Did Romney really believe he had to convince America that he loves his family?

[Tom Rinaldo]

This was his big chance to tell America why he is the best leader for these times, and he used half of his speech to show America that he loved his Mom and Dad, adores his wife, and is blessed by having kids? I calculate that puts Romney in a very exclusive group, along with about 100 million other fellow citizens.

Seriously, at ths stage of the campaign Romney felt a need to go out there and burnish his credentials as a good family man? That was an acceptance speech? Honestly, it is pathetic that his team felt Romney needed to use up that many precious minutes shoring up his standing as a nice human being.

[Dkc05]

1. seems very phony and plastic

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. Yes it does. Who wasn't willing to grant him his love of family? He used that...

...like a hostage taker uses a human shield. To me he only cheapened his cred as a family man by being so blatently political as to make that a corner stone of his speech

Mitt, no one really thought you were an android. Relax.

[Incitatus]

3. Maybe he needed to fill time without having to tell too many lies.

That was the job of other speakers.

[Sparkly]

4. He's being cheered as a success for ...

... "showing himself to be a 3-dimensional human being." Not kidding. That was said on MSNBC.

[uponit7771]

5. YES! They hate him...the oldest just told 3 or 4 stories of how big of an asshole rMoney is

[gollygee]

6. He only has sons, so I was convinced from the start

He recognizes their bodily autonomy.

[jmowreader]

7. After that Fox News turd-polishing piece, he kinda had to

Which one of his kids said Mitt always goes first to the buffet line they set up when they're having a family get-together, and he finishes his food before everyone has theirs? They've got to do SOMETHING to make the voters think Mitt isn't stiffer than an oak 2x4.

[MrMickeysMom]

8. What the fuck else was there for Mitt to talk about?

He doesn't lead, he's a fucking poser.

Pathetic is a great word...

[grantcart]

9. Does the Romney campaign really believe that they haven't captured every racist in the country?

No but that doesn't stop them from continuing to get more.

There are no more, you got em all.

[WinkyDink]

10. Sociopaths never quite "get" the normal response.

[gopiscrap]

11. I disagree

he needed that speech to reassure the American people that this family actually loves him!

[longship]

12. And he didn't even have to talk about kids faces thrusted into butter dishes to relate his love.

He could have really showed how much he cared. Restraint in politics is important. You don't want to go overboard on sentimentality.

[progressivebydesign]

13. Their stated goal was to make Mitt "likable" They don't care about policy, or the middle class.

their poling shows that people think Romney is a stiff asshole who is entirely unlikable. The convention was designed to make President Obama a sad charity case, and Romney becomes Mr. Wonderful.

Unfortunately Clint Eastwood turned Mitt into the Chair-ity case, and Romney is still unlikable.

[Tom Rinaldo]

14. I agree about the goal

The mind numbing part though is that they felt they had to go all the way back to square one to attempt to construct a likable Romney. Every second of a Convention acceptance speech is precious. And he had to use half of his to make the case that he is actually human.