Romney On The Stump
Who: Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)
Location: Family Research Council's Washington Briefing, Omni Shoreham, DC
Topic: same-sex marriage
Standing ovations: three
Theme: Romney learned, in his state, why the "extraordinary" battle for American culture matters in real terms.
Applause lines: "The culture of America is under attack." "Marriage is primary about developing and nurturing our children." "We desparately need a federal marriage amendment that defines marriage as one man and one woman."
Playing to the crowd: Romney classified the clash over cultural values as a major crisis on par with the jihadist threat, the emergence of Asia as a super-power, the country's over-dependence on oil and an overweening federal government. He regailed them with tails about how gays demanded that birth certificates in Massachusetts feature lines for "parent A" and "parent B" instead of "mother and father." (The crowd ooooaahed at that ... to which Romney shook his head and said "Yeah.")
Discordant note: preroration featured a vignette about a male speed skater.
9/11 reference: one.
Self-deprecation: referred to himself as the governor of a "liberal, blue state"
Obligatory humorous poke at organizer: Said that FRC's Tony Perkins asked him whether he liked free speech... and then said Perkins asked whether he'd give a "free speech' at this conference
Blooper: Romney referred to "heterocentrism" when he meant "heterosexism"
Staffed by: Julie Teer, Sally Canfield
See him next in: Iowa next week, where he'll stump for House candidates. [MARC AMBINDER]
Mitt lost me when he started chuggin israeli
d--k by refusing to welcome the formed pres. of iran to harvard/boston.
He is "cute" on the outside and a devil on the inside.
Yes. It is always a bad idea to not "extend a warm hand of greeting" to terrorists.
Is it also a good thing to "get in bed with" Hugo Chavez?