The Race Card: Romney's Welfare Ads

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In tactics reminiscent of despicably race baited politics one would've though long past, the Romney campaign has now made "welfare" an issue in their campaign with false charges that conjures (in the minds of his supporters no doubt) the same type of imagery used by Reagan and others of that ilk to appeal to the misinformed and the bigot, which, all too often make up large ranks of their constituency.

This is evidenced, for instance, by the fact that the majority of Republicans have no problem with Romney's Mormon faith while at the same time still believe Obama to be a Muslim. Ignorance by choice.

However, ignorance by choice or via overexposure to disinformation is still equally dangerous, and knowing this full well, the Romney forces have once again appealed to the basest level of their rank via use of thinly veiled racism.

Not that any particular minority makes up the majority of those on some form of government assistance, or on "welfare" in particular. Most know that whites make up the majority. But it's the image that plays out in the minds of their constituency and the sentiments they invoke that the Romney people are counting on. And make no mistake about it, the "card" as it were, has been played. For them, not a surprise mind you, though one would have hoped for better.

Here are links to similar takes on the subject:

The scandal behind Romney's new attack ad - The Maddow Blog

Latest Romney ad part of racist legacy | Letters to the Editor

VIDEO- Romney: Flexible on welfare & truth. Maddow: “They’d rather change the subject to… how overtly racist their new ad campaign is instead.” | The Political Carnival
 

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were it not for a $2.2 million (in today's dollars) federal handout, the romney family and their band of racist polygamist deviants would have not been able to make it in america.

They had just twenty-five dollars, two suitcases and three bedrolls. Many families were installed in vacant tenements and several hundred were quartered in huge empty lumber sheds on Magoffin Avenue which the Long Lumber Company made available. The U.S. Army supplied rations and loaned tents from Fort Bliss. Mayor C. E. Kelly and city officials joined Church leaders in finding homes and jobs for the refugees. Congress voted $100,000 for their transportation and relief.

If you calculate $100,000 for inflation from 1912, the figure turns into over $2.2 million in 2011. That's a lot of government money to people who were basically felons in the eyes of the law. Another fascinating thing happened in 1938. Mexico paid out a huge settlement to those early Mexican colonies because of the revolution.

Romney Family Files: Fled to Mexico Due to a Polygamy Ban Making Them 'The First Displaced Persons of the 20th Century' | Crooks and Liars

cant wait to hear that be brought up in a debate!
 
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..........and now they make the major gaff of admitting that if Mr. Joe S had just lived in Massachusetts with Gov Romney's healthcare law -- maybe his wife wouldn't have died because they would have had healthcare. Whoooops! Here in Kansas City you wouldn't believe the ads Todd Aken (TP candidate against Claire McCaskill) is running against Obamacare. It's become THE major focus of the campaign! Before this is all over there are going to be a lot of Republicans very sorry they didn't pick a tried and true Conservative to oppose Obama. Only problem?? Finding one who isn't percieved as blatently off the wall to the mainstream has become a real problem for the GOP!
 

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No surprise at all. Desperate times calls for desperate measures, and their only option would be racebaiting. I swear when stuff like this reveals itself it shows why so many US citizens need to grow the fuck up and get over their willful ignorance against blacks. It seems that anything associated with blacks is always to the "go-to option" for instantaneous negativity.
 

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No surprise at all. Desperate times calls for desperate measures, and their only option would be racebaiting. I swear when stuff like this reveals itself it shows why so many US citizens need to grow the fuck up and get over their willful ignorance against blacks. It seems that anything associated with blacks is always to the "go-to option" for instantaneous negativity.

I so Totally agree.. The Neo-Cons, are showing their racism. Now it is completely out in the open, like they will get votes showing how racist they are.
 

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No surprise at all. Desperate times calls for desperate measures, and their only option would be racebaiting. I swear when stuff like this reveals itself it shows why so many US citizens need to grow the fuck up and get over their willful ignorance against blacks. It seems that anything associated with blacks is always to the "go-to option" for instantaneous negativity.

.......except in the Olympics or other sports mind you! My red neck brother in Pittsburgh despises "the niggers" until he screams his lungs out in front of his TV for the Steelers! "Oh but that's different" is his argument.............go figure!