Mitt Romney Pulls No Punches at CPAC

Mitt Romney addressed CPAC yesterday in a well-delivered and well-received speech. Romney has been embraced by CPAC the last few years and this year is no exception.

Below are my favorite sound bites, mostly because of the mouth-watering red meat. Bon appetit!

Just when everyone thinks Mitt is going to mention his encounter with the man on the airplane during he and his wife Ann’s return trip from the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he takes a sharp turn and lands a power punch:

Romney then gives a shout-out to Massachusetts and the victory of Republican Scott Brown!

Then, like a teacher to his pupil, Romney reviews the failures of Obama’s first year and mocks his self-proclaimed grade of B+. The only thing that would have made his jab at Al Gore better is if he had replaced “the internet” with “global warming.” Romney has a way to go on unequivocally rejecting anthropogenic global warming (AGW) but maybe he’ll come around sooner rather than later. Time will certainly tell. At least he’s on record for being against Cap-and-Tax.

Get my steak knife! Romney reminds us of Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito’s rebuke of President Obama during the State of the Union Address. If you haven’t watched Alito mouthing the words “Not true” over and over, you must. It’s finger licking good!

If Obama truly thought he earned a B+ for his first year’s performance as Leader of the Free World, why does he need fall guys? Perhaps it’s a reflex of studying Saul Alinsky. Perhaps he’s hedging his bets. Either way, he needs to redirect attention off his unsuccessful first year. Romney wastes no time dismantling Obama’s excuses for his three favorite go-to blame game targets.

• Target 1: Obama blames the GOP by calling them the Party of No. More like the Party of Saying No to the Wrong Things!

• Target 2: Obama blames the American People, the very ones who elected him to the Presidency.

• Target 3: Obama blames his predecessor. The current President falls back on the “Blame Bush” mantra with almost every breath and certainly as frequently as he utters “um” or “ah” when the TelePrompTer isn’t in use. Think about it. Invoking George W. Bush was toxic during the 2008 election. It didn’t take too long to realize Obama is worse than Bush and that change for the sake of change can win elections but change towards the wrong direction can wreck a country. Who would have thought one year ago we would be talking about a “Miss Me Yet?” billboard in Minnesota? Stay with this clip until the end as the mention of Dick Cheney receives a roar of applause!