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Governor Mitt Romney and the letter "R"

 

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

 

  1. Raising the Bar on Education
  2. Reducing Spiraling Health Care Costs

 


 

Ronald Reagan

  • “I believe people who are in a position of visibility and leadership affect the character of young people and individuals who look to them as leaders. And in some respects just as important as their policies and positions is there character and their substance. What for me makes people like Teddy Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt and John Adams and George Washington and Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan such extraordinary leaders is that they had integrity through and through. What they were on the inside and what they said on the outside was harmonious. There a lot of people like that. I think that if people try to live a very different personal life not consistent with the role they’ve assumed as a Governor or senator or president, we lose something as a nation.”
    • Governor Mitt Romney, The Atlantic (September 2005)

 

  • Ronald Reagan is one of my heroes."
    • Governor Mitt Romney,
      • Romney said as he praised Reagan's strategy for winning the Cold War: We win; they lose."

 

  • “Ronald Reagan is also my hero and a friend of all of ours…I believe that our party’s ascendancy began with Ronald Reagan’s brand of visionary and courageous leadership.” ** Source: Speech in South Carolina (February 2005)

 

  • “And if you think that during the great national policy debate of the 1980's, Ronald Reagan was wrong and Ted Kennedy was right, then by all means send in John Kerry.”

 

 

Quotes from Governor Mitt Romney on Red Tape

 

  • “With nearly half of the Massachusetts workforce employed by small businesses, we can not have government creating regulatory mazes that hamper the growth of small businesses. This Executive Order will protect and fortify the Commonwealth’s small businesses by giving them a voice in the regulatory process.”

 

  • “The numbers are clear. Small businesses are not just apart of our economy. They are the engine of economic growth and innovation.”

 

  • “In order to put Massachusetts back to work, the most important thing that government can do is to create the right environment for economic expansion and job growth. This order is one important way we can bring economic development and jobs to Massachusetts.”

 

  • “Throughout this process, we have been guided by a desire to simplify our health and human services agencies to better serve recipients. Rather than requiring families to navigate the current red tape jungle, we are consolidating functions to better help those who cannot help themselves.” *** Governor Mitt Romney, Families requiring HHS services now face a confusing alphabet soup of state agencies to access the help they need.

 

Quotes from Governor Mitt Romney on Reform

 

  • “It is time to quit tinkering around the edges with an organization that over the years has proven immune to serious reform. Massachusetts taxpayers and the people who use our state recreational facilities deserve better. Under my plan, they will finally get the accountability and cost-efficiency we should all expect from those entrusted with the management of our public funds.”
    • Governor Mitt Romney, Taken from a 02-19-2003 press release

 

  • “Eight hundred lawyers are far too many to be operating in one branch of state government. By streamlining and bringing our legal force under a single umbrella, we will be providing a more efficient service while saving taxpayers money.”

 

  • “Massachusetts is saddled with an 19th century court system in a 21st century economy. These common sense improvements in the courts will save taxpayers millions of dollars without affecting the ability of the courts to administer justice.”

 

  • “The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission office currently located on Middlesex Avenue will move to the Department of Transitional Assistance office located here at One Davis Square, saving taxpayers $108,000,” said Romney. “It's just plain common sense to join two agencies together rather than having two offices half empty.”

 

  • “Innovative programs and cutting-edge technologies are being used today to protect our environment,” Governor Mitt Romney said. “Massachusetts will continue to be a national leader in environmental protection by utilizing these new tools to target environmental scofflaws.”

 

  • He added, “We started down the road to reform last year. This is no time to take our foot off the gas pedal. The people who elected us deserve the best government we can give them. The people of Massachusetts must come first.”

 

  • “This honor highlights the types of reforms and efficiencies we have put in place at the state level to professionalize human resources practices,” said Governor Mitt Romney. “By creating a work environment that rewards job performance and attracts talented employees, Ruth has been instrumental in helping to change the culture on Beacon Hill.” Governor Mitt Romney, 06-23-2005 press release)

 

Quotes from Governor Mitt Romney on Roe vs. Wade

 

  • “Let’s let the states deal with it through a democratic process, rather than have a judiciary make a pronouncement of one size fits all.”
    • Governor Mitt Romney

 

  • “…each state should be able to make its own decision, and allow those states that are strongly pro-life to make laws that fulfill the will of their own citizens.”
    • Governor Mitt Romney, Interview with Hugh Hewitt (July 2005)

 

Quotes from Governor Mitt Romney on Religion

 

  • “As a community leader, I am pleased to see this bill signed by our governor. It directly helps law enforcement, but also benefits those of us on the frontlines of moving our communities away from the culture of violence and the silence that feeds it,” said Reverend Jeffrey L. Brown, pastor of the Union Baptist Church in Cambridge and Co-Founder of the Boston Ten Point Coalition. “Our neighborhoods are physically, psychologically and spiritually torn apart as young people kill each other, and this law will encourage those who see shootings to report them so that those who perpetrate violence will be brought to justice.”
    • From a Mitt Romney press release


Guest host Judy Woodruff: …Religion really played a role sense JFK, do you think it would play a role if you ran?

