The Famous "Beatnik Bandit"
For those who remember
Posted on 02/05/2020 7:24:31 PM PST by Dr. Zzyzx
Several posters today have been criticizing Mitt Romney by simply saying “Mormon”* or something similar, as if that explains it all. I’m sure that every religion has someone who has done something foolish, but somehow, their religion is never mentioned. To help everyone understand that it is not Romney’s religion that is making him act like a buffoon, I’ve compiled a brief list of people that have helped make America great who were either raised Mormon or became Mormon. (In alphabetical order by last name.)
Gutzon Borglum: Carved Mt. Rushmore
John Moses Browning: Created the Colt M1911 pistol among many other firearms.
Clayton Christensen: Author of “The Innovator’s Dilemma” called the most influential business idea of the early 21st Century.
Stephen R. Covey: Author “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”.
Henry Eyring: Chemist, Developed the “Transition State Theory” used by others to make Nobel Prize-winning discoveries.
Philo Farnsworth: Inventor of Television.
Harvey Fletcher: Inventor of Stereophonic Sound.
James Fletcher: Head of NASA during development of the space shuttle.
Gladys Knight: Singer.
Don Lind: Astronaut.
Ed “Big Daddy” Roth: “Rat Fink” car designer.
Brent Scowcroft: National Security Advisor.
Also, Eleven Medal of Honor recipients were LDS.
*Proper name: “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints”
Several others have also referred to his underwear. Here’s a piece that explains that a little better.
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/temple-garments
Thanks for reading.
LOL!
Romney is a snake (serpent) no matter what he hides bebind.
That’s so age of romanticism.
RINOmney is a snake, no matter whether he wears the magic underoos or not.
My first thought after he declared that he was going to vote to impeach Trump was, he’s hiding behind his religion; he was only mentioning religion to give him cover for his dastardly act.
His only cause for voting against Trump is his deep hate for Trump, and all of his statements in the last few years are proof of that.
Romney is a coward and is just justifying his vote against Trump by using religion. The people in his religion should be condemning him for trying to hide behind their religion.
He needs to be removed from the senate for being so hateful and so petty and for lying his ass off.
I agree. His religion isn’t the problem causing his deplorable behavior. Try instead intense jealousy for starters
Thank you for your contribution. Though as a Catholic I have my issues with the Mormon religion, on average they support issues that Catholics should be supporting more than self-professed Catholics (Like Nancy Pelosi and John Kerry) do.
It is easy enough to find reasons to attack Romney without bringing up Mormonism. Back in 2012, I refused to support Romney, and I stated that if he took “good” Mormon positions, I would have been able to support him (as I support Mike Lee 90% of the time).
We are not enough of a majority to have these kinds of fights. It should be enough to know that Mrs. Clinton or any of the Dem candidates would be a disaster for Mormons, Catholics, Protestants, Evangelicals, Observant Jews and civilization/freedom-loving non-believers alike.
The Famous "Beatnik Bandit"
For those who remember
“...Several posters today have been criticizing Mitt Romney by simply saying “Mormon”* or something similar,...”
Romney’s problem isn’t “Mormon”.
Romney’s problem is “Jealous Egotistical Asshole”, plain and simple.
I agree with you entirely on the point that it isn’t Mormonism that has made Romney such a jerk.
He’s a jerk in the same way that every jerk is - and there have been traitorous jerks from every religion.
Jerks like Romney all put their own egoistical and material desires ahead of what is Right.
That doesn’t seem very ‘spiritual’ to me (I don’t personally like the term ‘religious’.)
Yeah, and Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were shining examples too.
Romney is a sanctimonious ass and lying hypocrite.
Btw, if he needed to hear more witnesses to prove to himself that Trump was NOT guilty, then Romney has our entire system of jurisprudence upside down. And he voted to convict a man even though he just admitted he didn’t have enough evidence to convict.
The reason his religion is pictured as a problem is because he was a carpetbagger from another state and became senator of Utah only because of his religion. The only other carpetbagger that I can think of that comes into a state and immediately is elected to the US Senate was Hillary and it was because of New York’s state religion ,liberalism.
Yes, but if a solid non-Mormon conservative ran for senator from Utah, the Utahns would vote for the Mormon RINO over the conservative.
Romney should join the Democrat party; that’s where people go when they want to pretend to be religious while violating everything their professed religion stands for.
He would not have been able to carpetbag his way into a Senate seat were it not for the Mormon religion.
- Mike Crapo
- Mitt Romney
- Mia Love
- Harry Reid
- Orrin Hatch
- Jeff Flake
- Mike Lee
- Tom Udall
- Chris Stewart
Is there a “good” Mormon among them? That’s the vast majority in all recent Morons in Congress.
Romney all but blamed God for his vote today...
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