NewsMax.com Mitt Romney Article
April 3rd, 2007 by eric
There is a new, must read article over on newsmax.com about Mitt Romney. It’s their April 2007 cover story written by Ronald Kessler.
In the article you will see two historical time lines. There is one for Mitt Romney. And then there’s another more interesting time line for his wife Ann Romney that contains a lot of interesting facts that most people don’t know about the future first lady.
If there is a common theme that you could find in the article it’s SUCCESS. There was the mention of Mitt’s father who grew up with very little and ended up as the successful business man, chairman of American Motors Corporation, and served three successful terms as Governor of Michigan. There was Mitt Romney’s successful education where he graduated with excellent grades and honors. There was a successful marriage created that produced great sons and grandchildren. There was Mitt Romney’s successful career with Bain Capital that made him a personal fortune in the millions of dollars. There was the successful reorganization of the winter olympics. There was Mitt Romney’s successful political career as Governor of Massachusetts. And then of course there was success in finding that missing girl.
As you read this article, you might think you are reading about some ficticious superhero. Here is a man who was pronounced dead at the scene of a wreck. He was driving and by all rights should have been killed. But he was alive and only had a broken arm. Here is a man who took a company Bain Capital from nothing and turned it into a $40 Billion dollar company. Here is a man who got elected as a Republican -with only a 13 percent registered Republican voter base -in the most liberal Democratic state in the nation. These are truly amazing feats that are a part of the life of Mitt Romney.
In the summer of 1968, 21-year-old Romney was driving a Citroën in the rain on a mountainous road near Bordeaux with five other missionaries. As they rounded a curve, a Mercedes, possibly passing another car, veered over the median. The Mercedes, traveling at 70 mph, slammed almost head-on into Romney’s car. Viola Anderson, the wife of his mission president, suffered crushed lungs and died. Romney was thrown from the car.
“He was unconscious from a blow to the head,” Jane Romney says.
A police officer who came on the scene thought Romney was dead. On his passport, he wrote in pencil, “Il est mort” (”he is dead”). Fortunately, Romney had suffered only a broken arm. –Romney to the Rescue, April 2, 2007
Here’s a couple more great paragraphs from the same article as it goes on to discuss Romney as a politician.
When asked which Republican candidate she fears the most, Donna Brazile - who managed Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign - replies, “Mitt Romney.” Asked whether Romney’s religion will hurt him, Ted Kennedy said recently, “The answer is no. We’ve moved on. That died with my brother Jack.”
Romney is “a spectacular candidate,” says Republican strategist Mary Matalin, a former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. “He is methodical, and he’s definitely got the happy warrior thing. He’s substantive, and he’s got executive skills. And he’s 21st century, too.” Romney’s Mormon religion will turn out to be a plus, she says, because people “like that have a source of strength.” –Romney to the Rescue, April 2, 2007
Please check out the entire article “Romney to the Rescue” here at newsmax.com
