Perhaps they can also hisssss and applaud on schedule.
“Do you think thread discussions like this one are going to help or hurt Mitt’s run for the White House?”
I don’t think it’ll matter one way or the other. The issue on these threads has only rarely been Romney at all. The issue has been Mormonism.
Frankly, the vast, vast majority of people are apathetic about Romney’s religion; the only people I have personally interacted with or heard outside of FR do not consider Romney’s faith to be a deal-breaker.
As I’ve said many times, religious bigotry against Mormons is pretty isolated. There was a time in the history of the LDS Church when Mormons were genuine victims; thankfully, that time has long passed. Since I glory in Jesus, I’m happy to defend my faith in Him. It would just be nice, though, if the conversations here went as they would in person - that is, people actually listen to one another.
“THAT will be magnified like you cannot even imagine when Romney comes up against the “D” candidate.”
I don’t think so. First, in this regard, we don’t claim anything not claimed by many other denominations. People will say, well, I think my church is the only right one out there; why shouldn’t he think the same about his own? Second, I imagine the interaction would go something like this:
Detractor: “You don’t know the Lord. You are a Mormon.”
Crowd: “Boo!”
Romney: “One of the great things about America is that we have many different religions. A lot of us think that the president should be a man of faith. But we don’t choose our presidents based on what church they go to.”
Joe Six-Pack at home: “Hey, this guy handled that pretty well. He looked pretty presidential.”
End of controversy.
Feel free to substitute any statement against the LDS Church that you want from the detractor. Romney’s heard it ALL before, and will recover equally gracefully EVERY time.
Should he be the nominee? I’m still reserving judgment. But, then, that hasn’t been the main topic of these threads, has it?
Perhaps they can also hisssss and applaud on schedule.
Speaking of thread topics....One would wonder at the surprise of mormons when this particular thread produces rebuttal posts.
In reading Saundra's home page, it is evident that she is very proud of having been a very active FReeper for nearly ten years and after all that time should know what the response would be to this thread title. As I've said several times, I question the placing of the article in the news forum instead of the religion forum. It seems strange that one who has been around so long would be unaware of the posting procedures.
There are several Romney threads running right now (imagine that!) regarding his flip-flops, particularly on abortion.