Mitt Romney - a Real American

The Republican Convention in Tampa, Florida, gets into full swing today with speeches this evening by Ann Romney and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. In the next three days, Mitt Romney will be nominated as the GOP presidential candidate, with Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate.
In the media drumbeat up to the convention, I have been angered, appalled, dismayed, irritated and even downright mad -- but never surprised -- at the negative commentary heaped upon Mr. Romney by the media. It seems, if we put any faith in the media’s description of the man, that he is -- aloof, too rich, unconnected to the real world, unloved by most Americans, unable to match President Obama in a popularity contest -- just not “the kind of person who would be a good President for ordinary Americans” is the all too clear implication.
This morning on the early CNBC show, one of the anchors known for his conservative and Republican leanings actually suggested that the media is biased. He dared to ask out loud: Why did we not hear that John Kerry was rich - and worse that he married his wealth which is much greater than the wealth that Mitt Romney accumulated through his own effort and hard work? His answer was: because Kerry is a Democrat and we all know that Democrats are the people’s party.
A sad comment, but oh so true.
Worse yet, the Democratic Kennedys were never lambasted for their wealth, garnered by their father’s moonshine empire during Prohibition. In fact, the media loved to call them the American Royal Family dedicated to social good works.
But, if a Republican has worked hard, as Mitt Romney has all his life, made money, created jobs, married the woman he loved, is still married after 43 years with not even the first hint of extra-marital affairs or cars run amok on island roads, and raised five well-behaved sons to be proud of - well, he’s just out touch with Americans. Because he’s a Republican.
But, to put Mitt Romney into perspective as an American with a Big A:

- he went to public high school
- he married his high school sweetheart
- he served has served his church in many ways all his life - always refusing to be paid for his work
- he earned both law and MBA degrees from Harvard
- he managed the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics into a $100 Million success after taking the job over from those who had piled up a $400 Million deficit - refusing his entire salary and working unpaid
- he served as governor of Massachusetts and got along with a Democratic legislature well enough that they agreed to help him eliminate the Commonwealth’s $1.5 Billion deficit - refusing his salary and working unpaid
- he gave his entire inheritance from his father to charity

Mitt Romney is one of the wealthiest self-made men in our country but he has given more back to its citizens in terms of money, service and time than most men.
But, Mitt Romney doesn’t like to talk about these things because he considers them to be normal, his duty as someone who has been blessed by life.
As an example, in 2011 Mitt Romney gave over $4 million to charity, almost 19% of his income....
- Just for comparison purposes, Obama gave 1%
- Joe Biden gave $300 or .0013%.

So, although I do not like personal attacks and I do not agree with negative political ads, I feel that it is time for the exception that proves the rule.
Who would you rather see as the next American President?
The man I just described, or a man who :

- was raised outside the United States in non-Christian cultures until he was a young teenager
- went to a Muslim school as a child living in Indonesia
- will not tell us anything about his educational records
- will not release any notes about who his clients were during his law career
- was a community organizer who never created the first job for anyone but himself
- came to Christianity late, by his own words, and as we know, at the knees of a pastor who is anti-American in his sentiments as his own words prove.

For me, the answer is so clear that it defies argument.
And maybe that’s why the media is assassinating Romney with doubt-spreading meanly negative innuendos.
Maybe the media knows that this is the only way that Obama, whom they favor because he shares their leftist views, can win.
Because if the real truth and the real comparisons were made by the media, Romney would win 100% of the vote come November.