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Transcript of Mitt Romney Interview on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on Jan. 18, 2008.
Los Angeles Times ^ | January 18, 2008

Posted on 01/19/2008 12:08:13 AM PST by Romneyfor President2008

JAY LENO: On Tuesday my first guest won the Michigan primary in the Republican Presidential race. That makes him a real contender in an election that is pretty much anybody's guess at this point. Please welcome Mitt Romney.

(Applause.)

JAY LENO: Thanks for coming. I appreciate your making the trip.

MITT ROMNEY: Thank you. Good to be here.

JAY LENO: And congratulations on Michigan. That was exciting.

MITT ROMNEY: Very exciting for me.

JAY LENO: You got the gold. You almost took the silver. Got the gold.

MITT ROMNEY: I got Wyoming, too; so two golds, two silvers. That's not bad.

JAY LENO: Good. Good. Good. Now, this seems like it's ‑‑ for me it's getting good, but for you guys it's getting nasty. How are you holding up?

MITT ROMNEY: I do fine. You know, I start off the day with a ‑‑ actually with a bowl of granola. My wife makes granola. Before I go on a trip, she gets out the oats and honey and sesame seeds and chops up the almonds. So I take a bowl and have granola in the morning, and then I jog every other day three miles, and then at the end of the day, just to really relax, I take off a dark suit like this and put on a light one.

(Laughter.)

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


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KEYWORDS: leno; mitt; mittromney; romney; transcript; willard
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This has the complete transcript in 6 pages.
1 posted on 01/19/2008 12:08:16 AM PST by Romneyfor President2008
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To: Romneyfor President2008

Thanks for the post of the transcript. I appreciate it.

Suggestion: When you go over to read things like this, hit the print version and read it all without the wrap around text, all on one long page.


2 posted on 01/19/2008 12:53:49 AM PST by DoughtyOne (< fence >< sound immigration policies >< /weasles >< /RINOs >< /Reagan wannabees that are liberal >)
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To: DoughtyOne

Romney in Heated Exchange with AP Reporter.

http://www.youtube.com/v/15hVj29hH2k&rel=1

Campaign getting a little stressful for you there, Willard? Starting to feel the heat? It’s nice to see this crooked car salesman show his true colours once and a while. If this is the beginning of the end, I can’t wait to see his theatrics as he goes down the flames.


3 posted on 01/19/2008 2:38:10 AM PST by a77 (McCain for President)
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To: Romneyfor President2008

Yes, thanks for posting. Romney handled that very well. He’s a very impressive guy. I’m going to do what I can to help him become our next president.


4 posted on 01/19/2008 2:42:27 AM PST by gruna
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To: a77

I didn’t see Romney going off at all. In fact, I thought he carried himself professionally. I guess as we continue to go soft in America that exchange becomes an all out war. Sad isn’t it? You should agree with that at least even though you are not a Romney supporter. Plus hard to go down in flames when you have a three state win and two second place wins after Nevada. He is number one and still does not receive the respect he deserves.


5 posted on 01/19/2008 3:12:01 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: Romneyfor President2008
"...to say Romney is a conservative you'd have to overlook his support for Roe v Wade and the thousands and thousands of innocent babes his support allowed to be ruthlessly murdered, on his watch, as he stood by and did nothing. Worse than nothing. He led the murderous charge. The man has no morals, no bedrock principles, no convictions, and no conscience. Conviently saying he's changed his mind just in time to run for the presidency doesn't cut it. The man should fall to his knees and beg forgiveness. And if he had any conscience at all, he'd resign from public life.

You'd also have to overlook his support for gay rights, shamnesty, the "assault rifle" ban, his big government we'll solve all your problems nanny-statism, and his love affair with Ted Kennedy.

