Barack Conversation With Mitt

A Better America Begins Tonight

Ann Romney Hadn't Had It Easy

… Ann Romney, by the way, managed to raise 5 well-adjusted sons, none of whom have been in jail or rehab. Now if that’s not a job, I don’t know what is. And she raised these 5 normal, high-achieving sons while battling MS and breast cancer. She is superwoman. But to Rosen and Team Obama, she’s someone to be targeted, polarized, mocked and humiliated. Or so they thought.

By Monica Crowley (FOX News contributor, Washington Times columnist) April 12, 2012

Bill O'Reilly Interrupts President Obama 48 Times

MIGOP LEADERS AGREE: Mitt Romney Won the Debate

Mitt Romney Responds To Santorums Ad

Why 40% Of The People Still Likes Obama

by Jim Hammock

"Who the hell are the 40% of the American people that like the policies, actions, and results of Barrack Hussein Obama?" was the question posed by Butch Jackson.  Folks at the Cafe were somewhat shocked because Butch doesn't ask many questions.  He is more likely apt to make pronouncements and things like that.

He continued, "They like that Obama is such a job killer that 1 of 5 people are unemployed or underemployed."

"They like that Obama's economy is not growing and may go back into recession."

"They like that when Obama does something and it fails badly, he explains that he just didn't do enough of it.  It is like in the old days when they bled sick people and when the patient got worse, the prognosis was they didn't bleed them enough."

"They like that when Obama spends money, that we don't have, he does it NOW.  When he raises taxes, he does it NOW.  When he cuts government spending, he does it over TEN YEARS (like never!)."

"They like that Obama's proposed budget which didn’t get one vote in the Senate increased our national debt more than all previous President’s combined, and his tax and spend policies are bankrupting our children before they even get started in life."

"They like that Obama would throw away $500 million of tax payer money just to get photo opportunities for himself and Biden as supporters of Green Energy at a company named Solyndra financed by sleazy Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist who used their government connections to bail them out of a stupid investment driven by Algore’s Global Warming SCAM."

"They like paying almost $4 per gallon of gasoline as Obama is doing everything possible to destroy US sources of energy (oil, coal, nuclear) making us more dependent on the Middle East while stuffing money in the pockets of Man Caused Global Warming Scammers in the name of Green Energy.  They like forcing unemployed welfare families to pay more for their inflated groceries associated with rising energy costs."

"They like that Obama is way more supportive of people who are trying to kill Americans around the world like Ahmadinejad in Iran than Netanyahu in Israel, our only ally and the only real democracy in the Middle East.  Ahmadinejad who poses a greater threat then Adolph Hitler once he gets nuclear weapons.  Ahmadinejad who is so popular in some elite circles that he has a planned luncheon with students at Columbia University in the near future.  This thug should come to the Hubbard City Cafe if the wants to see what real Americans are like.  We would have him for lunch!"

"They like how Obama has thrown other supporters of America under the bus at every turn as evidenced by his support of the thugs in Egypt who overthrew the only government in the Middle East with a peace treaty with Israel. The same thugs that just attacked the Jewish Embassy and ran the diplomats out of their country. Obama praised the ‘Arab Spring’ as people seeking democracy. The truth is the ‘Arab Spring’ is corrupted by Radical Islamic Jihadists who want to slit our throats.  Radical Islamic Jihadists, Obama can't even say the words much less defend us against such."

"They like that Obama's supporters call Tea Party people SOBs, barbarians at the gate, racists, and say they can go to hell.  Why?  Because Tea Partiers want smaller government, lower taxes, and a reduction in our national debt.  What sane American wouldn't be a Tea Partier?"

