Off the heels of a strong debate performance Wednesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney hammered home his plan Friday at St. Pete Pier Park in front of thousands of supporters.
“I enjoyed that debate a couple nights ago,” Romney said with a big smile. He said he was able to ask the president directly about his "failed" jobs and economic policies.
He said if Obama is re-elected and the current debt rate continues, “That would be $20 trillion, if he would be re-elected,” Romney said. “That would put in jeopardy the American Dream. I’m going to make sure we cut and cap federal (spending)."
Ann Romney, who introduced her husband Friday, said the debates gave Americans the chance to “see the real Mitt Romney.”
“I was so thrilled at the debate for people to see my husband unfiltered, without any negative ads and any media (spin),” she said. “The next four weeks are so important that all of us understand how critical this election is.”
Congressman C.W. Bill Young echoed Ann Romney’s sentiments prior to Romney's speech Friday.
“Thanks to the nature of TV media, a lot of you saw the real Mitt Romney for the first time during the debate because it wasn’t censored by a quote unquote journalist,” Young said. “We heard the truth Wednesday night (and) Thursday morning the pundits could not say enough about the good job Mitt Romney did.”
According Reuters, in the latest polls, Romney has received a slight jump since the debate.
“President Barack Obama's lead over challenger Mitt Romney has narrowed to just two percentage points since the Republican's strong performance in their first debate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday.”
Romney said Florida is crucial for him to win the election. Friday marked the second time this year he has visited St. Petersburg. On Saturday he will head to Apopka and Sunday Port St. Lucie.
The importance of Florida was repeated by several guest speakers who took the stage before Gov. Romney. For former St. Pete Mayor Rick Baker, the key to the election is in St. Petersburg and Pinellas County.
“Welcome to St. Petersburg,” Baker said. “Welcome to Pinellas County, the anchor of the I-4 corridor and the epicenter of the American presidential campaign this year.
“(History says) when you win Pinellas County, you win the I-4 corridor,” Baker added. “History will also tell you that when you win the I-4 corridor, you win the state of Florida.”
Baker said if Romney wins Florida, he will win the presidency.
One thing Romney did not mention Friday in St. Petersburg, was the unexpected positive September jobs report.
According to the jobs report released Friday morning, the unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent after the U.S. economy added 114,000 new jobs in September. The rate represents a 44-month low for unemployment.
Shortly after the Romney event, Lis Smith with the Obama for American campaign released a response to Gov. Romney’s speech in St. Petersburg.
“There was one very telling omission from Mitt Romney’s event in Florida tonight: today’s jobs news. That’s because he doesn’t want to acknowledge how businesses have added 5.2 million jobs over the past two and a half years, and that the unemployment rate is now at its lowest level since January 2009. Nor does he want to tell the truth about how he’d bring back the same policies that got us into the mess in the first place. Americans want to move forward, not back.”
Gary Johnson 2016
This is NOT THE TIME to walk around with your head in the clouds. Out of the last 6 Presidents, every one of them except Bill Clinton lost their first debate. Obama didn't do great but he also has not debated since 2008. He will get his wings back.
Romney stated he was going to make cuts of 20% for everyone and still keep the tax cuts for the top dogs. That comes to 5 Trillion. At the debate, he denied saying that. Two weeks ago at AARP, Ryan stated Medicare would end. At the debate, Romney denied it, and said he would make Medicare stronger. LIE, LIE, LIE Romney said no school budgets would be cut but he was on TV telling teachers 4 months ago there would be numerous cuts. Romney said he would remove those regulations for the banks that got us in this mess. At the debate he said he would keep regulations. At the debate, he said he worked with Democrats to get the healthcare through in his State. What he showed there is that a Republican can work with Democrats and get things done. Romney did NOT have to work with the TEA PARTY. Totally different scenario’s. Another debate lie is that Romney’s healthcare plan covers pre-existing conditions. A member of this staff said AFTER the debate that simply was not true. LIE, LIE, LIE And he has not bothered to correct any of them.
This is according to the esteemed Kaiser Family Foundation, http://www.kff.org/medicare/8354.cfm If that happens, seniors will have to cough up thousands of more dollars to cover health costs each year -- on their own! Too bad, if Romney gets in.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/10/04/958801/at-last-nights-debate-romney-told-27-myths-in-38-minutes/ This guy will say anything in order to try to get elected! We simply can't trust him! Learn more about these Romney lies at the Washington Post's Fact Checker Blog, MediaMattrers.org and FactCheck.org.
