Ten Mormons before one Muslim.
So what if Romney's a Mormon, so's Harry Reid. I'm a Baptist and so is Bill Clinton. Big deal..........
What does a book on Thomas Jefferson have to do with a biography on Joseph Smith?
Guess I'm "dating" myself, but there was a time when a Catholic being President was thought to be an impossibility.
I would consider voting for a Mormon. I would never vote for a member of the ideology that promotes death and destruction and conversion by force.
mormon's are pretty clean cut. I remember J. edgar hoover loved to hire them as fbi agents.
Seriously, there are plenty of reasons not to support this flip-flopping, milquetoast election-loser. Who cares what his religion is.
I am impressed by him and his proven record of accomplishment. I would vote for him, for imo he would be very able President. (Unlike McCain and Guiliani, he has no divorce baggage.)
I'm a Catholic. I don't believe a word of LDS belief wherever it departs from Catholic belief (which is in quite a few places).
I also probably won't vote for Gov. Romney.
But that's because I perceive him as a liberal, not because he's a member of the LDS.
Kennedy's religion: A Catholic President? No way.
Isn't funny how people try to pin labels on other people when the real problem is their female,black ,or Morman candidates are so flawed that they aren't worthy of serious consideration.
I recall the same concerns being expressed over the fact that JFK was a Roman Catholic. Having been raised in Salt Lake City, and being a Catholic myself, I can't think of any religion who's more patriotic, conservative or family value oriented than a Mormon-just don't expect cocktails or coffee at White House dinners!
I read Brodie's book on TJ. I found a lot of her research quite good. The problem was that she went waaay out on a limb to make assertions and come to conclusions that her research could not support. She assigned motives to TJ that she could not know. I thought she, at times, made very interesting points, but by the end, she had undermined any reputation she could have had by her dubious and unfounded psychological analysis. I was a student at Mr. Jefferson's University when this book was published and I can assure you that her ability as an historian was not well regarded.
So, reluctantly, Weisberg is stepping up and taking an initial stab at Mormon bashing. He doesn't appear very comfortable.
Weisberg wouldn't have an answer for why you can't have a Mormon President, but it is perfectly fine to have a Mormon Senate Majority leader.
Steve Young for President--winning is in his past, and ruling is in his blood.
/jk
I don't give a rat's hairy hind end about his religion.
Yes... you are a bigot against Moonbats..
Whether Mormon, JW or Scientologist.. religious bigotry is required in voteing, IMO..
Funny that someone with the name Jacob Weisberg should be trying so hard to justify his bigotry.