"And what really croaks me is to hear wimps say, 'I like Obama.  He is a bright, articulate, and nice person.  I just don't like his policies.'  What crap?  People want to be politically correct because he is our first black President.  The truth is no matter what color he is this is not a likable person. He is more deceitful than Clinton. More of a socialist then LBJ, Carter, or Roosevelt. More of a clinical narcissist than Putin. More dangerous than Adolph Hitler because he has infiltrated the one nation in the world that stands for freedom. More racist than Waters, Jackson, Rangel, and Sharpton. More divisive to our country than Ayres, the Chicago Seven, and the Black Panthers combined. More incompetent as a defender of our security, our economy, or our constitution than a college graduate in their first year out in the real world. More void of leadership skills  then the lowest ranking foot soldier in a second rate fire ant bed. More lazy than a bird dog in the middle of July what with him spending most of his time on the golf course or in front of a TV watching ‘hoops’."

"So who likes this guy and why?"

And of course Billy Roy Mitchum answered:

"First, people who want the government to take away other people’s money and give it to them in the name of fairness and bad luck. These folks think Obama is Robin Hood."

"Next, come people who want to be part of the Ruling Elite because they want CONTROL for their own personal gain and because they ‘know best’ that you just can’t trust ordinary people and particularly free enterprise.  Even though they believe you can't trust the American people, the elitist believe you can trick them."

"And there are still some of those really bright people whose ancestors were Democrats, and therefore they will always be Democrats."

"There are weird people who worship some social issue like aborting babies, hating religion, or wanting to live a life style outside the traditional family without guilt (gays, polygamists, child pornographers, etc.).  They love to trade their votes for Obama's support of their perversions."

"And then of course you have some people who prostitute themselves to organizations (like unions) who they falsely think will get them special privileges and security.  And of course any special privileges would come at the expense of others.  Unions have always been the foundations of Communism and the enemy of individual liberty."

My thanks to Butch and BM for another timely topic as Obama's numbers shrink below the 40% mark and the CARING number surges past 60%.

Think about it and keep the momentum going,

Jim

Mitt Romney CPAC Speech 2012

Romney’s Florida Win: Conservative Christians Picking Their Man

by Jordan Sekulow, David French, Matthew Clark

Gov. Mitt Romney’s big win in Florida is not just important because of the momentum or winner-take-all, whopping 50 GOP convention delegates he will receive.  It shows that evangelicals, Catholics, social conservatives, and Tea Party supporters are coalescing around one candidate, Mitt Romney.

Buried in the exit polls from Romney’s nearly 15 point win over Newt Gingrich is the fact that Romney won Protestants, Catholics, and evangelicals. Tea Partiers too broke for Romney.

With this, Romney has won the conservative Christian vote in half of the primary contests so far  This critical group makes up a plurality of the Republican primary vote in Florida, over 40 percent.

There are several key factors that have led conservative Christians to rally around Romney.  First, Romney stands for the values that evangelicals and social conservatives hold dear.  He is strongly pro-life.  In addition to winning an award from a major pro-life organization in Massachusetts as governor after vetoing expanded access to the morning-after pill and expanded fetal stem-cell research, Romney pro-family, pro-life values are now touted by Florida’s pro-life advocates as well as those in other states across the country.

He has been steadfast in his defense of marriage and religious liberty.  After the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court legalized same-sex marriage by judicial fiat, then-Gov. Romney went so far as to file a lawsuit to force the Massachusetts legislature to act on a citizen-initiated marriage amendment.  His defense of religious liberty earned him the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty’s coveted “Canterbury Medal,” an award given to leaders in the fight for freedom.

Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ (and Jordan’s father), has also strongly endorsed Romney, believing that he best represents our values and has the ability to beat President Obama and enact conservative change.

In addition to supporting Romney’s commitment to conservative values, conservative Christians have also taken a more in-depth look at Former Speaker Newt Gingrich’s words and actions.  His history of extramarital affairs, ethics problems, and overwhelming pride are far outside the evangelical mainstream.  One can believe redemption is possible and still not trust Gingrich.  As David French said yesterday on CNN.com, “No one doubts that God forgives, but only God knows Newt Gingrich’s heart.  We only know his actions, and we know that he has a history of deceiving even those who are closest to him.”

