Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney formally accepted the Republican nomination for president Thursday night at the party's convention in Tampa, FL.
In his speech, Romney criticized President Barack Obama for not leading the country in the right direction the past four years.
He also laid out his five-point plan to create 12 million jobs in the United States.
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Given that Pres. Obama, by contrast, is quite good at stirring emotion but has very little in the way of constructive content behind what he says, I think Gov. Romney's speech was much more effective in a practical sense. Given a choice, from my Presidents, between vacuous emotion and fairly dry, but significant content, I think I will always prefer the latter.
Anyone claiming that Romney is a man of principal needs to double up their meds. He's dishonest in his financial dealings (got a little something to hide there Mitt on your tax returns?), a serial flip-flopper (for socialized healthcare, now against.... for the right to choose, now against..), and a predatory business man (Bain is what it is, but don't try to claim you were a spirited job creator). There's a reason oil magnates and billionaires are donating aggressively to his campaign - and it's not because they're looking out for your or my interests.
vote on Romney is wasting a vote on America. It took bush/cheney 8 years to create the disaster that Obama is having to deal with. Anyone who expects Obama to fix it over night has a serious problem in evaluating the situation. Obama hasn't even had 4 years time, his accomplishments are IN SPITE of the obstruction of the GOPhers. But, he has made accomplishments. Are you ready to step back in the black hole of the bush/cheney days? They are standing on the sidelines just salivating jumping back in the ring. Wake up~!
k on the right track. We need to let the Obamanation go, he is killing our country.
Best, Marie
http://belmontshore.patch.com/articles/poll-what-did-you-think-of-paul-ryan-s-speech#comments Same thing with how Eastwood so easily became the news of the day for all networks, surpassing any interest in what Romney had to say. It doesn't matter how much people try to stoke this fire, Romney is about as ignitable as a wet log pulled from a lake side. And while I wasn't thinking it as I wrote it, that is a very appropriate analogy for Romney, as he was only pulled into this under the same level of desperation that somebody may try to pull a wet log to try to start a fire.
Perhaps you and I have been listening to different presentations. Gov. Romney's platform and proposals are clear and can be found here: http://www.mittromney.com/issues I see a good deal of contructive content here organized into 23 specific bullets, but none of it matters or can happen if Romney's not elected. Here's one good example: Gun Rights: "Mitt will enforce the laws already on the books and punish, to the fullest extent of the law, criminals who misuse firearms to commit crimes. But he does not support adding more laws and regulations that do nothing more than burden law-abiding citizens while being ignored by criminals. Mitt will also provide law enforcement with the proper and effective resources they need to deter, apprehend, and punish criminals." Absolutely spot on and precisely what we need at the federal level....better enforcement of existing laws, not additional laws that only improperly intrude upon the 2nd Amendment rights of law abiding citizens.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/157262/romney-gets-no-bounce-last-week-gop-convention.aspx Joins John Kerry and George McGovern as only recent candidates to not get any bump from their own convention.