NAACP Speech Wasn't For The NAACP

After watching the debacle that was Mitt Romney and his laughable speech in front of the NAACP this morning, the one word question that remains on the forefront of my mind is Why?

If you listen to most political pundits, The Republican Party's Presidential nominee was there not to appeal to the African-American constituency that the world's oldest civil rights organization is made of, but to swing voters across the country who aren't comfortable with the GOP being as lilly white as a bottle of aspirin.

If that was indeed the task then Mittens failed spectacularly. Romney basically went into a room full of Barack Obama loving black folks and gave a stump speech that would have drawn a thunderous applause from the Tea Party and all of it's racist idealogues.

The most contentious portion of Romney's speech was when he once again pledged his intention to do away with the President's signature achievement, the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Referring to the law as “Obamacare” was the equivalent of a guy poking a bear with a stick, Romney knew it would draw boos louder than a Lebron James return to Cleveland, nevermind the fact that he didn't call it's original and more aptly titled name “Romneycare.”

There was also no mention of the GOP's all out assault on the voting rights of people of color, the elderly and college students, three core constituency groups that carried the President to victory in 2008. Romney kept his mouth shut about voter I.D., because he knows his chances to win the general election are significantly decreased without it.

Romney, like most Conservatives the few mindless black ones in particular assume that black folks are not politically aware. It is easy for Romney to rattle of the 14.4% number of African-American unemployment and blame the President for it. The fact is it doesn't work, black people know what is in the President's “American Jobs Act”, they know that is contains legislation that would put not only black folks, but all Americans back to work. They also know that the real culprits behind that 14% number are named John Boehner and Eric Cantor. The Republican led House's refusal to pass the AJA

has caused the paralyzation of the economy.

Romney on Wednesday, essentially tried to kill two birds with one stone, He wanted to stick his head in the door of NAACP house just to say he was there, while still appealing to a base that in a lot of ways is still not sure about him. Imagine the uproar from scumbags like Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity if Romney had said I don't agree with the need for voter I.D or I disagree with the Affordable Care Act, but people should have access to some form of healthcare, the right would be insensed.

Whether it was envoking his father's memory, a man who actually marched in the Civil Rights Movement or quoting Dr. King which everyone saw coming, Mitt was sure to cover all of his bases, and if that meant taking a few boos from a group of people who weren't going to vote for him anyway so be it. My only hope is that moderate voters who could check the box that says Romney saw this pathetic sideshow really for what it was and walks away from the GOP on election day.

If you are someone who really hates there time being wasted for no reason, Wednesday really wasn't your day!