PELLA, Iowa, July 4, 2007
Ann Romney Stands By Her Man
Talks About MS, Stem Cell Research, Family Values
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Play CBS Video Video Ann Romney Battles MS Ann Romney plays an important role in her husband, Mitt Romney's, campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, though Multiple Sclerosis sometimes keeps her at home. Hannah Storm has more.
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Video Candidate Romney Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has gone from being a long shot to a top candidate. Romney speaks with Hannah Storm about the controversy surrounding his faith and his stands on abortion and Iraq.
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Video A Discussion With Mitt Romney In Full: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney talks to Mike Wallace about the war in Iraq, his Mormon religion and his changing positions on abortion.
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Mitt Romney and his wife Ann, speaking with Hannah Storm. (CBS)
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In part two of her interview, The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm found out while spending a day with the couple that Ann Romney is clearly one of the campaign's biggest assets.
Storm joined the Romneys this past weekend, while they were campaigning in Pella, Iowa.
"He has good judgment. But integrity is at the core of all of it. I've seen it through so many unselfish acts, I've seen him do for all the years and obviously I love him," Ann Romney told supporters.
But Ann can't always be out on the trail with her husband. She suffers from multiple sclerosis.
"I know one of your big concerns, because you were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis nine years ago was the physical rigors and the stresses of a campaign, which are really unlike anything you've ever experienced. How are you holding up?" Storm asks.
"I've been actually really surprised by how well I've been doing. And I am very cautious about my health as you might imagine," Ann Romney says. "I might be with him today but I won't be with him for the full 12 hours. I'll come in, I'll come out, I'll rest. And that works for me."
"Something that people don't understand is your stance on stem cell research given that you suffer from multiple sclerosis because the Multiple Sclerosis Society has been very clear. They say that embryonic stem cell research has the potential to be used to protect and rebuild the tissues damaged by MS. This is something that you've carefully considered, but can you explain why you are against federal funding?" Storm asks former Gov. Mitt Romney.
"Well there are many sources for receiving stem cells for research - not just the adult sources," Romney says. "And where I think we cross a bright moral line, is when we clone human embryos or create brand new embryos solely for the purpose of destroying them."
His wife agrees with his position. Asked if she has gotten pushback from other people that suffer from debilitating affects of multiple sclerosis, Ann Romney says, "People come out on both sides. This is a very tough issue. I think all of us have to come to a decision on it. And for me it was not a hard decision. I cannot think of a situation where I would know that there is human life being created to be experimented on and there's this life, is a life. And then there's my life. I cannot equate it."
Family values are a central theme of Romney's campaign. He is the only one of the leading GOP candidates who has never been divorced.
"You talk a lot about having American values and in the same breath you always talk about your family, and your wife, and your 38 year marriage. How important is that in the context of a presidency to have the stability, to be able to say that you've been married to the same woman for 38 years?" Storm asks Mitt Romney.
"Well we certainly like it," Ann Romney says. "Works for us."
"We're still going strong," he says.
"Why is that so important because that's something that you talk about a lot. does it put you in contrast with the other candidates?" Storm asks.
"It's just who we are. It's not like we're contrasting, it's just who we are. Met in high school, been in love a long time. Know each other well - trust each other a lot. Feel like at this point we're pulling the same wagon in the same direction," Ann Romney says.
"I don't why it is and this may be true for some and not for others, but I'd rather be with Ann than anybody else. I'd rather, if it were not that, then marriage might be difficult. But we'd rather be together," her husband adds.
The Romneys say they thought hard about making this presidential run because of Ann's health. But now that they've made that decision, they're in it for the long haul, no matter what. She insists that's the way it should be.
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See all 57 CommentsPosted by infidel_us at 08:41 AM : Jul 05, 2007
You think SHE'S hot? Man...that explains much.....
Face it, overall and with few exceptions, democratic women are a lot hotter then republican ones.
