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One Day in the Metrics of Mitt
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ABC News' John Berman Reports: Today, I am taking the measure of Mitt Romney as he campaigns through Iowa, counting stuff that he does at his different events.
The 1st event of the day in Indianola, IA:
-60 people in audience
-30 members of media
-7 video cameras
-16 minutes. He gave a 16 minute opening speech
-5 concrete proposals. (within the 16 minute speech he offered what could be considered 5 specific proposals about something he would do in office … I do not count something vague like "strengthen the family" as a proposal.) They were:
--add 100,000 troops to military
--eliminate death tax
--eliminate taxes on savings for people making less than 200,000
--enact line-item veto
--allow all medical expenses deducted from taxes …
-3 Christmas stories. He told 3 separate stories about his family at Christmas. They were:
--how he used to ice skate on a pond and play hockey
--how took his kids skiing to a condo
--how his family once brought fire wood to a needy woman
--1 mention of Mike Huckabee (saying Huckabee was wrong to criticize Bush foreign policy)
--1 mention of Hillary Clinton (saying Hillary treated Gen. David Petraeus poorly)
--17 minutes of questions from voters in crowd
--4 questions. He took 4 questions in the "Ask Mitt Anything" portion of the event. Apparently the "anything" part of "Ask Mitt Anything," is a little limited.
--4 minutes handshaking with voters at end of event
December 20, 2007 in Palin, Sarah, Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (3)
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You mean he only brought the firewood ONCE to a needy woman? With 250 million fortune, you would think he would have given her a lifetime supply.
He wants 100,000 more troops....how, with the draft. Who is going to pay for it? He should follow Ron Paul advice and bring 100,000 troops home from Japan (they don't them and don't want them there) and from Europe, (they can afford to take care of their own defense). Use some of these troops to defend our own borders, instead the borders of Iraq and other countries.
Posted by: Greg | Dec 20, 2007 12:29:36 PM
Greg, do have any idea how much he give to charity and humanitarian aide? He gives alot and he gives 10 percent of his income to tithing.
Posted by: rigbyluv | Dec 20, 2007 11:42:04 PM
Mitt Romney is a true Christlike exampler in action and in words.
Posted by: kmjjp | Dec 21, 2007 1:51:37 AM
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