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2016 Postmortem

zbdent

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4. I remember also Newt Gingrich saying that he would speak to the NAACP convention

Reply to mysuzuki2 (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 07:02 PM

Jul 2012

"If I was invited to do so."

But ...

when he was NOT running for the nomination for President ... he was invited many times to speak at the NAACP convention ... and he totally ignored the request. And somehow, it was the NAACP's fault that he didn't get invited (not to mention that, apparently, the 2012 "NAACP Convention" was held long after the primaries he was trying to win ...)

Cue the standard "liberally-biased media's" response when a Republican is caught in a major lie of spin ...

(highlight between the arrows to see the "liberally-biased media's" major assault on Newt's claim)

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You know ... Romney's appearance at the NAACP convention drew relatively polite boos from [View all] zbdent Jul 2012 OP

He incited the boos by dissing the ACA and deriding it as "Obamacare" yellowcanine Jul 2012 #1

and they didn't respond in the way that he hoped ... zbdent Jul 2012 #2

I think it is much to the NAACP members credit that Mitt was listened to mysuzuki2 Jul 2012 #3

I remember also Newt Gingrich saying that he would speak to the NAACP convention zbdent Jul 2012 #4