Romney holds his own during ObamaCare moment at NAACP convention

Updated on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 4:06PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Photo of Gov. Mitt Romney: The US ReportGov. Mitt Romney made it a point to stress inclusiveness during his speech to the NAACP convention in Houston. He talked about education, jobs and healthcare.

Romney’s remarks were applauded a number of times, until he got to his plan to overturn and replace ObamaCare.

Boos were immediate.

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‘Don’t Vote’ ad riles pundits, raises questions on identity politics, double standard

A commercial some are calling the ‘Don’t Vote’ ad is riling pundits because the message tells Hispanics not to vote. A politics writer with The Las Vegas Review-Journal called the ad “the most despicable and offensive political ad of Nevada's 2010 season…”

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NAACP resolution on Tea Party racism put in Democrat context

According to media reports, the NAACP, having welcomed First Lady Michelle Obama to the organization’s national convention, is poised to vote on a resolution about racism on Tuesday.

The resolution, according to ABC News, is “expected to condemn what it calls racist elements in the Tea Party movement.”

I’ve met many Tea Partiers and I’m on mailing lists for a number of these groups. I have never witnessed nor heard any racially charged statements at anything I’ve covered.

I have heard a number of racially charged statements, however, from Democrats and some minority opportunists. At the moment, the race you may target comfortably and say anything about is the white race.

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Michigan Dem targets Arizona sheriff over illegal entrants; deputies frustrated

Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) targeted Maricopa County (Phoenix, Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio for the department’s efforts to stem the tide of illegal entrants breaching the border. The sheriff’s department said in a news release (Apr. 3) Conyers’ office contacted the president of the local chapter of the NAACP in an attempt to get the group to bolster the congressman’s portrayal of Sheriff Arpaio and his deputies as “racial profilers” during hearings in Washington, D.C.

Conyers, Chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, recently spearheaded a federal investigation by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder claiming Arpaio’s deputies are routinely violating the civil rights of Hispanics in Maricopa County.

"Dragging" wipes away any footprints or other signs that people are crossing a border road. Later the Border patrol will check for signs that people have crossed the road illegally heading into the U.S.[Photo by James Tourtellotte/US Gov.]

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