Romney Absorbs Boos, Tells NAACP That Democrats Have Failed Blacks
Posted on AllSides July 12th, 2012
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney didn't expect a warm embrace when he took the stage Wednesday at the NAACP annual convention in Houston.
And he didn't get one.
But the former Massachusetts governor managed to absorb sustained booing after he said he'd eliminate "Obamacare" if elected, and delivered a speech that reached out — a bit — to African-Am