Posted on 07/12/2012 6:51:02 PM PDT by VA Voter
The media was quick to point out that Mitt Romney was booed at the NAACP convention yesterday (or were they saying Boo-urns?), but will they acknowledge that no one was there to hear Joe Bidens address? CBS News and National Journal campaign reporter Rodney Hawkins tweeted that minutes before Joe Bidens speech at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston seats are pretty empty. He provided the visual above. The NAACP invites both presidential candidates to their convention every election year; in 2008, both Barack Obama and John McCain attended. This year, President Obama declined the invitation. There has been much speculation as to why President Obama chose to opt out, especially considering the conventions theme: Your Power, Your Decision VOTE. Apparently the convention-goers were hardly clamoring to hear his surrogates speech. The low turnout could be due to weather, as Hawkins suggests, or perhaps it could have been in protest because the NAACP was snubbed by Obama. Or, maybe people didnt feel it imperative to hear Americas Grandpa ramble on about how much he learned in a Reverend Wrights church (though not THE Reverend Wright...). Whatever the explanation may be, this is yet another misstep for a presidential campaign unable to find its footing.
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Thats the pic that goes with the article..
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