TYT: Is Romney's 'Obama Isn't Working' Banner Racist?

[alp227]

Via Mediaite: "Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney rolled out a new accessory at a speech in Ohio today, delivering his remarks in front of a black banner that said "Obama Isn't Working," which is also the name of a website his campaign set up several months ago (in case you didn't get the message from the banner, it was also on the front of Romney's podium). The slogan is a multiple entendre, but one of those entendres, intentionally or not, is evocative of a nasty racial stereotype about black men...".* Cenk Uygur and Ben Mankiewicz discuss on The Young Turks.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/mitt-romneys-obama-isnt-working-banner-evokes-racial-stereotypes/

So far this video has 87 likes and 188 dislikes. I wonder if the RW sites have been embedding this video en masse ( not the case for most TYT vids), or TYT's normal audience is as Cenk or Ana would say, "not buying it"?

[msongs]

1. Romney is setting the media agenda, something repubs do way better than dems nt

[Kalidurga]

2. I am going to go with they meant for it to be racist...

I don't buy that it is a coincidence that Rmoney has been talking about Obama playing golf just when this becomes his campaign slogan. I wonder how they felt about all of Bush's vacations. Someone should probably ask them. However, I think that Bush should have just stayed on vacation for 8 years, we probably would have been better off if Bush hadn't been working.

[izquierdista]

5. I'm going to go with they didn't mean it....

Just like a dog getting out of the swimming pool doesn't mean to shake water all over everything in sight. Racism is just an ordinary part of inhaling and exhaling for them. When they get desperate, along about October, then we will see how they intentionally crank up the racism.

[alp227]

8. When Mitt begins talking about welfare or crime, MAYBE he will be speaking dog whistle.

[freshwest]

3. Yes, they have sent out their minions to counter the negative towards the GOP.

It was on another thread here, trying to vote down the people who are against what the GOP is doing to women.

[MADem]

4. When was the last time that Mittsy pulled down a paycheck? I'm not talking about living off the

interest of his ill gotten gains, I'm talking about actually WORKING.

That scumbag didn't even work when he was governor of MA. He left it all to his incompetent Number 2.

[Kalidurga]

6. Considering the intellectual level of Mittens,

I say you got off easy.

[MADem]

7. We have a weak governor/strong legislature system, so we can afford crappy governors. nt

[alp227]

9. Update: 498 likes, 480 dislikes

[Scuba]

10. Racist and wrong. Otherwise it's fine.

[newrocker]

11. Not racist

I think it's an enormous stretch to claim this is racist.