Gov. Mitt Romney has taken the stage at Land O’ Lakes High School.
"This is happening all over the country," Romney said to the crowd that packed into the school's stadium. "People are coming together that want change. We're going to give it to them.
"When we win Florida, we're going to win the White House."
Tonight's rally in Land O’ Lakes is the second visit from a presidential contender to the Tampa Bay area this week. President Barack Obama addressed a crowd of more than 8,000 during a campaign rally at Ybor City’s Centennial Park Thursday.
Romney’s visit to Land O’ Lakes hasn’t been without controversy. The United School Employees of Pasco union planned a protest of the Republican today and has also raised concerns about his use of the school to stump for votes.
Former Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, a Democrat, also spoke in protest of Romney prior to the Republican presidential hopeful's arrival in the Central Pasco town.
The school union's protest drew about a dozen supporters. Some teachers, however, came to show their support for Romney.
Romney’s rally in Pasco has also drawn a large crowd of prominent Florida Republicans. He’s appearing Congressman Connie Mack, who is hoping to unseat Democrat Bill Nelson in the U.S. Senate in November.
U.S. Sen Marco Rubio was scheduled to appear, but had to leave due to a family emergency, according to TBO.com's Twitter feed.
Exciting Idlewild Baptist Church's Senior Pastor Ken Whitten opened the rally with a prayer.
"My prayer tonight is not for a party, but for a people..," Whitten said.
Incoming Florida House Speaker Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, who attended Land O' Lakes High School and played football there, addressed the crowd.
"I’m proud of that and I love Land O' Lakes High School, but what going on in this country is not (a) game," he said. "There are two teams and somebody’s gotta lose and somebody’s gotta win.
"Make no mistake, today is game day."
Stay with Patch for updates about the rally.
2) What does this have to do with South Tampa? I really enjoy Patch breaking news alerts when they are about breaking news IN South Tampa. This is neither.
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Imagine living in a country where Terminator style robots are hovering over the skies, killing people you've known your entire life. Don't worry, the current Congress and the Nobel Peace Prize winning President have passed legislation to have 30,000 drones patrolling American skies. Don't you love this freedom the democrats support? I know you want to reside in fantasyland believing the R's are ever so evil, but the reality.........THE FACTS......reveal there is to much bipartisanship in DC. 40,000 new laws passed last year alone. You want to tell me that was only R's destroying our way of life? Wake up, man. They both suck. Quit sticking up for people who don't care about any of us. Just because the tv and newspapers say otherwise, doesn't make it true.........THEY ALWAYS VOTE AGAINST OUR BEST INTEREST.
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You said: "I HOPE he goes to prison for the poor choices he made to allow 4 Americans to be murdered" How did you react when George W. Bush ignored the repeated warnings by his security department that Al Qaeda was going to attack using hijacked airplanes, and then 4,000 Americans were murdered? This Barack Obama guy must be some kind of saint if his record is 0.10% of the guy that came before him. Oh, and the guy that killed those 4,000 Americans is now dead. "he is a radical" His record is moderate. "socialist" What makes him a socialist?
One person crossed off the list was a 16 year old American boy and his cousin. No judge, no jury, no trial.......der fuhrer now speaks and drones do some killing. Perhaps it will be you or one of your family members in the future........the Congress passed.....and Obama signed legislation authorizing 30,000 drones in American skies.....that's the R's and the D's voting for the insanity. Anyways, the power to be the judge, jury and executioner is now available to whomever is in the office.......no matter what letter is beside their name. And to you "journalists" reading this, have you thought about what the NDAA means for you and your colleagues? We need more whistleblowers like Amber Lyon so the Rev and others can realize it's a system we are against, not one side or party. Hosea 4:6
Wait...no??? Bad idea? why????
If Mitt was president, the folks in the northeast dealing with terrible damage from Hurricane Sandy would be on their own. Romney wants to get rid of FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency), the agency that handles disaster relief and cleanup, and return that function to each state, as he said in the Republican presidential primary debates. That's a terrible idea! Actually, Romney has a lot of terrible, backward ideas!
Oh, that's right. They and their ideas are hated by most Americans. Similar to how many feel about Mr. Romney, "George W. Bush-Lite".
First, the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9% and the year-to-date monthly average of 157,000 payroll jobs is barely enough to keep up with population growth -- much less make up for the 8 million jobs lost during the Great Recession. Second, the so-called real unemployment rate (U6) remains elevated at 14.6%, albeit down from 14.7% the prior month. Similarly, the labor participation rate is at 63.8%, up from its multi-decade low but still incredibly weak. Third, average hourly earnings fell a penny in October and average hours worked fell to 34.4 from 34.5 in September. Stagnant wages means "we're not generating income," Reinhart says. "That's a problem in terms of the durability of an economic expansion, which is usually fueled by consumption. To get consumption you've got to generate income." Also, just look at your checkbook. We are paying a lot more for everything now than we did in 2008. The price of gas has doubled. At the same time, wages have gone down, and that's if you're lucky to have a job. In 2008, 25 banks went out of business. In 2012, 48 banks have gone out of business. Almost double the amount. Does that sound like recovery to you? Don't believe the Obama lies!! Romney/Ryan 2012
Lets not forget those four who were left to be slaughtered in Benghazi... Do not reward Obama for this epic failure… Every voter needs to read this excellent article... Very well worth your time... http://spectator.org/archives/2012/11/01/benghazi-obamas-core-deceit/ These are pretty good as well: http://www.gazette.com/opinion/romney-146793-obama-benghazi.html http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/benghazigate-obamas-many-lies-about-libya/ http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/50657 http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/10/25/CBS-Busts-Obama--and-Itself-Hidden-60-Minutes-Clip-Proves-White-House-Lied-About-Benghazi Romney/Ryan 2012
The states that know Romney best -- Massachusetts where he was governor and now lives, and Michigan where he was born -- both strongly favor Obama, not Romney. They must know something that Romney supporters don’t know! http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/president/