Posted on 12/06/2007 10:13:20 AM PST by Reaganesque
Earlier I heard on one of the talk shows that Mr. Romney wrote the entire text of this speech himself. That he made this speech against the wishes of his advisors. It is possible that this speech might sink his run for the presidency but he will have my respect whatever the outcome of the election.
I saw Mitt on Greta's show the other night, and she asked him if he wrote the speech himself; which he said he did. Given the passion and sincerity with which the speech was delivered, I would guess that's true.
I agree with the comments you made about it. Apparently Rush Limbaugh agrees with you as well. He called the speech inspiring, courageous, and demonstrative of leadership. He went on to say that this speech raised the bar on the entire field, and it's the speech he (Rush) has dreamt of hearing from a GOP candidate for a long time.
As Rush said, "It may not be 'Morning in America' yet, but we are much farther from midnight if this keeps up." Very well said.
Exactly.
You gotta love it!
At this point Romney has fallen near the bottom of my candidate list.
However, I’m glad to give credit where credit is due — this is a great speech. He threaded the needle very well here in terms of affirming his own faith, explaining what he needed to explain (that he will not be beholden to LDS church leaders), while putting it in the context of America.
Congrats to Romney and his supporters today.
Better yet, or perhaps in addition to, if anyone can rip the relevant audio, I'd love to hear it again.
Yes, I did! I'm often amazed at how eloquent Mr. Limbaugh is when speaking extemporaneously. The comment about 'Morning in America' was a particularly beautiful turn of phrase.
A “symphony of faith” - I love that.
Most Mormons I know who are supporting him are doing so because he shares their values, NOT because they are Mormons. They don’t support Harry Reid, for example, even though he is also a Mormon.
However, it is true that I have not met a Mormon who holds Romney’s faith against him.
And yet several people who support other candidates have posted in this thread that he just “read what the speechwriters wrote” — with not one piece of evidence supporting their claim.
Who was the “speechwriter”?
For the most part, Romney espoused conservative principals.
Did he occasionally sprinkle in some liberal oriented statements regarding abortion, and homo's? Yes.
But he was far from being a dyed-in-the-wool abortion-supporting homo's-are-great liberal.
Like someone said on the radio today, "if Romney had made some of those statements as elected Governor of a Southern or Mid-western state, then I'd be more concerned.
But considering he made such statements as Governor of the most liberal state in America, then it is not nearly so disconcerting."
Would I rather have Republicans refrain from appeasing the liberal hoardes in Northeastern super liberal states? Yes.
But with politics being what it is, I just don't get THAT upset.
Heck, Ronald Reagan granted AMNESTY to ALL ILLEGALS IN AMERICA in 1986, and he also signed into law the most liberal government-funded abortion law in California in 1967.
Sometimes great leaders do things I find deplorable. But I don't consider them as awful tyrants like many on FR do with Romney.
Great speech!!!!!!!
“leap of faith”
That’s one small leap for Mitt, one giant leap for Mormonkind.
(Don’t blow a fuse.)
He's covering up this bizarre fetish, not me.
Romney might have made points with the religious, but lost a lot with me.... Yeah, this is from 2005, but you know what? There’s a lot of ham radio operators out there, millions of us, that won’t vote for him.
Romney “Disses” Amateur Radio In Televised Town Meeting
Posted on Wednesday 16 November 2005 @ 15:48:10
Governor Mitt RomneyGovernor Mitt Romney dismissed the role of Amateur Radio operators in emergency communications during a televised “town meeting” program last night on WCVB’s “When Disaster Strikes: Segment Two.” The program featured public safety and volunteer organization officials from across Massachusetts among its audience.
Host and moderator Natalie Jacobson asked an increasingly-agitated Governor Romney questions about communications interoperability, and communication without commercial power. Romney was next asked by Jacobson, “...so does it come down to ham radio?...”
The Governor replied in a disgusted tone, “No, we don’t need to deal with ham radio operators...”
Embarrassed public safety officials later tried to put in a good word for Amateur Radio. National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist Glenn Field was prepared to state the importance of Amateur Radio, when Salvation Army Colonel Fred Van Brunt was called upon. Van Brunt remarked about his organization’s quest to improve its communications capabilities and how Amateur Radio has aided his organization. “The ham radio situation helps a great deal,” he stated.
“I have already written and submitted a letter to the Governor’s Office,” wrote Eastern MA Section Emergency Coordinator Rob Macedo, KD1CY. “I have also written an email to Natalie Jacobson.”
ARRL Section Manager Mike Neilsen, W1MPN sent a section-wide email today to all Eastern MA ARRL members describing the incident along with actions he and his staff were taking to mitigate the situation.
“[Romney’s] attitude about us sets an unfortunate tone within the state’s executive branch,” wrote Neilsen. “As a former military officer, I see this as a failure in leadership. My immediate concern is our working relationship within the [Massachusetts Emergency Management Team] environment.” Neilsen intends to address the Governor’s comments as “an urgent matter” at a meeting on November 17 with Don Carlton from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.
“I was very disturbed about what the Governor stated on the program,” wrote Ron Wood, W1PLW, the section’s Public Information Coordinator. “It does show that more work is needed by all hams in the section. It’s a great idea to write letters explaining the good we do.” Wood is attempting to schedule a meeting with the Governor’s office tomorrow so that EMA ARRL staffers might discuss the matter further.
Tom Kinahan, N1CPE wrote that Governor Romney’s comment has made “a PR problem” for Kinahan in his role as MA State RACES Officer.
“I’ve got a roster of over 150 Amateur Radio operators that support local communities, and those of us that directly support the state government. There are at least double that in terms of people that are actually out there that I don’t have formal paperwork on that support Amateur Radio emergency communications in some organized manner... The Governor has said that he ‘certainly doesn’t need to rely on ham radio’ — where does that leave the RACES program now?”
“I am ashamed tonight that I am a Republican!” remarked one ham radio viewer. “[Romney] speaks in derogatory tones about hams. He certainly shows an ignorance as to what we do and are capable of. I suggest a grass roots campaign of local hams calling the State House and The Governor’s Office to protest.”
The television program can be viewed at http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/5334306/detail.html.
The correlation between a very small minority of anti-American secular proponents as a religion and those of a minority of German Nazi’s should bother all of America.
In my opinion America has become to tolerant of diverse opinions.
We have allowed traitorous thinking individuals to use this tolerance to stir the American melting pot into a roiling of discontent and hate.
Some of these individuals and groups such as the insignificant New Black Panthers, Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, Left Wing Democrats, Environmentalists and other American haters have taken advantage of Americas kindness to bash the hand that feeds them.
I don't know. Who was?
I really could care less, mitt needs to go look for some more illegals to do his yard work. LOL
Mr. Romney wrote his own speech, he said.
His wife Ann said he has been working on it ALONE for several weeks. No speechwriters.
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