I don't get the whole "mormon bashing" thing. I really don't. Growing up in the suburbs of Denver, I've always had Mormon neighbors, classmates and co-workers. Granted, I don't know all the ins and outs of their religion except that they avoid alcohol caffeine and tobacco, I've always found them to be decent, hard-working, politically conservative people who are trying to raise their kids right. I even went to prom with a Mormon girl, who, like the rest of us was enjoying a wild streak as a teenager (that her parents blamed on me! LOL! If they only knew...).
There are some people that seethe with rage simply because Mormons call themselves Christians. That is what all this bashing we've been seeing so much of is really about. It is absolutely true that many Christians don't view Mormons as fellow Christians, but the vast majority don't get whipped up into a frenzy about it. If we're not Mormon we just think they are a different religion or maybe a bit misguided, but find no reason to hate on them. But for a very vocal and bitter few, the fact that LDS folks call themselves Christians is reason enough to spend all their time on an angry rampage.
I am not Mormon but I have no reason at all to personally dislike them. Virtually all the Mormons I've met have been very decent, family oriented people. Religion doesn't really factor in to how I vote. I will vote for the most politically conservative choice on the ballot (that CAN actually win), regardless of whether that candidate is an evangelical, a Mormon, Hindu, Buddhist, etc.