No, not a Saturday Night Live parody.
Via Charlie Spiering:
Last night on MSNBC, host Lawrence O’Donnell said that Romney’s NAACP speech was part of a Republican ‘southern strategy’ used to appeal to ‘racial and racist voting.’
Speaking to TheGrio.com’s Goldie Taylor, O’Donnell said, “Tell me, Goldie, if I’m being too cynical, to think that the Romney campaign actually went in that room today with the hope of getting booed, at least three times, because they want the video of their candidate being booed by the NAACP to play in certain racist precincts where that will actually help them.” […]
Toure, a MSNBC co-host, questioned Romney’s use of slogan, “if you understand who I truly am in my heart.”
“Isn’t that the kind of thing you hear people say when they’re accused of being racist, and they’re trying to make an apology?” he asked.
Toure concluded, “He’s not saying he’s racist, but he’s saying ‘the Republican party has been racist, but I am not.’”