This was more important to Romney than this...
Brian and Beverly Mauck (RIP).
Posted on 12/25/2007 8:13:02 PM PST by bw17
Romney: 'Strong military, strong economy, strong families'
At a time when the challenges we face as a nation are formidable, complex, divisive, political and dangerous, America needs a leader with energy, intellect, vision, charisma and experience.
In his party's field of presidential candidates, Mitt Romney stands out as such an individual. Today we endorse Romney as the Republican we support in the Jan. 3 Iowa Caucuses.
Romney combines an outsider's new face with a proven track record of success as an executive in both the private and public sectors. As a businessman, the president and chief executive officer of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and governor of Massachusetts, he has demonstrated an ability to forge consensus, organize, mobilize and motivate in order to solve problems.
Personally, he is engaging, even charming, he has shown an ability to reach across partisan divides, and he is passionate on the campaign trail. In terms of leadership qualities, he possesses "it," and the importance of "it" should not be diminished. Let's be honest, a candidate for president can prepare volumes of detailed ideas, but if he or she is a polarizing figure within the halls of Congress or devoid of the personal traits necessary to inspire Americans to listen and follow, those plans don't have a chance of success.
In order to win his party's nomination and compete in the general election, Romney first must prove he's conservative enough, of course. Whether the subject is national defense, economics or social issues, his conservative credentials are strong. He understands the scope of the threat we face from Islamist jihadists and is committed to protecting America from them, wants to increase the size of the military by 100,000 troops and increase defense spending to 4 percent of our gross domestic product, and is committed to cutting taxes, wasteful federal spending and the size of government. He speaks often and with conviction about families, protecting children, values and culture. He is pro-life, but he takes a pragmatic approach to the contentious issue. He believes each individual state should determine its abortion laws through the democratic process and "not have them dictated by judicial mandate." He advocates a get-tough approach toward illegal immigration and bolstering
security on our southern border.
Having earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, founded his own venture capital and investment company, managed the Olympic Games and run a state in which the Legislature is some 85 percent Democratic, Romney understands economic principles, the intricacies of reform in areas such as education and health care, and the essential need to work with the other side. It's reasonable to say the economy and budget of Massachusetts were in dramatically better shape when he left office than when he entered, that the once-troubled 2002 Winter Olympics were transformed into a profitable success under his watch.
In areas where he may be weak, such as the inner workings of Capitol Hill and knowledge of and experience in defense and foreign policy matters, we even have someone in mind for a running mate - John McCain. Our respect and admiration for McCain run deep, and we believe he would add strength and cachet to the GOP ticket in myriad important ways.
As for Romney's overdiscussed Mormonism, we believe he more than adequately addressed the subject during his JFK-like speech earlier this month at the George H.W. Bush presidential center in College Station, Texas.
Finally, the 60-year-old Romney - son of the late George Romney, a three-term governor of Michigan and secretary of Housing and Urban Development in Richard Nixon's first term - is a man of decency and integrity. Likability cannot be discounted as an attribute important in a candidate for public office.
Among all the Republican candidates this year, Romney best taps into what we believe Americans seek - a different look, a fresh vision, a return to America's goodness and greatness. He has earned the privilege to emerge from this field as his party's nominee and carry his message of "strong military, strong economy, strong families" into next year's general election campaign.
/sarc/
Strong pandering , strong flip-flopping , strong fictional story telling ... strong Liberal
Yes, that is easy to see, by all of the highly decorated veterans in his family."sac off"
Romney: Because lunch at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse is more important than stopping liberal pro-criminal judicial appointees.
Hehehe ...
This was more important to Romney than this...
Brian and Beverly Mauck (RIP).
lol, my thoughts... a politicians politician
It gets pretty deep with Romney . Kerry must be jealous ....
Very sad . RIP .
The anti-Mittbotts are out in force. Look at that ping list of yours.
Can’t fight a fight without reinforcements, eh?
...and no guns. Sorry, but I don’t vote for gun grabbers.
These are good people who know more about Mitt than I do .
I adMITTedly fell for Mitt’s BS and saw the truth . I do trust these folks to help spread the truth about Mitt and his Liberalism .
I actually hope that you will see the light and join us , if not , I pity you and your lonely band of Mitt worshippers .
Strong flip-flipper! LOL!
“I was not planning on signing up for the military. It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam...”
Boston Herald, 5/2/94
“I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam.”
You mean you flip-flopped on your choice for President?
I’ve been sending in donations to Romney’s campaign since the beginning of the year. I made the latest one less than a week ago.
My support for him is steadfast, and no freeper-with-an-agenda is going to sway my opinion about him with lies, half-truths, and 13 year old videos about a topic that Romney says he changed his mind on.
Just look at the level of desperation. Romney gets smeared for a statement about his dad and MLK...despite several eye-witnesses and a respected author (in a book from 1967) backing Mitt’s claim. He gets attacked for putting his dog in a pet carrier on the roof of his car, despite the fact that the carrier had a plexiglass windshield and the dog loved it. He gets smeared for silly stuff, that shouldn’t even enter into a Presidential debate. This stuff is newsworthy?
Some even go so far as trying to claim that taxpayer-subsidized *private* insurance is somehow the same as taxpayer-funded abortion. Ridiculous!
Romney has led a very successful, moral, and ethical life...both personally and professionally. If you want to judge the man, judge him on his record. Or judge him on the fact that he has more endorsements from Conservatives and past and present Republicans in Congress than any other candidate.
But don’t judge him on the spin put forth by freepers with a pro-Fred agenda.
You are a goner, hook, line and sinker; reeled in and landed.
Yep , I flip-flopped on Romney , after seeing Romney’s flip-flops on these important issues .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9IJUkYUbvI&feature=related
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