Yet, affairs and ethics issues are not the only reasons evangelicals should reject Gingrich.  Just this week, audio was uncovered of Gingrich in 2009 – during the heat of the debate over ObamaCare – praising the proposed legislation and advocating for the individual mandate.  He stated, “We believe that there should be must carry – that is, everybody should either have health insurance or if you’re an absolute libertarian, we would allow you to post a bond ...”

Conservatives have also grown tired of Gingrich’s all-out assault on free market capitalism, attacking Romney’s achievements in the private sector, more akin to

Occupy Wall Street

protesters than a Republican candidate.  When Rep. Paul Ryan proposed a budget to scale back our out-of-control national debt – which is a major moral issue – Gingrich called it “right-wing social engineering.”

Gingrich’s continued incendiary remarks and record of failed leadership are turning evangelicals and Tea Party supporters against him.

With his big win in Florida, Romney takes a commanding lead in the GOP delegate count and he will only build on that momentum through February where he is expected to do very well in Nevada, Arizona, and Michigan.  As Super Tuesday quickly approaches, more and more conservative Christians are lining up behind Romney as the candidate to take on Obama.

Jordan Sekulow is Executive Director of the American Center for Law & Justice and writes for On Faith’s blogging network at the Washington Post. David French is a Senior Counsel at the ACLJ, a graduate of Harvard Law School, Lipscomb University, and a Captain in the United States Army Reserve. Matthew Clark is an attorney for the ACLJ.

Romney's Victory Speech in Nevada

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/04/map-nevada-caucus-2012-results_n_1254520.html

Romney's Mormon Advantage

by Daniel Allot

Google "Romney's Mormon problem" and you'll receive thousands of references to what the conventional wisdom says is the Republican presidential candidate's greatest liability among his party's largest voting bloc, religious conservatives.

In the eyes of many Christians, Mitt Romney's Mormon faith is incompatible with Christian theology.

Ironically, however, Romney can reassure skeptical Christian conservatives by stressing his Mormon values. That's because Mormonism is strongly associated with conservative positions on social issues such as abortion and marriage -- the very issues that are the greatest source of doubt about Romney among religious conservatives.

As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Romney has been downplaying his faith for most of his public life. Romney's 2007 "Faith in America" speech was meant to alleviate concerns that his religion would influence his governing.

Clearly, though, much of the public still associates the former Massachusetts governor primarily with his faith.

When the Washington Post and Pew Research Center recently asked a random sample of more than 1,000 Americans what one word they associate with Romney, "Mormon" was cited more than three times as often as any other.

Romney's faith resurfaced as a campaign issue in October when an evangelical pastor supporting Texas Governor Rick Perry declared Mormonism a cult and Romney "a non-Christian."

But religious conservatives' real problem with Romney is not his faith. (In fact, polls suggest Democrats are more likely than Republicans to view Mormonism negatively.) Rather, it's his shifting positions on marriage and the sanctity of human life.

As a candidate for the U.S. Senate in liberal Massachusetts, Romney tried to position himself to the left of his opponent, the same-sex marriage and abortion-rights champion Edward Kennedy.

Romney supported gay adoption and civil unions for gay couples. He told the Log Cabin Republicans, "As we seek to establish full equality for America's gay and lesbian citizens, I will provide more effective leadership than my opponent."

Romney now says he opposes same-sex marriage and in August signed a comprehensive pledge to defend traditional marriage. But Romney supports allowing gay couples to form "partnership agreements."

Romney's abortion position has been similarly elastic. He took a pro-abortion-rights position while running against Kennedy.

Campaigning for governor in 2002, he stated, "[A]s governor of the commonwealth, I will protect a woman's right to choose under the laws of the country and the commonwealth. That's the same position I've had for many years." He even attended a fundraising event for the Massachusetts affiliate of the bane of the pro-life movement, Planned Parenthood, to which Romney's wife made a $150 contribution.

