Mitt Romney
Primary Party Concession Speech
St. Petersburg, FL 01/29/08
TRANSCRIPT:
MITT ROMNEY: You guys are my heroes. You took this campaign from nowhere to the very top tier. You worked your hearts out, and you made me a contender. And for that, Ann and I and our family will be forever grateful. Thank you so very much. Now, I just got off the phone with Senator McCain, and I offered him my congratulations. And I'm sure that you are excited here this evening, but a little disappointed, as well. And, you know, my guess is when you left your home this evening you put a son or a daughter to bed. And probably that's happening across the country, moms and dads are putting kids to bed, or already have, and they're sleeping peacefully. They're probably a bit like my grandkids, full of big dreams and plans, excited about every tomorrow. I remember, when I was growing up, I always knew that America was the greatest nation on Earth. First nation on the moon. Our cars and movies and technology were the envy of the entire world. And freedom and opportunity was just like the air; it was everywhere I went. I believe there was nothing I couldn't do, and I knew there was nothing that America couldn't do, because we led the world. Now, America's leadership didn't come without cost. It was won by the greatest generation in the history of the world. They defeated fascism, and they built the world's strongest economy. My mom and dad are gone, as maybe yours are, as well. What they and their generation left us is the greatest nation in the history of the entire planet. And now it's our turn. What kind of nation will we leave our children and our grandchildren? We can leave future generations a nation that's even greater than that which we inherited. But to do that, we're going to have to overcome a new generation of challenges. Our world is under attack from violent, radical jihadists. Our jobs are being sought by new competitors, countries like Asia and India. And here at home, our government is spending too much, we're using to much oil, our health care system leaves a lot of people behind, and our schools are failing way too many, and even our values are under attack. We look to Washington for leadership, but Washington has failed us. We've asked them to fix illegal immigration. They haven't. We've asked them to get the tax burden off our families and businesses. They haven't. We asked them to end our dependence on foreign oil. They haven't. We asked them to maintain high ethical standards. They haven't. We asked them to fix Social Security. They haven't. We asked them to stop spending money on pork barrel projects. We asked them to balance our budget. They haven't. We asked them time and time and time again, and they just haven't gotten the job done. You see, Washington is fundamentally broken. And we're not going to change Washington by sending the same people back just to sit in different chairs. I think it's time for the politicians to leave Washington and for the citizens to take over.
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Mitt Romney at the 2008 Republican Convention (Speech Excerpt)by 3003BG763 views
ROMNEY , I HAVE ? FOR U: "HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CREATE JOBS IN AMERICA IF POPULATION OF CHINA IS 1,4B ?
SHAME ON YOU! LIAR! HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NITE? YOU LIE TO AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT JOBS ! YOU ARE JEALOUS OF OBAMA CUZ HE WANTS AMERICAN PEOPLE TO HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, SHAME ON YOU ! UR WIFE HAS MS AND THIS HOW YOU DEFEND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?
LISTEN I A HAVE ONLY ONE CHILD AND YOU HAVE 5 CHILDREN, I KNOW UR TIRED , UR BRAIN CANT ABSORB- CHINESE WORK LIKE ROBOTS, REAGAN MADE RUSSIANS $
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