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In Speech, Romney Emphasizes Importance of Family
National Review Online - The Corner ^ | May 11, 2012 | Katrina Trinko

Posted on 05/11/2012 7:15:40 AM PDT by C19fan

The campaign released some excerpts from the speech Mitt Romney will deliver tomorrow at Liberty University’s graduation:

I’m not sure quite why, but lately I’ve found myself thinking about life in four-year stretches. And let’s just say that not everybody has filled these past four years with as much achievement as you have.

In the most practical, everyday terms, the best cultural assets are values as basic as personal responsibility, the dignity of hard work, and, above all, the commitments of family. Take those away, or take them for granted, and so many things can go wrong in a life. Keep them strong, and so many things will go right.

Their great-grandfather, my Dad George Romney, was successful by any measure you’d care to apply. I asked him once, “What was your greatest accomplishment?” Without a moment’s pause, his answer was, “Raising you four kids.” I had his example to follow, and I have never once regretted missing any experience or opportunity in business in order to be with my wife and five sons. Regrets usually come the other way around, from missing moments with your children that don’t come again. The same holds true for time with your parents as the years fall away. Among the things in life that can be put off, being there when it matters most isn’t one of them.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: polyamory; romney; romneydeathpanels; romneymarriage; romneyvalues
The curmudgeon in me is coming out but is Romney running for President or Father of the Year?
1 posted on 05/11/2012 7:15:41 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

I can’t take this very seriously when Romney just yesterday is saying how fine he is with handing over vulnerable children to sex perverts for adoption. That’s child abuse in my book.


2 posted on 05/11/2012 7:22:27 AM PDT by greene66
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To: C19fan
In Speech, Romney Emphasizes Importance of Family

What is Romney's definition of "Family"? Even Charles Manson had a "Family".

3 posted on 05/11/2012 7:24:01 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: BlackElk; EternalVigilance; Diogenesis; BillyBoy

*projectile barf alert*


4 posted on 05/11/2012 7:28:02 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: dfwgator

That is Romney’s slippery slope. Family to him...what is that exactly?


5 posted on 05/11/2012 10:54:07 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: fieldmarshaldj; BlackElk; wagglebee

I addressed these matters at length in this video-taped interview this morning.

And by the way, the interviewer is a liberal.

http://www.tomhoefling.com/8/post/2012/05/tom-hoefling-interviewed-by-steph-watts-may-11-2012.html


6 posted on 05/11/2012 11:47:14 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (We're not Republicans or Democrats. We're Americans. Visit SelfGovernment.US.)
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