By Michael Master January 21, 2012
Mitt seems like a good man. He could be good for America.
After listening to him at the SC debates, listening to his speech after the SC election, and then listening to him on Chris Wallace, it is obvious to me what he needs to do.
Mitt sounds and acts too moderate. He talks too much and too fast. It comes across slick. And that will not fly at getting the Republican nomination or in beating Barrack/Hillary.
When asked by Wallace if Mitt was mad or angry about the direction of America, Mitt said that he is “upset.”
Upset? What kind of word it that?
When Wallace kept calling Mitt “Sir,” Mitt did not stop him and say for Wallace to call him “Mitt.” Wallace used “Sir” to make Mitt look cold and unemotional to America and Mitt never sat back to hear it. Newt would not have missed it. How is Mitt going to do in debates with Obama when the media will definitely be liberally biased if he cannot even react to Wallace correctly in a personal interview?
Mitt’s banner reads “restore America” which is totally unemotional. “Restore” is something that you do when something is worn out.
How about “Save America?” “Save” is something that you do when it is about to die. WND, Free Republic, NewsMax, TownHall, Newt, Santorum all use “save.” Is Mitt listening?
When asked what departments need to be cut out of the executive branch, Romney answered that several need to be reduced … but did not offer that any need to be terminated.
When asked about Bain, Romney got into a defensive intellectual discussion about capitalism, rather than becoming indignant and attacking Obama about Solyndra GM, etc. Mitt should have said: “If private investors will not invest in GM, Solyndra, etc., then why is the government using tax payer money to do it? These must be bad deals or private investors would invest in them. That is what we did for a living at Bain. We figured out what was a viable deal and what was not. We figured out how to “save” companies and jobs if it was at all possible. Otherwise, we shut them down. We invested in those that looked like winners which created hundreds of thousands of jobs like at Staples and Sports Authority. This administration should not be involved in deals that the private industry will not do. It lacks the skills and experience. Only 8% of the Obama team has any real life experience in the private sector. So what makes it think that it is smarter than the free enterprise system?”
The Romney budget plan is a compromise. It is a diet plan rather than surgery.
Romney is losing momentum because he is playing it safe. He looks, smells, and acts like a moderate … and conservatives will not vote for a moderate. He is like the basketball team that goes into a defensive strategy at the end of a game and loses because the other team gains momentum to out score them.
Mitt needs to play like Tom Brady. He needs to play hard, throw the ball, and score lots … all the way to the end buzzer, even if it means running up the score against the opposition. Patriots = 48 vs Lions = 20 was a good score. Romney would have stopped at 30 and then lost the game.
Conservatives want a candidate who will help save America. They want a candidate who will take the fight to the Democrats. They want someone who will run up the score and soundly defeat the socialist Democrats. They want a champion for conservative values…. be pro religion, implement right to work for federal employees, be anti-abortion, support a marriage amendment, repeal Obamacare, cut federal government by 20%, get government out of the investment business, get rid of the Fed, get rid of the Department of Education, take a tough stance on supporting the military, stop the incremental domination of the Middle East by radical Muslims, push through the flat tax, drill for oil, build nuclear, dig for coal.
Mitt talks too fast, too much, and says too little with passion. Listen to these words by Newt about what he will do to terrorists: “I will kill them.” and compare that to the thousands of words that Mitt says.
So far, Mitt has the experience and smarts to save America, but lacks the demonstrable passion to make conservatives believe that he will actually do it. He needs to get emotional. He needs to say less, slower, and yet communicate more.
He cannot walk in the middle and expect to win.
So how can this message be delivered to Mitt?
Michael Charles Master
www.saveamericanow.us.com
