The video and text for Romney’s speech can be found here.
That link is a permanent page that can also be found if you hover your mouse over the ‘Speeches’ tab on the navigation bar at the top of this page. Notice there are other major speeches there, as well.
About the speech: Romney seemed very relaxed and comfortable which made for an excellent delivery. He entered and exited the stage to music from the 2002 Olympics which he seemed to appreciate and brought great sense of pride to him. Though Romney was quite relaxed, his sincerity and conviction were apparent. Nothing seemed to me to be forced or an attempt to be something he is not. This is important as that was his one of his greatest criticisms in the ’08 race.
Many speculated on how he would solicit this crowd as it is supposedly Huckabee’s home turf. Delving too much into the “look at me I’m a social conservative too” persona would do more harm than good because of the perceived lack of genuineness of his Socon values. I say “perceived lack” because he is the real deal, in spite of his detractors… But Romney, aware of this enigmatic stance against by some, chose to delivery a speech that was strongly DefCon, with a healthy dose of FiCon, and a sprinkle of SoCon deftly thrown in at intervals to assure them that yes he is on their side but he was not going to pretend to be their champion on those issues. This is good because they’re not looking for a champion of just the Socon peg of the three-legged stool. They are looking for the well-rounded champion that can fight liberalism on all fronts. Such is Romney – his excellent speech attesting to that fact.
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Great CHAT party here today! Thanks for arranging the ‘Values Voter’ live-feed Nate.
From: The Washington Independent
http://washingtonindependent.com/60143/mitt-romney-to-joe-wilson-inspired-heckler-i-approve-that-comment
Mitt Romney to Joe Wilson-Inspired Heckler: ‘I Approve That Comment!’
By David Weigel 9/19/09 12:00 PM
Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.)’s Free and Strong America PAC put his speech to Values Voters online before he began speaking: the whole thing is here. But there was some back-and-forth that isn’t in that transcript.
“Candidate Obama promised not to raise taxes—’by one dime’—on people making less than $250,000 a year,” Romney said.
“He lies!” shouted a friendly heckler, paying tribute to Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C). Romney laughed as the crowd cheered.
“I approve that comment!” said Romney, smiling and pointing to the heckler.
The likely 2012 presidential candidate also paid fulsome tribute to the Tea Party movement. “[President Obama]’s not going to get his way, thanks to millions of Americas who have stepped up in town halls and tea parties across the country,” said Romney. “The Democrats call them a mob, crazies, trash. I call them patriots.”
Great CHAT party here today! Thanks for arranging the ‘Values Voter’ live-feed Nate.
From: The Washington Independent
http://washingtonindependent.com/60143/mitt-romney-to-joe-wilson-inspired-heckler-i-approve-that-comment
Mitt Romney to Joe Wilson-Inspired Heckler: ‘I Approve That Comment!’
By David Weigel 9/19/09 12:00 PM
Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.)’s Free and Strong America PAC put his speech to Values Voters online before he began speaking: the whole thing is here. But there was some back-and-forth that isn’t in that transcript.
“Candidate Obama promised not to raise taxes—’by one dime’—on people making less than $250,000 a year,” Romney said.
“He lies!” shouted a friendly heckler, paying tribute to Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C). Romney laughed as the crowd cheered.
“I approve that comment!” said Romney, smiling and pointing to the heckler.
The likely 2012 presidential candidate also paid fulsome tribute to the Tea Party movement. “[President Obama]’s not going to get his way, thanks to millions of Americas who have stepped up in town halls and tea parties across the country,” said Romney. “The Democrats call them a mob, crazies, trash. I call them patriots.”
Mitt really slammed P. Obama, so watch out..The target on Mitt’s back just got bigger…His speech covered many areas concerning, We the People. Today on Fox he was amazing. No stumbles or stammers..Crisp and prepared.. Yes, thx again for the fun Chat here on Saturday, Nate and Jayde for promoting…
Mitt really slammed P. Obama, so watch out..The target on Mitt’s back just got bigger…His speech covered many areas concerning, We the People. Today on Fox he was amazing. No stumbles or stammers..Crisp and prepared.. Yes, thx again for the fun Chat here on Saturday, Nate and Jayde for promoting…