Mitt Romney flew in his own black people to pose as supporters during NAACP appearance.

Yesterday I covered Mitt Romney's embarrassing appearance at the NAACP.

At the time I sort of gave him the benefit of the doubt that he was just a dipshit who did not realize how his clumsy remarks would go over in front of a crowd of people who he had nothing in common with. 

Now as most of you are undoubtedly aware, I am pretty cynical when it comes to the Republican party these days, but as it turns out I was being far too fair with Mitt Romney who may in fact have come to the NAACP with the expressed desire, not to earn support from the African American crowd, but to cement his credibility with the racist Right Wing of his party.

In other words Romney went to the event in order to essentially present himself as the plantation owner talking down to the slaves who should feel honored that he deigned to even speak to them as if they actually deserved his attention. He WANTED to be booed, have it captured on film, and then use that to show how THOSE PEOPLE disrespected him due to his color.

And in order to convince the white television audience (Who would be hearing of the event after the fact on the news.) that he was genuine in his desire to reach out to the poor, less fortunate black folk, he sprinkled a few of his own throughout the audience to clap and cheer for him.

This from Politicususa:

Romney said, “I spoke with a number of African-American leaders after the event and they said, you know a lot of folks don’t want to say they’re not going to be voting for Barack Obama, but they’re disappointed in his lack of policies to improve our schools. Disappointed in urban policies, disappointed in the economy. 14.4% rate of unemployment among African-Americans today. The president has not been able to get the job done. People want to see someone who can get the economy going, so I expect to get African-American votes.” 

Romney also claimed that he got a standing ovation at the end of his speech. 

Many of Romney’s claims were debunked by Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy and the Director of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP, Hilary Shelton who said that the only African Americans Romney met with after his speech were those that he brought with him. Mr. Shelton explained that Mitt Romney flew in his own African-American supporters who were not affiliated with the NAACP, in order to have some people in the crowd cheering for him. 

Romney did not meet with any of the convention rank and file after his speech, and only met with the African-Americans that he planted in the crowd.

Here are images of the REAL NAACP members who were listening to Mittens that day, courtesy of Buzzfeed:

You know just when I think I have seen the most disgusting display of dirty politics imaginable, the Republicans demonstrate there are no depths to which they will NOT sink to in order to win an election.  Whether it be suggesting that John McCain's adopted daughter was really the result of an interracial affair, creating voter ID laws to keep minorities from voting, or even outright stealing an election, there is quite literally NOTHING that is too sleazy for this political party.

And as it turns out Willard Mitt Romney might be the sleaziest of them all.

Which is why we absolutely MUST do everything in our power to get out the vote, fight the misinformation about the President at every turn, and provide as much financial support, in the face of the hundreds of millions coming to the Romney campaign through corporate donors to various SuperPACs, as possible. 

Because I don't know about you but I simply cannot imagine how badly this country will suffer under a Romney Presidency. However if you want some idea let me introduce you to the Mormon White Horse Prophesy.