This country will never elect a Mormon for President.
On 08/09/2011 12:51 PM, wgm4u wrote:
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> America faces exceptional challenges. Mitt Romney is an exceptional man
> with unique qualifications to lead our country through perilous times,
> restoring our strength at home and abroad.
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> Mitt was born in Detroit on March 12, 1947. His mother, Lenore, gave up
> an acting career when she met and married his father, George. Mitt's
> father came from humble origins and never graduated from college. He
> apprenticed as a lath and plaster carpenter and sold aluminum paint
> before beginning a career that brought him to the head of American
> Motors and then the governorship of Michigan.
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> Mitt married his wife, Ann, in 1969. They first met in elementary
> school when he was a Cub Scout; he remembers tossing pebbles at her when
> she rode by on a horse. When they met again years later at a
> friend's house, he was smitten. Between them, they have five sons
> and sixteen grandchildren, who are the center of their lives.
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> Like any family, the Romneys have faced hardship: Ann was diagnosed
> with multiple sclerosis in 1998, and more recently fought a battle with
> breast cancer. She credits her husband's unwavering care and
> devotion to her for helping her through these ordeals.
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> Mitt is not a career politician. He has spent most of his life in the
> private sector, giving him intimate knowledge of how our economy works.
> But he has also been an outstanding public servant. In one chapter of
> his distinguished career, he reversed the decline of a state mired in
> recession. In another chapter, he salvaged the 2002 Winter Olympic Games
> from certain disaster.
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> When Mitt was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 2002, the state was
> in severe disarray, its budget was out of balance, spending was
> soaring, and taxpayers were being required to pay more and more in taxes
> for diminishing services. The state economy was in a tailspin, with
> businesses cutting back on investment or even closing and unemployment
> ticking up. Mitt made hard decisions that brought state spending under
> control. He restructured and consolidated government programs, paring
> back where necessary and finding efficiencies throughout.
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> Facing a state legislature dominated by Democrats, Mitt cast more than
> 800 vetoes as he brought conservative principles to state government.
> He cut red tape for small businesses, signed into law job-creating
> incentives, and fought hard to bring new businesses to the state. He
> eliminated a $3 billion deficit without borrowing or raising taxes. By
> 2007, at the end of Mitt's term, the state had accumulated a $2
> billion rainy day fund in its coffers. This stringent fiscal discipline
> provided an essential backdrop for economic recovery. When Mitt came
> into office, the state was losing jobs every month. When he left
> office, the economy was generating new jobs by the thousands.
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> In 1999, the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics was on the verge of
> collapse. Thanks to his reputation as a superb manager, Mitt was asked
> to take over. The event had been bogged down in a bid-rigging scandal,
> sponsors were fleeing, and the budget was bleeding red ink. The attacks
> of September 11, 2001, just months before the start date, created a
> security nightmare. Some were contemplating scaling back the competition
> or even moving it out of the country.
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> Mitt set to work. In a remarkably short period, he revamped the
> organization's leadership, trimmed the budget, and restored public
> confidence. He oversaw an unprecedented security mobilization to assure
> the safety of the athletes and millions of international visitors,
> staging one of the most successful games ever held on U.S. soil.
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> Mitt's impressive skills did not come out of nowhere. He began his
> career in business.
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> After graduating from Brigham Young University in 1971, he earned dual
> degrees from Harvard Law and Harvard Business School. After working as
> a business consultant for several years, Mitt founded the investment
> firm Bain Capital in 1984. Under his leadership, Bain Capital helped to
> launch or rebuild hundreds of companies, including household names such
> as Staples, Domino's Pizza, and The Sports Authority. As Bain Capital
> was growing in prominence, Mitt returned to his old consulting firm,
> Bain& Company, as CEO. In a time of financial turmoil at the company,
> he led a successful turnaround.
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