The Upcoming 2012 Election and Governor Mitt Romney’s Best Speech

Written : Apr. 10, 2012

Upon winning the Maryland, Wisconsin, and Washington D.C. primaries last week, Governor Mitt Romney gave a wonderful speech about “restoring the promise of America.” He reminded the crowd to check out the gas price per gallon as they “drive home tonight… Just take a look at the prices and then ask yourself, ‘Four more years of that?’” Yes, independent thinkers, we conservatives and Mitt Romney all realize that the president does not control the price of gasoline. However, his policies can influence it.

Today, Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2012, Sen. Rick Santorum dropped out of the race. Meanwhile, on FOX News Sunday a mere two days ago, Newt Gingrich said he would not end his bid for the presidency. He implied that Gov. Romney will win the nomination. So, what’s going on here? Gingrich said he wants to stay in to influence the party platform. His staying in also helps Romney because he will pull votes from Ron Paul, and I agree with every facet of this strategy.

Back to the Romney speech, the governor made the point that the current president spent the last four years trying to transform America into a centralized state. He also told the crowd, to cheering, that he “will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of an opportunity society, led by free people and free enterprises.” Governor Romney pointed out that President Obama, who despises profits, doesn’t grasp that a plant closes when a business loses money, when it is not profitable. Instead, the former community organizer turns to government to lift people up, and sees business as the bad guy. Mr. Obama’s vilification of success and his chastising of business in general hurts the communities he tries to help. This government-centered society then must increase unemployment insurance and spending because more people will lose jobs under his policies, and “there’s always someone who’s entitled to something more.” This leads to high unemployment, stagnant wages and crushing debt. “It’s beginning to sound familiar, isn’t it?”

”I don’t want to transform America,” he repeated. “I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that have made us the powerhouse of the world. It’s opportunity, not a check from government, it’s opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans. …Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty…and to make our lives better than all the programs of government – combined… Government has to become the ally of business, not the opposition of business…” Wonderful words for a weakened, dependent, and success-starved country, thank you, sir.

Gov. Romney said that the economy is the product of all the businesses in it, but this president does everything he can to demonize business. “It’s a bit like saying you like an omelet, but you don’t like eggs.” No doubt, that night we heard Mitt Romney’s best speech yet. Let’s wish him success in the upcoming election!

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The Remaining 2012 Republican Candidates Competing for the Nomination

Written : Jan. 17, 2012

Our number one goal remains the defeat of President Obama’s radical, transformative agenda in the presidential election this fall. Conservatives must support our nominee… After vigorous and negative campaigning, all of our candidates must show us the way - and rally behind the top dog. My purpose is not to back one of the remaining five and trash the others, but I admit I have some problems at this stage, seeing Rick Perry and Ron Paul as winners in this horse race. Can they win? Anything is possible, but could either beat Barack Obama, the wealthy, but radical champion of the downtrodden? Perhaps... For all the libertarians reading this, I agree with most of your principles, and I love your movement. However, I believe the leader of the cause - the spearhead of the Tea Party - should not be Dr. Paul. However, rest assured, someone will emerge in time…

Of the probable nominees, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum, I am drawn to Newt, the smartest guy in the room, but his negatives pull him down too much. As Bill Kristol said this morning on CSPAN’s Washington Journal, the former speaker probably can’t overcome a 30-point un-favorability rating. Santorum seems more and more presidential each time I see him, but I believe his strong social conservative message – which I generally agree with – is too strong for the general public. I see Romney as a weaker conservative than the other two, yet, stronger against President Obama because I think he can win the independents. Someday we need to nominate a strong but nimble conservative, someone like Ronald Reagan, but it appears that this is not the time. The candidates are smashing each other and giving the incumbent some ammunition to use later this year. I hope they know what they’re doing. If our nominee can overcome the negativity with the blooming of the flowers in spring and/or summer, we’ll win in the fall.

When one of the remaining five receives the nomination, we need to support him, and I promise I will. Ron Paul, if he loses, MUST NOT RUN as a third-party candidate! If he does, President Obama will grab a second term, and we can kiss the America we once knew - goodbye.

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Where Do We Go From Here?

Written : Oct. 06, 2009

Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) gave what turned out to be a motivational speech on Oct 1, 2009 which he called, “Jumpstarting America’s Economy by Putting People First.” It was part of the American Future Fund's 2009 Conservative Lecture Series. It was televised on CSPAN on Oct. 5. You can view it at: Santorum Speech A speech on TV hasn’t made me feel this good in a long time!

Sen. Santorum pointed out that Republicans shouldn’t “believe in business” as such. Instead, we should believe in people and markets. If markets are allowed to flourish while being modestly regulated, businesses will succeed, he reasoned. “We have to believe that people can… and markets do (work)”. This is a common sense approach, which stabs at the stereotype that conservatives love business to the exclusion of all else. It’s a falsehood some want to perpetuate for political reasons.

This is partly what’s wrong with the GOP’s lost direction these days, and Santorum addressed it with finesse while hitting the nail on the head. I agree. As members of the Republican Party we need to analyze issues like this in detail and choose how to proceed. This is in no way a cover-up, but in many ways this is a struggle with semantics.

Sen. Santorum’s right, we need to do a better job of telling the people who we are. We believe in America’s can-do attitude. We believe in the middle-class work ethic. It doesn’t matter who you are and your heritage makes no difference to us. Be persistent. Don’t let the little things get you down. Work hard, stay in school, do your best, work well with others, learn, and excel at what you do and you can achieve anything in America. It does work. You can achieve great things if you try hard enough. There’s plenty of success around – enough for ALL of us! Who can argue with that? If you consider yourself a moderate or even a liberal who believes in the individual and is dissatisfied with the way things are going, seriously consider us, we may be just what you were looking for all along, but didn’t know it. We welcome you with open arms!

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