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The liberal media may call it a ‘gaffe,’ but Mitt Romney’s secret video shows the candidate speaking honestly and eloquently about today’s issues. Here’s what he got right . . .
Last week, Mother Jones magazine released a video secretly taken of Mitt Romney speaking at a May 17 fundraiser. Democrats and their media surrogates pounced on the remarks as some sort of exposé. In reality, it was the GOP candidate speaking frankly about the nation’s problems, something President Obama has been loathe to do. The Post invited commentators to weigh in on Romney’s points, and why they cast the election into sharp relief — a true choice between visions of the nation’s future. Here are large portions of Romney’s nearly hour-long remarks, edited to avoid repetition and audience interruptions.
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Mitt Romney
Romney: . . . I see these two very different scenarios. One has America really powering the world economy with an extraordinary economy here, with China working with us, wanting to see stability in the world — and a very vibrant America with freedom and prosperity for the great bulk of the American people. On the other hand, I really do see something like Europe. And — and I think that’s the path we’re on right now. So that’s why I want to make sure that what little I’ll have left after the campaigns goes to my grandchildren.
That’s one piece of — about me that you may not know. The other is just about my — my heritage. My dad, you probably know, was the governor of Michigan and was the head of a car company, but he was born in Mexico. And — had he been born of Mexican parents I’d have a better shot of winning this, but he was unfortunately born of Americans living in Mexico. They’d lived there for a number of years. And — I mean I say that jokingly, but it’d be helpful to be — Latino. And —
Woman in audience: You can pull an Elizabeth Warren.
Romney: Pardon?
Woman in audience: Pull an Elizabeth Warren.
Romney: Yeah, that’s right. That’s right. Folks who don’t know Elizabeth Warren — she’s the woman who’s running for US Senate in Massachusetts who said that she’s Cherokee and has put on her application over the years that she’s Cherokee and Harvard put down that she’s one of their minority — faculty members. It turns out that at most she’s 1/32 Cherokee. And even that can’t be proven. So — at any event, I mean I could put down my dad was born in Mexico and leave it at that.
But — but his — his dad was in construction, very successful, in Mexico, but in America went broke more than once. So my dad never had the money or time to get a college degree. Without a college degree, became head of a big car company and ultimately governor. And — and believed in America. Believed in the opportunity of this country. Never doubted for a moment that he could achieve his dreams.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_whole_truth_gagxsHJiW3Zfq7jIpu0PoL#ixzz27HpxTaBf
Last week, Mother Jones magazine released a video secretly taken of Mitt Romney speaking at a May 17 fundraiser. Democrats and their media surrogates pounced on the remarks as some sort of exposé. In reality, it was the GOP candidate speaking frankly about the nation’s problems, something President Obama has been loathe to do. The Post invited commentators to weigh in on Romney’s points, and why they cast the election into sharp relief — a true choice between visions of the nation’s future. Here are large portions of Romney’s nearly hour-long remarks, edited to avoid repetition and audience interruptions.
Mitt Romney
Romney: . . . I see these two very different scenarios. One has America really powering the world economy with an extraordinary economy here, with China working with us, wanting to see stability in the world — and a very vibrant America with freedom and prosperity for the great bulk of the American people. On the other hand, I really do see something like Europe. And — and I think that’s the path we’re on right now. So that’s why I want to make sure that what little I’ll have left after the campaigns goes to my grandchildren.
That’s one piece of — about me that you may not know. The other is just about my — my heritage. My dad, you probably know, was the governor of Michigan and was the head of a car company, but he was born in Mexico. And — had he been born of Mexican parents I’d have a better shot of winning this, but he was unfortunately born of Americans living in Mexico. They’d lived there for a number of years. And — I mean I say that jokingly, but it’d be helpful to be — Latino. And —
Woman in audience: You can pull an Elizabeth Warren.
Romney: Pardon?
Woman in audience: Pull an Elizabeth Warren.
Romney: Yeah, that’s right. That’s right. Folks who don’t know Elizabeth Warren — she’s the woman who’s running for US Senate in Massachusetts who said that she’s Cherokee and has put on her application over the years that she’s Cherokee and Harvard put down that she’s one of their minority — faculty members. It turns out that at most she’s 1/32 Cherokee. And even that can’t be proven. So — at any event, I mean I could put down my dad was born in Mexico and leave it at that.
But — but his — his dad was in construction, very successful, in Mexico, but in America went broke more than once. So my dad never had the money or time to get a college degree. Without a college degree, became head of a big car company and ultimately governor. And — and believed in America. Believed in the opportunity of this country. Never doubted for a moment that he could achieve his dreams.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_whole_truth_gagxsHJiW3Zfq7jIpu0PoL#ixzz27HpxTaBf
