AMES: Romney's Stump Speech

Key lines:

"Over the past seven months I've here, I've done over 200 events and my sons have visited 99 counties and I'll you, I love Iowa."

"Change begins in Iowa and change begins today."

"To make our economy strong, I want to make sure we welcome legal immigrants into our economy and end illegal immigration."

"I want to strengthen marriage. One of the most important ways to do that is to tell them that before they have babies, they get married. I want to clean up... moral pollution. What they see on the TV and the Internet."

Biggest applause line: "It's gotten popular as of late for a lot of people to be critical of the president. Nobody is perfect. But let's just remember: He has kept us safe these last six years.

Narrative metaphor: the three-legged school.

Style points: Romney wasn't wearing a tie! He wasn't even wearing a dress shirt. But his polo shirt was, for goodness sakes, black. It's 100 degrees outside.

Minor blooper: he said "green beans" when he meant "soy beans" although he corrected himself.

Comments

when are results expected to be tabulated?

Posted by David | August 11, 2007 2:43 PM

What a joke this guy is.

Posted by Blue | August 11, 2007 3:39 PM

A very minor comment on the black shirt -- have you ever been to a rock show where the lead singer was wearing white? Halfway through the show, he's covered in sweat. There might be a little more sweat under a black shirt, but at least the audience can't see it!

And now you know... the rest of the story.

Posted by Dan | August 11, 2007 3:54 PM

Mitt Romney has a lot of great ideas. It was one of the top 3 speeches made today!! I don't know who I am for yet. I do know this...it won't be a Democrat politician anymore!!!!

Posted by Texaspsue | August 11, 2007 5:52 PM

Romney will say anything he thinks you want to hear. He is a flip flopper of the worst kind. There is no way to get a grasp on what he really believes.

Paul is the obvious choice. He stands for the America our founding fathers fought for, not the America which is being shoved down out throats by the globalist agenda crowd.

If Iowa wants to lose out to China in the farm markets the same way the industrial states have lost out to it in the manufaturing markets, then vote for guys like Romney or Gulliani.

Posted by Jacob | August 11, 2007 6:24 PM

Mitt Romney is Mormon, not Christian. Mormons are NOT Christians. Period. There is no discussion. They do not baptize as Christians baptize, it is not recognized, nor accepted. Joseph Smith is a fake, a fraud. Mormonism and Islam are on par for bottom feeding theology. Quick: How many first ladies will we have in the White House with a Mormon president?

Posted by SaveLives | August 11, 2007 6:44 PM

Ron Paul is solid on most issues (including areas where I'm dissatisfied with Romney). But Paul is tragically wrong when it comes to the Iraq War, an endeavor that many of our founding fathers would be at least somewhat favorable towards. (Thomas Jefferson's Barbary Wars are a striking parallel of the Iraq War, albeit somewhat more decisively executed.) Despite his other faults, Romney supports seeing this war to a decisive American victory, and that gives him the edge over Ron Paul in the most crucial issue of this decade. That being said, I am entirely supportive of many of Ron Paul's more radical positions (eliminating the IRS, the Dept of Education, etc)

Posted by Citizen Grim | August 11, 2007 6:45 PM

As for the "are Mormons Christians" question, I think it's the wrong question to ask. The correct question is "can Mormons attain salvation?" To which the answer is clearly yes.

Every Christian denomination has particular elements that are not necessarily rooted in Scripture, but rather in external traditions. I think Mormons are far enough out there enough that they make it much harder to weed out the Truth, but it would be extremely arrogant to say that they are incapable of finding it, and I am sure that some have.

Let's judge Romney on his political positions, and let God judge him for his theological beliefs.

Posted by Citizen Grim | August 11, 2007 6:51 PM

Ugh, what a sad individual. It isn't that Romney is right or wrong; it's that He is neither. He's a true politician, he dosn't know what his beliefs are until his handlers inform him of them. If you want a candidate who not only has real beliefs but lets you know what they are, than cast your vote for the only canditate who does so; Tom Tancredo. If you want solutions to our largest problems all you have to do is elect this man.

Posted by Frank | August 11, 2007 7:38 PM

Romney makes the point that, on every piece of legislation and issue upon which he had influence as governer of solidly-Democratic Massachusetts, he stood four-square pro-life.

His actions must count for _something_ about his convictions on this issue.

Posted by lbstn | August 11, 2007 8:11 PM

Why do you hate Mormons? Is your magic book more accurate than their magic book? Do you realize how silly you sound when you argue about the tenets of your theology (mythology)?
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Posted by Deaconblue | August 11, 2007 8:31 PM