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"Then Sam Adams rose, and said he would hear a prayer from anyone of piety and good character, as long as they were a patriot.
"And so together they prayed, and together they fought, and together, by the grace of God ... they founded this great nation.
"In that spirit, let us give thanks to the divine 'author of liberty.' And together, let us pray that this land may always be blessed, 'with freedom's holy light.'
Brilliant.
Clips and analysis of the speech are on the air now with father and son talk show hosts Chuck and Larry Bates.
Click on “Livestream”.
I agree. It was an outstanding speech, very presidential.
He omitted the part about the underpants.
Larry Bates is saying that Romney did NOT let his Mormon church affect his Mass governorship, since he was pro-abortion, pro-homo-marriage and pro-gay-adoption.
So, Romney CLEARLY is not allowing his Mormon church to get in the way of being a good liberal!!!
Maybe brilliant, but Mitt’s problem is not his Mormonism it is his big Flip Flops on huge social issues. Also, his inability to effectively address questions beyond his canned answer; example, “I would consult the lawyers”.
Thanks for posting.
It was a great speech.
“Recall the early days of the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, during the fall of 1774. With Boston occupied by British troops, there were rumors of imminent hostilities and fears of an impending war. In this time of peril, someone suggested that they pray. But there were objections. ‘They were too divided in religious sentiments’, what with Episcopalians and Quakers, Anabaptists and Congregationalists, Presbyterians and Catholics.
“Then Sam Adams rose, and said he would hear a prayer from anyone of piety and good character, as long as they were a patriot.
“And so together they prayed, and together they fought, and together, by the grace of God ... they founded this great nation.
“In that spirit, let us give thanks to the divine ‘author of liberty.’ And together, let us pray that this land may always be blessed, ‘with freedom’s holy light.’
“God bless the United States of America.”
Bookmarked. The speech was exceptional.
He tells us that he is a Reagan Conservative...but when he governed in Mass. he was liberal to the hilt, which is not consistent with Reagan Conservatism.
He tells us that he is a practicing Mormon...but he has previously supported abortion rights and homosexual rights (went out of his way in Mass. to do so), which is not consistent with the doctrines of the Mormon Church.
So...who/what is Romney, really?
It was a good speech, though. Who was the speech writer?
And it is interesting that Mitt is attempting to create a "wall of separation", here, between himself (the Mormon) and himself (the candidate and possible future President) and you comment that: "But the good done by this speech, not just for the LDS church..."
How exactly did he do good for the LDS Church, here?
I think that your commentary may be opposite of what Mitt is trying to establish with his speech. And do you see his candidacy, and possible Presidential win, as good for the LDS Church, as well? If so, how?
This was a great opportunity for Mitt to look like Reagan and to look presidential. Sometimes misfortune, in this case bigotry, is an opportunity. Mitt took full advantage, turning a negative into a big positive! : )
I am now almost as enthusaistic about Mitt as I was about Reagan. Just like Reagan’s speeches always did, Mitt’s speech gave me goosebumps! I want more of that! : )
I am sure the selfish air headed liberals and the extremists left wing environmental wackos will not like what he had to say since they believe in a so-called living and not a fixed constitution or on the principles of which this country was founded.
God Bless America! :)
I agree with you. I won’t vote for him because of a lot of other issues with respect to conservatism.
This speech, however, should be in history books. Probably one of the most important speeches since Churchill’s time.
Yawn. When is this loser going to STOP talking about religion?
It's a bit of a paradox that Mormons support Romney because as a Mormon he supposedly shares their values and having a Mormon elected as President will be good for their church outreach, but at the same time they tell non-Mormons that Romney's religion should have nothing to do with their vote.
I have reserved judgment on Mitt, and continue to do so, but this speech was awesome, and it certainly didn’t hurt his standing in my book. I will definitely give him another look.
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.
A “symphony of faith” - I love that.