Romney was greeted on the stage by the candidate. They waived to the crowd, before joining their sons to watch New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's keynote speech. Romney's speech was meant to offer a unique insight into her husband's life and personality, a take voters may not be familiar with -- especially those who have yet to make a decision between him and President Obama.
The campaign had hoped Mrs. Romney would be, as they like to say, their "secret weapon," their best bet at painting a more flesh-toned and flattering portrait of the candidate before Election day. I'm like, oh, this is a pretty big auditorium, this will obviously be the biggest speech of my life. But as soon as I settled in I'm like I felt good, felt really good," Mrs.
His speech was inspired by a story from Luke's gospel, when Jesus calls his first disciples, a group of lowly fishermen. One way to embrace this philosophy, according to Romney, is to marry young:. This is a promise: "Launch out into the deep, and your nets will be filled. Well, getting married is one way to launch into the deep. I'm so glad I found Ann when I was still so young. Combining your life with another person, particularly someone—men and women as different as we are, this combination is tremendously challenging and enormously rewarding.
Some people could get married but choose to take more time, they say, for themselves. According to the genealogy site Archives, "the mischievous Mitt would throw pebbles at Ann as she rode by on a horse. As candidate Mitt explains, he and Ann met at a party, he drove her home that night, and "we've been going steady ever since. She converted to Mormonism Mitt graduated high school and left for Stanford. Mitt's father, then—Gov. George Romney, baptized her into the church.
She had been an Episcopalian, and her family wasn't particularly religious. Two of her brothers converted to Mormonism soon after Ann did. Although both Mitt and Ann were in France at the same time, they saw each other very rarely , and only under strict supervision. Ann dated another man in college After Ann returned to Utah, and while Mitt was still in France, she sent him "one of the dreaded Dear John letters that papered the walls of Mormon missions around the world," says Jason Horowitz in The Washington Post.
Mitt is having to explain away his support as governor for compulsory health insurance, a requirement he says he vehemently opposed in Obama's reform law. The president is going to hit him on that, as well as on his previous support for abortion and gun control. Her husband says he will cut off all government funds to the group because among its many services to women it offers abortions. And Ann Romney has also been left to defend a notorious incident during a family holiday long ago, when Mitt strapped their dog to the roof of the car for a hour drive to Canada.
She said the animal "loved it". My desire to ride was, and is, so strong that I kept getting healthier and healthier. I think it's an opportunity for service and an opportunity to see people of all walks of life from across the Commonwealth. And how I measure riches is by the friends I have and the loved ones that I have and the people that I care about in my life.
I believe that the country needs the kind of leadership that he is going to be able to offer. And I believe he is the person that can turn around this economy.
So I think it's our turn now. But you learn to take a deep breath. Ann Romney: the privileged housewife worth more to Mitt than his millions.
The Republican frontrunner's wife is trying to persuade cash-strapped Americans that she feels their pain. Reuse this content.
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