That is so sad.
"A second problem is Romney's religion. Both Eastland and Miller cite a 1999 Gallup poll in which 17 percent of respondents said they would never vote for a Mormon candidate. Some of that is bigotry, some simply ignorance, akin to the bigotry and ignorance that would once have kept a Catholic like John Kerry or a Jew like Joseph Lieberman off a national ticket."
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The above is a snippet from the article. While many do have problems with the Mormon faith and its tennants, I certainly take issue with the author in his latter statement. While I clearly understand the author's point, it was not IGNORANCE AND BIGOTRY that once would have kept certain liberals off the ticket...it was an INFORMED AMERICA that defeated the lying reprobate Kerry, and Lieberman, the only candidate that could have WON against Bush, was kept off the ticket because he was NOT a frothing radical Marxist.
So my point is that ignorance and bigotry were never the source of the Dem's problems -- they are actually assets to furthering the radical left's Marxist agenda...very misplaced adjectives.
I'm a Catholic, but I have a ton of Evangelical friends. My impression is that a great many Evangelicals would draw the line at voting for a Mormon for president. That pretty much eliminates Romney right there, because without that vote he can't possibly win.
The official name of the Mormons is the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. Up until recently, the emphasis was pretty much on Latter Day Saints. But in recent years, Mormon leaders have been putting in a claim to be Christians, so there is more of an emphasis on the first part of the name.
For those interested in some of the theological difficulties, there's a useful article in First Things from a few years ago, written by Father Neuhaus, "Is Mormonism Christian?"
Here's the article. If you search the website for "Neuhaus Mormon" you'll find some of the letters written in reply.
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0003/public.html#mormonism
I bet most people would like to take a break from presidential politics after the recent election, but because Hillary Clinton is running and is reworking her positions daily to seem moderate and she and her husband are already sucking up most of the media attention, Republicans really have to think seriously about their next candidate.
Will he be re-elected if he runs in '06?
I was pretty confident that he would be, but all the national attention I'm afraid is hurting him at home.
My money will be with either George Allen or Sam Brownback--two quality guys. Either will stomp McCain in the primary.
Last night C-span aired a commencement speech Brownback gave at a Catholic university--very impressive.
Interestingly, Jeff is answering his own question here. Who does he think reads TWS or NR?
Yesterday I was checking tvguideonline for movies but saw CSPAN had a new "Road to the WH" listed so I clicked to see what that was about and it listed Romney and HRC.
BTW, I proposed Romney as candidate a couple weeks ago before the current hoopla. I'm psychic! LOL
No gun grabbers. (Romney, Rudy, Pataki, McCain)
I believe Jeb and Mitt are the two most qualified Republicans in the country to be president. Jeb aint gonna happen... Mitt will earn a 2nd in the NH primary to Holllywood John and that will help. I believe him to be as conservative as W and I like his Chief Executive experience. Ill pass on the stale Senator Allen, thanks.
Romney - Rice '08
MA is lucky to have Mitt Romney as governor. As for National Review and The Weekly Standard, they're working through the likely candidate list, and George Allen tops Mitt.