Mitt Romney's Long, Troubled History With The NAACP

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall meeting at Central High School in Grand Junction, Colorado, on July 10, 2012. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Mother Jones:

The GOP presidential candidate is speaking to the nation's oldest civil rights organization on Wednesday. Here's what you need to know about their relationship.

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[jncorpcons]

10:51 AM on 07/11/2012

What do you expect from a religion that claims people of color have the "Mark of Cain" on them because of thier skin color.

[Maureen Stemberg]

10:45 AM on 07/11/2012

Romney, "I am not concern about the very poor they have their own safety nets."
That more than a gaffe...He was telling the truth. The other part of "the truth" is
if he god forbid was ever elected...The very poor, the poor, the middle class ALL
of us will have no safety net. This man is a liar, we know his views on women, not good.
He out sources jobs to Singapore, China and India. He also has off shore banking via his
tax havens in Cayman Islands, Bermuda and many more places. The big question...If he's
money's is legal. Then he is UN-AMERICAN. No president, has ever had these accounts.
The bigger question that begs for an answer is why did he transfer the Bermuda account to his wife on the eve of his bring sworn in for Gov of my state? It leads one to believe that it is something that needs to be careful examine!!

[Citizen13]

10:21 AM on 07/11/2012

Being Black is a punishment from the almighty according to his religion. He's not fooling them.

[DeeFromTheD]

10:38 AM on 07/11/2012

Exactly.No one should be surprised at Romney’s embrace of racism. You must remember that it was doctrine of the LDS Church that AAs had the “Mark of Cain” and were accursed by God. The doctrine was only “changed” by the church in the 1970s with a “new revelation”. Romney’s hero was Brigham Young, a total white supremacist.