Arizona, where mormons vote mormon with no thought for the welfare of the country, just for the welfare of their religion. That is NOT conservatism!
Mitt’s hero Joseph Smith had his eye on the presidency.
While campaigning for President of the United States in 1844, Smith had opportunity to take political positions on issues of the day.[406] Smith considered the United States Constitution, and especially the Bill of Rights, to be inspired by God and “the Saints’ best and perhaps only defense.”[407] He believed a strong central government crucial to the nation’s well-being but thought democracy better than tyranny—although he also taught that a theocratic monarchy was the ideal form of government.[408] In foreign affairs, Smith was an expansionist, though he viewed “expansionism as brotherhood.”[409]
Smith favored a strong central bank and high tariffs to protect American business and agriculture. He disfavored imprisonment of convicts except for murder, preferring efforts to reform criminals through labor; he also opposed courts-martial for military deserters. He supported capital punishment but opposed hanging,[410] preferring execution by firing squad or beheading in order to “spill [the criminal’s] blood on the ground, and let the smoke thereof ascend up to God.”[411]
Despite having published a pro-slavery essay in 1836,[412] Smith later strongly opposed slavery.[413] During his presidential campaign, he proposed abolishing slavery by 1850 and compensating slaveholders[414] through sale of public lands.[415] Smith did not believe blacks to be genetically inferior to whites;[416] he welcomed both freemen and slaves into the church.[417] But he opposed baptizing slaves without permission of their masters, and he opposed miscegenation.[418]
Smith declared that he would be one of the instruments in fulfilling Nebuchadnezzar’s statue vision in the Book of Daniel: that secular government would be destroyed without “sword or gun”,[419] and would be replaced with a “theodemocratic” Kingdom of God.[420] Smith taught that this kingdom would be multidenominational and democratic so long as the people chose wisely.[421]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith,_Jr#Political_views
Non-Mormans also favoring Mittens in AZ.
I am of a certain race/gender, and religion, but, if I ever were to put that as the criteria for selecting a President, my voter card should be pulled.
I THINK THEREFORE I AM A CONSERVATIVE. (and in that thinking, I am not thinking of self, but for the greatness of America and our childrens future.)
I have a friend/co worker who is a pretty devout Mormon, fairly conservative on the issues and a fanatical Romney supporter, despite acknowledging that Romney hasn’t always been right. He even has a Romney bobblehead doll on his desk in front of him (!) He says he supports Romney because of his business experience and also because he thinks Romney is the one best able to beat Obama, with his Mormon faith being only a small part of it. Our mutual friends know that in reality Romney’s Mormonism is 100% the reason for his support.