Mitt Romney gets crowd revved up with help from NASCAR icon
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ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — Mitt Romney dashed across America Saturday using NASCAR legend Richard Petty — and a new attack on President Obama — in an eleventh-hour plea for votes.
Across the day, Romney seized on a remark that Obama made that voting against the Republican nominee was the “best revenge.”
“Vote for revenge? Let me tell you what I’d like to tell you: Vote for love of country,” Romney told 2,000 supporters in New Hampshire as he stood before a huge sign that read, “Real Change From Day One.”
“It is time we lead America to a better place.”
The crowd roared, “Three more days! Three more days!”
Romney packed the day with four rallies across three time zones — in New Hampshire; Dubuque, Iowa, and then two in this Rocky Mountain state — the last one filling an 18,000-seat amphitheater here, outside of Denver. It was his busiest campaign day yet.
While Romney hopscotched across battleground states, his campaign reinforced his new attack with a commercial that tries to make hay of Obama’s “revenge” remark, which the President made during a rally in Ohio on Friday.
When Obama mentioned Romney’s name, and the crowd booed, Obama said, “No, no, no — don’t boo, vote. Vote. Voting is the best revenge.”
Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Saturday there was nothing sinister or unpatriotic in Obama’s unscripted remark.
“The message he was sending is, if you don’t like (Romney’s) policies, if you don’t like the plan that Gov. Romney is putting forward ... then you can go to the voting booth and cast your ballot. It’s nothing more complicated than that.”
In Iowa, Petty — a member of NASCAR’s Hall of Fame — told the crowd that his home state of North Carolina “messed up four years ago” by voting for Obama, but “we’ve had four years to think about the mistakes we made.”
Romney and his wife, Ann, took the stage to the beat of Kid Rock’s “Born Free” before Romney began a blistering critique of the President.
He said Obama promised to be the “postpartisan” leader and ended up “the most partisan.” Unlike Obama, “I’m making promises I have kept and I will keep for the American people!” Romney said.
When he attacked Obama for his “revenge” remark, the crowd erupted in chants of “U.S.A.! U.S.A.!”
Some voters — like Dave and Jean Burggren of Dubuque — said they needed no convincing to take up Romney’s cause in Iowa, where polls show Obama slightly ahead. “You’ve got a lot of people who are scared of what’s going on,” said Dave Burggren, 63.
“If we get business going, everything else will fall into place.”
Later, in Colorado Springs, Romney resumed his attack.
Obama’s “offering excuses; I’ve got a plan,” he said. “He’s hoping we’ll settle — but Americans don’t settle. We build, we aspire, we listen to the voice inside that says, ‘We can do better!’
Unlike Obama, “I’m making promises I have kept and I will keep for the American people!” Romney said.
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Beyond his endorsement of gay rights back in 1994, Governor Mitt Romney's recently unearthed letter and interviews from that era show that he was making a political case for Republicans to back gay and lebisan causes.
In his 1994 letter to Log Cabin Republicans, posted here, Romney wrote of making "equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern.'' The letter, the subject of stories in the Globe and the New York Times and much blog chatter, was posted on the Bay Windows website over the weekend.
"As a result of our discussions and other interactions with gay and lesbian voters across the state, I am more convinced than ever that as we seek to establish full equality for America's gay and lesbian citizens, I will provide more effective leadership than my opponent,'' Romney wrote, referring to US Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
"If we are to achieve the goals we share, we must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern. My opponent cannot do this. I can and will,'' Romney wrote.
He's full of ****. Anyone who votes for this man, as much as I respect your opinion to do so, should know that you are voting for a dishonest man, who is hiding his real motives for running for office. Mitt is a risk we cannot take.
He's full of ****. Anyone who votes for this man, as much as I respect your opinion to do so, should know that you are voting for a dishonest man, who is hiding his real motives for running for office. Mitt is a risk we cannot take.
That's your opinion and if u judge people on their political view than thats your own personal thing. I don't do that. I can hear both sides and then base my discussion on who is right for me and my future. Romney has the better economic plan, while Obama does not. U may think Romney is untruthful but I disagree, u have to fact check and not listen to the media.
That's your opinion and if u judge people on their political view than thats your own personal thing. I don't do that. I can hear both sides and then base my discussion on who is right for me and my future. Romney has the better economic plan, while Obama does not. U may think Romney is untruthful but I disagree, u have to fact check and not listen to the media.
You're right about not getting all your information from the media. I have listened to his words. And of course I judge someone running for president based on their "political view[s]". I could care less about what he did in high school or the fact that he is a wealthy man. How he obtained that wealth makes me cringe, but I don't hold any of his personal life against him.
Through his policies and rhetoric he has proven to be dishonest. It is as simple as that. If you are OK with a man running for the highest position in American society lying to your face on national television with no remorse, then good for you.
That's your opinion and if u judge people on their political view than thats your own personal thing. I don't do that. I can hear both sides and then base my discussion on who is right for me and my future. Romney has the better economic plan, while Obama does not. U may think Romney is untruthful but I disagree, u have to fact check and not listen to the media.
I'm sorry but I wasn't directing my comment to you but thank you for your contribution to this thread! & I can't answer your question because I don't understand what you're trying to say...
Tbh, I'm done with political debates. It doesn't even concern me, I'm European, so idgaf anymore, although I would really lose faith in America if Mitt wins. But still, none of my business.
Problem? I could care less what the majority opinion of Romney on this site. I believe in his policies, beliefs etc and that's that!
disgusting.
even for your sake i'll pray Obama is winning cuz booboo, Mitt will **** you up aswell. His own fans will hate him soon after he wins.. that is, if he wins, which of course won't happen
Tbh, I'm done with political debates. It doesn't even concern me, I'm European, so idgaf anymore, although I would really lose faith in America if Mitt wins. But still, none of my business.
EDIT: why is this in Celebria
because NASCAR legend Richard Petty is a celebrity supporting Romney!!!