In addition to changing his positions on most major issues, The Republican Chameleon, Willard Mitt Romney has repeatedly lied to the American people. It appears that his so-called base doesn't care about the reversals and lies, but some of them do care about race. As far as they are concerned, this whole election is about putting a white man in the White House.
This presents a problem for Romney. He wants to get the racist vote and reassure them that he is their Wealthy White Male (WWM), but he can't make a direct appeal or align himself with known white supremacists. Most Americans would find any such an overt tactic despicable. Therefore, Mitt has to get the message to his racist base indirectly, and since the Republicans have been doing this since the 1960's with their "southern strategy," he knows he can do that with the GOP lexicon of code words
As noted in an earlier blog, Romney began using "reverse pandering" earlier in the campaign by going to a Black convention and taunting the crowd by attacking what he calls Obamacare. The predictable result with accompanying TV coverage was a large black audience booing Romney. The campaign had to be delighted with that video which demonstrated to his base that he was the enemy of blacks. Message delivered.
One of the GOP's favorite code words to fire up the racist base is "welfare." Although corporate welfare is one of the most serious problems influencing our deficit spending, the GOP spin doctors have programmed the population to recognize the word welfare as being synonymous with African-American. It is then no surprise Mitt is repeating the falsehood that Obama has ended the work regulation for welfare. Although every independent fact-checker has indicated that Mitt's claim is false, he continues to repeat it, apparently hoping to remind his base that he is on their side. Today Speaker John Boehner is repeating the same lie.
And, if these references were not enough, last week while visiting Michigan, Mitt brought up the long-dead birther debate by remarking. "I love being home, in the place where Ann and I were raised. Where both of us were born...No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate." (WP, 2/24/2012) Since Romney insists he does not doubt that Obama is a citizen, why would he bring it up other than to encourage those who continue to claim that Obama was born In Kenya and is a Muslim? Once again, it's all about racism.
Then there's Romney's friendship with Donald Trump (another WWM) who continues to question where Obama was born. Not only is Romney pleased to have the Donald's support, he has invited him to give a speech at the Republican Convention in Tampa. We all get the message, Mitt. And not to worry, you already have the racist vote. Whom else will they vote for? Or is it that you are making certain that they have been frightened enough to actually go to the voting booth.
In addition , let's not forget Romney's trip to England where two Romney advisers informed us that President Obama could not fully understand "the Anglo-Saxon Heritage" between the U.S. and Britain. Obviously, being black, Obama "didn't fully appreciate the shared history we have." How many ways can you say a black man should not be President of the United States?
Considering Romney's reluctance to talk about his religion and the fact that many remember the Mormons' historical problem with blacks, one would think Mitt Romney would have taken the high road as did John McCain when he refused to consider the birther issue in 2008. Obviously, Romney feels compelled to do otherwise.
Previous blog on Reverse Pandering:
Romney's Reverse Panderingering.
Palestinians See Racism In Romney's Remarks
Romney's Racism
Mormons and Blacks:
Mormon Leader Speaks of Blacks
Mormons and Interracial Marriage:
Interracial Marriage as Viewed by Mormons
Racist attack at RNC:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/30/patricia-carroll-cnn-camerawoman-rnc-attack_n_1843116.html?utm_hp_ref=media
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