I definitely don't like to put my faith in any one man(or woman), and especially would not just because he is a member of the same religion as me (take Harry Reid, senate majority leader for example...yeah). That is not why I have devoted a year of my life to Mitt Romney for President, Inc. From the moment I researched all that he stood for and has achieved, I knew that he was what America needs right now. People, sceptics I should say, look at him now and say he is "too perfect". They think that he must be hiding something. If they aren't saying that they are saying he is "too arrogant". C'mon folks, when you're running for the President of the United States of America, you must toot your own horn. Believe me, if you don't, no one else will. The saying "Misery loves company" comes to mind. I think people deep down inside want a family like he has, not to mention all of the business and financial success he has had. It seems coveting turns into resentment and negativity. Mitt Romney is a very optimistic person and his conservative values are resonating with the people of America. Here's a dialog from the Glenn Beck program recently that pertains to his "Ken-like" aura:
GLENN: You know, Mitt, I alienate almost every person that is ever on this program that is running for office because I'm honest and in hopes that I don't do that with you, let me ask an honest question. One of the things about Barack Obama that people like is that he admits mistakes, he has mistakes, people look at him and say he's an awful lot like me. If I were running a company, I would want you to be the CEO, no questions asked because you are never going to make a mistake. You are so good and so well put together. I mean, look at your hair, man. You piss me off. What is it about Mitt Romney where there is a struggle? Where is the struggle in your life? GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Well, you know, everybody has struggles and not everybody sees what they are. I think probably the greatest challenge that we've had in our life is of a personal nature when my wife and sweetheart got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998 and that continues to be something that we work with and that we battle. We don't show that. We don't describe that to voters. GLENN: What is the thing, Mitt, that you have struggled with that you have overcome? What is the thing that you -- what is the part of you that, you know, you're like, if I could change one thing, it would be this? GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Oh, gosh, Glenn. There's so many things I'd like to change, you know, and I think everybody feels the same way. There are, without question there are folks, so many more people I'd like to be able to help that I'm not able to help. There are times when I'm more selfish than I ought to be. You know, I must admit I'd rather spend time with my family than anybody else and so a lot of friends wonder why I don't spend more time with them. But look, and did I have challenges as a kid, yeah. Yeah, there are some things I did as a kid I'm not proud of. But I really don't think it's helpful if you are running for President to stand up and talk about those kind of problems because I think it opens up the door to kids to say, oh, if the guy who's running for President or is President, if he did that, well, then I can do it, too. GLENN: Right. I'm not looking to -- GOVERNOR ROMNEY: I'm willing to say what George Bush said which is when I was young and irresponsible, I was young and irresponsible. And I got in trouble now and then and people have heard about some of those times and yet I don't really dwell on those because I don't think it's a good thing for our kids to hear. GLENN: I'm not asking you to come out with some skeleton in the closet. What I'm saying to you is you are so put together. People describe it as slick. I don't. I think you're well put together. You're a guy who I want running my company, but what they don't see is they don't see the human side. They don't see the struggle side. They don't see, man, I have had to conquer these things. And I'm not asking for a revelation. GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Well, Glenn, you'll have to help me a bit but, you know, when I went to school, when I went to Brigham Young University, I went there and worked in school and then I moved back east and got into Harvard and I figured I'm going to flunk out of this place; I can't possibly make it. And I worked harder, sitting down in the library studying than probably any other student in the school because I was afraid I was going to flunk out. And I worked real hard and I did well, but I did it by working hard and, you know, then I came out of school and I went, got my first job and I again worked really darn hard because I wanted to do well there and I was able to do well but, you know, you don't do well and become the head of the company unless your daddy owns it, and my daddy didn't own this company. I had no connection with the company. I didn't inherit any money. I worked real hard and found myself able to get to the top of the company and then I started a business of my own and was able to build it to be successful. Then I went on to the Olympics and, boy, they were in trouble. I mean, talk about a struggle. I couldn't sleep for the first couple of weeks there very well because I was just terrified. I got used to the terror as time went on and we were able to turn the games around. So I've been in a number of settings that have been in trouble and the only answer I've got is that I do my best to work hard, to put my faith in my family and my creator, work as hard as I can. And by the way, I don't always succeed. I ran against Ted Kennedy. I got trounced by the big guy. And it wasn't easy getting beat by Ted Kennedy. You know, for about six months Ann and I -- well, we weren't depressed clinically but we felt pretty darn low and, you know, it's just the nature of life. You have some successes and failures. In business I had some failures. GLENN: All right. GOVERNOR ROMNEY: I had some things I did that didn't work out and, you know, you learn from that and you move on. But I don't know that there's anybody who's lived a particularly charmed life but I think you learn from your failures as much as anything and I'm planning on unfortunately more than a couple of failures in my future.
