Leadership: Romney Uses Campaign Bus to Deliver Hurricane Relief (Republicans, liberals, conservative)
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"The Romney campaign has canceled campaign events, commercials, and fundraising appeals in states that will be impacted by Hurricane Sandy, and is instead using a campaign bus to help deliver supplies to those who will be impacted by what forecasters are predicting may be a 'storm of the century."'
The campaign is taking similar precautions in New Hampshire, where Ann Romney was supposed to be on Monday. They have cancelled that visit and are instead using another campaign bus to help with relief there."
During a CNN debate at the height of the GOP primary, Mitt Romney was asked, in the context of the Joplin disaster and FEMA's cash crunch, whether the agency should be shuttered so that states can individually take over responsibility for disaster response.
"Absolutely," he said. "Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. And if you can go even further, and send it back to the private sector, that's even better. Instead of thinking, in the federal budget, what we should cut, we should ask the opposite question, what should we keep?"
"Including disaster relief, though?" debate moderator John King asked Romney.
"We cannot -- we cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the future for our kids," Romney replied. "It is simply immoral, in my view, for us to continue to rack up larger and larger debts and pass them on to our kids, knowing full well that we'll all be dead and gone before it's paid off. It makes no sense at all."
Well considering that in this case he is acting as a citizen not as the government such thinking is invalid.
And yes states rights has been under attack for a while particularly by the current administration and I as someone with family in Florida I can assure that sending categorical or even block grants to state run relief orgs who know the state better than a massive federal bureaucracy will mitigate the inefficiencies and mistakes FEMA has repeatedly made.
Leadership?
He's a private citizen putting himself in the middle of a disaster.
I am a private citizen currently putting together a signup sheet that will facilitate private citizens mobilizing in event of a natural(or other wise disaster).
I have done much more to help people then just sign up volunteers - but I don't see a need to brag about that - and I only mention what I do when challenged by liberals who think they are cute by pitting liberals against conservatives vis a vis volunteerism.
I wil also be an available volunteer ready to serve if our team is required to spring into action.
People who try onesupmanship in this area are pathetic.
Are you volunteering to help out in such a manner?
Or do you only think that government has a role to play in the event of any crisis or emergency.
I know people who have volunteered in New Orleans following Katrina - and a member of my family has gone overseas to foriegn countries to help people suffering in those places(both are Republicans by the way).
I am sick and tired of hearing liberals say that "they care" but only promote government as being the engine that can do any good - while at the same demonizing Republicans as "not caring".
If you volunteer, donate to charity, and do good things - that is great - so do I.
Do not try to pump yourself up as somewhat better because of your political affilation.
People who are truly interested in service have no need to promote themselves.
My question is, will Romney follow in Ryan's footsteps and wait for till after the clean up for a photo-op of Romney clearing a few treess that the campaign bought at Home Depot for the occasion?
My question is, will Romney follow in Ryan's footsteps and wait for till after the clean up for a photo-op of Romney clearing a few treess that the campaign bought at Home Depot for the occasion?
or like obama and his photo ops of him drinking at a bar with all the little people, or going out to eat at a mcdonalds all the while his wife is complaining about everyone elses diet.
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