White House hopeful Mitt Romney will vow to "restore the promise of America" in a key speech Thursday as he accepts the Republican presidential nomination, according to excerpts released in advance.
The former Massachusetts governor will tell Americans that Barack Obama has failed to deliver the "hope and change" he promised and to elect him instead to turn around an economy crippled by the president's wrong-headed policies.
"What is needed in our country today is not complicated or profound. It doesn't take a special government commission to tell us what America needs," he will say. "What America needs is jobs. Lots of jobs."
"Four years ago, I know that many Americans felt a fresh excitement about the possibilities of a new president," the multimillionaire former business executive will tell the packed Republican convention at the climax of the three-day gala event.
"I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed. But his promises gave way to disappointment and division," he will say.
"Many Americans have given up on this president but they haven't ever thought about giving up. Not on themselves. Not on each other. And not on America," he will say, urging voters to end "the disappointments of the last four years."
As part of a carefully choreographed image makeover at the convention as he reintroduces himself to American voters 10 weeks out from election day, the Republican challenger will also seek to get across his touchy-feely human side.
"My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all -- the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do," he will say, according to the excerpts.
"Unconditional love is a gift that Ann and I have tried to pass on to our sons and now to our grandchildren," his speech says.
"All the laws and legislation in the world will never heal this world like the loving hearts and arms of mothers and fathers. If every child could drift to sleep feeling wrapped in the love of their family -- and God's love -- this world would be a far more gentle and better place."
Wrapped inside this message was a targeted pitch at the women voters who could prove decisive in the neck-and-neck race for the White House.
"My mom and dad were true partners, a life lesson that shaped me by everyday example," he will say.
"When my mom ran for the Senate, my dad was there for her every step of the way. I can still hear her saying in her beautiful voice, 'Why should women have any less say than men, about the great decisions facing our nation?'"
The core message of Romney's speech, though, was that Obama had had his chance but had failed, the American economy is flagging and the president is to blame. Vote for me and I will turn things around.
"Hope and change had a powerful appeal. But 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?
"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.
"Today the time has come for us to put the disappointments of the last four years behind us. To put aside the divisiveness and the recriminations. To forget about what might have been and to look ahead to what can be.
"Now is the time to restore the promise of America."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/romney-vows-restore-promise-america-speech-221806814.html
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