[JCEccles]

LOL!

You're losing your punch, EV. Pretty insipid comments, coming from you.

[EternalVigilance]

The conviction of the inherent and inalienable worth of every life is still the most revolutionary political proposition ever advanced.

Especially for Mitt Romney, since he just discovered this principle so recently. Like today.

Too bad his entire record, and his other positions, stand in direct opposition to his newfound rhetoric.

[EternalVigilance]

As Governor, I tried to do the right as best I knew it, serving the law and answering to the Constitution. I did not confuse the particular teachings of my church with the obligations of the office and of the Constitution – and of course, I would not do so as President. I will put no doctrine of any church above the plain duties of the office and the sovereign authority of the law.

Which, at the time, to him meant implementing gay marriage, even though no constitutional provision or law exists allowing such an abomination.

This is all a typical Romney dodge.

Sophisticated lying, that's all it is.

[EternalVigilance]

When I place my hand on the Bible and take the oath of office, that oath becomes my highest promise to God.

What a horrible joke. He didn't keep his oath to the Massachusetts constitution. Not even close.

He can't make a decision without asking the lawyers what to do.

He's a judicial supremacist who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the Oval Office.

[EternalVigilance]

"I believe that every faith I have encountered draws its adherents closer to God. And in every faith I have come to know, there are features I wish were in my own: I love the profound ceremony of the Catholic Mass, the approachability of God in the prayers of the Evangelicals, the tenderness of spirit among the Pentecostals, the confident independence of the Lutherans, the ancient traditions of the Jews, unchanged through the ages, and the commitment to frequent prayer of the Muslims. As I travel across the country and see our towns and cities, I am always moved by the many houses of worship with their steeples, all pointing to heaven, reminding us of the source of life's blessings.

The worst religious pander-fest I've ever encountered.

"We are the world..."

[EternalVigilance]

It was in Philadelphia that our founding fathers defined a revolutionary vision of liberty, grounded on self evident truths about the equality of all, and the inalienable rights with which each is endowed by his Creator.

Does this mean that Romney has now dropped his claim that states' rights trump unalienable rights?

[EternalVigilance]

In short, this speech was self-serving, shallow, and pedestrian. And it bears no relationship to the man’s 35-year record of word and action in American politics.

It reminds me of Bill Clinton giving a speech on chastity and marital fidelity. With a good speechwriter, he could say the right words, at least to some extent. But it wouldn’t mean anything in the real world.