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MITT ROMNEY TAKES ON HECKLER
The Mitt Report ^ | 02-17-07 | Mitt Report

Posted on 02/17/2007 9:12:08 PM PST by mittreport

You have to see how smooth Romney handles this heckler:

http://www.mittreport.com

Unchecked bigotry, illustrated by this heckler, toward Mormons is unbelievable. If someone stood up and commented about a person's gender, race, etc., the public and media would be outraged. My guess the mainstream media lets this go unchecked.

-MR

(Excerpt) Read more at mittreport.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bigots; heckler; mormon; romney
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To: nctexan

Flog your blog and you'll go blind...


21 posted on 02/17/2007 10:12:29 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: RegulatorCountry
Heh, no, I don't think that is what *is* happening, just that it could happen. It might just be advertisers looking to sell products.

I'm just saying that my scenario is both plausible (in terms of motivation) and economically feasible. The only thing that really matters is the number of ad impressions, since people can see the ad messages without clicking on them. Depending on the per-click ad cost, you can get several thousand impressions per dollar.

That definitely beats TV ad rates and targets a relatively wealthy, literate, and higher-voting-percentage audience who would be most affected by this type of associative marketing. A political operative for one of the other contenders would not be wasting his budget if he buys ten million impressions of such a message for a measly $5k.
22 posted on 02/17/2007 10:15:23 PM PST by billybudd
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To: mittreport
I don't get how Romney pwned the heckler. All Romney did was praise religious diversity and imply that he himself is a man of faith.
23 posted on 02/17/2007 10:20:23 PM PST by pnh102
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To: billybudd

LOL, instead of a Google bomb, an Adsense attack? Oh well, it'll probably happen, but it'll probably backfire, too. Too many suspicious, net-savvy people online, with a lot of time on their hands.


24 posted on 02/17/2007 10:23:54 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Doctor Raoul

Hey sorry about the 'flog my blog.' In all reality I thought there were people who would want to see how the 'Mormon question' plays out in front of a crowd.

The video is telling. It doesn't really matter what Romney said, I doubt anyone really cared, it was that no one in that room wanted to be associated with a outspoken bigot.

-MR
mittreport.com


25 posted on 02/17/2007 10:25:07 PM PST by mittreport
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To: Fairview; mittreport
"He never did what he should have, which was to say that he does indeed believe in and have a relationship with Jesus. In one sentence he could shut down the evangelicals and Catholics who are uncertain about whether or not they could vote for a Mormon."

Stayed tuned, I believe you will hear much of this addressed, and in a manner you will approve, in a speech before 100+ religious leaders later this month. Mitt wants to address the religion issue directly as John Kennedy did in his speech before the Greater Houston Ministerial Association in September, 1960.

Incidentally, the Orlando Sentinel printed this quote from the incident although I couldn't hear it in the audio:

The crowd booed the man from the room, and Romney responded: "First of all, I believe in God."

As far as the reaction by the crowd to the heckler (loud booing) and the crowd's reaction to Mitt's response (standing ovation), it was very gratifying to witness and what I've been predicting. Americans are very likely to mount a fierce backlash against any person or group attempting to turn our U.S. elections into a religious jihad involving foolish and hurtful assertions that "our Jesus is better than their Jesus". I think we saw a good example of that predictable backlash in this video.

26 posted on 02/17/2007 10:39:53 PM PST by Unmarked Package (Amazing surprises await us under cover of a humble exterior.)
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To: mittreport

Hi Wife's interview about her MS is very impressive !


27 posted on 02/17/2007 10:42:25 PM PST by america-rules
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To: RegulatorCountry

Candidates are buying bloggers outright these days. I don't put any tactics past these guys in trying to coopt this medium.


28 posted on 02/17/2007 10:43:19 PM PST by billybudd
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To: mittreport
Hi mittreport-

No problem at all. Thank you for the kind note. Stick around and enjoy yourself at Free Republic, there's lots of interesting information around here.

