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Amerigo Vespucci

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39. The "day after" spin on the speech seems to be...
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 08:01 AM
Jul 2012

...that Romney gave the same speech to the NAACP that he's given to every other audience.

There are pros and cons to that approach.

On one hand, I don;t believe that anyone should "pander"...change their basic message to "win points"...no matter where they're speaking.

On the other hand, I feel that it is the responsibility of any speaker to take the basic needs and interests of their audience into consideration, and to address them in one form or another in their speech. It doesn't mean they have to compromise their principles. It's just a show of common courtesy: "You invited me here, I appreciate it, I know these areas are of concern / interest to you, and I'd like to address them."

I agree with what many are saying, that Romney may have literally "spoken to" attendees at an NAACP meeting, but he was really "talking to" the cameras, his donors, and the "base" of the Republican party. He was demonstrating his ability to stay on subject, and the NAACP were simply a means to an end.

I've spoken on a number of occasions at local Kiwanis, Rotary, and Lions Clubs. I always make a point of using the second option I described above. I choose a subject I believe would be interesting and informative and always do whatever I can to "personalize" it for my audience.

It took about a minute malaise Jul 2012 #1
LOL! Good luck with that, Mitt. tanyev Jul 2012 #2
He knows he won't win the African American vote Cali_Democrat Jul 2012 #3
Many conservatives seem to genuinely believe this RZM Jul 2012 #6
Life must be sweet in the bubble. randome Jul 2012 #15
You get that kind of thing from every poltiical perspective RZM Jul 2012 #25
Don't kid yourself Cali_Democrat Jul 2012 #31
Did he really say that? Laurian Jul 2012 #4
That's a somewhat compressed version of it, but yes, he did Amerigo Vespucci Jul 2012 #14
Sounds like his objective today is to lock down the tea party vote. Laurian Jul 2012 #22
All the flight path of an anvil. sarge43 Jul 2012 #5
He's getting booed for saying he would end Obamacare qanda Jul 2012 #7
That is the line of the day malaise Jul 2012 #8
Crap! Stewart and Colbert are on vacation this week. tanyev Jul 2012 #11
Mittwit's gonna go over like a smoked ham at a Passover Seder hifiguy Jul 2012 #9
I'm loving the weak applause and spartan61 Jul 2012 #10
My initial reaction was "I think I hear 20 people clapping." Amerigo Vespucci Jul 2012 #17
Yup it's brought out the bitter country club racists hell bent on revenge and.. Ganja Ninja Jul 2012 #12
He fucking sucks. HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #13
He got the nod because everyone else in the clown car was worse. Amerigo Vespucci Jul 2012 #19
Palin wasn't vetted. Romney wasn't vetted. randome Jul 2012 #20
Try to imagine Newt laying out his toilet scrubbing brain fart to that crowd. Ganja Ninja Jul 2012 #29
Bob Dylan once wrote "The times - they are a changing." Mitt Romney had never heard that song. Initech Jul 2012 #16
I have yet to figure out WTF Romney thinks he's going to do to RKP5637 Jul 2012 #18
He's got a plan!!!! Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #26
OMG, it will be sickening, but I will take a quick look. When I read/listen to RKP5637 Jul 2012 #30
Have a hypno-therapist standing by to pull you back from the brink! randome Jul 2012 #33
I'm getting panicky already and all I've done so far is dwnld the PDF file. This is the RKP5637 Jul 2012 #38
The greatest thing this nation has to fear is republicans! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #21
I agree with Mittens Drale Jul 2012 #23
Maybe next he'll put on blackface and sing Al Jolson songs. marmar Jul 2012 #24
"mammy,, mammy.. you guys don't like that? who uh, let the dogs out...? " dionysus Jul 2012 #27
If he paid someone to write that for him get the red out Jul 2012 #28
Well, I wouldn't say "every way," but he is correct in one regard MurrayDelph Jul 2012 #32
Yep. And, the results of that make him correct in most ways. GoCubsGo Jul 2012 #40
Oh no, he *really* didn't say that, did he? no_hypocrisy Jul 2012 #34
He did...see my comment above: Amerigo Vespucci Jul 2012 #35
Wonder if he would have said the exact same thing if no_hypocrisy Jul 2012 #36
The "day after" spin on the speech seems to be... Amerigo Vespucci Jul 2012 #39
He truly does not know how to tailor a speech to an audience LonePirate Jul 2012 #37
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