HT NY for Mitt

Tomorrow morning at 9 am!!

There were some great speeches delivered this week at the NRA Convention.  I like Michael Steele’s ending to his speech - “Lock and Load”.  Heh - pretty good!

Obviously the favorite moments for me came from none other than Mitt Romney, who hit Pres. Obama hard on many levels. Here are some highlights from Mitt Romney’s speech at the NRA Convention this weekend:

Click here for the full speech.

On the Second Amendment:

“In our day, some Americans take for granted the struggles and victories of the founding generation. Ronald Reagan said that “freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” That is why we and the NRA meet here today: we are committed to fight for freedom, defend the Constitution, and pass on to our children a legacy of liberty.

No Constitutional protection is more often ignored, distorted, or disdained than the individual right to keep and bear arms.”

On President Obama’s spending binge:

“How many times have we heard the President blame our economic troubles on excessive borrowing – on the high-risk practices of overleveraged companies, banks, and consumers?

Yet somehow he thinks the solution is to overleverage the entire country. I disagree. The federal government should lead by example, with real responsibility and budget discipline, not by spending more trillions we don’t have.”

On health care:

“The liberal Democrats who control our government also want to put Washington in charge of healthcare. The rest of us want to reform healthcare to make sure that every American has insurance they can afford, and that cannot be taken away if they change or lose a job.

But the best path to health care reform is to let the American people make their own decisions, not have those decisions forced on them by government. Let Washington choose the stamps for the post office, but let the American people choose who we want for our doctor.”

On cap-and-trade:

“President Obama is anxious to impose a new cap-and-trade carbon tax on Americans. I wish he understood that if we unilaterally place a very substantial cap-and-trade burden on ourselves, the major energy-using industries will simply pack up and go elsewhere.

You don’t deal with global problems by penalizing only our own citizens. They don’t call it “America warming.” They call it global warming!”

Where the President is right:

“We have a duty to press on, to make sure that the principles of America’s founding will be the principles of America’s future. That’s our patriotic duty. It’s also our duty to stand with the President when he’s right.

I’m glad that he backed away from his campaign promise to pull the troops immediately out of Iraq. I’m glad he is going to get tough on the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. I’m glad he’s continuing to hold military tribunals for terrorists.

In fact, whenever he adopts the policies of John McCain and George W. Bush like this, I’m glad.”

Where the President is wrong:

“President Obama, however, is wrong to back away on missile defense. He was wrong to go on Arab TV and claim that America has dictated to other nations. America has sacrificed more than any other nation to free people from dictators. And of course, President Ahmadinejad of Iran seized upon that misstep by our President to call for an apology from America.

I think the President is going to learn very quickly that abject apologies are always welcomed by thugs and terrorists. But what they need to hear instead is a message of American confidence and American resolve . . .

He’s released top secret memos about interrogations, but we’re still waiting for other top secret memos that tell us about the attacks prevented by those interrogations. The President has also promised to close down Guantanamo, without giving the slightest indication of the next stop for the killers being held there now.

And for all of these decisions, he has received the predictable applause from the usual quarters.

But here’s the problem. That is the very kind of thinking that left America vulnerable to the attacks of September 11th. And the approval of left-wing law professors and editorial boards won’t be worth much if this country lets down its guard and suffers another attack.”

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I want to extend a very Happy Mother’s Day to all of our M4M readers out there

A blessed Mother’s Day also goes out to Ann Romney. Please read the following information provided by The Women’s Conference on how Mitt Romney’s first lady empowers others:

Ann Romney places primary importance on her role as a wife, a mother, and a grandmother. As First Lady of Massachusetts, she continued her work on behalf of at risk youth.

In 1998, Mrs. Romney was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). She has volunteered much of her time to raise awareness of the disease as a Board Member of the New England Chapter of the MS Society, and has been awarded the Society’s Inspiration Award. By raising the profile of MS, as well as raising funds for advocacy and research, she is determined to make a difference in the lives of people who suffer from the disease.

Mrs. Romney is a strong believer that faith-based and community organizations can reach some members of our community better than government can. As such, Mrs. Romney served as the Governor’s Liaison to the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. As a dynamic community leader, she has been a long-serving supporter and leader in the United Way of Massachusetts Bay. One of her priorities within the United Way has been as initiator, co-chair and now member of the Faith and Action Committee, a coalition that provides funding to urban church programs designed to serve at-risk youth. She has also served on the Board at the United Way, as well as on their Executive Committee and Community Impact Committee.

Mrs. Romney is dedicated to improving the welfare of children, locally and internationally. She’s involved with Right To Play, formerly Olympic Aid, an international nonprofit organization that uses sport and play as a developmental tool for children in the most disadvantaged areas of the world. She lends her time and leadership to equine therapy programs for physically challenged children, literacy programs for children including the annual Scholastic Reading event, as well as organizations such as Partners for Youth with Disabilities, the American Red Cross, and the Perkins School for the Blind. As First Lady, she also served as a board member of the Massachusetts Children’s Trust Fund. In recognition for her efforts, Mrs. Romney was the recipient of the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from Operation Kids.

Read more here.

I wanted to find the video of Mitt Romney addressing the Herzliya Conference a couple of years ago - but I can only find the text. The speech was awesome in delivery - but a very good read:

http://www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/_Articles/Article.asp?ArticleID=1764&CategoryID=223

Go to NY For Mitt for some great photos of the event!

Romney: ‘Listen to the people of America’

Saturday in Arlington, Virginia for the ‘inaugural event’
of the National Council for a New America (NCNA).

Excerpts and photos from the Washington Times:
Party leaders go on ‘listening tour’ with eyes on future

Mr. Romney… said his party has got to do a better job of listening. “Let’s not underestimate the people of America; let’s make sure and listen to the people of America … listen to what they’re feeling and get their ideas,” he said.

Mr. Romney said as well there will be no wholesale changes to the core tenets of the party. “I think the principles remain the same,” he told The Times after the hourlong session. “I think we have to be very clear in what we stand for and make sure that the American people understand that we’re in this to help America’s future and their families.”

Said Mr. Romney: “For America to move forward, they’re going to want to see a party that has answers, not politics.”