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Mitt Romney was back in Iowa to visit the part of the state that loves him most- Eastern Iowa (no coincidence, as far away from Steve King country as possible).
He got to take a boat tour of the Mississippi which allowed him to use metaphors like "anchor" (Willard likes metaphors. He used "prairie fire" a lot in his last visit here). His family life is his "anchor". The Constitution is the country's "anchor". I suppose a few of the Ferrymen liked the nod, but probably would have liked to seen more knowledge, and less "sounds like I was given a word by an adviser to stick in to my speech as much as possible.
The only other real revelation of Romney's recent trips was that if you were following him, you would have known a day or two before that he was speaking up Marco Rubio as a great Veep pick. That's out in the open now.
Mitt is also hitting the airwaves hard which prominently features Obama's "private sector is doing fine" comment, which i can't blame. it is probably what I would do.
The context of that quote is that jobs are being created in the public sector, but there is no job growth at all in the private sector. I think that is a fair assessment, but taken out of the context, it's pretty damning on Obama.
The GOP state convention was last week. I probably should get around to making some mention of that. As you may remember, Mitt Romney was declared winner caucus night, but Rick Santorum won when the recount finally went through. However, if you've been following Iowa politics, it's no real surprise the real winner is Ron Paul, who has the best organization in the state over the last few months, and will be sending a large Iowan contingent to the GOP National Convention.
The other big news coming out of the state convention was wording voted onto the party platform, that states any Presidential candidate must show proof that they are a natural-born citizen. Not giving up on that one, are we? Rights of the unborn were huge as always, though once they are born, grow up, and commit crime, then f**k em', life isn't that precious.
I was downtown the morning of the convention and drove by the crowd gathered outside, and unfortunately by the time, I was back in the area that day, the protestors had moved on. There of course were the pictures of unborn aborted fetuses and more Ron Paul signs that you can imagine. There was a guy with a huge ANYBODY BUT ROMNEY sign, and he could have been anyone- Paul supporter, Democrat, Western Iowan fundamentalist.
The most memorable of anyone outside (and I wasn't going to take a picture in traffic) was a guy with a girl on a rope whose mouth was duct taped shut. She held a sign that said SLUT FOR CHOICE. I am guessing that she was a liberal protesting the opinion many of those gathered have about people who have abortions. Maybe, I took it wrong, and it was a pro-lifer who really feels that way (though I am guessing that's not the case).
But, no, I didn't see any Nuns on a Bus. Those sisters had left town by then after giving Steve King some what for, by spreading their word on good some ol' Catholic social justice.
He got to take a boat tour of the Mississippi which allowed him to use metaphors like "anchor" (Willard likes metaphors. He used "prairie fire" a lot in his last visit here). His family life is his "anchor". The Constitution is the country's "anchor". I suppose a few of the Ferrymen liked the nod, but probably would have liked to seen more knowledge, and less "sounds like I was given a word by an adviser to stick in to my speech as much as possible.
The only other real revelation of Romney's recent trips was that if you were following him, you would have known a day or two before that he was speaking up Marco Rubio as a great Veep pick. That's out in the open now.
Mitt is also hitting the airwaves hard which prominently features Obama's "private sector is doing fine" comment, which i can't blame. it is probably what I would do.
The context of that quote is that jobs are being created in the public sector, but there is no job growth at all in the private sector. I think that is a fair assessment, but taken out of the context, it's pretty damning on Obama.
The GOP state convention was last week. I probably should get around to making some mention of that. As you may remember, Mitt Romney was declared winner caucus night, but Rick Santorum won when the recount finally went through. However, if you've been following Iowa politics, it's no real surprise the real winner is Ron Paul, who has the best organization in the state over the last few months, and will be sending a large Iowan contingent to the GOP National Convention.
The other big news coming out of the state convention was wording voted onto the party platform, that states any Presidential candidate must show proof that they are a natural-born citizen. Not giving up on that one, are we? Rights of the unborn were huge as always, though once they are born, grow up, and commit crime, then f**k em', life isn't that precious.
I was downtown the morning of the convention and drove by the crowd gathered outside, and unfortunately by the time, I was back in the area that day, the protestors had moved on. There of course were the pictures of unborn aborted fetuses and more Ron Paul signs that you can imagine. There was a guy with a huge ANYBODY BUT ROMNEY sign, and he could have been anyone- Paul supporter, Democrat, Western Iowan fundamentalist.
The most memorable of anyone outside (and I wasn't going to take a picture in traffic) was a guy with a girl on a rope whose mouth was duct taped shut. She held a sign that said SLUT FOR CHOICE. I am guessing that she was a liberal protesting the opinion many of those gathered have about people who have abortions. Maybe, I took it wrong, and it was a pro-lifer who really feels that way (though I am guessing that's not the case).
But, no, I didn't see any Nuns on a Bus. Those sisters had left town by then after giving Steve King some what for, by spreading their word on good some ol' Catholic social justice.