Good for you! Also, Jesus did not choose a woman as a disciple...they (the first priests of the Catholic church) were all men. NEVER apologize for your faith!
Posted by realpatriot1 at 11:38 AM : Jul 05, 2007
ROFL!!!! Another story says the Clinton's are, "Full Swing in Iowa." Wonder if they're talking about the campaign or Clinton's tool!?!?! :)
The Catholic Church, was the only Church, out of ALL the others, that; pre-Bush, was SECULAR! In its charity. SECULAR! In its outside philosophy. It didn't demand of anyone anyhing! But food on their plates. And what happened to it? It was attacked by evil. The evil of politics..
Jesus is hanging his head low, fella. So low.. at your "representations". You fool people with talk of faith just to get elected. And then once you're elected you follow your own selfish interests.
But you people have so little respect for the opposite ***, it is beyond me why you think they're not your equals. Why you think you have such relevant anonymous say. About everybody! Why your moralities have anything to do with anybody but you, and your Church.
You've made a mockery out of Christianity. A mockery!
Lust breeds perversion out of genuine faith.
"Prior to 1978, black men of sub-Saharan African descent were barred from being ordained to the priesthood and entering the religion's temples; in 1978, church president Spencer W. Kimball announced a revelation reversing this policy."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T
he_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_
Saints
Hillary has a husband with a debillitating sexual compulsion.
Too bad he's not getting treatment. A simple procedure would fix the problem and could be performed by a vet.
Posted by infidel_us at 08:41 AM : Jul 05, 2007
Remember you being a right wing conservative you're supposed to only like little boys.
And if our corrupt liberal MSM wolfpack provides the "same" coverage as they "surely" will for their pals on the Democrat side..........then Mitt should win about 46 US States.
Mitt is by far the most qualified candidate from either party where he has actually "done" things to make American lives better.
As you said in a post directed to me, you said you didn't have to prove anything that I had to prove your post was wrong with doc proof and I did. Does it work only one way?????????
Now bush is talking of pardon if he does wouldn't that be just another addition to the list of lies he has given the American people?
Morals, integrity, and honesty at it's finest.
Posted by infidel_us
Get used to it if you want these peole in the White House.
Posted by realpatriot1 at 09:13 AM : Jul 05, 2007
Thanks. It would seem he can't handle opinions that conflict with his and if he thinks my opinions are rough, then he'll be tearing his hair out soon, because mine are mild compared to how rough it's going to get for all involved before the 2008 elections. Politics (thanks to Karl Rove and his mentor the late Lee Atwater) are a blood sport now and the sharks are everywhere.
You have a point that there's no direct evidence of Bush & Cheney profiting off of Iraqi oil but if you believe that Bush isn't directly involved in the CIA outing than you must not believe Scooter's own notes.
I have no doubt that the Clinton's pardoned people implicated in criminal matters that they were involved in. However, you haven't provided any evidence of that and you are deflecting from the Libby case where the evidence led to a conviction.
For the record, I was and still am outraged about the Clinton pardons and would like to see him prosecuted for obstruction of justice. Tell me, given the fact that it happened on his last day in office, how were "we liberals" supposed to express our outrage? How does that excuse your apologies for the current administration's contempt for the law?
There are so many ways that this government shows contempt for the law that no prvious government ever did and you seem to be quite ok with all of it, so long as we don't grant amnesty to illegals-then the law matters.
Posted by rharrin1 at 10:17 AM : Jul 05, 2007
Were you just as irate when Clinton pardoned/commuted the sentenences of 170+ on his last day in office? He actually pardoned people who were DIRECTLY invloved in investigations involving the Clintons.
I'm sure you were equally outraged. Oh, and where is your proof/evidence that Bush/Cheney are making millions off Iraqi oil? I saw their tax returns....didn't see unaccounted for money.
Where's it going??? Offshore Halliburtin bank accounts??? Is George Soros investing it for them???
Grow up.
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