Romney says he had a pro-life epiphany while peering through a microscope at embryonic stem cells in 2004. He compiled a mixed record on abortion as governor.

Romney vetoed taxpayer funding for human embryonic stem cell research. He also vetoed a bill that would have made emergency contraception available at pharmacies without a prescription and required emergency room doctors to dispense it to rape victims.

But Romneycare, Massachusetts' health care insurance reform law passed in 2006, allows women to obtain elective abortions for a $50 co-pay.

Romney now calls himself "firmly pro-life" and has referred to his past support for Roe as his life's "defining mistake." He insists he would be "delighted" to sign a federal ban on abortion if Roe were overturned. Yet Romney remains the least conservative Republican presidential candidate.

Romney can assuage skepticism about his social conservatism by stressing his Mormon values.

Mormons are renowned for being family-oriented, civic-minded and models of self-restraint. According to a 2010 Gallup survey, America's six million Mormons also compose the country's most conservative voting bloc.

Fifty-nine percent of Mormons self-identify as conservative, and only 8% as liberal. The next most conservative religious group is Protestants/other Christians, 46% of whom self-identify as conservative and 16% as liberal.

Mormons also have the highest share who self-identify as "very conservative," at 16%, and the lowest as "very liberal," at 1%.

A 2009 Pew poll found that Mormons are more likely than any other religion to take a pro-life position on abortion. Seventy percent of Mormons believe abortion should be illegal in most or all circumstances, compared with 42% of the general population.

Finally, a 2009 Pew poll found that 68% of Mormons believe Hollywood threatens their values, compared to 53% of evangelicals and 42% of the general population.

Mormons have been politically active in legislative efforts to protect traditional marriage. Their support (in the form of millions of dollars in donations and countless volunteers) was probably decisive in passing California's marriage protection amendment in 2008.

Romney has recently started to talk about his faith and values, and to juxtapose them with those of his latest rival, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

In a November debate, Romney mentioned that he's been a member of the same church for his entire life and married to the same woman for 42 years. The Romney campaign makes those same points in an Iowa mailer that touts Romney's social conservatism. "Mitt Romney lives his values," the ad tells Iowa's socially conservative caucus-goers.

It's not only in his marriage and family life (he has five sons) that Romney lives his values. As a Mormon lay leader, Romney did pastoral work that included counseling fellow Mormons on everything from marriage, adoption, and addiction to how to grieve the death of a loved one. As a bishop, Romney even counseled a woman not to abort her child.

These are stories that would humanize Romney and endear him to voters, including conservatives. He shouldn't be afraid to mention them just because they involve actions he took as a representative of his church.

In the eyes of many religious conservatives, Gov. Romney's problem is not that he is, if you will, too Mormon, but rather that he has not been Mormon enough -- that he hasn't always been true to traditional Mormon support for the sanctity of life and traditional marriage.

But Romney can turn his "Mormon problem" into an advantage by stressing the values and policy positions that derive from his faith. 

Does Romney Care About the Very Poor?

Romney is GOP's Best Candidate, Best Bet

by Orlando Sentinel

After three contests with three different winners, Florida's GOP voters have the chance in Tuesday's presidential primary to break the tie and turbo charge one candidate's pursuit of the nomination.

The candidate who deserves that boost is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. His accomplishments in both the public and private sectors suggest he would be a steady and competent leader for these divisive and turbulent times.

Romney was a well-regarded Republican governor in a state dominated by Democrats. He took charge of the foundering effort to organize the 2002 Winter Olympics and made it work. And he ran hugely profitable consulting and private equity firms.

Romney's rivals have tried to turn the assets on his resume into liabilities. They've blistered him for passing a health-care-reform plan as governor. We give Romney credit for working with lawmakers in his state to solve a problem without waiting for Washington to dictate a solution, which is exactly what happened.

