“Romney will always be viewed as a Trojan Horse.”
By you and those who agree with you, yes. By those who are willing to judge him based on his political qualifications, no.
The post to which I refer was: “Romney will always be viewed as a Trojan Horse.” Fast Coyote
By you and those who agree with you, yes. By those who are willing to judge him based on his political qualifications, no. tantiboh
Perhaps we conservatives may find a source for agreement if we focus upon this point, that Romney's religion isn't likely to direct his decision making process even as much as his resprect for the Constitution and our laws. Here's why: even in all of the contention we've had over Mormonism, we have retained the notion that we each have a right to our religious beliefs and freedom to worship in our own way so long as it doesn't harm others; THAT is what Mitt Romney represents and his life shows it, he shares the same fundamental political values that we can support or reject, but his religious perspective is not the issue of the election.
To be sure, the DNC will seek to make his religious beliefs the source of enough negatives to suppress a satisfactory percentsage of votes to insure a DNC victory. But if we conservatives, cemented by our conservative values though divided in our religious beliefs, can cease discussing the religious issues on public forums, the effort to divide us will fail in the long run. To cease, we must stop proselytizing and responding to same.
NOW, do either of you really believe we (and I include myself in the pact) can or will do that? And if we cannot, how will media twisting and contentious comments like Al Sharpton's effect conservatives in their hearts? THAT is why I believe a Romney nomination to run against the Democrat nominee is a loser, NOT because of the religion he believes which I find antithetical. My point is, unless Mitt and Mormon Apologists make it clear that they will refrain from seeking to use his candidacy as a way to woo more to Mormonism, the negatives potential holds the source of our conservative defeat in '08.