Over the past year or so that I’ve been following Romney, I’ve been waiting for a moment where the real Romney stands up. I’ve heard his experience leading businesses and of his successes. I’ve been impressed by the amount he gives to charity. But when watching him, I get the sense that he’s too scripted and is holding something back. He hasn’t openly spoken of his faith and he hasn’t openly countered attacks that have come his way. This gives me (and I’m sure others) a sense that perhaps he’s hiding something.
I feel the same as many Americans do. I believe in God and family and hope for a better future and I feel that we’re really not better off now than when Obama took office. However, I feel that we crave leadership and someone who can inspire confidence.
Up until now, I feel that Romney hasn’t done a good job at all of letting people know who he really is and inspiring leadership based on core beliefs he has. I feel he has played things too safe and has talked in cliche’s. I feel, like many, that the real Romney hasn’t stood up. That is, until last week at the Republican convention.
While I watched his speech, I sensed that he was speaking from his heart. He spoke passionately of his faith and family and the future of America. He referenced God a number of times. He praised his wife and those who went before us. Some of his words were so inspiring that I wrote them down, which I will share below.
Top Phrases from Romney’s Speech
- All the laws and legislation in the world will not take place of the love a parents give children.
- If every child could fall asleep wrapped in the love of a family and God’s love, this world would be a better place.
- When quoting his mother: “Why should women have any less decision than men when making decisions about our great nation?!”
- Ann’s job as a mom was a lot harder than mine. Her job was also much more important than mine.
- The strength and goodness of America is based on the goodness of the families of America and their faith.
- If you felt excitement of hope and change when you voted for Obama 4 years ago, shouldn’t you feel that way now that he’s President Obama?
- You know there’s something wrong with your president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him.
- Is it any wonder why someone who attacks success has led the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression?
- In America we celebrate success…we don’t apologize for success!
- This president can tell us to be patient, he can tell us to give him another 4 years to get it right…but he cannot tell us you are better off now than you were 4 years ago.
- President Obama pledged to slow the rise of the Oceans and to heal the planet. My promise is to help you and your family.
Finally, I feel that the real Romney stood up last week.
If you didn’t watch the speech, I’ve included a link for it below:
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September 6, 2012 at 4:20 pm
Cogs
I voted for Obama, and I’m better off than I was four years ago. Really! Between obtaining a wife, a college degree, and a non-dishwasher job…I even got my first gun! And all of that had precisely zilch to do with the president, which is why I don’t like the “better/worse off than four years ago” argument, whoever’s wiellding it.
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September 6, 2012 at 11:36 pm
Stan Beale
Governor Schweitzer of Montana summarized Romney’s problem exactly. He is a very good man,but his policies (from what little we can tell from what he says) are wrong for the country. President Clinton simply wiped out the rationale for Romneynomics;, Senator Kerry and President Obama demonstrated the amateurish an war monering neocon foreign policy of Romney-Ryan and Viice Preidnt Biden and Governor Stickland demonstrated the cost of vulture capitlism and vouture care.
Just because you are good person does not make you the best candidate. A man who only asks how high when Grover Norquist or the Religious Right asks you to jump, does not have he strength of character to make the hard decisions. A man who did not have the fortitude to tell the other Vice Presidential possbilities they were not chosen but had his son do it,, does not have the mettle needed for such a job a President.
In evlauating others, we often fall back on our pesonal eperience. I tought at a tough high school. We used to tell male “newbies” that their manhood was going to be tested in the first few weeks, if hey passed, they will have few problems. If they fail, go to the Vice Principals office and turn in a letter of resignation. The kids would know about your failure in 10 minutes and your life wil be miserable.
So far Romney has failed that test numerous times. Those of us old enough tro remember recall that we almost went to war with Russia during the Cuban Missle Crisis because Kruschev read Kennedy as weak and so he thought moving missles into Cuba wold be easy. Why did they see him as weak was because of his anemic performance at the Vienna summit.
In this age of danger we cannot afford a nice , God fearing, famly man as President if he cannot pass the “wuss” test. As Bryan Fisher, a right wing radio host said after Romney caved to him and fired his gay foreign policy advisor. “If he (Romney) can’t stand up to me, why would we expect him to stand up. to Putin or Norh Korea.”
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September 7, 2012 at 8:02 am
Doug
We are pretty supportive of Romney/Ryan alothough Romney was not our first choice. I thought his speech at the RNC was one of his best. He does not have the soaring rhetoric of Pres. Obama but he does have more substance. I am glad he is speaking about his faith-he needs to do that.
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September 7, 2012 at 10:56 am
Aaron
I think your attempt to find the true Romney falls short because your real aim seems to be to denigrate President Obama. I doubt anyone would even question Romney’s “realness” if he hadn’t turned his back on everything he used to believe in in order to secure the nomination. Personally, I’m still waiting for the real Romney to emerge, assuming, of course, that he does.
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September 7, 2012 at 7:46 pm
Cal
Recently, I happened upon the following at the “Christians For Mitt” website:
What Kind of Man is Mitt Romney?
• After going to both Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School simultaneously, he passed the Michigan bar, but never worked as an attorney.
• As a venture-capitalist, Romney’s first major business deal involved investing in a start-up office supply company with one store in Massachusetts that sold office supplies. That company, called Staples, now has over 2,000 stores and employs over 90,000 people.
• Romney or his company Bain Capital (using what became known as the “Bain Way”) would go on to perform the same kinds of business miracles again and again, with companies like Domino’s, Sealy, Brookstone, Weather Channel, Burger King, Warner Music Group, Dollarama, Home Depot Supply, and many others.
• Got your calculators handy? Let’s recap.
• Volunteer campaign worker for his dad’s gubernatorial campaign 1 year.
• Unpaid intern in Governor’s office 8 years.
• Mormon missionary in Paris 2 years.
• Unpaid bishop and stake president for his church 10 years.
• No salary as president of the Olympics 3 years.
• No salary as MA governor 4 years.
• That’s a grand total of 28 years of unpaid service to his country, his community and his church.
• Why? Because that’s the kind of man Mitt Romney is.
The above is from http://christiansformitt.blogspot.com/
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September 8, 2012 at 10:40 pm
Melody
But what about the Constitution?
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September 8, 2012 at 10:43 pm
melodybarber
I think it’s great that he’s a nice guy, who loves his family and goes to church, but what about the Constitution? The oath of office will require him to say that he will uphold and defend the Constitution, yet he doesn’t seem to care much about that. Saying that he does not need Congress to declare war tells me that he is prepared to violate his oath before he has even taken it.
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September 9, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Bushman
Even though you point out the genuineness of his convention speech, I think he still has a long way to go to really look comfortable and find his voice. I would love it if he came out and told the whole country that if we really want to fix our economic crisis and prosper again that we all do as the Book of Mormon says and repent and return to keeping Gods commandments (http://goodlypearls.com/ ).
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September 11, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Cal
I would love it, too, Bushman, but do you really think he’d get elected if he did that?
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