Why would anyone who had an income for over 14 million dollars last year want a job that only pays 400,000 dollars?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=The+Assassination+of+Spiro+Agnew Its unwilling, part-Mexican Mormon assassin dramatizes the Mormon superiority complex, manifesting it as racism, sexism, jingoism and an anti-federal government temperament. His research in the new library reveals ominous similarities between Islam and Mormonism. The spiritual power behind the cult, which is not the Holy Ghost, acts out. “With a clarity of language and vision unsurpassed in contemporary American prose, Steven Janiszewski's Assassination of Spiro Agnew takes us into a U.S. mazed with madness and Mormonism and all things Utah, a U.S. that was then and still is. Do we need a novel, even as brilliant as this one, about a young man on a divine mission to assassinate the Vice President because he is too liberal? Yes, now more than ever. Readers, welcome to a masterpiece.” Tom Whalen www.tomwhalen.com Read The Assassination of Spiro Agnew.
And while Romney was not my choice in the primarys, I was glad he brought in Paul Ryan, and I think our country will be much better off under Romney, than 4 more years of Obama. And I love Romney idea of cutting rates across the board and limited deductions to a cap of 25K or 30K, which means us middle class folks will get a substantial rate cut, still keep all of our deductions, For example, that means Romney could only deduct 30K of his 4.2 million in charitable giving. As far as deductions alone not meeting the current federal revenues, you need to consider all the new jobs that will be created. Once businesses know what their tax liabilities will be they will start hiring again, and energy jobs will boom (with private sector money, no more Solyndras) so that will make it revenue nuetral
Besides the 114K new jobs created in September, there were an addtiional 90K jobs added for July and August, after those months reports were re-evaluated. These re-calculations are customary from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For further helpful information on these statistics, you may want to turn to reliable media outlets who cover business topics, such as Reuters, Associated Press, and Bloomberg News, because Faux (Fox) News, has given you an obviously very biased and inaccurate interpretation, to support "their" candidate, Mitt Romney.
1. Romney said Obama is “cutting $716 billion from Medicare.” FALSE http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/factchecking-the-first-presidential-debate-of-2012/2012/10/04/9d47934e-0d66-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_blog.html 2. Romney said there are 23 million Americans out of work. FALSE. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PRESIDENTIAL_CAMPAIGN_FACT_CHECK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-10-04-03-00-20 3. Romney said there is no tax provision that gives companies a tax deduction for moving jobs overseas. FALSE http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/factchecking-the-first-presidential-debate-of-2012/2012/10/04/9d47934e-0d66-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_blog.html 4. Romney said that Obamacare “puts in place an unelected board that's going to tell people ultimately what kind of treatments they can have.” FALSE. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PRESIDENTIAL_CAMPAIGN_FACT_CHECK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-10-04-03-00-20 This list shows just a few of the 25+ TOTAL LIES that Mitt told at the debate? Read more about his debate lies at: http://factcheck.org, http://mediamatters.org , http://thinkprogress.org and the Washington Post Fact Check Blog at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker
5. Romney disagreed with Obama saying that Romney planned a $5 trillion tax cut over the next decade.” HALF TRUE. Romney does plan such a cut, and Politifact said Romney hasn’t explained how he will fully make it revenue neutral. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/oct/04/barack-obama/obama-says-romneys-plan-5-trillion-tax-cut/ http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-fact-check-debate-romney-tax-20121003,0,3813713.story 6. Romney accused Obama of double the Federal deficit. FALSE. http://factcheck.org/2012/10/dubious-denver-debate-declarations/ 7. Romney said incomes are down $4300 since Obama took office. FALSE. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/10/03/fact-checking-the-debate/1612241/ 8. Romney said he “…will not reduce the share (of taxes)” paid by high-income individuals.” FALSE. Romney wants to cut personal taxes by 20 percent for everyone, including the wealthy, as the Romney campaign website states. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/10/03/fact-checking-the-debate/1612241/ http://www.mittromney.com/issues/tax 9. Romney said that Obama “...provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world” and that that figure amounts to 50 years’ worth of what oil and gas receives (in tax breaks).” FALSE http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/10/03/fact-check-romneys-green-math/
“We are going to cut taxes on everyone across the country by 20 percent, including the top 1 percent. “ (This is contrary to what Romney said in his first debate.) – Mitt Romney, Republican politician and presidential candidate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJzUQwJFW7k “This is someone (Romney) who doesn’t have a core. He has been on both sides of almost every single issue in the past 10 years. “ –Rick Santorum, Republican leader and former Republican Senator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3q7-a-ayc&feature=player_embedded#! “He’s certainly beings dishonest about his own record? When he says that he had the endorsement of the NRA, he did not. When he says he didn’t raise taxes, and in fact, there were $500 million in fees raised during this time. When he talks about my record or John McCain’s. “He’s making up stuff, it’s just incredible. In Arkansas, we call it DISHONESTY.” - Mike Huckabee, Fox News commentator and former Governor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3q7-a-ayc&feature=player_embedded#! (P.S - Sound familiar with Romney’s dishonest tactics in his first debate?) “This is someone (Romney) who will say anything to get elected.”- Rick Santorum –Rick Santorum, Republican leader and former Republican Senator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3q7-a-ayc&feature=player_embedded#! Republican leaders agree – Romney Can't Be Trusted! Most voters agree!