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SacoMaine61

(114 posts)
Wed May 30, 2012, 04:50 PM May 2012

Mitt's vision: Pure as snow...

Mitt Romney's 'better America' sure is white, isn't it?
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So Mitt Romney has a sappy new video out called The Promise of America. His basic message: that he will make America better by returning us to the nation we once were. He doesn't explain what that means, but if you look at this collage of every closeup shot in the video, one thing is clear: the America Mitt Romney sees is really, really white.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/30/1095905/-Mitt-Romney-s-better-America-sure-is-white-isn-t-it-

And the video..

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Mitt's vision: Pure as snow... (Original Post) SacoMaine61 May 2012 OP
At one point an announcers says that Mitt "won majorities in all Demographics" JoePhilly May 2012 #1
For Republicans there is only one demographic White. SoutherDem May 2012 #4
Don't forget straight Aerows May 2012 #6
At 1:28, there might (might) be a flash of the back of a non-white head SacoMaine61 May 2012 #2
One, only one SoutherDem May 2012 #3
Why does he always look constipated? nt TBF May 2012 #5
Because Aerows May 2012 #7

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
1. At one point an announcers says that Mitt "won majorities in all Demographics"
Wed May 30, 2012, 04:58 PM
May 2012

and then later ... Mitt says something like ... "this time we'll get it right" ... I think he meant "white".

SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)
4. For Republicans there is only one demographic White.
Wed May 30, 2012, 05:55 PM
May 2012

Oh, I get it. White rich. White bigots. White Christian. White men. White, White, White.

SacoMaine61

(114 posts)
2. At 1:28, there might (might) be a flash of the back of a non-white head
Wed May 30, 2012, 05:02 PM
May 2012

Hard to say - it goes by so quickly.

SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)
3. One, only one
Wed May 30, 2012, 05:52 PM
May 2012

and it was a worker at at business. My sister works at a Frito-Lay plant, the largest employer in the area that is very Republican, politicians are toured around quite often. She may not give a crap to meet the person, and often would rather not, but she has to be nice. Her job would be at stake.

As to the whiteness of the video. Romney doesn't seem to care that he is appealing to only one demographic.

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