# Charlie Webster blames Romney's loss on Mystery Black People: **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 15, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119 "2012-11-15T19:47:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/41 "2012-11-16T01:39:48Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > It would be easy enough to check if there are black residents of the towns in question…except that nobody making the accusation is willing to even name the towns. It was the same town where that guy woke up in a tub of ice after having his kidney removed and that woman died from being bitten by a black widow spider in her hairdo. Look it up. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/42 "2012-11-16T01:52:36Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > So would Obama eating a kitten on live TV, but that didn’t happen, either. > [@Marley23](#): > > Republicans demand Senate hearings on KittenGate. But blocks investigation into why _Romney_ ate a puppy on live TV. The puppy was a taker not a maker anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/43 "2012-11-16T02:07:07Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > So maybe this guy has simply never been to Lewiston. Whole buncha Somalis there, nice folks too. Say, how far is Somalia from Kenya? They’re all the same, anyway. 😃 Is it possible it happened? Sure. Did perhaps some Democrats somewhere engage in shady doings to get Obama re-elected? More than likely. But this particular scenario doesn’t seem likely. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/44 "2012-11-16T02:18:10Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > This is not racism. It is rooted in a dislike of berets that is a natural outgrowth of hating the French. People keep screaming “Racism!” Since when is “black” a ra– Oh, wait. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/45 "2012-11-16T02:29:28Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > I’m nominating this for Best Satirical Use of the Singular for the year. Thanks for noticing. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/46 "2012-11-16T02:33:43Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Maine GOP head, Charlie Webster blames Romney’s loss on Mystery Black People “Gee Willikers. It’s old Mr. Romney from Bain Capital. He tried to win the election!” “Yes…and I would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn’t for you meddling (black) kids..” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/47 "2012-11-16T03:03:35Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > :rolleyes: No, no, no, the story got garbled before Webster heard it; it was the Men **in** Black. And technically, Will Smith had stolen that car. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/48 "2012-11-16T03:04:48Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Prolly the Black Panther’s doing. Isn’t he the one who lives in Detroit, Maine? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/49 "2012-11-16T03:05:13Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > No,no, that would be too much work. Better to just assume the Democrats won Maine through voter fraud. > > Prolly the Black Panther’s doing. Or their Maine splinter group: the Black Lobsters. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/50 "2012-11-16T03:32:06Z")
The Black Orcs, their leader is Eldritch Cleaver. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/51 "2012-11-16T03:46:35Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > My mind just boggles at the level of effort (and desperation) it would take to register and then transport multiple busloads of (very conspicuous) people five or six hours into rural Maine in order to attempt to win … 1 electoral vote. The Press was calling it a nail-biter, but I’m not sure it ever looked close enough for Maine to be an issue. AND… this would all be done by those lazy 47% taker folks who just want to sit around all day not working and collecting redistributed money! ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/52 "2012-11-16T03:49:49Z")
> [@Vlad\_Igor](#): > > Bobby Jindal seems to have lobbed the first grenade into this mess. Wouldn’t that count at the second grenade since he’s already called the GOP the “stupid party” back around the time that Norquist was calling Romney a “poopy head”. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/53 "2012-11-16T05:42:49Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > No,no, that would be too much work. Better to just assume the Democrats won Maine through voter fraud. > > Prolly the Black Panther’s doing. In that case, you couldn’t touch him; T’Challa has diplomatic immunity. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/54 "2012-11-16T06:07:56Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > \It would be easy enough to check if there are black residents of the towns in question…except that nobody making the accusation is willing to even name the towns.\ Let me hazard a guess : Castle Rock, Salem’s Lot and/or Derry are the towns involved ? ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/55 "2012-11-16T08:10:45Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > The Black Orcs, their leader is Eldritch Cleaver. Yo mama on Blackrock! Oh and need I mention this is the party of [Arnie](http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/19/national/19arnold.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/56 "2012-11-16T10:32:19Z")
[But Charlie Webster can’t be racist! He plays basketball with black people! Would a racist play basketball with a black person? No! Check and mate, liberals.](http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/11/maines-gop-chair-now-says-hes-not-racist-because-he-plays-basketball-black-guy/59067/#) Heh. Goodbye, Charlie. Maybe we’ll like you better the next time around, if you have one. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/57 "2012-11-16T12:17:01Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > [But Charlie Webster can’t be racist! He plays basketball with black people! Would a racist play basketball with a black person? No! Check and mate, liberals.](http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/11/maines-gop-chair-now-says-hes-not-racist-because-he-plays-basketball-black-guy/59067/#) > > Heh. I also like the quote claiming he fields calls about “Chinese people”: > [@](#): > > If you live in a town of a few hundred people and you go to the post office every day, if there’s someone who doesn’t look like you, you usually know that … And that’s why when folks called me and said, ‘Where did this Chinese man come from? We don’t have any Chinese people here. Where did they come from?’ Well, I don’t know! It’s a good point. Gives me this image of some Asian looking guy stopping to buy some gas or whatever, and meanwhile all these people talking in hushed tones into their phones while staring at him with panicked expressions like he was a Martian. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/58 "2012-11-16T13:46:52Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > [But Charlie Webster can’t be racist! He plays basketball with black people! Would a racist play basketball with a black person? No! Check and mate, liberals.](http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/11/maines-gop-chair-now-says-hes-not-racist-because-he-plays-basketball-black-guy/59067/#) > > Heh. Goodbye, Charlie. Maybe we’ll like you better the next time around, if you have one. “I may be racist but I’ll be damned if I lose to a bunch of slow ass white boys.” “I may be a racist but I’m a winning racist.” Hat tip: Daffy Duck Couldn’t decide which. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/59 "2012-11-16T14:14:46Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > [But Charlie Webster can’t be racist! He plays basketball with black people! Would a racist play basketball with a black person? No! Check and mate, liberals.](http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/11/maines-gop-chair-now-says-hes-not-racist-because-he-plays-basketball-black-guy/59067/#) > > Heh. Goodbye, Charlie. Maybe we’ll like you better the next time around, if you have one. How does he play basketball every Sunday with a black guy if nobody in town knows any black people? Is he a ringer who drives up from New York every weekend? ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119/60 "2012-11-16T18:51:07Z")
Does mr. webster wanna comment on why the hell would someone as devlish and smart as Obama (who after all stole the election) spend the time and money to send thousands of people to small towns (where they would stand out) to a state that he had locked up already?? He won by over 100k votes, why would you even bother busing in a few hundred people with a margin like that?? my brain…it hurts… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-webster-blames-romneys-loss-on-mystery-black-people/641119.md?page=4)