This weekend at the GOP state convention in Des Moines also offered some great non-Romney experiences. It was my first time at a state convention and so just taking in the ambience was nice. I met Senator Grassley (pictured with me) and thanked him for voting in favor of the recent Marriage Protection Ammendment and encouraged him to help convince his fellow senators to support this next time around. He is definitely a well-loved senator here in Iowa (at least among the people with which I've spoken).I was able to spend a few minutes in the convention hall with some of the Johnson County Republicans and when Bob Vander Plaats was accepting the Lt. Gov. nomination. His message is surmised at this Johnson Co. Republicans Blog entry.
During his speech I realized that I was standing right next to Congressman Steve King. He seemed quite fired up as I spoke with him. Later on, I realized that, unfortunately, I had just missed his speech which ended up being the talk of the day. For some of the highly entertaining comments from his speech see this other Johnson Co. Republicans Blog entry (seriously, if you don't click on many links here, you should click on this one). I mentioned to King that I was a Romney supporter and informed him of "Iowans for Romney" to which he responded that he would be "breaking bread" with Romney later that evening. So, in the last week I met and spoke with two U.S. Congressmen, one U.S. Senator, and our future President!
5 comments:
Good luck, but I think Romney is a stretch. I more realistic candidate would be George Allen.
Jeff,
You are right, Romney is our next POTUS, and Steve King would be a great one also. Maybe someday....
Jeff: good job covering the events of Saturday, and it was good to see you. Love the photos. I was at the breakfast too and I thought the Governor did a great job.
I really like how confident and comfortable Josh Romney was speaking to that group - they are a great family and every time he brings Ann or someone else up to speak, I think people get a good sense of how grounded they all are.
Thanks for a great post.
Ryan,
It was good to meet you and your wife at the breakfast! You must have know Thomas Schultz as well or did you just end up sitting by him?
In answer to your question, the MPA is an issue that needs strong language and your views are appropriately expressed as such. (My wife and I got the same form letter back from Harkin . . . don't you love it when liberals suddenly become champions of states rights when the issue fits their needs?)
Like Romney, you brought the issue back to the children and the detriment that state-sanctioned gay marriages will have on the average child. People argue that they know some great kids being raised by gay couples or that so many kids are raised by single parents, that surely 2 parents regardless of their sexual orientation should be better. However, marriage is an institution that our nation sanctions and supports . . . and divorce is not encouraged by the state.
Likewise, part of the benefit of being married is the tax benefit and part of this is to encourages marriages and encourage children. By nature, gay couples have a distinct financial advantage of not being able to produce children and should not get the benefit meant for heterosexual couples of tax breaks and preferred insurance status.
Keep a close eye on the Mitt Romney Deception at :
http://massresistance.org/docs/marriage/romney/record/
Romney's support of gay marriage activism and the abortion pill RU-486 as Massachusetts governor does not satisfy the pro-life stance of conservative Republicans, so he is a useless candidate for the Iowa Republican Party Platform.
Iowa and Iowa Republicans have no need for Romney's liberal walk.
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