We all know for a fact we are all imperfect. I surely don't want an extremely imperfect person running my country, though. I want the least imperfect of the bunch. That is what Mitt Romney is. He has lived his life working hard in many ways, and has succeeded in many ways. I want his success to be our country's success. By his early primary state results, he has many that believe in him, his message, and his record of positive change. Hopefully people will continue to believe in him and his message: Strong.New.Leadership.
Check out Mitt on the issues, his life, and his record of positive change here:
http://www.mittromney.com/
GLENN: You know, Mitt, I alienate almost every person that is ever on this program that is running for office because I'm honest and in hopes that I don't do that with you, let me ask an honest question. One of the things about Barack Obama that people like is that he admits mistakes, he has mistakes, people look at him and say he's an awful lot like me. If I were running a company, I would want you to be the CEO, no questions asked because you are never going to make a mistake. You are so good and so well put together. I mean, look at your hair, man. You piss me off. What is it about Mitt Romney where there is a struggle? Where is the struggle in your life? GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Well, you know, everybody has struggles and not everybody sees what they are. I think probably the greatest challenge that we've had in our life is of a personal nature when my wife and sweetheart got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998 and that continues to be something that we work with and that we battle. We don't show that. We don't describe that to voters. GLENN: What is the thing, Mitt, that you have struggled with that you have overcome? What is the thing that you -- what is the part of you that, you know, you're like, if I could change one thing, it would be this? GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Oh, gosh, Glenn. There's so many things I'd like to change, you know, and I think everybody feels the same way. There are, without question there are folks, so many more people I'd like to be able to help that I'm not able to help. There are times when I'm more selfish than I ought to be. You know, I must admit I'd rather spend time with my family than anybody else and so a lot of friends wonder why I don't spend more time with them. But look, and did I have challenges as a kid, yeah. Yeah, there are some things I did as a kid I'm not proud of. But I really don't think it's helpful if you are running for President to stand up and talk about those kind of problems because I think it opens up the door to kids to say, oh, if the guy who's running for President or is President, if he did that, well, then I can do it, too. GLENN: Right. I'm not looking to -- GOVERNOR ROMNEY: I'm willing to say what George Bush said which is when I was young and irresponsible, I was young and irresponsible. And I got in trouble now and then and people have heard about some of those times and yet I don't really dwell on those because I don't think it's a good thing for our kids to hear. GLENN: I'm not asking you to come out with some skeleton in the closet. What I'm saying to you is you are so put together. People describe it as slick. I don't. I think you're well put together. You're a guy who I want running my company, but what they don't see is they don't see the human side. They don't see the struggle side. They don't see, man, I have had to conquer these things. And I'm not asking for a revelation. GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Well, Glenn, you'll have to help me a bit but, you know, when I went to school, when I went to Brigham Young University, I went there and worked in school and then I moved back east and got into Harvard and I figured I'm going to flunk out of this place; I can't possibly make it. And I worked harder, sitting down in the library studying than probably any other student in the school because I was afraid I was going to flunk out. And I worked real hard and I did well, but I did it by working hard and, you know, then I came out of school and I went, got my first job and I again worked really darn hard because I wanted to do well there and I was able to do well but, you know, you don't do well and become the head of the company unless your daddy owns it, and my daddy didn't own this company. I had no connection with the company. I didn't inherit any money. I worked real hard and found myself able to get to the top of the company and then I started a business of my own and was able to build it to be successful. Then I went on to the Olympics and, boy, they were in trouble. I mean, talk about a struggle. I couldn't sleep for the first couple of weeks there very well because I was just terrified. I got used to the terror as time went on and we were able to turn the games around. So I've been in a number of settings that have been in trouble and the only answer I've got is that I do my best to work hard, to put my faith in my family and my creator, work as hard as I can. And by the way, I don't always succeed. I ran against Ted Kennedy. I got trounced by the big guy. And it wasn't easy getting beat by Ted Kennedy. You know, for about six months Ann and I -- well, we weren't depressed clinically but we felt pretty darn low and, you know, it's just the nature of life. You have some successes and failures. In business I had some failures. GLENN: All right. GOVERNOR ROMNEY: I had some things I did that didn't work out and, you know, you learn from that and you move on. But I don't know that there's anybody who's lived a particularly charmed life but I think you learn from your failures as much as anything and I'm planning on unfortunately more than a couple of failures in my future.
We all know for a fact we are all imperfect. I surely don't want an extremely imperfect person running my country, though. I want the least imperfect of the bunch. That is what Mitt Romney is. He has lived his life working hard in many ways, and has succeeded in many ways. I want his success to be our country's success. By his early primary state results, he has many that believe in him, his message, and his record of positive change. Hopefully people will continue to believe in him and his message: Strong.New.Leadership.
Check out Mitt on the issues, his life, and his record of positive change here:
http://www.mittromney.com/
