Stephanie
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holy cow, now saying obamacare is an insult..we thought you all were so PROUD of it...what spew
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by Michael Tomasky Jul 12, 2012 4:45 AM EDT
With his incendiary speech to the NAACP, Mitt crossed an ugly line. No longer simply spineless and disingenuous, hes now become a race-mongering pyromaniac. Plus Mansfield Frazier on Romney's diversity problem.
Until yesterday, I thought of Mitt Romney as a spineless, disingenuous, and supercilious but more or less decently intentioned person who at least wasnt the race-mongering pyromaniac that some other Republican candidates of my lifetime have been. Then he gave his speech to the NAACP, and now I think of him as a spineless, disingenuous, supercilious, race-mongering pyromaniac who is very poorly intentioned indeed, and woe to us if this man sets foot in the White House as anything but a tourist.
Lets bat the easy charges out of the way first. Spineless? Please. Hes taken every position the Tea Party base has asked and a few they didnt. Disingenuous? Easy. Either hes lying now about health care, abortion rights, his support for Ronald Reagan, and his posture toward Grover Norquists no-tax pledge, or he was lying then. Supercilious? Seems appropriate and perhaps even a bit mild for a man who made fun of NASCAR fans rain ponchos and a working-class familys cookie service.
But he wasnt a race-baiter until yesterday. That speech wasnt to the NAACP. It was to Rush Limbaugh. It was to Tea Party Nation. It was to Fox News. Oh, he said some nice things. And sure, lets give him one point for going there at all. But listen: You dont go into the NAACP and use the word Obamacare and think that youre not going to hear some boos. Its a heavily loaded word, and Romney and his people know very well that liberals and the presidents supporters consider it an insult.
the rest of the spew if you can stomach it
Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney the Race Baiter at the NAACP - The Daily Beast
SNIP:
by Michael Tomasky Jul 12, 2012 4:45 AM EDT
With his incendiary speech to the NAACP, Mitt crossed an ugly line. No longer simply spineless and disingenuous, hes now become a race-mongering pyromaniac. Plus Mansfield Frazier on Romney's diversity problem.
Until yesterday, I thought of Mitt Romney as a spineless, disingenuous, and supercilious but more or less decently intentioned person who at least wasnt the race-mongering pyromaniac that some other Republican candidates of my lifetime have been. Then he gave his speech to the NAACP, and now I think of him as a spineless, disingenuous, supercilious, race-mongering pyromaniac who is very poorly intentioned indeed, and woe to us if this man sets foot in the White House as anything but a tourist.
Lets bat the easy charges out of the way first. Spineless? Please. Hes taken every position the Tea Party base has asked and a few they didnt. Disingenuous? Easy. Either hes lying now about health care, abortion rights, his support for Ronald Reagan, and his posture toward Grover Norquists no-tax pledge, or he was lying then. Supercilious? Seems appropriate and perhaps even a bit mild for a man who made fun of NASCAR fans rain ponchos and a working-class familys cookie service.
But he wasnt a race-baiter until yesterday. That speech wasnt to the NAACP. It was to Rush Limbaugh. It was to Tea Party Nation. It was to Fox News. Oh, he said some nice things. And sure, lets give him one point for going there at all. But listen: You dont go into the NAACP and use the word Obamacare and think that youre not going to hear some boos. Its a heavily loaded word, and Romney and his people know very well that liberals and the presidents supporters consider it an insult.
the rest of the spew if you can stomach it
Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney the Race Baiter at the NAACP - The Daily Beast
