Posted on 01/11/2008 7:57:49 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
Wherever Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney goes, memories of Oakland County, Bloomfield Hills and Cranbrook Schools go with him. Willard Mitt Romney lived in Bloomfield Hills and attended Cranbrook from 1959-65. His wife, Ann, also is a Cranbrook graduate. Mitt Romney's Cranbrook schoolmates from 40 years ago - such as Gregg Dearth from Connecticut - have even volunteered to help with his campaign. Dearth reminisced about the Cranbrook years from a cab in New York City on Thursday. "We tried like hell to corrupt him," said Dearth, with a chuckle. "I broke a lot of rules. There was a lot of speeding in cars, chasing girls, but Mitt w party to any of that," he said. "But he wasn't a goody twoshoes. He was one of the boys, one of the gang, but he toed the line. He was a very responsible guy. We all looked up to him."
Romney was born in Detroit in 1947 and grew up in Bloomfield Hills. His father, George Romney, was chairman of American Motors Corp. from 1954 to 1962, then served as Michigan's governor from 1963 to 1969.
George Romney himself ran for president in 1968, losing the Republican nomination to Richard Nixon.
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Romney doesn’t like ham radio and doesn’t know jack about the space program. I don’t care if he drops out now.
Romney’s scooping up some support in Michigan heading into the home stretch before Tuesday’s primary. One intriguing get is the support of Dennis Smith, who heads up the Information Network for Christian Homes, which has supported home-schoolers in the Wolverine State since 1984.
Smith yesterday circulated a letter in the state supporting Romney and denouncing many of the Republican candidates, including McCain, and explained in detail the rationale for his thinking. Of McCain, Smith writes: “McCain has been wrong on issues like campaign finance reform and immigration, has an un-presidential nasty temper, and I just don’t like him.”
By phone this morning, Smith said that he sent the letter to about 3,600 homes of current and former home-schoolers. “The majority are not politically active,” he explained, “but they might vote.”
While Romney’s chief rival here is McCain, Smith’s support of the Michigan native is a bigger blow to Huckabee, who is making a play for the state and is certain to try and turn his success with Christians and home-schooling families in Iowa into similar gains here.
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