[Elvis_Priestly]

Republican presidential candidate uses Elvis's "A Little Less Conversation" at a stump rally in Florida before tomorrow's crucial primary.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationw...1&cset=true

[Bazza]

Nice...Wonder if Sony or EPE will kick up any fuss about it, given Elvis' policy to keep his political beliefs to himself during his lifetime.

[Joe Car]

Having trouble registering to view article, any chance somebody could copy and paste it? Thanks in advance!

[Elvis_Priestly]

Here you go Joe:

"TAMPA - Nothing about Mitt Romney brings to mind the hip-swiveling Elvis Presley, but at campaign events along Florida's Gulf Coast this week, the booming thump of Elvis' "A Little Less Conversation" was the musical intro for the crisply pressed and somewhat stiff Romney, now the self-styled Republican presidential candidate of a little more action.

After months and months of awkwardly offering himself as a social conservative, the successful venture capitalist and former political moderate is talking the secular language of money and selling himself as the man who can cure the nation's economic ills and break Washington's partisan gridlock.

"All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me," as the Elvis song goes. "A little more bite and a little less bark, A little less fight and a little more spark."
And so it goes with the 60-year-old, anti-Washington outsider, telling Florida voters worried about the stock market, mortgage foreclosures, insurance coverage and high property taxes that what they need right now is Mitt Romney, who campaigns as a proven private sector answer man.

"America is strong, but Washington is broke," Romney said in a speech in Boca Raton. "This is a time for action and for overcoming the fact that Washington has fundamentally become broken. We simply cannot go on as a nation kicking the ball down the field."

The Washington blues

Running against the evil Washington empire is hardly a novel message, but political circumstances are mercurial, bouncing from terrorism to the war in Iraq to illegal immigration. When the economy turns south, the fingers always point to Washington, and that has elevated the stature of Romney, whose events feature large placards that read "WASHINGTON IS BROKEN" and "ECONOMIC TURNAROUND."

Going into Tuesday's Florida GOP primary, Romney is neck-and-neck with Arizona Sen. John McCain, according to recent polls.

"He's the best bet for our country. He's not a Washington insider and he has the business and governmental knowledge to handle this country," said Robert Dlouhy, a retired engineer whose comments were sweet music for the Romney campaign.

Romney, who served as Massachusetts' governor, has been spending a lot of time on the southwest coast, an endless land of shopping malls and development sprawl.

There's no hell-raising, pitchfork rebellion quality to Romney campaign events. The coastal crowds, usually a few hundred, are white, graying, well-dressed and polite. They like the tall, smiling man who always has his tie cinched and who speaks of the threat of Islamic jihad with the same measured passion as his arguments for a capital gains tax cut. The business of the nation is getting down to business.

Romney always reminds crowds that he, unlike his competitors, is not a life-long politician. He is relentlessly optimistic, to the point of characterizing stock market troubles as "a buying opportunity."

"I come from the private sector," Romney says, and jokes that he was not governor long enough "to be badly infected" by politics. This is the general thrust of what then-Gov. George W. Bush argued eight years ago, but at a time of enormous frustration with Congress and low approval ratings for President Bush, short memories work to Romney's benefit.

Working his audience

"He has a little bit more of what I'm looking for," said Fred Griffin, an insurance agent from Davie, who came to see Romney speak at a Coral Springs chicken wing restaurant. Noting mounting problems in Florida -- foreclosures, insurance rates, property taxes -- Griffin said the economy "is being handled terribly by the government."

At an event outside a conference center in Tampa, Romney, speaking through a bullhorn, talked of the need for tax cuts and energy independence. "We spend almost $400 billion a year buying oil from other people. We ought to be spending that money right here and become energy independent," said Romney, standing in the bed of a large Ford pickup truck that gets, at best, 20 miles per gallon on the highway.

Romney still talks about the importance of family, and always advises young people to get married before having children. That line consistently draws applause.

But for now the anti-gay talk of marriage being solely between a man and a woman has been shoved off the lectern. After disappointing results for Romney in Iowa and New Hampshire, troubled times and his economic message have come into political alignment.

"Florida is very much a fiscally conservative state, more so than socially conservative," said Susan McManus, a political scientist at the University of South Florida. "Right now I think people are looking for someone who can get something done."

That means fixing the economy, which has caused the Republican presidential candidates to adjust their messages to accommodate the anxiety. At Thursday night's debate in Boca Raton, Romney said he will "run away from the record of Washington ... I'm going to Washington to change Washington."

[U.S. Male]

I've heard this song played after a few of his campaign speaches...I love it!!!! (IMG:http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/style_emoticons/default/up.gif)

Too bad Bill Clinton isn't running for presdident again....If You Talk In Your Sleep would go great with him muahahahahahaha (IMG:http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[Elvis_Priestly]

LOL Steve! Did you hear Hilary claiming his Barack/Jackson comment was because he was over tired lol!

[KEV]

My friends from the states!?.

Are we going to see a woman as President?

Are we going to see a black man as President?.

Who do you think is going to win?.



There have been over 40 Presidents of the u.s.a...But only one KING.

[Bazza]

Well, Kev, looks to me like the media has made this a race between Hillary & Obama only. To be honest, I think the Republicans don't stand much of a chance in '08, not a single charasmatic stand out in the whole bunch.

[Joe Car]

ALLC is an excellent song, with a terrific beat. Ever notice that every 4 years, somebody who runs for President, always uses an Elvis theme of some sort! Thanks for posting the article Conner!

[Scatter]

Well, Kev, looks to me like the media has made this a race between Hillary & Obama only. To be honest, I think the Republicans don't stand much of a chance in '08, not a single charasmatic stand out in the whole bunch.

If Hillary or Obama win,I'm coming to England

[Guest_curtis simpkins_*]

If Hillary or Obama win,I'm coming to England

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[Joe Car]

If Hillary or Obama win,I'm coming to England

You are too funny Scatter! (IMG:http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/style_emoticons/default/notworthy.gif)

[missclawdy68]

HAHHAHAHA Scatter, England would love to have you, well atleast you guys over the states have 40 presidents, some done good and some not, well we here in Egypt have in our history only 4 presidents that ruled this country and each had a run of like 50 years! God, I would travel to america in a flash of Obama wins, I kinda like what he's talking about, I saw him in this week with Geogre Stephonopolus, (whatever his last name is!) and he has some views that I believe, although Obama is a democrat and the democrats last year were elected to take the senate or whatever, they haven't done much of a difference have they? Lol, politics makes me pessimistic! But lol, you should see our lovely president here, he has been our president since 1987 and is highly corrupt, we are so proud! (Yes, that was diaherria of the mouth!)

ANYWAY, I think that's great that some politicians use Elvis themes for there campaigns, wow, seems Elvis is everywhere and on everything! That's great to here and for sure I highly doubt the repbulicans have a chance this time....but my fellow americans, if you had to choose if it was a life or death situation, who would you choose Hilary or Obama?

[U.S. Male]

LOL Steve! Did you hear Hilary claiming his Barack/Jackson comment was because he was over tired lol!

lol..yeah, and if that's the case, then he must have been completely tuckered out between 1992 and 2000 (IMG:http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[U.S. Male]

To be honest, I think the Republicans don't stand much of a chance in '08, not a single charasmatic stand out in the whole bunch.

Well I would love to start a petition to have YOU added to the ballot Bazza!

However, the rules are that you must be an American citizen in order to qualify. Too bad though...I admire distinguished British gents like yourself (IMG:http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/style_emoticons/default/hi.gif)