Romney stresses family values
By: Jason Spencer
Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Friday, Feb 23, 2007
"People, not government, are the source of America's strength, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney told a crowded room in Spartanburg late Thursday.
"'There is no place that is more important to the future strength of America than the American home,' Romney told a crowd of more than 600 people at the Spartanburg County Republican Party's annual Presidents Day Banquet.
"'The work that goes on within the walls of a home is the most important work that is ever done in America. ... And if we want to strengthen America, we need to strengthen the American family.'
"Romney's speech stressed family values, the need to cut off investments in businesses linked to the Iranian regime and the Republican belief in less government."
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"In an interview with the Herald-Journal on Thursday, he said that people want a leader who is a person of faith, but that those people won't distinguish between different brands of faith.
"It's enough for some.
"'He's a true conservative, an innovative thinker, a visionary,' said Celia Anderson Crosby, of Spartanburg."
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"U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., introduced Romney. He praised Romney, whose candidacy he has endorsed, as someone who could manage this country's 'huge, wasteful federal government.'
"'Washington is full of talk,' DeMint said.
"'But ... talk makes no sense when you're not getting anything done. We need someone who understands that it's the results we're after. And we need a president who understands that the strength of America is not in Washington, D.C. – it's in our people, it's in our churches, it's in our businesses. It's in thousands of volunteer associations all across this country that make our country better every day, and if our government could just get out of the way, America all by itself would just become greater and greater.'"
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