BTW, conservatives should just say no to RomneyCare. It's not the free-market, private enterprise solution he proudly claims it to be. It's unconstitutional government coercion, force, intrusion, socialism, fascism, totalitarianism and abortionism all rolled into one big government nanny-state boondoggle. He singlehandedly won the war for universal healthcare and government subsidized abortion FOR the DEMOCRATS. He's Clinton, Schumer, Kennedy & Co.'s best friend. A useful idiot...."

105 posted on 01/16/2008 5:38:35 PM CST by Jim Robinson (Our God-given unalienable rights are not open to debate, negotiation or compromise!) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]

6 posted on 01/19/2008 3:23:43 AM PST by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: a77

LOL, you think that was a heated exchange? Perhaps on the part of the reporter. Romney, the consummate professional handled it with dignity and class, never losing his composure and always with that smile.

Must suck to hate Romney and see him do something this well.


7 posted on 01/19/2008 3:35:04 AM PST by aroundabout
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To: a77
Campaign getting a little stressful for you there, Willard? Starting to feel the heat? It’s nice to see this crooked car salesman show his true colours once and a while. If this is the beginning of the end, I can’t wait to see his theatrics as he goes down the flames.

Yeah, like McCain is the epitome of tempermental stability.

8 posted on 01/19/2008 3:39:14 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat ((I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!))
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To: a77
Judging by your post, you appear to be one of those who
screams, “Bully, Bully” if all doesn’t go just your way.

I can see why you’re a McCainiac....

9 posted on 01/19/2008 3:47:57 AM PST by ThreePuttinDude ()... Cevapi & Slivovitz for everyone....()
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To: DoughtyOne
Romney is getting a head start in Nevada eNews Reference Directory of News around the world.
10 posted on 01/19/2008 3:49:03 AM PST by enewsreference
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To: Manic_Episode

That’s the biggest load of crap so far this year.


11 posted on 01/19/2008 3:53:18 AM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Romneyfor President2008

Mitt Romney truly saying that he likes Ted Kennedy and that he’s not at all worried about the rich isn’t helping Mitt with the conservative voters base! Truly lowering the tax burden with everyone from the richest to the poorest helps everyone, and truly lowering the tax burden on the rich also truly helps with the creation of many new jobs all over the U.S.! Mitt also truly needs to be frequently attacked about and frequently questioned about his “RomneyCare Health Care Plan” in Massachusetts which forces many state residences into a government run health care program when most of them probably don’t want to have any part of it in their lives in the first place! (Do the majority of people all over the U.S. truly want similar kinds of “government mandated” health care systems to be created by all fifty states all over the U.S. as well?)


12 posted on 01/19/2008 4:04:10 AM PST by johnthebaptistmoore
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To: Manic_Episode; a77

13 posted on 01/19/2008 4:09:59 AM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Westlander

Facts are terrible things


14 posted on 01/19/2008 4:10:53 AM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: DoughtyOne

Cool, thanks for the tip!


15 posted on 01/19/2008 4:24:45 AM PST by Romneyfor President2008
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To: Rome2000

Spend a day or so researching Granpa Fred. You’d be surprised. And the badge of ‘the only true conservative’ does not automatically make him a viable candidate of the Republican party against the Hildabeast or Hussein Obama.


16 posted on 01/19/2008 4:31:26 AM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Westlander; Jim Robinson
"That’s the biggest load of crap so far this year."

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Well then I suggest you take it up with the author who also happens to own this site and hates liberalism.

17 posted on 01/19/2008 4:49:32 AM PST by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: Manic_Episode

ME, Yes I do know JR owns this site. And I also know he would be the first one to allow a debate within the policy of this site. By the way, he and I bowl on a leauge Tuesday nights.


18 posted on 01/19/2008 4:59:22 AM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Westlander

I hope he drops a ball on your liberal supporting big toe.


19 posted on 01/19/2008 5:02:12 AM PST by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: Manic_Episode

It’s likely to come down to Romney or Hillary, or Romney or Obama. Then we’ll see how much he hates liberalism.


20 posted on 01/19/2008 5:02:48 AM PST by gruna
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