Romney also has been accused of killing jobs through his private equity firm, Bain Capital. Republicans should know better. Investors often push for companies to cut their payrolls to become more competitive and avoid eliminating the rest of their jobs by going out of business.

The contrast in leadership experience and style between Romney and his closest rival for the nomination, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, is striking.

Gingrich, who led Republicans to take control of the House in 1994 for the first time in decades, turned out to be far more capable in campaigning than running the chamber as speaker. Some of the toughest criticism has come from members of his own party.

Following his re-election in 1998, Gingrich resigned his seat rather than run for another term as speaker. Analysts said he didn't have the votes to keep the job. Since then, Gingrich has remained in Washington, cashing in as a "consultant" to clients like mortgage giant Freddie Mac.

Despite his decades as an insider, Gingrich has brilliantly articulated the rage many GOP voters feel against the political establishment. We admire his intellect, but when it comes to leadership, anger doesn't trump a diverse and successful record.

The other two candidates still in the race are a cut below both Romney and Gingrich in their qualifications. Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum is preoccupied with divisive social issues that would divert attention from more important national priorities. He'd get nowhere with Democrats in Congress. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul's radical anti-government agenda is a cause, not a realistic approach to governing.

Florida Republicans have two compelling reasons to vote for Mitt Romney: He's the best candidate, and he fits the late William F. Buckley's description as the most conservative candidate who can win.

Obama Isn't Working

Newt Gingrich Charity Paid Cash To Gingrich For-Profit Business

Newt the Peddler

Newt denies he's an influence peddler!

 

Mitt Romney went for a face-to-face assault against his surging primary opponent in Monday night’s Florida debate, calling out Newt Gingrich as an “influence peddler” who had to “resign in disgrace” from the House of Representatives.

In the first minutes of the debate, Romney quickly went after Newt who routed him in last weekend’s South Carolina primary of being unscrupulous, unreliable and simply unelectable.

“I think [the election is] about leadership. And the speaker was given an opportunity to be the leader of our party in 1994. And at the end of four years, he had to resign in disgrace,” Romney said. “In the 15 years after he left the speakership, the speaker has been working as an influence peddler in Washington. And during those 15 years, I helped turn around the Olympics, helped begin a very successful turnaround in the state of Massachusetts.”

Romney kept at it throughout the first half of the debate, criticizing Gingrich for having been rebuked by his GOP colleagues in the House, earning money as an advocate for Freddie Mac and teaming up with Nancy Pelosi to talk about global warming.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71859.html#ixzz1kLuXDuGJ

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Why We Created This Forum

Dear All,

We know you'll be surprised of this support forum we have created for Mitt. Actually, my wife, Estela and I are both avid followers of former Massachusett's Governor Mitt Romney since his last election campaign in 2008. We have been surfing and following the internet for daily articles written about Gov. Romney's run for the US Presidency.

From the articles we've read about him, we've been so excited and hopeful for his winning in this very important election of 2012. We've joined the chattings in the MRC and found new friends among Romney's supporters.

We learned a lot from our readings in many websites and blogs about his family, his acheivements, his faith in God, and his strong conservative standing for the Republican Party's ideology. Oftentimes, we are frustrated with how the US media and his rivals portrays him.

We know that there are many Gov. Romney's fans here outside the US who would like to express our moral support for him in his campaign. We know that we can't vote because we are non-americans, but we can likewise extend our help to the campaign by calling our relatives and friends in the US and continually posting in social networks and e-mailing them with great informative articles about Mitt.

We are pretty much surprised to know actually that many of our relatives and friends over there in the US are also leaning for Mitt.

In this connection, we would like to invite our friends out there, whether you are an American or not to come and join with us in this effort in helping Governor Romney win this election. You are free to email us at ranzelganzon@gmail.com any write-ups or links you wish to share with the people of America for our posting in the forum.

We pray for Governor Romney and his campaign staffs for their success on this upcoming election.


Yours sincerely,
Ranzel & Estela
NAFM