Romney Has His Macaca Moment

Posted by Guest Blogger at 5:04 AM on July 23, 2007.

Pam Spaulding: Mitt Romney gets caught holding up a sign equating Barack Obama with Osama bin Laden.

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This post, written by Pam Spaulding, originally appeared on Pam's House Blend

Mitt made a big macaca moment for himself while in South Carolina.

How does he explain this endorsement of equating Obama with the terrorist responsible for 9/11? TMZ caught this coup -- Mitt's holding up the spelling challenged Palmetto State supporter's sign for crying out loud:

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More here. It didn't take long for the parodies to come out, with this as inspiration:

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resulting in this:

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and this.

and this.

and this.

What did his campaign say in response to the appearance of Mitt endorsing the message? Election Central:

"The governor stopped briefly for a picture with a supporter who just happened to be holding their own sign with an alliterative play on words," [Romney spokesman Kevin]Madden said, via e-mail. "I don?t think it was equating or comparing anyone."

UPDATE: Romney was confronted at a New Hampshire town hall about the Obama/Osama sign. Check out the video here.

Tagged as: obama, conservatives, election08, romney

Pam Spaulding is the editor and publisher of Pam's House Blend, honored as "Best LGBT Blog" in the 2005 and 2006 Weblog Awards.

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