The libertarian-conservative Republican commentator wonders: why hasn't Mitt Romney (who donates 15% of his income to charity) getting more credit for his charitable ways? He argues that President Obama's lies have conspired with Mr. Romney's modesty to mask his humanitarianism: "After Joey O'Donnell, 12, died of cystic fibrosis in 1986, Romney built a
playground in his honor. 'There he was, with a hammer in his belt, the
Mitt nobody sees,' the boy's father and Romney's neighbor, Joseph
O'Donnell, told Michael Kranish and Scott Helman, authors of 'The Real
Romney,' a biography of the candidate. A year later, Joey's Park needed
maintenance. 'My wife calls me up and says, 'You're not going to believe
this, but Mitt Romney is down with a bunch of Boy Scouts and they're
working on the park.'....He did it for like the next five years,
without ever calling to say, 'We're doing this,' without a reporter in
tow, not looking for any credit.'"
He continues his commentary: "In 1995, Romney heard about the Nixons, a family who moved to Boston. A
car wreck soon left their sons paraplegic. Romney called and asked if
they were available on Christmas Eve. Romney, his wife, and sons arrived
with a stereo and other gifts for the crippled boys. Romney offered to
put them through college and supported them through numerous
fundraisers. As their father told Kranish and Helman, 'It wasn't a
one-time thing.'"
More commentary from Mr. Murdock: "The Romneys were vacationing in New Hampshire in 2003 when screams
shook the Independence Day air. Some 900 feet from them, New Jersey's
Morrisey family and their leaky boat were sinking into Lake
Winnipesaukee. Romney's sons Craig and Josh sped into the lake on a Jet Ski. 'We
tore out of there, and my dad hopped on the other Jet Ski and came out
right after us,' Josh told the Boston Herald. They found three men and three women bobbing in the water in barely
buckled life vests. Massachusetts' then-governor pulled the two younger
women onto his three-seat Jet Ski, while his sons assisted their mother.
They then whisked these women safely to shore, along with McKenzie,
their Scottish Terrier. Meanwhile, the three men treaded water under the
sons' watchful eyes until Mitt made two more trips to rush them to dry
land. Previously, while spearheading the 2002 Olympics, Romney and his
sons used a boat to rescue several kayakers when high winds slammed them
onto rocks."
Deroy Murdock Op-Ed: The Real Mitt Romney's Good Deeds
