Posted on 06/23/2007 1:28:02 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(AP) SALT LAKE CITY -- Mitt Romney said Saturday that criticism of his Mormon religion by rival GOP presidential campaigns is happening too frequently.
“Clearly, any derogatory comments about anyone’s faith—those comments are troubling. The fact they keep on coming up is even more troubling,” Romney said during a fundraising trip in the home state of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Mormon church is one of the fastest-growing religions and claims about 12.5 million members worldwide. But many evangelical Christians in crucial primary states such as Iowa and South Carolina consider the faith a cult.
Romney’s remarks follow an apology from GOP rival John McCain’s campaign for comments about the Mormon church allegedly made this year by a volunteer.
Also recently, Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, issued a similar apology for a campaign worker’s e-mail to Iowa Republican leaders that was an apparent attempt to draw unfavorable scrutiny of Romney’s religion. Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani apologized after the New York Sun noted that a campaign aide had forwarded to a blogger a story about unofficial Mormon lore. Legend has it that a Mormon would save the Constitution, the story said. The campaign aide passed the story along with a note: “Thought you’d find this interesting.”
Romney said in a large presidential race there always will be some volunteers or workers who cannot be controlled. But he said the difference between derogatory comments that originated from the McCain campaign and others is that the Arizona senator has not personally apologized to him.
“In the case of Senator Brownback and Mayor Giuliani ... they called immediately. They each spoke with me personally. I don’t have any issue with that at all,” Romney said.
He said McCain “can do whatever he feels is the right thing. There’s no need for me to suggest how people respond to things that go on in the campaign.”
Tucker Bounds, a McCain campaign spokesman, said the McCain campaign has already apologized.
“It’s a very sincere apology. There is absolutely no place for those type of comments in our campaign,” he said.
Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, said he had not spoken with McCain since the last presidential debate, on June 5.
Romney used a fundraiser hosted by Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller to criticize the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. It banned unregulated, unlimited contributions from corporations, unions and wealthy individuals to national political parties and federal candidates.
“The bill ought to be repealed,” he said. “It’s been the wrong course for American campaigns.”
Romney said he favors unlimited donations as long as they are immediately disclosed on the Internet.
Romney was attending fundraisers in Salt Lake City and in Logan on Saturday.
Besides which, your "logic 101" gives us a statement like 99% Papist and 100% Baptist. You can't read or enumerate.
Who gave you the footnote? Another “council” of men?
You are so full of Bovine Sauage, ampu! LOL
Nor can you, it doesn't say Baptist.
The Bible.
Assuming you have one, open it to Mark 13:30, see footnote.
Again, young daniel,
Get thee to work instead of laziness!
Instead of being simply a bomb thrower,
why not “work to show yourself approved,
a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed,
rightly handling the word of truth.”
Throw off sloth.
ampu
One could say nicely if he were coming to the lost tribes of Israel and we new about it, they wouldn’t exactly be lost now would they, which hopefully puts that bit of clutter to rest, but probably not...and Race, really there is more to life than bad mouthing Mormons on Saturday.
Of course the word tithe means one tenth, no one
disputes that.
You have difficulty with reading comprehension
youngster.
ampu
Another misrepresentation. We are directed to do good works, but they are not required for salvation. Faith in Christ alone does that.
thank you for your Christlike kindness and testimony
that you’ve shared here today. It was, unfortunately,
typical of mormons I have witnessed around FR.
Never the less, have a wonderful day
ampu
Thank you resty! Since I avoid pork sausage for
health reasons, this is a compliment!
ampu
I have disagreements with both, so I am neither.
wita,
as long as you are here bashing Christians on a Saturday...
Did you know about Young’s statement about people
living on the sun? What do you think about it?
and have you ever read Joseph Smith’s instructions
about shaking hands with angels?
best,
ampu
Than get honest and stop with the devil tricks and tells us if you are not ashame of what you are?
You don’t even make any sense. At least my “bombs” have potency. Your construction of trite expressions into a makeshift bomb shelter only go to illustrate you have nothing to meet them with.
What?
"not ashame of what you are?"
What?
You are stumbling. Are you spent “oldster”?
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