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Politics : MITT ROMNEY -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neeka who wrote (94)	1/28/2008 5:26:15 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5586

Romney to Attend Mormon Leader's Funeral January 28, 2008 09:39 AM By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Mitt Romney, who rarely talks on the campaign trail about his Mormon faith, said today that he plans to attend the funeral of Gordon B. Hinckley, the church president who died yesterday at age 97 in Salt Lake City. At a news conference called in part to discuss Hinckley’s death, Romney recalled that he met with Hinckley three or four times to discuss planning for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and once before Romney decided to run for president. Romney called Hinckley a leader who oversaw a remarkable period of church expansion. "We will miss him as a family, respect him as a man of great character and courage, but particularly his humility and ability to touch the lives of each individual is something for which he will long be noted," Romney told reporters outside a Texaco station. He added that Hinckley’s "effort to reach out across the world and to faraway lands and to build temples for our church is something which will also give him a legacy that will last many, many years, indeed. And we will miss his leadership." Romney said he did know Hinckley personally until he took over the leadership of the Winter Olympics and the two met to discuss the use of church assets, such as property next to the ski jump facility. Some of his requests were approved, others were denied, Romney said. He recalled one particular request to Hinckley to turn a church parking lot into a 10,000-seat Olympics medals plaza. "I was impressed by his knowledge of the details," Romney said. "He said, 'Aren't the sewer pipes too close to the surface on that lot for them to be able to level it?' He literally was aware of…the sewer system for the lot well enough to recognize that was an issue." Romney did not mention meeting with Hinckley to discuss his run for the presidency until a reporter asked him about it. "Yes, I was in Salt Lake and had the chance to go by him and see him and told him that our family was going to be thinking about running for president," Romney said. "And he smiled and said, ‘It would be great experience if you won, and a great experience if you lost.’" He said he was not particularly close to Hinckley. "Like millions of other members of my faith, I didn't get to know President Hinckley on a very personal one-to-one basis," Romney said. "Instead, I knew him as a member of my church and saw him as a leader of great capacity, of great ability to reach out and touch a large number of people with a very personal and human connection. And his humility and gentleness I think will always be a part of the memory we have of President Gordon B. Hinckley." Romney’s religion has been a sensitive issue in the campaign because many evangelical Christians, who are influential in Republican primaries, consider the faith heretical. Romney delivered a major speech in Texas in December intended to quell some of those concerns and explain his view of America's history of religious tolerance. boston.com

To: Neeka who wrote (94)	1/28/2008 5:59:04 PM
From: Geoff Altman	Respond to of 5586

“If he thinks the American economy will suffer by us cleaning up the environment, reducing pollution, and embracing green technology, including nuclear power,” This is very Clinton like of him..... Of Course it bears no resemblance to the steps Romney would want to put in place: Romney: "This kind of energy independence will also mean pursuing ample domestic sources of energy: more drilling offshore and in ANWR, nuclear power, renewable sources, ethanol, biodiesel, solar, wind, and full exploitation of coal – both solid and liquid." (Governor Mitt Romney, Remarks At The George Bush Presidential Library Center, 4/10/07) Sounds like an abundance of green to me.....although, I don't agree with all those. Ethanol causes more problems than not.. Its production on any kind of scale to make a difference would most likely be disastrous not only at the check out line but environmentally too.