For starters, let's take a gander at Romney among the pickaninnies -- er, I mean, in the midst of those nice little colored kids -- ah, that is, the Mittman enjoying a visit with those nice photogenic schoolchildren at a Phillie inner-city school where the GOP hopeful convened a closed-door roundtable on education reform. Not that he invited any of the parents or neighbors of the school (or even the mayor, for Pete's sake) into the meeting to hear what they had to say, of course; I mean, who cares what the backdrop for a photo op thinks, right? Which
did not go unnoticed among the peasantry:
As word spread that Romney was there to discuss education reform in a closed-door, 90-minute roundtable, neighbors gathered outside the school to protest the visit. And residents had no friendly words for the GOP presidential candidate, especially when they learned he would not venture beyond the well-maintained walls of the school to the surrounding blocks, lined with rundown rowhouses.
"Why is he here?" asked Zulema Canty, 37, one of a few dozen people gathered outside the school. "A few months ago he said he didn't care about the poor, he was more concerned with the middle class. . . . This just seems like some PR thing. And now he's going to go on TV and say he was here, when really he wasn't here."
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By the time Mayor Nutter and District Attorney Seth Williams arrived for a news conference near the school aimed at criticizing Romney's record on education, a crowd of 50 residents and Obama backers were gathered on the sidewalk. Chanting "Obama's neighborhood" and "Down with Romney," the irked neighbors initially booed Nutter and Williams, mistakenly believing they had asked Romney to come to the city.
"I did not invite Mitt Romney to 58th and Media!" Williams told the crowd. Nutter added that he had not, either.
Nutter then criticized Romney for making a trip into the heart of West Philadelphia and choosing not to step outside and speak with voters.
But enough of the adult rabble! What of their innocent offspring, unsullied by grownup prejudices? What did they think of the benevolent Future Leader of the Free World so graciously moving among their humble selves?
Lookee:
Can't you just FEEL the excitement?
You can tell how much Mittens is enjoying this, how in tune he is with his surroundings:
(Boggles) Does this guy have no self-awareness at all? Why did no flunky spot this and save the Mittster from himself?
Okay, I think we have a pretty good idea of what those kids thought about Mister One Percent. But what do they think of the Kenyan Muslim Socialist Islamo-Fascist Usurper In Chief?
Pete Souza's photos (dunno where taken) suggest an answer:
Can we get a high five over here?
Aw, just..... dayyum:
