Blinq

Romney's hooray for Hollywood

Clint Eastwood and Back to the Future

9 comments

Romney's hooray for Hollywood

POSTED: Friday, August 31, 2012, 8:41 AM

The Democrats can surely stage a spectacle in Charlotte as dazzling as the Republicans presented in Tampa.

Although they can't cast Clint Eastwood -- which is a good thing -- the Dems can claim a bigger, brighter celebrity galaxy. Who needs Jon Voight when you've got Angelina Jolie?

Being able to summon Barbara Streisand is essential for a party whose bench lacks the marquee appeal of Nikki Haley, Marco Rubio or even Chris Christie, his bomb-bastic convention keynote speech aside.

What fresh faces might the Democratic convention showcase? That guy who's the governor of Connecticut?

Presumably, though, the Dems will have scriptwriters as gymnastic as those of Mitt Romney, whose acceptance speech offered moves so magical they could be described as Olympian.

Consider: Culminating a convention whose paeans to immigrant ancestors were as relentless (and occasionally, maudlin) as its tributes to Mom, the GOP presidential nominee extolled immigration without mentioning what he might consider doing for (or to) the millions, including moms and children, who are here illegally.

Romney excoriated President Obama for deficits while excoriating President Obama for proposed/supposed military and Medicare spending cuts.

He claimed to have a "plan" to "create" jobs via energy independence, while failing to accurately summarize his scheme as little more than "drill, baby, drill."

Romney suggested Obama had gone on an "apology tour," which never took place, then blamed Democrats for being divisive, as if his party hadn't spent ever moment since Obama's inauguration in attack mode.

Facts, schmacts. In the critical arena of image-softening, Romney's performance Thursday was boffo box office. He's got a leading man's handsomeness, plus a handsome family he clearly adores, and when his speech meandered into vagueness, as it often did, he appeared to believe every word.

Some of those words resonated, even with a lifelong Democrat who needed to get to sleep.

"Tonight I'd ask a simple question: If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama?" Romney said. "You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had, was the day you voted for him."

Kevin Riordan @ 8:41 AM Permalink | 9 comments

9 comments

Previous Story: Red-hot Ryan

Next Story: Michelle: Let's move forward

Comments (9)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:06 AM, 08/31/2012

No hateful comments? COME ON PEOPLE! WAKE UP! I expect more from this crowd...

— Mackey Dingo

Comment removed.

Comment removed.

Comment removed.

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:06 AM, 08/31/2012

No hateful comments needed, did you expect anything else other than liberal slanted comments from the Obama Inquirer and Daily Snooze? Journalistic integrity is about as foreign to these rags as having the Osmonds sing at Made in America.

— jimmymack

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:36 PM, 08/31/2012

A tipical convention a feel good tall tale, I like Santorum's grandfather immigrant story,he's the coal miners grandson. How about his privledged college educated parents, and he calls Obama a snob for wanting kids to go to college,or Chrisie and the rest of the clowns with their I can relate to you hard times story's. The only problem is alot of us have a story like that to tell but there is one differance, most of us still remember where we came from, these people only remember when they use it for their advantage to get votes and forget you after the election. Then they have to take care of the fat cats who bought them, I feel the same way with some Dems also, I used to relate with the old GOP with their common sense but not with these Taliban Facist creeps. I like it when some right wingers call the Dems commies and socialist, big goverment whatevers atleast they stay out of your bedrooms.

— angrywhtguy

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:40 PM, 08/31/2012

Happy Labor Day brought to you by the wonderfull unions who built our middle class and made aolt of money for the fat cats.

— angrywhtguy

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:52 PM, 08/31/2012

Will Mitt the Fraud celebrate Labor Day by remembering all the middle class workers who lost their jobs so that he could make millions and send his money overseas to avoid taxes rather than investing it in America to really create jobs? Yet, he claims to "Believe in America".

— lport

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:19 AM, 09/01/2012

Obama is a failure! Obama is an empty suit! Obama is running on empty! Can't wait to watch the crash and burn dem convention next week. What's is all about?? Free Birth control, abortions, same sex marriage, hate, coveting, race-bating, fear mongering,more taxes for people lucky enough to have a job when HALF our nation doesn't even pay fed taxes. 1/2 the country on food stamps (thus, Food Stamp Prez nickname); 17% unemployment for black folks, the wars still rage, soldiers still die (won't hear about it thru the left wing media though), OWS supporting bunch of dem/libs losers won't go down without making complete screeching idiots out of themselves. It's gonna be great to behold on C-Span next week!!!

— coniljw