~ Blue Jays ~

29 posted on 02/17/2007 10:50:04 PM PST by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: billybudd

I'd go so far as to opine that massive click-through fraud might very well doom automatic ad placement programs, that have made blogging at least moderately profitable for so many.


30 posted on 02/17/2007 10:55:39 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: mittreport
Good for Mitt, he handled the heckler well! At this point I favor him for the Republican nomination.

I'm glad you posted and hope to see some more from you!

31 posted on 02/17/2007 10:58:40 PM PST by TAdams8591
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

Ding-Ding-Ding.

We nearly had a winner.

The correct answer is: The guy is an idiot and a plant.


32 posted on 02/17/2007 10:59:31 PM PST by proudpapa (Forget Rudy McRomney it's Duncan Hunter in '08!)
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To: Unmarked Package

I am sorry, it's just beyond me why my fellow evangelical Christians are so set against a Mormon. Yes, they believe some things I think are silly--it's hard to comprehend how an educated person could accept the Book of Mormon as received Scripture. But the Mormons do take Christ as their Lord and Saviour, God's Son, so what's the problem? We need to get over this kind of thing; we need some unity in our community!


33 posted on 02/17/2007 11:02:44 PM PST by Fairview
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To: mittreport

Thanks for post. It was very appropriate. One of the best post I have seen on FR in weeks.


34 posted on 02/17/2007 11:04:01 PM PST by TonyM (E)
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To: RegulatorCountry
You might be right, but I've been predicting that for two and a half years now and still the pay-per-click industry is growing. There's simply too much demand and it's still much more cost effective than the alternatives. Until that changes, it will continue to grow in spite of the fraud.

I don't think any bloggers are making a profit off blogging, except maybe the really big ones with enough traffic to really matter. The problem is that to make any real money you need to be a full-time blogger, but since you probably will not break $30k annual, for most people intelligent enough to run such a blog, it would be much worse pay than a job.

It's kind of a conundrum of the Web 2.0 age. There's so much benefit to be had from large numbers of people contributing information; but the question is: how do you incentivize people to keep producing? I don't think direct financial incentives like advertising or pay-per-post blogging will work simply because the rewards are too tiny. Oversupply / underdemand. I think the social networks like Myspace and Digg are on the right track though, with social, rather than financial rewards.
35 posted on 02/17/2007 11:09:46 PM PST by billybudd
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To: pnh102

http://www.hawaiiangecko.com/DrinkinCoffee.gifhg 

 

I don't get how Romney [o]wned the heckler.

 It seems to me that anytime you get a standing ovation to a response from any heckler about any subject,  you own them.

 

 


36 posted on 02/17/2007 11:17:42 PM PST by HawaiianGecko (Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.)
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To: Fairview
"But the Mormons do take Christ as their Lord and Saviour, God's Son, so what's the problem? We need to get over this kind of thing; we need some unity in our community!"

Well said, my fellow FReeper!

Mitt will stress our shared values of faith in God and family and that message will resonate with people of all Christian faiths.

Don't be disheartened or assume the conflict is as great as the Democrat Media would like you to believe. Mitt has made great progress in successful contacts with evangelical Christians already. Many have concluded Mitt is the best choice among the top-tier candidates for people of faith who share common values.

Take a look at the Evangelicals for Mitt website if you haven't seen it already. There is some really good information at that site. David French, a Harvard-educated lawyer who works for the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) which is James Dobson’s organization fighting the ACLU, is a co-founder of the website.

37 posted on 02/17/2007 11:31:46 PM PST by Unmarked Package (Amazing surprises await us under cover of a humble exterior.)
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To: mittreport

The biggest example of a double standard is that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is a Mormon and yet Democrats do not speak out against him because of his "religion".


38 posted on 02/18/2007 12:06:43 AM PST by weegee (No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
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To: Unmarked Package

"Don't give that brother, brother, brother uh uh" John Lennon.


39 posted on 02/18/2007 12:08:35 AM PST by jwh_Denver ("Planet of the Apes" happened because people wouldn't proof read their posts.)
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To: nctexan

Don't let your meat loaf.


40 posted on 02/18/2007 2:01:00 AM PST by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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