Via Investors Business Daily:
Romney was about halfway through a speech at an election eve rally in Bedford, N.H., when — in what is fast becoming a ritual at Republican events — about a dozen protesters began shouting “Live free or die” and waving anti-Mitt signs made from pro-Romney signs.
The audience tried to drown them out by chanting “Mitt” and police began to drag them away, but Romney took the time to engage one. What it is that you want to change, he asked from the stage.
The woman replied that she wanted to take the money out of politics. Romney told her she was at the wrong event.
“Well, who is spending more money on an election than any president in history?” he replied. The answer, the audience knew, was President Obama, and they roared in response.
Romney continued:
The answer is that this president is spending money and has spent money. We have had over the history of this country a public funding plan for our presidents. And you know what? This president been the first one to throw aside the public funding program, to break all those barriers and to spend massively more than any president in history. And you know what? This country is too important to hand over to President Obama for a second term!
The only problem is that's the wrong answer. The right answer is that the way to get money out of politics is to get government out of the business of picking winners and losers.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe best part about this, was seeing Mitt Romney decidedly running on defending and empowering the US Free Market. Truly welcome.
That link did not fully cover the exchange, and missed Romney's strong conservative statements regarding the USA's Capitalist System:
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"I get a chance to see these guys who come out here and protest, and now and then I ask them, ‘Tell me what would you replace America with? What kind of system would you have?’ They don’t know! Then, the money line: “The truth is there has never been anything in the history of the earth that has freed people from poverty like free enterprise American-style.”"
This. Challenging them is the way to go.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf you're up to the challenge to do so; i.e. if you are able to think on your feet and engage them and win the debate.
The problem is, even if you are typically adept in that area, every now and then, you won't be, and then you look even worse.
But it sounds like he did great, so good on him.
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