouldSaytotheNAACP
— Jerome Hudson (@JeromeEHudson) July 11, 2012
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