Posted on 07/11/2012 1:28:19 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll
I dont know whos advising Gov.Romney from the African America perspective but I would give him an F- on talking about Obamacare in terms of repealing it, not to this audience .he should never have gone there in the first place.
Rep Emmanuel Cleaver said this on MSNBC today (it doesnt matter who the reporter was; Ive decided to treat MSNBC like they treat Blacks as a monolithic group of lemmings with no individual opinions or personalities). He was referring to Romneys visit to the NAACP. Now, I know I should really stop being shocked to hear our black Democrat leaders talk like this, but sometimes I just cant help myself.
Cleaver wonders aloud who is advising Gov. Romney from the African American perspective. I wasnt aware that white people needed to be advised before they addressed black people. Heaven forbid Romney actually just look at these people as .Americans! Mon Dieu! You mean to tell me this man actually went into a room full of black people and was honest about his opinions and intentions?
Cleaver also gives Romney an F- for criticizing Obamas policy to this audience. This audience? Are they anything like those people? Just checking. Because I thought the NAACP was committed to fighting racism, not perpetuating it by suggesting that we blacks are only able to comprehend certain messages and not able to make decisions for ourselves about what we do and do not agree with.
Romney deserves respect for wading in where he knew he would not be wanted. Black liberals complain all the time that conservatives and Republicans dont engage them enough in the political realm, and then when they do go directly into our communities to debate and conversate theyre treated like crap. Then liberals wonder all over again why those nasty, racist Republicans dont have the stones to bring their message into our communities. Well, Mr. Cleaver heres a man with stones. He came to speak, not pander. I know you and your ilk at the Black Caucus and NAACP have made pandering an art, but you should at least have a little respect for a man who is willing to be honest about his views and not temper those views simply based on the color of the people he is addressing.
You should be embarrassed. I would be embarrassed for you, except that this diarrhea of the mouth you so often suffer from is a goldmine for bloggers like me, and only makes the argument for our side of the political spectrum that much stronger. So spew away. New media will be here to pick up every word.
And no, this message was not approved by the NAACP. Racism!
I’m thinking about starting a blog and posting the link here just to piss you off. Geez man, let it go.
HG, if you ever click on a link that goes to a MSM site in order to read the rest of an article, you are contributing to THEM. Why not give a click or two to smart conservatives who are doing just about the only thing they can to get the conservative message out and that is to write on a blog. Their articles are almost always far more perceptive and accurate than anything a “real source” “journalist” will write.
His speech went on deft ears since blacks have a hard time knowing who is their real friend. If it were not for the Republicans they would still be in the cotton fields.
I agree, see my post #9.
Obama didn’t go because he most likiely wasn’t invited back based upon his comments last year about being lazy and laying around in your bedbroom slippers all day...
Then why wouldn't they want to post the whole thing, since they are breaking such ground with abundant relevance?
Could it be that they are just recycling MSM crap to get a few hits?
Maybe?
That article was posted in full with a link, only because it’s required by Jim. It didn’t contain any links to any MSM sites and was her analysis, as good as any you might see on Fox or anywhere else.
They want the candy man to promise them RC colas and moon pies!
Go to the video. She’s moderately hittable. Not majorly, but hittable enough.
Really?
Then you might tell all our esteemed bloggers that Jim REQUIRES them to post in full.
Like you just stated. Right?
Well and done. I shall expect to see no more excerpts.
Thanks so much.
Romney also served notice that needed policies will be implemented because of the greater good and not because of what the NAACP and Black voters want. Cleaver is just now becoming aware that the times they are a changing!!
You misread my sentence and you know it.
I think it is great you confronted Cleaver on this! He needs to know what the majority of the people in this country think and not just members of his preferred group!
That was one of the worst things I have ever heard a president say. totally demeaning and disgusting.
He spoke truff to Black Power.
Sounds like Cleaver thinks Republicans should do as Dems do, and tell each audience what it wants to hear, even if it contradicts what they said to other audiences, 'in the name of Higher Truth'; knowing all the while that no matter what they said to whom, they will continue doing just as they please and the people be damned.
He got booed, and wasn’t pandering. Try reading before running your mouth.
Sounds like Cleaver thinks Republicans should do as Dems do, and tell ...
Mitt stayed on-message, and told them what he tells any other audience, and they didn't like it. Cleaver criticized him for not going off-message.
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