 

Mitt Romney: Oh, I think initially. Some people would say, Gosh, I don't know much about your faith, tell me about it. And I'd probably outline the fundamentals. I'm a religious person. I believe that Jesus Christ is my Savior. But then as you get into the details of doctrines I'd probably say look time out, let's focus on the values that we share. And fundamentally the values of my faith are very much like the values of other Judeo-Christian tradition values. And I think Americans want to have a leader who is a person of faith, but their not going to get terribly involved in the differences of doctrine, as long as the values we share are common.

 

Guest host Judy Woodruff: John Kennedy, we remember, looked for and found a venue where he could talk about his catholic faith. The Houston ministry is a very famous speech that he gave. Would you look for and are you looking for a place were you can make a statement like this and are you looking for the right place and time?

 

Mitt Romney: Not really. Not at this stage. You know its possible that there will come some point were there is a question that galvanizes interest and there is an occasion to say something that cuts through the confusion that may develop but at this stage it is kind of hard to predict what will happen. I mean I remember in the race with Ronald Reagan, it was in his debate that he said, "I'm not going to let your youth and inexperience become an issue in this campaign". That sort of put aside his age issue. And there may well be something of that nature. I just don't think Americans will do something the constitution forbids. The constitution says that no religious test shall ever be required for qualification for office in these United States, and I don't think my party or the American people would ever do that.

 

Guest host Judy Woodruff: But there are some aspects of Mormonism that many Americans might not understand… are these legitimate issues for people to ask you about?

 

Mitt Romney: There is a leap of faith associated with every religion. You haven't exactly got those doctrines right, but if you have doctrines you want to talk about go talk to the church, because that's not my job. But the most unusual thing in my church is that we believe there was once a flood upon the earth and that a man took a boat and put two of each animal inside the boat and saved humanity by doing that.

 

Guest host Judy Woodruff**: We are familiar with that story.

 

Mitt Romney: There are unusual beliefs associated with each faith and I'm proud of my faith and happy to talk to people about it but fundamentally my race for governor, my race for senator before that, and if I run for nationally its going to be about the values that I have, and the values that I think should be emphasized in this country and answers to the kind of challenges that we face, because I believe that America is at a critical time, and I believe those are the types of issues that people will focus on.

 

Source: This exchange takes place at about 12:20 into the video at this location: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=mitt+romney


 

  • “This is a sad day for neglected and abandoned children. In this case, it’s a mistake for our laws to put the rights of adults over the needs of children. While I respect the board’s decision to stay true to their principles, I find the current state of the law deeply disturbing and a threat to religious freedom.”

 

  • “I ask the Legislature to work with me on a bill that I will file to ensure that religious institutions are able to participate in the important work of adoption in a way that always respects and never forces them to compromise their firmly held beliefs,” he said, 03-10-2006 Press Release

 

Race Relations;

Reagan;

Red Tape;

Reform;

reformer with results;

Romney;

Roe vs Wade;

Role Modle;

Religion;

Religious;

Republican Governors Association;

Rewards and Punishments;

Red Tape;

Role Modle;

Runaway Spending

 

 

Religion

  1. 1st Debate
    1. What do you say to bishops who deny Communion to elected officials who support abortion rights?
    2. Do you accept Huckabee's statement that he wasn't talking about you?
  2. Mike Allen
    1. Why are key tenets of your faith still misunderstood?
  3. How is your church so successful in getting its young people to follow its teachings?
  4. Brian Lamb
    1. Who was Brigham Young?
    2. Well, if you go back -- and I found the name Pratt in your background who was some circuitous route related to Joseph Smith who was one of the founders of Mormonism.
    3. Are you prepared to deal with attacks on your religion?
    4. Do you have an evangelical problem?
    5. Has there been a mood change in the country about the importance of talking about religion?
    6. One place that I found that you almost died (His Mission)
  5. Wolf Blitzer
    1. How do you deal with the fact that you are a Mormon?
  6. Robert B Bluey
    1. Are you prepared to deal with what is bound to be attacks from the media and opponents about your religious faith?
  7. Wolf Blitzer
    1. Will evangelicals support a Mormon?
  8. Hugh Hewitt
    1. Does the country know enough about radical islam?
    2. Do you stand by your use of the word Islamic-facism?
    3. How many times are you going to have to ask and answer these questions?
  9. Jay Leno
    1. Is their enough diversity within the Mormon Church?
  10. Katherine Jean Lopez
    1. Will an exposé on Mormon Christmas celebrations hurt you in the primaries?
  11. George Stephanopoulos
    1. How does your faith inform your politics?
  12. Chris Wallace
    1. Are you a cultist?
  13. 3rd Debate
    1. What would you like to say to the voters about your faith?

 

Republican Party:

  1. 3rd Debate
    1. What would you do to include moderate Republicans and independents?

 

Romney administration:

  1. Mary Katharine Ham
    1. What would be the role of bloggers in a Romney administration?

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