Dear Mitt,
I must say, I was a bit worried when I saw your initial reaction to other Republicans’ attacks on your wealth. Although I understand that you prefer to be low-key about how much money you have, you must not allow them to make you look like you feel guilty about your success. I was happy to see that you have finally started embracing your achievements, however, I think you need to take it one step further. As you well know, Obama and his minions are going to continue attacking successful people, classifying them as part of the 1% (as if being successful is some horrid act), and there is no doubt that this will be their plan of attack against you.
Rather than trying to defend your wealth, I think you need to go on the offensive and use your wealth and success to your advantage. If I were you, I would immediately come out and tell the public that as President, you will turn down any and all compensation from the government. You will turn down the salary, the health care, and any other direct compensation/benefits given to Washington politicians. You have worked hard to achieve success in your life and because of the opportunities that this great country provides to everyone, you are where you are today and you don’t need the extra income.
Let the people know that your goal as President is NOT to take anything from tax payers, but rather to truly serve the people and to defend the fundamental values of America that gave you the opportunities to be as successful as you are. Let them know that your goal is to protect the God-given right for everyone to have that same OPPORTUNITY for success and that they should have the right to be as successful as THEY want to be, not as successful as the Obama government will allow them to be.
Your wealth puts you in a unique situation to actually give to the American people rather than take from them. By doing this, you will show the tax payers that you are truly different than all other candidates. Conservatives, Independents and even most Democrats will appreciate a leader who is not in Washington to further their own personal interest but that is actually there to serve. And it will show many Democrats that being in the 1% is a good thing and is something that everyone should strive to do.
Be passionate about your success and the people will get behind you. Nobody doubts your skills as a leader, but you need to move from people’s heads down to their hearts. And I think this move may just be the defibrillator that gets people’s hearts finally jumping when they think about Mitt Romney as President.
Warm Regards,
Jeff Hintze
Mitt Romney seems like the best choice for the next president of the United States. Although many disagree with his business ethics, Would they rather have Newt Gingrinch in the seat as the most powerful man in the world? I think not.
I heard that story reported too. Moving the vtniog to an “undisclosed” location was a problem and will continue to be a problem until the vtniog is actually counted in front of the voters.Perhaps now, there needs to be a system in place where voters receive a pin number every cycle that tells them what order the vote was cast and at what time. Too many times through history, things like this happen, because officials don’t want to spend the time to make sure it works or because they are promised money to not be as diligent. I trust Dr. Paul has heard of this and realizes that if he brings it up, he’ll be seen as a “sore” loser.PhilLeoxiii@me.com
That was a ralley interesting article. Thanks for pointing it out, ESO. My husband and I liked his Elders’ Quorum, especially after spending so much time research elders’ councils in Central Asia. This will be a fascinating campaign to watch.
Mr. Rudolph, move to California. Rick Perry has served our state well. Compared to some of our rteeesrntapives in Congress, I’ll take Perry any day over the likes of Sheila Jackson Lee!! As for President, Perry would restore honor to the office of President of the United States. Barak Obama is a disgrace.
Mitt for President! 🙂
Hmmm…I heard of that last week. It seems plausible besauce the reality is that only Dr. Ron Paul and Governor Mitt Romney have actual delegate counts. What the news sites show in the way of delegate counts is utterly false. The real delegate counts show that the Romney camp have a concern that Dr. Paul might be a thorn in their side…and so, they might be trying to broker with him before it gets nasty at the convention. The truth of the matter is that the Romney camp rigged this year’s system with the GOP officials so that he would have an easier sweep of the delegates–even if he lost states. Well, Dr. Ron Paul got news of this and is now beating Governor Romney at his game and alerted his supporters across the country to pay attention and to not leave the voting areas after the announcement of the caucus or primary winners besauce that’s when they pick delegates. If you don’t have people who sign up to be delegates then, it’s game over–even if you won the state primary. It’s slightly complicated, but Rachel Maddow interviewed Doug Wead about all of this nonsense in the wake of the phony Maine results. Sorry I cannot include it here, but if you do a youtube search or go to ronpaulflix.com, you’ll find all of it cataloged there. In Christo Rege,Philleoxiii@me.com