- Quote or paraphrase what he said that was "down with the lezbians and gays."

- There wasn't that much faith in it, at least not to the point that he was criticizing those who do not follow the Judeo-Christian ethos, nor was he cheerleading any particular faith over the rest. Contrary to that point, he specifically mentioned, more than once, freedom of religion. As an atheist, I didn't find anything to object to in this regard.

- Free market crap, as in: jobs are good and those jobs come from people who take on risk. Simplify regulation (not remove, nor stop enforcement).

- No, he didn't say he'd go to war with Iran. Maybe if one reads into it very heavily. His point was that President Obama said he'd deal with it in a manner that would resolve the matter of Iranian nukes, and that those measures haven't done bupkis ("the centrifuges are still spinning"). However, it did smack a little bit of sabre-rattling when combined with the mention of Putin, though this can just as easily be interpreted to mean utilizing that backbone in various treaties, negotiations, UN talks, etc. Let's face it: Obama has been a doormat in much of this stuff, so it leaves a whole lot of room for one to talk tough without implying any physical threat.

What I found disappointing:

- there was basically no mention of shrinking the scope of the federal government and the powers it has (often) wrongfully assumed. Deficit reduction talk, yes. Actually rolling back federal powers, no.

- no mention of tax reform, not even in passing.

- become energy independent using the available resources, but no mention of increasing efficiencies in an effort to reduce consumption. The businessman side of him knows the truth of this, and the politician side is afraid to be the adult in the room and bring it up.

- criticism of reducing the nation's military, while also calling it a place for jobs. Look, that's talking out of both sides of one's mouth. Besides, there is virtually no reason why the military budget couldn't get by on about half what we spend today.

- not even a passing mention of rolling back the scope of entitlement programs. However, this is more of a campaign-stop and interview thing and less of a feel-good convention speech item. But I think an opportunity was missed by not making it a larger point to tie job creation to a reduction in entitlement demand, and thus spending. One or two sentences would have done the trick.

What I liked:

- yes, the points about the marketplace, jobs, and starting and growing a business.

- if we're going to have international trade, it should be fair. One would hope that he also insist our own trade policies be equally fair.

- he made some good points concerning respect and admiration for women, though it did get a little sappy when talking about the family part of it and motherhood.

- the decent contrast of the experience of Romney in the private business world and Obama's lack thereof, and how that causes a different approach to the issues of our economy in general, and jobs and private business in particular.

Overall, it was so-so at best. It did seem to skip around a bit, and I didn't feel it building to any particularly memorable crescendo.

A general problem with these convention speeches is that you're not going to hear specifics, so it's basically "Rah rah, USA is great, the people are great, the other guy stinks, I'll do better, baseball, Mom, and apple pie" from both conventions.

Heckling Obama's "accomplishments", not heckling Romney.
Romney certainly has not cut NASAs budget (he's never held a position to allow that to happen), but I'm having difficulty finding specifics on whether he would raise, lower, or maintain the spending level for the agency. Any decent source I can have a peek at?