GOVERNOR ROMNEY’S ADDRESS TO THE 2010 VALUES VOTERS SUMMIT
Governor Romney today will deliver a speech focusing on the economy to the Values Voters Summit in Washington, D.C. Full text is attached. Following are excerpts from the speech:
“Welcome to the Nancy Pelosi-Harry Reid-President Obama farewell party. This has been a pretty tough year for those three—their numbers have gone down the chute faster than a Jet Blue flight attendant.”
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“This President and his fellow-travelers in Congress implemented the most anti-growth, anti-investment, anti-jobs measures we’ve seen in our lifetimes. He called it ambitious. It was reckless. He scared employers, so jobs are scarce. The uncertainty and lack of predictability he created has caused businesses to shrink from spending and from hiring. He hasn’t helped end the crisis, he made it deeper, longer and more painful. We have had government declare war on poverty and a war on drugs, but this is the first time our government has declared war on free enterprise.”
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“The White House tries to argue that their stimulus has helped. That’s a bit like saying that squirting water from a garden hose helps put out a forest fire. The question is not whether it helped a little, but rather, did it do the job, or do as well as it could have. And the answer is a resounding “no.” 8% predicted unemployment became 10%. Since the Obama stimulus was passed, 127,000 government jobs have been created, but more than 2.4 million private sector jobs have been lost. In Ohio, more than one in ten people are out of work. In California, the unemployment rate has hovered around 12% for more than a year. There are now nearly 15 million Americans that are out of work: if they stood in a single unemployment line, it would stretch from the coast of California to Washington D.C. and then back again! If that’s their vaunted “recovery summer,” heaven help us from their recovery winter!”
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“The President’s foreign policy has not compensated for his failure at home. Under his engagement policy, North Korea has tested nuclear weapons, launched long range missiles, and sunk a South Korean ship. And Iran has funded Yemeni insurgents, armed terrorists, and accelerated its nuclear program. He gave Russians their number one foreign policy objective—abandonment of our Eastern Europe missile defense—and got nothing in return. He insulted Israel at the United Nations and forgot to mention that Hamas has launched thousands of rockets into that country. Our success in Iraq is in spite of his policy preferences and thanks to those of his predecessor, George W. Bush. And his strategy in Afghanistan has been needlessly muddled by announcing a withdrawal date, unfortunately putting domestic politics ahead of national purpose. Yes, we have serious enemies and growing threats around the world. Unfortunately, we have an Administration whose idea of a rogue state is Arizona.”
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“This room is filled every year by citizens—modern patriots–who are passionate about America’s values. These values include the sanctity of life and the preservation of marriage. But the Obama Administration has taken its assault to even more American values. The American people have finally seen Obama liberalism for what it is; they have seen the counterfeit values that underlie it, and they want none of it! The liberals’ values include spending and borrowing in behalf of my generation even though it will bankrupt my children’s and grandchildren’s generations. They believe that the rule of law should be subordinate to their view of the greater good. They believe that government knows best how to care for your health – not you, not your doctor. They believe that the rewards of success should be taken from the person who created them and given to those who did not. They believe that workers shouldn’t have the right to vote by secret ballot as to whether or not they want a union.And even though one half of the children in our cities do not graduate from high school, they believe that parental choice and teacher accountability should bow to the interests of union bosses.”
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“The Obama Administration promised that they would “fundamentally change the way Washington works.” They misled us. They are trying to change the way America works, And we must not let them! This Administration does not lack for confidence. But confidence in yourself is not the same as confidence in your country. And believing in the power of government is not the same as believing in the power of the governed.”
Mitt Romney’s Free and Strong America PAC Launches New Website; Announces mitt.ly
Mitt Romney’s Free and Strong America PAC today announced that it is expanding its digital presence and launching a new, enhanced website. The website features a new two-minute video of Romney speaking to conservatives in New Hampshire about what is at stake in this year’s midterm elections.
With the critical midterm elections less than two months away, the PAC’s new website will provide its supporters with more real-time information regarding the PAC’s activities and Governor Romney’s travel on behalf of conservative candidates across the country, as well as enabling its community to more easily share content via social media platforms, and interact with each other. Click here to view the revamped site and new Romney video: www.FreeStrongAmerica.com.
As part of this launch, the PAC also announced that it has partnered with Bit.ly to create a new personalized URL shortener, www.Mitt.ly, which will enable the PAC and its supporters to share short links from the PAC’s website on one consistent URL.
“It is more critical than ever before that conservatives across the country unite and work to elect conservative candidates who will get our economy back on track and put people back to work. It is my hope that this new website will serve as a resource and tool for Americans across the country to learn more about our candidates, share ideas, and spread the word to their family and friends. 2010 could be our year, but only if we stand together,” said Romney.
Mitt Romney Announces New Hampshire Endorsements
Today, Mitt Romney’s Free and Strong America PAC announced 33 endorsements of state and federal candidates running in New Hampshire and committed a total of $40,000 to their individual campaign committees.
Among the endorsed candidates are:
John Stephen: John Stephen previously served the people of New Hampshire as the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services and is now running to serve as New Hampshire’s next Governor.
Kelly Ayotte: Kelly Ayotte previously served the people of New Hampshire as Attorney General and is now running for U.S. Senate.
Charlie Bass: Charlie Bass previously represented the 2nd Congressional District of New Hampshire and is running to reclaim his seat.
Frank Guinta: Frank Guinta previously served as the Mayor of Manchester and is now running to represent the 1st Congressional District of New Hampshire.
The PAC is sending $1,000 to Stephen’s gubernatorial campaign, $5,000 to Ayotte’s Senate campaign, and $2,500 each to the Congressional campaigns of Bass and Guinta.
The PAC also announced the endorsements of, and contributions to, the following New Hampshire Executive Council and State Senate candidates:
Candidate Name
Office Sought
Contribution Amount
Executive Councilor Ray Burton
Executive Council
$1,000
Executive Councilor Ray Wieczorek
Executive Council
$1,000
Dan St. Hilaire
Executive Council
$1,000
Chris Sununu
Executive Council
$1,000
Dave Wheeler
Executive Council
$1,000
State Senate Minority Leader Peter Bragdon
State Senate
$1,000
State Senator Jack Barnes
State Senate
$1,000
State Senator David Boutin
State Senate
$1,000
State Senator Jeb Bradley
State Senate
$1,000
State Senator Sharon Carson
State Senate
$1,000
State Senator John Gallus
State Senate
$1,000
State Senator Bob Odell
State Senate
$1,000
Peter Angerhofer
State Senate
$1,000
Jim Danforth
State Senate
$1,000
Tom DeBlois
State Senate
$1,000
Tom Eaton
State Senate
$1,000
Jeanie Forrester
State Senate
$1,000
Jim Forsythe
State Senate
$1,000
Fenton Groen
State Senate
$1,000
Gary Lambert
State Senate
$1,000
Joe Kelly Levasseur
State Senate
$1,000
Jim Luther
State Senate
$1,000
Chuck Morse
State Senate
$1,000
Russell Prescott
State Senate
$1,000
State Representative Jim Rausch
State Senate
$1,000
Andy Sanborn
State Senate
$1,000
State Representative Nancy Stiles
State Senate
$1,000
Ray White
State Senate
$1,000
Chris Wood
State Senate
$1,000
“The people of New Hampshire are fortunate to have so many good Republican candidates running for office who are committed to getting our economy back on track, keeping taxes low and reducing the size and scope of government. By electing candidates like these, we will finally turn our troubled economy around and get people back to work,” said Romney.
