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alp227

(32,034 posts)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:45 AM Aug 2012

Romney shows his emotions in acceptance speech

Source: washington post

When Mitt Romney strode onto a windswept New Hampshire farm last summer to begin his presidential bid, he spoke about jobs and taxes and a restoration of American might. What he didn’t talk about was himself.

It took 455 more days, when he stepped Thursday night onto a soft wooden stage designed to evoke a living room, for Romney to offer America a look inside himself.

In accepting the Republican nomination, Romney spoke emotionally about his Mormon faith and church community, about his romance with Ann and raising five boys, about his mother’s feminist streak and his father’s entrepreneurial spirit.

The evening’s program amounted to a high-definition showcase of Mitt the Man — an all-out effort to convince voters of his character, compassion and convictions.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/romney-shows-his-emotions-in-acceptance-speech/2012/08/30/dfaff5ec-f2df-11e1-892d-bc92fee603a7_singlePage.html

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Romney shows his emotions in acceptance speech (Original Post) alp227 Aug 2012 OP
... gateley Aug 2012 #1
RMoney's Greatest Hits _Liann_ Aug 2012 #2
I'll bet CountAllVotes Aug 2012 #3
See, this is news because he finally did what Obama does all along. knitter4democracy Aug 2012 #4
crocodile tears made so with lemon in the eyes. Javaman Aug 2012 #5
What "emotions"??? beac Aug 2012 #6

knitter4democracy

(14,350 posts)
4. See, this is news because he finally did what Obama does all along.
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 06:38 AM
Aug 2012

He actually showed emotion about something normal people actually show emotion about every day.

He's a psychopath, people. Pure and simple.

beac

(9,992 posts)
6. What "emotions"???
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:35 PM
Aug 2012

I saw a guy bugging his eyes out and pulling his lips open--- what he must think real humans do when they "feel" something.

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