Romney to attend NAACP national convention in Houston

he can`t offer them anything because his base would ape shit over it. poor mittens,pretty soon no one will like him but his 1% fans.

That is the only wedge he has.

Anybody want to bet when the first racially-obtuse gaffe will occur, and what it will be?

That would be so funny. I wonder if The Donald is going with him. Donald is friends with the blacks too ya know. Just ask Montel Williams.

because that man is definitely no friend of mine.

Good luck Mittens talk to them about doughnuts, trees, grits, and
letting the auto industry go bankrupt ...... you'll be a hit no doubt.

Maybe use some hip-hop slang, or do an impromptu rap.
I can't wait!

"hello everyone, im so glad to be here. I had some watermelon and fried chicken on tha way over here"

this should go over real well....

I know it's a joke, but the way he's been handling himself lately, that just may be possible.

Someday someone will write a book about this campaign, and how hard it was to keep the Max Headroom candidate on script.

before he takes the stage to blow them all away with his aspirations - not. Funny, but I didn't see him kissing any babies this time.

"I had a dream."

I can't think of a single thing it's done that would be of interest to the NAACP except open up crappy jobs at Staples after enriching himself and his friends by plundering of other people's lives and destroying our manufacturing base with junk bonds.

Greedy, lying little bastard.

real crowd pleasers there.

Perhaps he can offer advice to beleagured minorities on how to create tax shelters for their investments, or outline the advantages a lower capital gains tax will bring them when they reap the rewards of a strategic sell-off.

Maybe he can regale them with his intimate knowlege of the "touch-tone keypad" at the local Sheetz, and how "amazing" it is that his food is delivered without the assistance of a maitre'd or wait staff. He can speak at length about the good hard work done by the men at his wife's stable and how they'll be the millionaires of tomorrow.

There's just so much he can identify with to the NAACP I don't see what can go wrong until he says those words we all know are right on the tip of his tongue: "Some of my best friends are black".

Does it make me a bad person if I'm actually hoping he will make some horribly insensitive, backwards, cringe-inducing speech? It's not like it would be unprecedented for Mitt to do something like that, after all.

if he said something about how much he enjoys chitlins and watermelon, then goes off into a "rap" routine for a bit, and peppers his prepared speech about tax reduction with words like "slammin'" or "wack." "I want to restore the principles that made America the powerhouse of the Earth, yo."

What has happened, I think, is that Mittens' handlers have realized that he has absolutely no idea how to communicate with people outside his little circle of filthy rich Mormons and hedge fund managers, so they've told him to pick up on some aspect of the location or culture of his audience. Like, "OK, Mitt, today you'll be speaking to a group of Nebraska farmers. Say something about corn so it looks like you're interested in what they do." But unfortunately Mitt is so tone-deaf from years of isolation in his rich-guy bubble that he is unable to comment on some unfamiliar topic, like corn, in a way that conveys the impression that he can relate to the audience or that he gives a shit about them.

When he speaks to an African-American audience he will feel the need to establish some kind of connection with them, but he doesn't know anything about AA culture other than the stereotypes he's picked up from his rich Republican friends - so whatever comes out of his mouth in his sorry attempt to "connect" is likely to be lame at best, racist at worst, and certainly cringe-inducing.

the worst was walking up to a young girl and saying.. " I like your gloves, they're very pretty." The girl was like "ooookay." They were standard white gloves that every member of a drill team or beauty queen would wear. Romney looked like he was going to pass out from stress being around real people. So awkward.

Please oh please, let him go off the script and be himself... Now that they refuse to let him be around anyone unscripted or around the media anymore, we're losing the true essence of Romney. He's another George Bush without a sense of humor. They're trying to hide who he really is, and how badly he relates to average Americans. Still can't figure out why the republicans want to vote for a guy that doesn't have a job.

Thank-you NAACP for inviting me...why I love black people, in fact I love them so much I think everyone should own at least one!