Unlike Romney, Biden cheered at NAACP convention
Lewis DiuguidVice President Joe Biden drew great cheers Thursday during his speech at the NAACP convention in Houston. Was there any doubt that he would?
Unlike presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Biden praised President Barack Obama, the Affordable Care Act and clearly explained how a Romney White House would negatively affect African Americans.
Biden told the audience that gains in voting rights, housing, education and economic concerns would be reversed if Romney were to win.
Obama administration officials had explained to members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People when their convention was in Kansas City in 2010 how they had beefed up civil rights and enforcement arms of the government, which had gone limp under the Bush administration. Seeing conditions go back to those times combined with the bad economy would make for a painful future for people of color.
At the convention in Houston, Biden asked the crowd, “Did you think we’d be fighting these battles again?”
“No!” people said in reply.
It’s past time for progressive people to wake up, register to vote and then make sure all of their friends do, too.
Steven Fetter
66223
10 months, 1 week agoBiden reminds me of Harold Hill from the Music Man. We’ve got trouble, right here in River City.
The Democratic party may give you a few fancy uniforms, (or caulking/weatherproofing/food stamps) but they never teach anyone how to play. The end result is something only a true believer can appreciate.
George Hunsucker
Northland
10 months, 1 week agoAt least big Joe didn’t talk to the folks about jobs. Blacks continue with high unemployment and still vote for the “progresssssssssssssives”. Stupid is as stupid does.
JR Beillenhouser
10 months, 1 week agoWho would have guessed it?
Michael Wales
10 months, 1 week agoRomney was cheered at the convention. He was booed for saying he wanted to repeal Obamacare; apparently Lewis only read the headlines and assumed that if there was booing, there was no cheering. Or maybe Lewis knows Romney was applauded for saying he would defend traditional marriage, and he got a standing ovation at the end of his speech - but doesn’t want you to know that. Congressman Cleaver might think that Romney shouldn’t have bothered showing up, but I think it’s clear that the crowd expressed disagreement on one policy issue with boos and was otherwise receptive to Romney. Please try to do better in the future, Lewis.
Here’s an article that isn’t a glorified Obama 2012 ad: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/naacp-crowd-cheers-mitt-romney-for-defending-traditional-marriage/
Phil Cardarella
10 months, 1 week agoYes, Mitt got applause during his speech. But, it is also obvious that he got the booing that he really wanted, too.
He got to show that he could be man enough to go and address an audience that was not his base. Good. But he deliberately used language — “Obamacare” instead of Affordable Care Act, for example, when he pledged to repeal. That was guaranteed to get him booed — which was just what his very talented script-writers wanted. It was red meat for FOXNews & the GOP base, none of whom are likely to be NAACP members.
Steven Ward
10 months, 1 week agoHey Lewis: See Herman Cain this morning of Fox? After the speech aid he told his staff that in reporting, the liberal media would focus on the ‘boos’, not on the standing ovation he received at the end. Looks like you’re just joining the chorus. Pay attention and comment on the whole thing, OK? While you’re at it how about the fact that he even showed up, unlike your man who’s afraid to face the music and admit to the faithful that he promised too much and delivered too little? Like over 14% unemployment for African-Americans for a starter?
Does ‘Progressive’ mean that Liberals intend to progressively take the middle class for all it has until it has our last dime? Does that mean you’ll dream up yet another entitlement program and dump it in our lap to pay for it? Sure what it looks like to me.